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Paul Blackburn pitched into the sixth inning for Oakland, allowing one run on Josh Donaldson’s homer in his return to the lineup and sending the Athletics to a 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night. The slumping Donaldson connected in the fifth in his first action since Friday, but that was it for New York. Seth Brown homered for the second consecutive day as the last-place A’s beat the Yankees for the first time this season after they were swept in a three-game series in the Bronx in May.

OAKLAND -- Esteury Ruiz has already raced his way into the record books on a few occasions this season. On Tuesday, the speedster notched yet another impressive feat. With a stolen base in the third inning of a 2-1 victory over the Yankees at the Coliseum on Tuesday, Ruiz became

Paul Blackburn pitched into the sixth inning for Oakland, allowing one run on Josh Donaldson's homer in his return to the lineup and sending the Athletics to a 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.

Sam Molll's first major league save helps Paul Blackburn earn his first win of the season.

Josh Lowe singled home the go-ahead run in the fifth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Oakland 6-3 on Wednesday night to snap the Athletics’ winning streak at seven games. Christian Bethancourt, Manuel Margot and Yandy Díaz also drove in runs for the MLB-best Rays (49-22). “It was really encouraging,” Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said.