martinez jackson in attendance, mr. october to you. bottom of the second, no score. stephen piscotty, off, 1-0 a's. two hits all evening. matt chapman here, robbing aaron hicks. tied 1-1 in the eighth. hang it and bang it to rodney the fifth of eight pitcher for the a's, serving up to luke voit. yankees add on for 5-1 victory. >> reporter: combined to shut out yankees 5 2/3 innings, bigger issue for oakland tonight, only one run on two hits. >> we had an opportunity there, just couldn't get those runs when we needed them. few small opportunities but when opportunities are limited, sometimes it's hard, didn't get the big hit tonight. >> not going to have it for 162. if that was the case would be teams with 131s right now. stuff happens. sometimes it's not your night. one of those for us. come back tomorrow. >> bob melvin will continue to employ the bullpenning strategy as needed. not for the rubber match wednesday, mike fiers is scheduled to start. mindi bach, abc7 news. >> parents keeping babies away from the field and carnage to followed. gorkys hernandez, tied for team lead. bullpen gave up five in bottom of the frame. carlos gonzalez, lose 6-2