{"id":574611,"date":"2026-04-09T21:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/574611\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T21:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:10:08","slug":"athletics-1-0-yankees-apr-9-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/574611\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics 1-0 Yankees (Apr 9, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK &#8212; \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/35397\/jeffrey-springs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeffrey Springs<\/a> took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning and combined with two relievers on a one-hitter, and the Athletics beat the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/nyy\/new-york-yankees\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Yankees<\/a> 1-0 Thursday afternoon to clinch their first series at Yankee Stadium since 2016.<\/p>\n<p>              Springs (2-0) <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/athletics-yankees-springs-no-hitter-8defcd6acfb9f5959f8390214fd2eaf8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lost his no-hitter<\/a> on his 84th pitch when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/5016968\/ben-rice\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Rice<\/a> hit a single to right field following a walk to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/30583\/giancarlo-stanton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Giancarlo Stanton<\/a>. Springs kept the Yankees scoreless by retiring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4683349\/austin-wells\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin Wells<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/31399\/randal-grichuk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Randal Grichuk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>              Springs allowed only Rice\u2019s hit in seven innings. The left-hander struck out six, walked two and permitted four base runners.<\/p>\n<p>              The Yankees have only two hits in their last 17 innings and have not scored since getting two runs in the first inning of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/yankees-athletics-score-0d6bcb0adb3c5bf2b63ca739e690e132\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wednesday\u2019s 3-2 loss<\/a> off <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/33263\/luis-severino\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luis Severino<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>              After Springs exited Thursday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4307467\/justin-sterner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Sterner<\/a> retired <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/33192\/aaron-judge\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Judge<\/a> on a groundout with a runner on first to end the eighth. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41364\/hogan-harris\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hogan Harris<\/a> pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his fifth career save and first this season.<\/p>\n<p>              The A\u2019s allowed one hit for the first time since April 15, 2024, at Texas. The Yankees were held to one hit for the first since Aug. 15, 2023, at Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>              The game was scoreless until <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/33303\/max-muncy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Max Muncy<\/a> scored on a single by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4686066\/tyler-soderstrom\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyler Soderstrom<\/a> off <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41178\/ryan-weathers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Weathers<\/a> after opening the seventh with a triple off the center field fence.<\/p>\n<p>              New York had three at-bats with a runner in scoring position.<\/p>\n<p>              Weathers allowed one run and seven hits in seven innings. The left-hander struck out seven, walked none and threw a career-high 101 pitches.<\/p>\n<p>              It was the 12th start to open the season that a New York starter allowed three runs or fewer.<\/p>\n<p>              The Athletics lost <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/40926\/brent-rooker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brent Rooker<\/a> to back pain after he was injured on a swing in the first inning.<\/p>\n<p>              Up Next&#13;<\/p>\n<p>              Athletics: Open a three-game series at Citi Field against the Mets on Friday. The A\u2019s did not name a starter and will face New York RHP <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/32827\/clay-holmes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clay Holmes<\/a> (2-0, 1.42 ERA).<\/p>\n<p>              Yankees: Luis Gil makes his season debut Friday against Tampa Bay LHP <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/33106\/steven-matz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Matz<\/a> (2-0, 4.09) in the opener of a three-game series at Tropicana Field.<\/p>\n<p>              &#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>              AP MLB: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/MLB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/MLB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK &#8212; \u2014 Jeffrey Springs took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning and combined with two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-574611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}