Back-to-back blanks: Athletics create MLB history by shutting out Yankees, Mets
The mobile MLB franchise became the first team to allow zero runs to both New York clubs consecutively.
Back-to-back blanks: Athletics create MLB history by shutting out Yankees, Mets originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Athletics ' most noteworthy news entering Friday's series opener against the New York Mets focused on Jeff McNeil's return to Citi Field.
A former Mets standout for eight MLB seasons, McNeil was traded to the A's last December. The 2022 NL batting champion posted a fourth-inning double and fifth-inning defensive gem, robbing Carson Benge. Shea Langeliers' third-inning RBI single proved to be the game-winner as the visiting A's earned a 4-0 victory .
On Thursday, starting pitcher Jeffrey Springs carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning before allowing a Ben Rice single on his 84th pitch. The visiting A's blanked the New York Yankees, 1-0 . The Athletics may be without regional identity, but they became the first organization in league history to shut out two New York franchises in back-to-back outings, according to OptaSTATS .
The A's (6-7), Mets (7-7) and Yankees (8-5). Are the A's meeting the two franchises at the right times? Athletics pull off MLB first vs.