Mark Teixeira Powers Yankees Past A's

Mark Teixeira hits a solo home run in the 4th inning on Saturday against the Oakland Athletics (Getty Images)

Mark Teixeira helped the Yankees pick up their fourth straight win on Saturday when the Yankees defeated the Athletics 9-2. Mark Teixeira hit 2 home runs and collected 5 RBI's in the win. Teixeira hit a solo shot in the 4th inning, a 2 run single in the 5th inning, and a 2 run shot in the 9th inning.

C.C. Sabathia got the call today in his home state and looked for his 6th win of the season. He lost 2 consecutive losses coming into today. Sabathia allowed 2 runs on 7 hits in 7 innings of work. He struck out 4 and walked 2.

Robinson Cano homered in his 2nd consecutive game. He hit a solo shot in the 3rd inning, which was his 7th of the season.

Derek Jeter continued his climb to the top of the hit list today when he tied George Brett on the all-time hit list for 14th place with 3,154 hits. Jeter drove in 2 runs today with a single in the 3rd and was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the 8th.

The Yankees were able to collect 14 hits and were 2 for 6 with runners in scoring position. They left 7 runners on base. The Yankees have had 26 hits in the first two games of this series.

The Yankees and Athletics will wrap up this series tomorrow and the Yankees will try to go for the sweep.