Jeffrey Springs limits Yankees to one hit over seven innings in Athletics' 1-0 victory

Gary Phillips, New York Daily News on Apr 9, 2026

Published in Baseball

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NEW YORK — With southpaw Jeffrey Springs starting for the Athletics on Thursday afternoon, Yankees manager Aaron Boone deployed a righty-loaded lineup in hopes of securing a rubber-match win in the Bronx.

Instead, the pinstripers couldn’t even muster a hit against the lefty until the seventh inning when Ben Rice delivered their first knock of the day, a one-out single. However, that breakthrough wasn’t enough for a cold Yankees offense to topple the A’s, who won, 1-0, and didn’t allow another hit.

With Springs utilizing a four-pitch mix, the only Yankees to reach base before Rice were José Caballero, who got on via a third-inning error from third baseman Andy Ibáñez; Amed Rosario, who worked a walk later in the inning; and Giancarlo Stanton, who earned a free pass in the seventh.

All in all, Springs totaled seven scoreless innings, one hit, two walks, six strikeouts and 93 pitches before giving way to a bullpen that also blanked the Bombers.

It was a quiet end to the series for the Yankees’ lineup, as they scored two runs in Wednesday’s loss. That 3-2 defeat saw them only score in the first frame, strikeout 15 times, go 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position and leave seven men on base.

The A’s, meanwhile, were able to score in the seventh on Thursday after Max Muncy ripped a leadoff triple against Ryan Weathers. Tyler Soderstrom followed with an RBI single.

While Weathers couldn’t keep the A’s from crossing the plate, Thursday was the best and longest start of his young Yankees career. The left-hander tallied eight innings, seven hits, one earned run, zero walks, seven strikeouts and 101 pitches.

Yankees starters have now allowed three runs or fewer in each of their 12 games this season.

With their first series loss of the year in the books, the Yanks will now return to Tropicana Field for the first time since Hurricane Milton ravaged the place and forced the Rays to play at George M. Steinbrenner Field last season.

Luis Gil is expected to start Friday’s series-opener; it will be his MLB season debut after beginning the year at Triple-A. Max Fried and Cam Schlittler will follow him the next two days.

Steven Matz, Nick Martinez and Shane McClanahan are slated to pitch for Tampa Bay.