The Yankees are extremely home run-reliant. That's why they can get into trouble when playing in spacious West Coast parks such as the Oakland Coliseum. Proof of that is in the record. New York has lost 23 of the past 32 times in Oakland.

This is just the Yankees' second West Coast trip of the season. They dropped two of three to Seattle during their previous West Coast stay. The Yankees are 2-9 in their past 11 overall road games.

Oakland starter James Kaprielian has a 4.29 ERA. But he's pitched much better lately holding four of his last five opponents to two earned runs or fewer. The Yankees haven't been mashing like they were earlier. New York has been held to four runs or less in 13 of their last 14 games.

Jameson Taillon gets the start for the Yankees. Unlike Kaprielian, he's not in good form surrendering 15 earned runs in his last four starts spanning 23 2/3 innings. He has a 6.75 ERA against the A's during three career starts.