If he's good, why doesn't he hit good?

Adapt or die.

Ball one to Johnny Damon and we are under way.

Damon has eight hits in 18 at bats,

a double, a triple, a couple of stolen bases.

He had four hits in the series opener.

Strike.

Down the right-field line, fair off the bat of Damon.

It rolls by Spencer.

And Damon will coast into second base with a leadoff double.

Into right-center field, broken bat, it'll fall, a base hit.

They wave around Damon. He will score.

And Jason Giambi delivers

with a run-scoring single here in the opening inning.

And the Athletics have taken that 1-nothing lead.

Go, come on, now. We gotta spin it.

Let's go, Yankees!

Let's go, Yankees!

Bases loaded.

The Yankees have the tying run at second, down 2-nothing.