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Oakland's Jack Cust follows through as he hits a three-run home run against the Yankees in the second inning.

“Obviously, everything was fat today,” Pettitte said.

Ron Villone replaced Pettitte and got Crosby to ground out to end the inning, prompting a sarcastic cheer from the sellout crowd of 54,266.

It was the most runs allowed by Pettitte since he surrendered 10 runs, seven earned, in 4 2-3 innings for Houston against Florida on April 4, 2006.

Phillips singled in a run in the second and another in the fourth to help New York cut it to 8-4. Haren hit Jeter with a pitch to load the bases with two outs in the fourth but Robinson Cano flied out to end the inning.

Jeter snapped an 0-for-10 skid with a run-scoring single in the sixth, but Cust’s seventh-inning RBI double restored Oakland’s four-run lead.

“We managed to make it uncomfortable for them, but not uncomfortable enough,” Torre said.

Cust went 3-for-5 and has hit safely in eight of his last nine games with five homers and 13 RBIs. The A’s finished with 16 hits, with each player in their starting lineup getting at least one and scoring at least one run.

Scott Proctor pitched 1 1-3 shutout innings for the Yankees one day after he burned his personal game equipment on the gravel outside the home dugout following a 7-0 loss to the A’s. He got a mix of boos and cheers when he entered the game in the eighth.

Notes: Jeter and third baseman Alex Rodriguez were elected All-Star starters and catcher Jorge Posada was voted in by the players. ... The Yankees purchased the contract of right-hander Edwar Ramirez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and optioned infielder Chris Basak to their top farm club. They transferred right-hander Jeff Karstens (right elbow tendonitis) from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day DL to make room for Ramirez on the 40-man roster. ... Oakland did not commit an error for the seventh straight game and has just three in its last 13 games.

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