OAKLAND http://www.astrosfanproshop.com/authentic-justin-verlander-jersey , Calif. (AP) — strike on the first pitch from Fernando Rodney in the eighth inning. When the Athletics reliever tried sneaking another changeup past him, Voit sent it soaring into the left-field stands.The big first baseman hit a tiebreaking home run, Adeiny Hechavarria also went deep and the New York Yankees beat Oakland 5-1 on Tuesday night.“He’s had a great changeup forever and I saw a good one first pitch,” Voit said. “I was taking that approach just to stay right-center if he hangs it. He left a pitch up and I have to do some damage with it.”The Yankees didn’t have a baserunner until the fifth inning and didn’t get their first hit until the sixth. But they scored late off the normally reliable A’s bullpen to even a series between the top two teams in the AL wild-card race.New York increased its lead over Oakland to 4½ games for the first wild card.Four pitchers combined on a two-hitter for the Yankees. David Robertson (8-3) retired three batters to earn the win.Brett Gardner singled twice and scored a pair of runs for New York. Aaron Hicks added two RBIs.“This is like a playoff game,” Voit said. “I think we’re going to get hot at the right time. This team is so freaking dangerous, especially when we get some of these guys back from injuries. The sky’s the limit and I’m excited.”Voit homered on an 0-1 pitch from Rodney (4-3), a towering solo shot to left field. Voit emphatically pointed to the Yankees dugout and smiled while heading toward first base as a large contingent of New York fans at the Coliseum cheered.It was Voit’s seventh home run in 12 games.“To see the Luke Voit show roll on, he’s been terrific,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “He’s got confidence deep down in his ability. He plays with a little bit of a swagger, but that’s from a place of confidence.”Hicks, who drew a bases-loaded walk to tie the game in the seventh, added a two-out RBI single later in the eighth.Hechavarria homered in the ninth, his first with the Yankees after being acquired from Pittsburgh last week.“It definitely felt nice,” Hechavarria said through a translator. “The second pitch was a fastball and I was kind of late on that. I figured he was going to come back with that, and the next time around I was ready for it.”Stephen Piscotty hit his 22nd home run for Oakland.For the second time in four games, the A’s started a reliever. Liam Hendriks, who also started Saturday, pitched the first inning before Daniel Mengden took over in the second.Mengden kept the Yankees hitless until Gleyber Torres singled just past diving shortstop Marcus Semien. Torres was promptly picked off by Ryan Buchter.“It’s more we just didn’t do enough offensively tonight,” A’s manager Bob Melvin said. “No matter what we give up, even if it’s two runs, when you get two hits, it’s going to be a tough time winning.”Piscotty homered off Yankees starter J.A. Happ in the second, matching his season high set in 2016 with St. Louis.ALMOST GOT HIMOakland reliever Ryan Buchter appeared to hit Gardner in the head with his first pitch after relieving Mengden with two outs in the sixth. Gardner walked slowly to first base while Boone and a trainer came out of the dugout to check on him. Plate umpire Tom Hallion conferred with first base umpire Dan Bellino Tyler Clippard Jersey , and the two determined the ball hit Gardner’s bat and not his batting helmet. “I think it scared him more than anything,” Boone said.HELPING AT HOMEYankees pitcher CC Sabathia and wife Amber will host a backpack giveaway, pep rally and career panel Thursday at their old high school in Vallejo, about 30 miles north of Oakland.TRAINER’S ROOMYankees: For the second consecutive day, Aaron Judge ran the bases and did defensive work in the outfield. Judge also stood in the batter’s box when Masahiro Tanaka threw a bullpen in order to work on his timing. … SS Didi Gregorious (bruised left heel) could rejoin the team this weekend in Seattle. Gregorious ran on the field, fielded grounders and took batting practice. … LHP Aroldis Chapman (left knee tendinitis) worked out on a treadmill and threw on flat ground.Athletics: RHP Shawn Kelley has a lacerated finger on his pitching hand and is day to day.UP NEXTRHP Luis Severino (17-6, 3.32 ERA) pitches the series finale for New York and needs one strikeout to reach 200 for the second consecutive season. RHP Mike Fiers (10-6, 3.38) is 3-0 with a 2.93 ERA in five starts since joining Oakland. The A’s have won all five of his starts. BOSTON — It was 14 years ago that pinch runner Dave Roberts pulled off what has to be the biggest stolen base in the long history of the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.Tuesday night, Roberts, now a manager, brings his Los Angeles Dodgers, seeking the franchise’s first title since 1988, into Fenway for the 2018 World Series.Boston’s Chris Sale faces LA ace Clayton Kershaw in Game 1.Article continues below ...The Red Sox, winners of a franchise-record 108 games during the regular series, cruised to their fourth Series in 15 years (they won the first three, the last in 2013). They needed just nine games to dispose of the New York Yankees and the champion Houston Astros to continue what has been a yellow brick road.The Dodgers, on the other hand, have survived what has been a gauntlet that started when they were 16-26 back in May. They were in third place in the National League West in September, won a 163rd game to advance to the playoffs and then beat the winners of the East (Atlanta) and Central (Milwaukee) winners to reach the promised land.They won Game 7 on the road at Milwaukee Saturday night and will again be without home field advantage for their second straight World Series.This is a matchup of the first- (Boston) and third-highest payrolls in baseball.Both are deep teams and Roberts has gotten it done by playing his entire roster — even sitting veterans like Matt Kemp, who made the All-Star team by carrying the team in the first half.“Honestly, we have no choice but to buy into it,” Matt Kemp said with a laugh during the NLDS. “We got guys on the bench that could go somewhere and play every single day and make an impact. But we’re trying to win a championship, and every guy is on the same page.”“We just got so many dangerous guys in our lineup and even on the bench. So it’s pretty cool to see that.”Cody Bellinger and Yasiel Puig homered and Kershaw closed out the deciding game in Milwaukee.The Red Sox http://www.astrosfanproshop.com/authentic-justin-verlander-jersey , who have won four in a row and gone 7-2 in the postseason, haven’t played since last Thursday after completing a three-game sweep in Houston.They won those three games without Sale, who started Game 1 (four innings, too many pitches) but missed his Game 5 start due to a stay in the hospital with a stomach ailment he joked (we think) was the result of a belly button ring infection. He was to have started Game 6.“Just had a stomach thing,” said Sale, who earned his first postseason win in the ALDS. “It’s not fun. It’s definitely not fun watching your team. Got to do what you got to do, though. It happened, we dealt with it, and we’re here now. We keep rolling.”While Kershaw has never faced the Red Sox, Sale does own two career appearances — one start — against the Dodgers, but they were back in 2011 and ’12. He allowed nine hits and seven runs and walked five in six innings.Kershaw, who has had his postseason struggles (9-8, 4.09 ERA, lifetime), will be working on short rest but only pitched one inning (15 pitches) Saturday on his throw day. There was some speculation former Red Sox left-hander Rich Hill would start Game 1, but Kershaw makes his first Fenway start.“I don’t really think about that stuff,” Kershaw said. “I appreciate the history and everything that goes along with Fenway Park. But I came here, I don’t know how long ago, 2000-something, and got to at least see it, got to be here, got to appreciate the stadium and things like that.”As far as his team’s journey, the left-hander said Yuli Gurriel Jersey , “It doesn’t matter how you get there. But to get to go back after last year is unbelievable. Where we came from this year, it’s a testament to these guys, man. It’s a great group. We’re excited, we’re gonna celebrate tonight, but we don’t want to lose again, so we’ll be ready to go.”Manny Machado, who quickly became a villain in the NLCS with a questionable slide at second and then a kick at the ankle of Jesus Aguilar, has also had his moments against Boston — his 2017 slide on Dustin Pedroia injuring the second baseman’s knee. It’s an injury that’s not fully healed as Pedroia missed all but three games this season.Machado played nine games against the Red Sox this season before being traded to the Dodgers, batting .278 with a homer and seven RBIs. Seven of those games were at Fenway, where he hit .310 with the homer and RBIs in seven games.In his career, he has played 95 games against Boston, batting .277 with 16 homers, 52 RBIs and a .796 OPS — .278 with 8/32/.783 in 49 games at Fenway.Machado is 6-for-19 (.316) with a homer against Sale, while former Minnesota Twin is 12-for-47 (.255) with three home runs against the skinny left-hander.J.D. Martinez is 3-for-8 (.375) with a homer against Kershaw, but Eduardo Nunez is 2-for-12 (.167).When the series shifts to Los Angles for Games 3, 4 and 5, the Red Sox will add Martinez, their DH, to the lineup in right field. That will move Betts to either centerfield — or second base. The latter is the spot he was playing as a prospect and he has been working out there in recent days and is ready to go when called.The Series features the first matchup of minority managers — and Cora and Roberts are also the first managers in MLB history who both played for both World Series teams.Red Sox knuckleballer Steven Wright, who has been out with knee surgery, could be activated for the Series.This is the second World Series matchup between these two old franchises — the Red Sox defeating the Brooklyn Robins 102 years ago.