Yankees turn triple play in loss

Alex Rodriguez started an around-the-horn gem for the New York Yankees' first triple play in 42 years.

But it was his casual jog directly across the diamond that started all the trouble. On a day of history and histrionics, Oakland pitcher Dallas Braden screamed.

At Rodriguez after accusing him of breaching one of baseball's unwritten rules, setting off a shouting match Thursday in the Athletics' 4-2 win over the Yankees.

The problems began in the top of the sixth inning after a single by Rodriguez. Robinson Cano fouled off a pitch and Rodriguez.

Who in between second base and third, cut across the pitcher's mound to return to first. After Cano grounded into an inning-ending double play, Braden and Rodriguez got into it.