It’s a series again. Rickey Henderson’s hitting and speed helped the Oakland Athletics top the New York Yankees 5-2 to even the series with one more game left to play in Oakland. Henderson walked and scored on Willie McGee’s double in the 1st, as the Athletics jumped out to a 2-0 lead. Henderson scored again in the 5th on a José Canseco groundout. The Yankees had many opportunities, but always seemed to come up short. After taking advantage of a Carney Lansford error to cut the Oakland lead, Paul O’Neill and Bernie Williams had back-to-back singles to lead off the 7th. But Joe Klink retired the next 3 batters to keep Oakland’s 3-2 lead. Jorge Posada flew out to start the 8th. Scott Brosius and Chuck Knoblauch followed with singles off Reggie Harris. Harris then walked Derek Jeter to load the bases. That’s when Dennis Eckersley came in and struck out O’Neill and Williams to end the inning. Henderson provided some insurance runs with a 2-run double in the bottom of the inning, and Eckersley struck out two more in a scoreless 9th to earn his 3rd save. Orlando Hernández allowed 3 runs on just 5 hits while striking out 7 in 7 innings. Bob Welch scattered 10 hits but allowed just one earned run in 6 innings. Game 5 will be important as the teams battle for the American League championship.