Rodriguez then helped the Yankees turn an around-the-horn triple play moments later.
Braden had to be restrained by manager Bob Geren after jawing with Rodriguez following Robinson Cano's double-play grounder that ended the top of the sixth.
Braden yelled over his right shoulder as he stepped across the third base line and Rodriguez yelled back. The two kept screaming at each other until Geren came out and walked Braden off the field.
The A's quickly put runners on first and second in the bottom of the sixth and Suzuki hit a sharp grounder to Rodriguez, who stepped on third base and threw to Cano at second. Cano's relay to first baseman Nick Johnson barely beat Suzuki.
The Yankees had gone 6,632 consecutive regular-season games without a triple play.
In games last night
* At Minneapolis, Mitch Talbot turned in another strong start for Cleveland, and the Indians finally got some hits in an 8-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins.
Talbot (2-1) followed his first major league win, a complete game last weekend against the Chicago White Sox, with six impressive innings. He held the Twins to two hits and no earned runs to keep them from sweeping the three-game series.
* At Boston, C.J. Wilson pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning for his first career win as a starter, helping the Texas Rangers snap a six-game losing streak with a 3-0 victory over the Red Sox.
_ At Chicago, Carlos Pena drove in four runs and the Rays took advantage of Jake Peavy's wildness to beat the White Sox, 10-2, capping the winningest road trip in Tampa Bay history.
Noteworthy
* Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury has hairline fractures in four ribs and it's uncertain when he'll be able to return.
Ellsbury has been out since April 11, when he collided with third baseman Adrian Beltre in Kansas City. Boston's speedy leadoff hitter would have been eligible to come off the disabled list Tuesday.
