James Kaprielian finally made it to the Bronx, six years after the Yankees took him in the first round of the amateur draft, and he beat his original club by pitching three-hit ball over five and two-thirds innings in a 5-3 victory Friday night that extended the Oakland Athletics’ winning streak to seven.
Tony Kemp hit a three-run homer in the sixth on a hanging slider from Wandy Peralta (1-1), overcoming a 3-2 deficit with the first home run by a left-handed hitter this year off the southpaw reliever.
Kaprielian, a 27-year-old right-hander, was taken 16th overall by the Yankees out of U.