Jharel Cotton's changeup is silly. It dips, it dives, and it befuddles hitters of both hands each and every time Cotton takes the mound.
Unfortunately, Bob Melvin's bullpen management is also silly. Zach Neal relinquished the lead in the 8th, Madson gave up two runs in the ninth, and the A's turned a Jharel Cottton win into an ugly loss in record time, losing by a count of 4-2.
Gattis dinger gets the scoring starting
In the top of the second, Evan Gattis, a bear masquerading as a baseball player, continued his rather annoying dominance of the A's with a long dinger to left-center field.