The Oakland Athletics lost a surprising pitching matchup today at Oakland Coliseum against the New York Yankees. Ivan Nova went six innings in only 62 pitches and gets the win for the Yankees, allowing the single Oakland run of the game to a Josh Reddick home run. For the first five innings, Kendall Graveman matched him, and eventually pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowing a second run in the sixth.
The Yankee bullpen was, in a word, perfect. Their three-headed monster of Dellin Betances, Andrew Miller, and Aroldis Chapman was unstoppable as the three pitchers racked up five strikeouts and allowed no runs.