NEW YORK (AP) — James Kaprielian walked to the Yankee Stadium’s warning track, hours before finally pitching in the Bronx for the first time. He soaked in views of the ballpark he once envisioned as his future home.
“If I’m able to find that moment of silence and kind of that quiet moment and that peace, for me when I’m in those situations where the crowd’s roaring, I try and put myself back in that situation where I’m feeling silence,” Kaprielian later said.
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Six years after New York took him in the first round of the amateur draft, Kaprielian beat the Yankees by pitching three-hit ball over 5 2/3 innings in a 5-3 victory Friday night that extended the Oakland Athletics’ winning streak to seven.