NEW YORK — Keep peeling away the layers of Jharel Cotton’s start Saturday, and there are several different ways to view it.
The A’s rookie pitched into the sixth inning despite enduring big-time command issues and giving up a run in the first.
He took a no-hitter into the sixth despite not having the feel for his best pitch, the changeup.
He was on the verge of completing six mostly dominant innings before losing a handle on things in the sixth, allowing a two-out rally that culminated with Matt Holliday’s two-run homer. That blast wound up being the difference in Oakland’s 3-2 loss to the Yankees.