NEW YORK -- It was a chilly 43 degrees at Yankee Stadium in the Yanks' 5-3 win over the Athletics on Tuesday night. It’s not known if the cold weather affected right-hander Cam Schlittler, but he showed that he was human.
Schlittler was dominating at first, pitching two scoreless innings and striking out three batters. But he showed that he could be scored on in the third. With runners on second and third and one out while New York held onto a 1-0 lead, A’s first baseman Nick Kurtz swung at a 2-2 four-seamer and doubled to right-center field, scoring Max Muncy and Jeff McNeil. The runs snapped Schlittler’s scoreless streak of 21 innings, which dates back to last season.
Two batters later, Tyler Soderstrom made it a 3-1 game after doubling down the right-field line, scoring Kurtz. Schlittler threw a 27 pitches that inning.
The right-hander departed the game after five frames, allowing three runs and striking out seven batters.