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- Updated: May 30, 2016
OAKLAND — Kendall Graveman entered Monday on a five-game losing streak with an ERA of 7.36 over that stretch, but a quality start in Oakland’s 3-2 win over the Twins has the right-hander and the A’s believing he’s headed in the right direction.
“It was huge,” A’s catcher Stephen Vogt said of Graveman’s performance. “It was huge we got the win for him. We made some good plays behind him, and he pitched out of trouble. The amount of movement he had in the zone today and the conviction he threw with, that was the story.”
The sinker-baller pitched into the sixth inning for only the second time this month, allowing two runs over six innings while striking out five, marking the third consecutive start he’s allowed two earned runs or fewer. Graveman has struggled to get out of stressful innings this year, especially as he’s pitched deeper into games, but he stranded five Twins, including in important moments in the second and fifth innings.
“I felt good,” Graveman said. “I felt from the first pitch on I had the same intensity. I attacked guys …
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