Athletics at Arizona Diamondbacks

PHOENIX – The win may have been erased from his final ledger, but Kohl Drake's Major League debut will live on in his memory forever. The lessons he learned on Tuesday will almost assuredly pay dividends for seasons to come. Drake pitched five strong innings in his first big league start and Ildemaro Vargas singled in the game-winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Diamondbacks topped the A’s 6-5 at Chase Field on Tuesday night. Nolan Arenado, Max Kepler and Ketel Marte also recorded RBIs in the win, which is Arizona’s third in its past four games. Drake -- the D-backs’ No. 10 prospect, per MLB Pipeline -- was effective in his debut, facing seven total batters in the first two innings before running into some trouble in the third. The A’s loaded the bases with nobody out, but the 26-year-old got Shea Langeliers to line out sharply before inducing an inning-ending double play. It was high-pressure baseball with his family in the stands, and Drake passed his first big league test with flying colors. “I probably was putting too much pressure on myself mentally,” he said. “I felt a little tight mechanically, and then \[pitching coach Brian Kaplan\