New Zealand continued to excel in light-wind sailing and again showed superior speed over the US boat.
Oracle had entered the series with a one-point advantage from an earlier regatta but New Zealand wiped out that advantage by winning the first race.
"It was such a tricky day for both teams, we made a few human errors with our boat handling that we need to work on and address." said Ashby "These guys are only going to get stronger, so we need to also". "These are going to be the most important five days of this America's Cup campaign for us, ' said the two-time victor of the America's Cup". We've got to get faster.
Although they have won three races, the Kiwis lead Oracle 2-0.
Spithill's Oracle Team USA continued their pursuit, in the hope of a mistake from their Kiwi rivals in the closing stages. "But we're also a very candid group and it's quite clear we need to make changes".
Well-funded Oracle Team USA - Ellison is worth an estimated $55 billion - has five days to come up with some answers to try to counter the spot-on design innovations by the scrappy, underfunded Kiwis, who almost folded after their epic collapse in the 2013 America's Cup on San Francisco Bay.
Although they won twice, by 30 seconds and 1 minute, 28 seconds, the Kiwis lead just 1-0. We are dying to know. Out team's really hungry to keep learning, keep moving forward, keep improving.
Rutherford's double leads Charleston to 5-1 win over Columbia
Thomas Szapucki (1-1) went six innings, allowing two runs and three hits to take the tough loss in the South Atlantic League game. Right-hander Gabriel Llanes (4-3, 2.93) is scheduled to start on Sunday against Charleston with first pitch at 1:05 p.m.
Oracle now have five days to find a formula to nullify the Kiwis, whose innovative boat design, complete with longer kinked foils and cycling arrangement, is no doubt faster than the defenders more traditional flying machine.
But Spithill insisted there was still room to make useful adjustments to the complicated systems that control the space-age craft, and to "appendages" including the massive fixed-wing sails, rudders and the daggerboards that allow the boats to foil - virtually flying with their twin hulls above the water surface.
At the start of race two Spithill might have sniffed an opportunity when a mistake on a gybe had the Kiwi boat floundering with the Americans poised to attack.
The always-crafty Kiwis are using a "cyclor" grinding system. Olympic rowing champion Joe Sullivan replaced him for Race 4.
Burling again showed why he's so highly regarded in world sailing, winning another start over Jimmy Spithill and Oracle.
Burling has barely engaged in the start box, keeping out of trouble and relying on boat speed to hand them an early advantage on the first two legs.
The Kiwis were simply imperious, once again dominating in the start box before opening unassailable leads over an impotent-looking Oracle, who have lost every leg of the Match so far.
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