OAKLAND -- Aaron Brooks' dominance in the A's 5-4 loss to the Astros on Thursday was overshadowed by more late-inning bullpen issues, but the young right-hander left with a lead and impressed for the second straight outing.
Brooks pitched seven solid innings, yielding just one run and striking out seven. He has thrown 14 1/3 innings and given up a total of two runs in his two starts with the Athletics.
"Personally, it's nothing that I would change that I could comment on," Brooks said, "other than we lost the game.