HOUSTON -- While there was plenty of disappointment to go around during the A's heartbreaking 4-3 loss to the Astros on Wednesday afternoon at Minute Maid Park, the play of veteran lefty Ross Detwiler was cause for praise.
"Ross was dominant out there today," Oakland reliever Liam Hendriks said. "He did a really good job of keeping them off balance, and he did a really good job of spotting up his fastball. It's a shame that we weren't able to pull this one off for him."
In his fifth start with the A's since being acquired in a trade from Cleveland on July 17, Detwiler stifled the normally potent Houston attack, pitching seven innings of one-run ball on only three hits, while tying a career high with seven strikeouts.