Cubs pitcher Jason Hammel, who coughed up four runs his last start, bounced back with a better outing on Sunday against the A's.
Hammel struggled in the first inning, allowing a triple to Jed Lowrie with two outs in the opening frame before yielding a run-scoring single to Josh Reddick. He then allowed another run-scoring single to Alberto Callaspo in the first before settling down.
Hammel wasn't pleased with his early troubles.
"I'm not too happy with it," Hammel said, per MLB.com. "Sometimes you're not going to have your best stuff and you have to find a way. We did that today. It definitely wasn't pretty."
Hammel surrendered two runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out two over 4 2/3 innings pitched in a 10-6 win. He's posted a 4.26 ERA and 8:8 K:BB ratio in 12 2/3 innings this spring.