PHOENIX -- Jharel Cotton took a lesson from his previous spring start -- it does him no good to sit around during long innings.
Cotton struck out seven and allowed a run over 5 2/3 innings, helping the Oakland Athletics beat the Milwaukee Brewers 11-1 on Sunday.
In his last start, Cotton allowed five runs in 3 2/3 innings against Seattle, all after Oakland's six-run third inning.
On Sunday, Oakland scored five runs in the third inning and another four in the fourth, and Cotton changed up his strategy, opting to do some throwing while the A's piled up the runs.