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Diamondbacks

Semien lined out to right fielder Calhoun.

Murphy grounded out, shortstop Ahmed to first baseman Walker.

Grounded out, shortstop Ahmed to first baseman Walker.

Athletics

Grossman hit a ground-rule double to right, Olson scored, Chapman scored, Canha to third.

Hit a ground-rule double to right, Olson scored, Chapman scored, Canha to third.

Canha homered to left on a 2-2 count, Chapman scored.

Homered to left on a 2-2 count, Chapman scored.

Marte hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Laureano, Locastro scored.

Hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Laureano, Locastro scored.

Athletics first.  Semien singled to center.  Laureano flied out to center fielder Marte.  Olson grounded into fielder's choice, first baseman Walker to shortstop Ahmed, Semien out.  Chapman walked on a full count, Olson to second.  Canha was hit by a pitch, Olson to third, Chapman to second.  Grossman hit a ground-rule double to right, Olson scored, Chapman scored, Canha to third.  Piscotty fouled out to first baseman Walker.

Athletics third.  Olson popped out to third baseman Escobar.  Chapman doubled to left.  Canha homered to left on a 2-2 count, Chapman scored.  Grossman struck out.  Piscotty struck out.

Diamondbacks eighth.  Soria pitching.  Locastro singled to left.  Locastro stole second.  Marte flied out to center fielder Laureano, Locastro to third.  Marte hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Laureano, Locastro scored.  Walker struck out.

 The Diamondbacks swept a two-game series with the Athletics in Arizona, including a 10-1 thumping in the second game of the set. That was Arizona's largest victory of the season and Oakland's largest defeat.

 Arizona is on a six-game and three-series winning streak, having gone 7-1 against Colorado, San Diego and Oakland since August 10. The last time the Diamondbacks won more than six straight was a 13-game streak in August and September of 2017 in their push to secure a wild-card spot that season (they have had one other six-game winning streak since then in August 2019).

 Oakland has seen its 5.0-game lead in the division through games on August 9 (over TEX) slip to 2.5 as it has gone 4-4 in that stretch while Houston has gone 7-1. However, the last time the A's were alone in first place in the AL West at this point in the calendar or later (2013), they went on to win the division.

 Merrill Kelly spread three hits over 6.2 scoreless innings on August 14 to earn the win over the Padres. It was the fifth game of his career, which started in 2019, with 6.0 innings pitched, no runs and three or fewer hits allowed. Only six other pitchers in MLB have had as many or more such games over that span.

 Jesus Luzardo allowed six runs in 3.1 innings pitched on August 14 in San Francisco, his third career start. That was just one run fewer than he allowed in 29.1 innings across his first 10 appearances (eight in relief).

 Nick Ahmed tied a career high with five RBI in Tuesday's win over the Athletics (two prior games). Ahmed is tied for the third most RBI by a shortstop this season with 16, trailing Fernando Tatis Jr. (28) and Corey Seager (17) and tied with Dansby Swanson (based on position most played in 2020).

HP - Moore, 1B - Hudson, 2B - Knight, 3B - Muchlinski

The Oakland Athletics were in a need of a strong starting-pitching performance that could give an overworked bullpen some rest.
Jesus Luzardo gave his team just that on Wednesday night, and he helped put an end to a brief two-game losing streak for the American League West leaders. He shut out the surging Arizona Diamondbacks for 6 1/3 innings in Oakland, leading the A's to a 4-1 win.

A's happy to be home against D-backs

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)  Manager Bob Melvin always expects resiliency from his Oakland Athletics.
Mark Canha hit a two-run homer, Robbie Grossman got things going with a two-run double in the first to back Jesus Luzardo, and the A's beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-1 on Wednesday night a day after being thumped in Phoenix.

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Arizona Diamondbacks @ Athletics on August 20, 2020

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