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Chapman homered to left on a 2-1 count, Laureano scored.

Homered to left on a 2-1 count, Laureano scored.

Piscotty hit an infield single to third, Canha to second.

Hit an infield single to third, Canha to second.

Athletics

Olson homered to right on a 1-1 count, Canha scored.

Homered to right on a 1-1 count, Canha scored.

Athletics first.  Semien lined out to left fielder Peralta.  Laureano struck out.  Chapman homered to left on a 1-2 count.  Canha struck out.

Athletics fourth.  Chapman grounded out, third baseman Escobar to first baseman Walker.  Canha walked on a full count.  Canha stole second.  Olson homered to right on a 1-1 count, Canha scored.  Piscotty grounded out, third baseman Escobar to first baseman Walker.  Davis doubled to left.  Pinder flied out to center fielder Marte.

Diamondbacks fifth.  Escobar homered to left on a 1-2 count.  Ahmed grounded out, second baseman Pinder to first baseman Olson.  Cron struck out.  Kelly struck out.

Athletics eighth.  Laureano singled to left.  Chapman homered to left on a 2-1 count, Laureano scored.  Canha walked on four pitches.  Grace pitching.  Olson fouled out to catcher Vogt.  Piscotty hit an infield single to third, Canha to second.  Davis struck out.  Barreto pinch-hitting for Kemp.  Barreto 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 - Hudson, 1B - Knight, 2B - Muchlinski, 3B - Moore

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)  Matt Chapman and Matt Olson like to joke they don't usually hit home runs the same days.
When they do, the Oakland Athletics are extra powerful.

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Arizona Diamondbacks @ Athletics on August 21, 2020

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