The Oakland Athletics played one of their worst defensive games of the season, and their starter came within one pitch of walking four straight batters in the first inning. Somehow, everything turned out all right. Rajai Davis and Jack Cust homered in the third, rookie Trevor Cahill overcame his early bout of wildness and Oakland snapped a four-game skid with a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night despite giving up three unearned runs.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Tue 6/16	LAD	OAK 4 at LAD 5	W: Mota L: Ziegler
Wed 6/17	LAD	OAK 5 at LAD 4	W: Cahill L: Kuroda
Thu 6/18	LAD	OAK 2 at LAD 3	W: Leach L: Ziegler

Box Scores

Athletics (28 - 36) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Dodgers (43 - 23) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. A Kennedy, 2B 4 1 1 0 0 2. J Cust, RF 4 1 2 2 0 2. C Denorfia, RF 0 0 0 0 0 3. M Holliday, LF 4 1 1 1 0 4. J Giambi, 1B 3 0 0 0 0 4. D Barton, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 5. K Suzuki, C 4 0 1 0 0 6. O Cabrera, SS 4 0 1 1 0 7. J Hannahan, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 8. R Davis, CF 4 1 2 1 0 9. T Cahill, P 2 1 1 0 0 9. R Springer, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. N Garciaparra, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. C Breslow, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. B Ziegler, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. B Crosby, PH 0 0 0 0 0 9. A Bailey, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 5 9 5 0		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. J Pierre, LF 5 1 1 0 0 2. R Furcal, SS 4 1 1 0 1 3. O Hudson, 2B 4 1 1 1 1 4. J Loney, 1B 4 0 0 0 1 5. C Blake, 3B 4 1 1 0 1 6. A Ethier, RF 4 0 2 2 0 7. M Kemp, CF 3 0 1 1 0 8. R Martin, C 3 0 0 0 1 9. H Kuroda, P 2 0 0 0 0 9. M Loretta, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. B Leach, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. G Mota, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. M Jones, PH 1 0 1 0 0 9. R Belisario, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 4 8 4 5
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* T Cahill (W, 4-5) 5.1 4 2 0 4 3 3.89 R Springer (H, 4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 5.87 C Breslow (H, 7) 0.1 0 2 1 1 0 4.81 B Ziegler (H, 2) 1.2 3 0 0 0 1 3.77 A Bailey (S, 6) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2.36		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* H Kuroda (L, 1-3) 6.0 7 5 5 0 2 3.86 B Leach 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 3.65 G Mota 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 4.94 R Belisario 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2.31
* = Season Stat
BATTING 2B: A Kennedy (10) HR: J Cust (12), R Davis (1) BASERUNNING SB: M Holliday 2 (6)CS: R Davis (4)		BATTING 2B: J Pierre (12), A Ethier (15) BASERUNNING SB: M Kemp 2 (16)

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Player News

Athletics Dallas McPherson (OAK) News: McPherson has signed a minor league deal with Oakland.  (RotoWire - Nov 22, 2009) Dallas McPherson (OAK) News: According to Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com, the A's have signed former Angels prospect Dallas McPherson to a minor league contract.  (Fanball - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Vincent Mazzaro (OAK) News: Mazzaro (shoulder) has been removed from the 60-day DL.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)

Dodgers Jason Schmidt (LAD) News: Schmidt (shoulder) will likely retire after filing for free agency, MLB.com reports.  (RotoWire - Wed. Nov 18, 2009) Russell Martin (LAD) News: Martin batted a disappointing .250/.352/.329 in 2009, the second consecutive season his OPS has experienced a drop-off.  (RotoWire - Nov 15, 2009) Mark Loretta (LAD) News: Loretta batted just .232/.309/.276 in 181 at-bats for the Dodgers this season.  (RotoWire - Nov 15, 2009)