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Hey what’s up A’s fans, this is Charles here with another series recap. This week the A’s traveled to Arizona for an interleague matchup against the talented Diamondbacks where they lost two out of three.

On Tuesday the A’s pummeled the D-backs 15-1 in what was Brandon Webb’s worst start of the year. Justin Duchscherer cruised through 8 innings of work while only giving up 1 earned run. Brandon Webb stumbled through 3 1/3 innings while surrendering 7 earned runs. Mark Ellis had a huge day going 3-4 with 2 home runs and 4 RBI, while Rajai Davis also tacked on a homer run and 3 RBi on a 2-2 night. Bobby Crosby and Eric Chavez each had a home run and two RBI, while Carlos Gonzalez, Kurt Suzuki and Cust each had an RBI. 

On Wednesday the Diamondbacks returned to favor by beating the A’s 11-1. In his first start against his former team, Dan Haren pitched 7 strong innings while giving up one earned run. For the A’s Joe Blanton was awful in his 3 innings as he gave up 8 earned runs. Kurt Suzuki went 2-4 and recorded the only RBI for the A’s while multiple D-backs had big nights. Chris Young had a three run home run, Stephen Drew had a two run home run and Dan Haren had a 3 run double to open the game wide open as Arizona took game 2 of the series.

In the rubber game of the series on Thursday, Arizona beat the A’s 2-1 to take the series. Greg Smith started for the A’s and pitched 5 innings and gave up one earned run, while Doug Davis pitched 6 innings for Arizona and gave up 1 earned run. Jack Cust had a bloop RBI single that landed on the fair line to score the only run for the A’s. Chris Young went 2-2 with an RBI, while Justin Upton went 2-3 with the the game winning home run in the 8th to lead Arizona to the win. 

Following the series loss to Arizona the A’s head back to Oakland to face the surprising Florida Marlins for a three game series. On Friday night former Sacramento King Mark Hendrickson(7-5, 5.74 ERA) will face Rich Harden(4-0, 2.53 ERA). Saturday night will bring a matchup of Ricky Nolasco(7-4, 4.35 ERA) and Dana Eveland(5-5, 3.56 ERA). The finale on Sunday will feature Andrew Miller(5-5, 4.87) and Justin Duchscherer(7-4, 2.08 ERA). Make sure to email us at hosts@athleticscast.com or call us at 415-691-6185. You can also have your voice heard by posting a message to this blog. Go A’s! Have a great weekend and remember to live smooth.