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7:05 pm EDT Wed May 26, 2010

With their lineup struggling, the Oakland Athletics seem to have little chance at winning these days without an extraordinary pitching performance. Locked in a home run drought and with Coco Crisp likely headed back to the disabled list, the Athletics might not be able to afford another ineffective game from their pitchers as they face the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night. After sweeping a three-game set with San Francisco over the weekend, Oakland lost 5-1 to Baltimore on Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game series. The Athletics were held without a homer for the seventh straight game, the club’s longest such streak since a nine-game rut in 1983. Oakland has been limited to three runs or fewer in five of its last six contests and 10 of 13. To make matters worse, the A’s have had to scratch Crisp the past two games due to a strained chest muscle. The center fielder was out from April 3-May 21 due to a broken left finger.

Outstanding pitching helped the A’s outscore the Giants 10-1. Their string of consecutive shutout innings ended at 23 when Baltimore scored an unearned run in the fourth, and Oakland ended up allowing six walks - its most in 11 games. With Trevor Cahill on the mound, the A’s hope to get back on track against the major league-worst Orioles. Cahill is 2-1 with a 2.22 ERA in his last four starts. The right-hander allowed one run in 6 2-3 innings and earned a win in a 6-1 victory over San Francisco on Friday night. Cahill is 1-1 with a 3.46 ERA in two career starts against Baltimore. The Orioles will counter with Brian Matusz, coming off his worst start of the season. He yielded seven runs and eight hits in 2 1-3 innings of a 13-7 loss to Texas on Thursday night. The 23-year-old left-hander threw seven shutout innings against Cleveland in his previous effort.