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1:07 pm EDT Sun May 2, 2010

The Oakland Athletics finally got a decent pitching performance on the road. Ben Sheets certainly deserves part of the blame for their past troubles. Coming off a rare road victory, the Athletics hope Sheets can bounce back from a terrible outing as they conclude a four-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. After losing the series’ first two games, Oakland won 4-3 on Saturday behind starter Gio Gonzalez to snap a four-game skid. The Athletics had lost eight of nine at Toronto and seven straight on the road overall. Oakland held Toronto to one hit in six at-bats with runners in scoring position after posting a 9.00 ERA over its previous four games away from home. Sheets started one of those contests, enduring his worst outing of the season. He surrendered eight runs and nine hits - two home runs - in four innings of an 8-6 loss to Tampa Bay on Tuesday night.

The veteran right-hander’s ERA was 2.74 entering that game. Sheets has a 1.93 ERA in winning each of his two starts against the Blue Jays. Rookie Josh Donaldson may be Sheets’ batterymate following an impressive first start, hitting a two-run homer Saturday. Donaldson was called up from Triple-A on Friday when Kurt Suzuki went on the 15-day disabled list. Donaldson’s shot off Dana Eveland ended a streak of 59 innings without a homer allowed by the Blue Jays. Already without Suzuki, Oakland got by with another steady hitter out of the lineup, giving Ryan Sweeney the day off to rest a sore left knee. The right fielder, though, is expected to be back Sunday. He has reached base safely in all 23 games he has played this season. Oakland now faces Shaun Marcum, who remains winless mostly due to poor support from the lineup. The right-hander, who has received two runs or fewer to work with in each of his last four starts, gave up one run in seven innings and did not receive a decision in a 2-1 loss to Boston on Tuesday night.