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1:05 pm EDT Sun Jul 4, 2010

For whatever reason, the Oakland Athletics do their best work on the mound under natural light. The Athletics hope that trend continues with a strong effort from Vin Mazzaro on Sunday when they finish a three-game road series against the Cleveland Indians. Oakland has baseball’s best ERA in day games at 2.92, going 18-10 for the third-best mark in the majors. The Athletics’ night record of 22-32 is the second-worst in the AL, ahead of only Baltimore. Mazzaro has a 3.86 ERA in day games as opposed to a 4.74 mark at night heading into his second start against the team that handed him his first major league loss exactly one year ago. He gave up five runs over six innings last July 4 in a 5-2 loss at Cleveland after starting his career with 13 2-3 scoreless innings over two victories.

The right-hander won for the first time since June 8 when he yielded one run over six innings in a 4-2 win Tuesday at Baltimore. Mazzaro overcame a career-worst six walks as he filled in admirably for an injured Dallas Braden, who was placed on the disabled list Saturday. The A’s starter will face a Cleveland lineup without top slugger Shin-Soo Choo, who missed Saturday’s 5-4, 10-inning win for the Indians because of an injury to his right thumb. Choo was injured while attempting a diving catch on Jack Cust’s eighth-inning double Friday night. He’s headed for the DL after his glove hand appeared to bend awkwardly when he hit the ground. Choo leads the Indians with 13 homers and 43 RBIs in 78 games. Without Choo on Saturday, Cleveland won for the sixth time in seven games on Matt LaPorta’s RBI single in the 10th inning.