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10:05 pm EDT Mon Aug 16, 2010

Shaun Marcum had trouble while losing his last two starts to the highest-scoring teams in the majors. He should find things easier against one of baseball’s worst offenses. Marcum looks to get back on track Monday night when the Toronto Blue Jays open a three-game road set against the punchless Oakland Athletics. The right-hander went 3-0 with a 2.04 ERA in his final three outings of July before going 0-2 with an 11.70 ERA in two starts this month against the New York Yankees and Boston. Marcum allowed a season-high eight runs in four-plus innings - including a career-high four home runs - Wednesday in a 10-1 loss to the Red Sox.

Oakland is tied with Seattle for the fewest homers in the majors with 70, and its 465 runs scored are fifth-fewest in baseball. Marcum improved to 2-1 with a 3.54 ERA in five starts against the Athletics by yielding one run in 6 1-3 innings of a 9-3 home victory May 2. The Athletics are returning home after a dismal 1-5 trip in which they totaled 11 runs and batted .209 with 41 strikeouts. Left fielder Conor Jackson, sidelined since June 30 with a right hamstring injury, will likely be activated at some point on this seven-game homestand. He may be less likely to provide Oakland the offensive boost it needs, as he batted a middling .267 with four RBIs in his first 14 games after being acquired from Arizona in June and has homered twice since the start of 2009.