
For months, the Oakland Athletics were among baseball's best offensive teams. Jerome Williams beat the A's for the third time this season with his third different team, and Oakland missed an opportunity to extend its lead in the AL wild-card race with a 3-0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday. ''We've been struggling for a while, and this is a guy we had really good numbers off of,'' A's manager Bob Melvin said.
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