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left-center field. "I was struggling to keep the ball in the strike zone," Fuentessaid. "I lost my tempo and fell behind quite a bit." In the bottom of the second, the 6-foot-3 Smith went back to thefence on Hill's deep drive to left and leapt high to snag the ball. Melvin said he didn't think Smith could jump that high. "I played basketball, but that was 10 years and 30 pounds ago,"said Smith, who also played quarterback at Ole Miss. A's lefty Tommy Milone, who went five innings and was in line forthe victory, chipped in with the bat in the second. He blooped atwo-run single into left field that accounted for the first hit byan A's pitcher since Ben Sheets singled in St. Louis on June 19,2010. That was a span of 26 hitless at-bats. Jarrod Parker and Trevor Cahill will square off for the first timeSaturday night at Chase Field. The pitchers will forever be linked as the central pieces of afive-player trade in December between the A's and Diamondbacks. Butneither played up the individual matchup. Cahill also tried to downplay facing his former team for the firsttime in a regular-season game. "I looked at the lineup, there's not too many guys I know," Cahillsaid of the A's lineup Friday. Just four players in the A's starting lineup played alongsideCahill last season with Oakland. Cahill, traded to Arizona along with reliever Craig Breslow, is 3-5with a 3.45 ERA in 11 starts. Parker -- who came over to Oakland with reliever Ryan Cook andoutfielder Collin Cowgill -- is 2-2 with a 2.40 ERA, which islowest among major league rookies with at least 40 innings pitched. Parker's first time facing Arizona came in spring training -- hewalked seven in 32/3 innings and was optioned to Triple-ASacramento after the game. "I've come a long way from then," Parker said. "Where I was thenand where I'm at now is completely different." Melvin was less certain Friday that Cespedes will avoid the 15-daydisabled list. "I think we'll know (Saturday) when we get him on the field," saidMelvin, who held out hope that Cespedes might be available topinch-hit during the series. Cespedes left Thursday's game against Texas after hurting his lefthamstring running the bases in the first inning. He didn't join theA's for batting practice Friday. Melvin was asked by an Arizona reporter to describe Cespedes'all-around tools, and he came up with an interesting playercomparison: Bo Jackson. Melvin, who managed his first game at Chase Field since he wasfired as the Diamondbacks skipper part way through the 2009 season,hitched a ride to the ballpark from current Arizona manager KirkGibson. Manny Ramirez, playing in his first game since Saturday, went 2 for4 with two runs, two RBIs and a double -- his first extra-base hitin 12 games with Sacramento. Ramirez, who missed time withtightness in his left leg, also hit into two double plays againstColorado Springs. The A's agreed to terms with 13 draft picks, includingfourth-rounder B.J. Boyd, an outfielder from Palo Alto High. For more on the A's, go to Joe Stiglich's blog at ibabuzz.com/athletics and follow him at Twitter.com/joestiglich . The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as China EPDM Rubber Granules , Artificial Grass Landscape Manufacturer, and more. For more , please visit Artificial Turf Athletic Fields today!
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