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Arizona Diamondbacks had a six-game winning streak at Oakland snapped with a 6-2 loss May 24, 2009. Bob Melvin managed the Diamondbacks from 2005 until he was fired early in the 2009 season. Melvin, who guided the club to the NLCS in 2007, was hired back by Arizona as a special advisor in May before he left to replace the fired Bob Geren in Oakland on June 9. Arizona Diamondbacks took two of three at Oakland in 2009, both clubs are looking to bounce back after losing their most recent series.
Oakland Athletics' have dropped six of eight, are 9-10 under Melvin. They hope Harden can help them avoid a third consecutive loss when he takes the mound for the first time since Sept. 29 while with Texas. A strained right lat muscle was the latest setback for the oft-injured Harden, who went 5-5 with a 5.34 ERA in 18 starts for the Rangers in 2010. Athletics' Rich Harden, who struck out 12 and allowed three runs over 7 2-3 innings in two starts for Triple-A Sacramento, gave up a run and fanned 10 in seven innings of a 2-0 loss in his only appearance against the Diamondbacks on July 21, 2008.