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By Pearl Allison Lo

A missed catch from Marcell Ozuna with two outs, helped Oakland tie the game as they persisted and broke out in the ninth for a 9-5 win Friday.

Neither starting pitcher fared well, as Marlins’ rookie Anthony DeSclafani had his shortest outing, taken out due to injury after three innings.

The A’s Jesse Chavez matched a season-high four earned runs.

It was all small ball for both teams as Oakland had 16 hits and Miami had 10.

With one out in the first inning, DeSclafani issued three straight singles to load the bases. Josh Donaldson then ground out and Jed Lowrie singled to make it 2-0.

The Marlins loaded the bases in the bottom of the inning as well with two outs, but Ozuna struck out to end the inning.

In the top of the fourth, Oakland had three straight singles again, this time to lead off the inning. Coco Crisp capitalized by bringing in Lowrie with a groundout to make it 3-0.

It became 4-0 in the fifth inning after new Miami pitcher Brian Flynn issued a leadoff walk to Yoenis Cespedes and a one out triple to Donaldson.

Chavez made it 4-2 though, when he gave up four straight singles and a wild pitch in between in the bottom of the inning. That also brought in Dan Otero to replace him and Chavez’s catcher Derek Norris left as well with a back injury. The Marlins kept going, with a double, groundout and a pinch-hit single by Jeff Baker to give Miami the 5-4 lead.

Three pitching changes later, the A’s tied the game on a triple by Josh Reddick after a two-out single by Stephen Vogt. Ozuna failed to catch the ball by Reddick in left field after he dove.

Steve Cishek became the losing pitcher when he came in for the top of the ninth. He gave up three straight singles, intentionally walked Brandon Moss and with two outs, gave up two straight singles. Speedy Crisp went for home after Oakland led with two straight singles and was initially called out by the umpire.

The A’s Sean Doolittle closed out the game with a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth.

Game notes: The Marlins will look to recover against Oakland Saturday at 1:10pm.