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A’s fall 3-1 to Diamondbacks at Hohokam Stadium

Originally posted on Dice City Sports | By Mark Hebert | Last updated Mar 4, 2026 9:30 PM ET

The Athletics’ momentum hit a speed bump Wednesday afternoon.

Oakland dropped a 3-1 decision to the Arizona Diamondbacks at Hohokam Stadium, held to one run despite six hits and a couple of late chances. The loss moved the A’s to 3-7 in spring play.

Amaya does the damage

The game’s biggest hit came in the fourth.

With Luken Baker on base, Jacob Amaya jumped on a Tyler Ferguson pitch and launched a two-run homer to right, giving Arizona a 2-0 lead. The Diamondbacks added another run in the sixth on Amaya’s sacrifice fly after Baker doubled and moved up on a wild pitch.

Ferguson took the loss, tagged for two runs in 1 2/3 innings after Jeffrey Springs opened with 2 1/3 scoreless innings and four strikeouts.

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A’s answer once, cannot finish

Oakland’s lone run came in the bottom of the fourth. Tyler Soderstrom singled, Brent Rooker followed with another single, then Jacob Wilson lifted a sacrifice fly to left to bring Soderstrom home and cut it to 2-1.

The A’s had a chance to tighten it later, including Nick Kurtz’s ground-rule double in the sixth, but the inning fizzled with a strikeout and two outs in the air.

Oakland finished 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position and left six on base. Kurtz had two hits including the double, and Soderstrom and Rooker also singled.