(SportsNetwork.com) - As if the American League West was not already contentious enough, the Oakland Athletics and the L.A. Angels find themselves locked in a first-place tie as they prepare to close out a three-game series at the Coliseum Sunday night. For the As, who are set to hit the road for seven straight against Houston and again Los Angeles, they have by far the greatest run differential (plus-165) of any team in the majors, yet they needed a little bit of luck to pull off the 2-1 win last night thanks to a wild pitch in the bottom of the eighth inning. In that frame Oaklands Coco Crisp started things off with a single to center, advancing to second on a ground out and then to third on a similar play. After Derek Norris was hit by a pitch, LA pitcher Joe Smith uncorked a wild pitch that allowed Crisp to reach home and give the As their third win in four tries. "Fastball up and away," said Smith of his ill-timed mistake. "I threw it too high and it went to the backstop." Smith came on in relief of Kevin Jepsen, who stepped in for Angels starter C.J. Wilson. One of the league leaders in pitches per game, Wilson exited after throwing 110, of which only 64 were strikes. The hurler permitted just a single run through 6 1/3 innings, scattering five hits and three walks as he struck out three in the no-decision. Like Wilson, Oakland starter Jon Lester was also left out of the decision even after he threw seven strong innings, striking out seven and walking only one, while giving up a single run on five hits. Luke Gregerson was awarded the win following his uneventful innings, the save going to Sean Doolittle. "No matter what type of expectation, or anything else that people put on me, Im sure its not going to be as high as what I put on myself," said Lester. "I expect myself to go out there every time and throw nine shutout." Of the six hits logged by the Angels, two came from Erick Aybar who knocked in Howie Kendrick in the seventh before being stranded at third. Mike Trout continued to watch his batting average sink as he struck out three times, giving him seven Ks in the last four games while his average dipped to .287. Gunning for his 14th win of the season, Jered Weaver is set to take the hill for the Angels this evening in Oakland. The right-hander, who has registered double-digit wins in each of his nine professional campaigns in Anaheim, is coming off yet another no-decision in which the Angels ended up winning on Tuesday night at Boston. Against the Red Sox, Weaver surrendered three runs on seven his and walked four, against just a single strikeout over 5 1/3 innings. For his career, Weaver is 11-9 with a 2.53 ERA in 28 all-time appearances versus the Athletics. Left-hander Scott Kazmir has been penciled in to counter for the As in this meeting. 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Germany finished on top at 2:42.781, while Italy took bronze in 2:44.681. It was the third silver for the Canadian foursome in the team relay this year. "It gets tighter and tighter every week and less room for mistakes," said Staudinger. "Nothing is a guarantee in this race. Can very easily be standing in fourth and not very happy. Thats what makes this event so exciting. With three sleds there is lots of room for error, but our results show we are definitely in the game." The team competition consists of one female sled, one male sled and one doubles team sled. Each athlete completes one run for a commbined final time.dddddddddddd The event will make its Olympic debut next month at the Sochi Games. In singles competition, Felix Loch of Germany easily won his third World Cup luge race of the season , posting the fastest heat in both runs and beating Italys Armin Zoeggeler by nearly a second. Loch finished in 1:38.266 seconds. Zoeggelers time was 1:39.129 and Switzerlands Gregory Cariget was third in 1:39.203. Only five sliders in the 32-man field finished within a second of Loch, the defending Olympic champion and current World Cup points leader. Chris Mazdzer of the U.S. had major trouble in his first run, then had the third-best time in the second heat of 49.697 seconds to finish 21st overall. Tucker West was 23rd for the U.S., and Aidan Kelly failed to finish his first heat. Mazdzer remained fifth in the overall points standings. Edney finished fifth in 1:39.232. "Sam is so close to breaking through and getting onto the podium," Staudinger said. "He is no different than Alex a few years ago and the doubles this year. When you finish in that group consistently, it is just a matter of time until the ball starts rolling and it happens. He was very close today to it being his day." Calgarys Mitchel Malyk was 20th (1:40.204). 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