"The win definitely has a little more of a special meaning for me," Wilson said on the night of Dan O'Neill's funeral. "He was a diehard baseball fan, and I know he enjoyed watching the game somewhere, so it definitely was a little more special.
"I think Papa Dan would have rather had me out here pitching and watching down than being at his funeral."
With Baltimore's starters failing to complete five innings in three of its previous four games, Wilson pitched into the eighth and held the A's to two runs on six hits.