Post Game Notes

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Seattle Mariners (72-66) at Oakland Athletics (61-76) Sunday, September 6, 2009 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, Calif.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Seattle 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 1 6 Oakland 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 x 5 9 0 7 WP — G. Gonzalez (5-5). LP — Kelley (4-2). SV — Bailey (23).

OAKLAND NOTES • The Oakland A’s finished 4-3 on this seven-game homestand against Kansas City (2-1) and Seattle (2-2). • Gio Gonzalez tossed a career-high seven innings (previous: 6.2 ip, twice, last: August 4 vs. Texas)…is 3-1 with a 4.11 ERA (16 er in 35.0 ip) and .234 (30 for 128) opponents batting average in six games, five starts, during the day…is 1-1 with a 3.96 ERA (11 er in 25.0 ip) in five career appearances, three starts, against the Mariners. • Andrew Bailey has converted each of his last 18 save opportunities dating back to June 17 which ties the Oakland rookie record set by in 2005…also converted his 23rd save of the season which also ties Street’s Oakland rookie record from 2005. • Scott Hairston (1 for 4) hit his first career grand slam in the seventh inning…is also the fourth slam by an Athletic this season…the four RBI tie his career high (four times, last: May 4 vs. Colorado for San Diego)…tied his career-high from last season with his 17th . • Adam Kennedy (2 for 3) has a six-game hitting streak and is 11 for 23 (.478) over that stretch. • Rajai Davis (2 for 3) is 15 for 40 (.375) with six multiple hit games and seven RBI over his last 10 games. • Landon Powell (1 for 4) has hit four home runs over and collected 10 RBI over his last seven games (7 for 27, .259).

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Gio Gonzalez (W, 5-5) 7.0 6 2 2 2 3 0 101/59 Brad Ziegler 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8/7 Andrew Bailey (S, 23) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 14/9 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Landon Powell (6) 4th 0-0 1 RF Fister Scott Hairston (7, 17) 7th 0-1 4 LF Kelley

SEATTLE NOTES • The are now 2-2 on their 10-game road trip with Oakland (2-2), Los Angeles (three games) and Texas (three games). • Doug Fister is 1-0 with a 1.46 ERA (2 er in 12.1 ip) over his last two starts and 2-1 with a 3.41 ERA (12 er in 31.2 ip) over his last five. • Ichiro Suzuki (1 for 4) recorded the 2,000th hit of his Major League career with a double to leadoff the game…is the first player in history to record 2,000 career hits with fewer than 10 seasons in the majors and has reached the mark with the second fewest amount of games in Major League history (among players who made their MLB debut in 1900 or later)…has a seven-game hitting streak and is batting .400 (12 for 30) over that span…has a 17-game hitting streak against Oakland dating back to last year and is hitting .382 (29 for 76) during that streak…is now five hits short of becoming the first player to have nine consecutive 200-hit seasons. • Adrian Beltre (1 for 3) snapped on 0 for 12 streak with a single in the sixth inning. • Michael Saunders (0 for 3) is currently 0 for his last 24 at bats.

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Doug Fister 5.0 6 1 1 2 5 1 94/56 Shawn Kelley (BS, 3 ;L, 4-2) 2.0 3 4 4 0 2 1 43/30 Randy Messenger 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18/13 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher None.

Time of Game ...... 2:20 Overall Record ...... 61-76 Home/Road...... 34-36/27-40 First Pitch...... 1:06 pm Streak...... Won 2 Day/Night...... 21-23/39-52 Temperature ...... 66 degrees Homestand ...... 4-2 April/May/June ...... 8-11/11-18/13-15 Last Five...... 3-2 July/Aug./Sept...... 12-14/14-15/3-3 Attendance...... 16,188 Last 10 ...... 5-5 Total ...... 1,244,203 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7...... 15-13/46-63 Average (70 games) ...... 17,774 Series Record...... 16-21-7 A’s/Opponents score first ...... 31-28/30-48 Series First Game ...... 19-24 Leading after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 50-5/51-1 Win/Lose in Last At-Bat ...... 10-15 vs. AL West ...... 16-25 Tied after 7th inn/8th inn...... 4-9/7-11 Extra Innings ...... 3-9 vs. RHP/LHP...... 44-49/17-27 Trailing after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 7-62/3-64