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OAKLAND ATHLETICS GAME INFORMATION Oakland Athletics Baseball Company • 510-638-4900 • athletics.com • A’s PR @AsMediaAlerts Get the latest A’s notes, full stat packets, clips, press releases, roster, updated media guide and more at pressbox.athletics.com OAKLAND ATHLETICS (97-64) VS. LOS ANGELES ANGELS (79-82) SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 — ANGELS STADIUM — 12:07 P.M. PDT LHP BRETT ANDERSON (4-5, 4.42) VS. RHP MATT SHOEMAKER (2-2, 4.82) NBCSCA — A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) ABOUT THE A’S: The A’s will face New York in MLB BEST RECORDS, HOME AND AWAY SPLITS: The A’s are batting .263 MLB MOST Wild Card game at Yankee Stadium on Wednes- JUNE 16-PRESENT (750-for-2847) with 134 home runs and an aver- HOME RUNS day…have won seven of the last 10 games but age of 5.50 runs per game on road (440 runs in 80 ON THE ROAD W L PCT are 8-7 over the last 15 games…are 42-22 (.656) Oakland 63 28 .692 games), compared to .241 with 91 home runs and since the All-Star Break, which is the best re- an average of 4.56 runs per game at home…lead 138 San Francisco 2001 Boston 59 31 .656 136 Baltimore 1996 cord in the majors…are 63-28 (.692) over their MLB in home runs and runs per game on road and Houston 57 33 .633 134 Oakland 2018 last 91 games dating back to June 16, which is Tampa Bay 57 35 .620 rank 2nd in batting…the 134 road home runs are an 133 Seattle 1997 the best record in the majors over that span… Colorado 56 36 .609 A’s record, two short of the American League record 130 Oakland 1996 are 97-64 (.602) overall, which is fourth best re- and four short of the MLB record…the A’s .465 slug- cord in American League and majors…are 13-2-2 over last 17 series and 23- ging percentage is currently an Athletics road record 3-3 over last 29…are 38-37 (.507) vs. AL West, 59-27 (.686) vs. all other teams. (.458 in 2000)…have 293 extra base hits, which is 7 short of A’s record of 300 in 2001…have 440 runs scored, their most on the road since 2001 (461). WINS: The A’s won their 97th game of the season last night, which is the eighth most in Oakland history and is the most since 2013 (96-66)…have HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 47-33 (.588) on the road, which is T3rd best not won more than 97 games since going 103-59 in 2002…the 97 wins are a road record in the majors…the wins are the A’s most on the road since go- 22-win improvement over last year, which is the third biggest turnaround in ing 49-32 in 2002…are 50-31 (.617) at home…are 3-2 on their fi nal road trip Oakland history…had a 23-win improvement from 1987 (81) to 1988 (104) of season, a six-game trip to Seattle (2-1) & Los Angeles-AL (1-1)…are 39-21 and a 29-win improvement from 1979 (54) to 1980 (83). (.650) on road dating back to May 14 after starting the year 8-12…were 32- 11 (.744) over fi nal 43 home games after starting year 18-20 at home. TWO-THIRDS CROWN: Khris Davis leads Majors with 48 home runs and is 2nd with 123 RBI (J.D. Martinez, 127)…the last A’s players to lead American ONE-RUN GAMES AND OTHER CLOSE CALLS: The A’s are 31-13 (.705) in one- League in two of the three Triple Crown categories was Jose Canseco in 1988 run games, which is the best record in the majors…the Athletics record for (42 HR, 124 RBI) and Reggie Jackson in 1973 (32 HR, 117 RBI)…his 123 RBI winning percentage in one-run games is .698 in 1928 (30-13) and the Oak- are T4th most in Oakland history behind Jason Giambi (137 in 2000), Miguel land record is .696 in 2002 (32-14)…the 31 one-run wins are sixth most in Tejada (131 in 2002) and Jose Canseco (124 in 1988)…his 48 homers are 3rd- Athletics history and are two short of the record of 33 set in 2004. most in Oakland era behind Mark McGwire (52 in 1996 & 49 in 1987). THE LATE INNINGS: The A’s are 70-1 when leading after seven innings and 79-1 KEYSTONE RBI: Jed Lowrie has driven in 99 RBI this season (82 as 2B, 14 as 3B, when leading after eight…no other team has lost fewer than three games 2 as DH, 1 as PH)…his 99 RBI as a primary second baseman are the 2nd-most when leading after seven innings and only the Mariners have fewer losses in club history behind Nap Lajoie (125 in 1901)…overall, he ranks 8th in the when leading after eight…are tied for the Major League lead in wins when American League in RBI this season…if he records one more RBI, he’ll join trailing after seven innings (11) and tied for second in wins when trailing after Khris Davis as the fi rst pair of A’s players with 100+ RBI since 2003 when Eric eight (5)…have scored 118 runs in the eighth inning, which is second most in Chavez (101) and Miguel Tejada (106) did so. the majors and the most by an A’s team since the 1933 Philadelphia A’s had 128…also rank second in the majors with 280 runs in the seventh inning or ELITE COMPANY: Matt Chapman (100 R, 42 2B, 24 HR) is just the 7th season later, which bests the previous Oakland record of 277 in 2000. in Athletics history that a player collected 100+ runs, 40+ doubles and 20+ home runs…he joined Jason Giambi (109 R, 47 2B, 38 HR in 2001), Wally Mo- THE PLAYOFFS: The A’s clinched their third American League Wild Card, their ses (113 R, 48 2B, 25 HR in 1937), Bob Johnson (103 R, 44 2B, 21 HR in 1933) second in the two wild card era…this will be A’s fourth postseason berth in and Al Simmons (3x, 152 R, 41 2B, 36 HR in 1930…114 R, 41 2B, 34 HR in last seven years and their ninth in last 19 seasons…over the last seven years, 1929…122 R, 43 2B, 24 HR in 1925)…Chapman would join Cleveland’s Fran- only the Dodgers (6) have more than four postseason appearances and over cisco Lindor, St. Louis’ Matt Carpenter, Boston’s Mookie Betts, Atlanta’s Ozzie the last 19 seasons only the Yankees (15), Cardinals (12), Red Sox (10), Braves Albers & Houston’s Alex Bregman as players to accomplish the feat in 2018. (10) & Dodgers (10)…this is A’s 27th postseason appearance all-time, a total surpassed only by the Yankees (54), Dodgers (31) and Cardinals (28). RUN THIS WAY: Matt Chapman (100) and Khris Davis (98) have a chance to be the fi rst pair of Athletics teammates to each reach the century mark in A’s vs. ANGELS: Oakland is tied in the season series 9-9…the A’s went 5-5 in runs scored since 2001 when Jason Giambi (109), Johnny Damon (108) and Oakland and are 4-4 in Anaheim…have scored 113 runs, which is most in A’s Miguel Tejada (107) did so…the only AL teams this season with multiple history vs. Angels (104 in 1961 by KC A’s)…have lost each of the previous four 100+ run teammates are Boston (3), Cleveland (2) and Houston (2). season series and are 40-54 (.426) vs. Los Angeles over the last fi ve years… this marks the fi rst time the A’s franchise (Kansas City and Oakland) has lost IN SEPTEMBER: The A’s are 16-9 (.640) in September, which is the third best four straight season series to the Angels…since moving to Oakland in 1968, record in the American League…have clinched a winning record for the the A’s are 437-375 vs. Angels…that includes 228-177 in Oakland and 209- month and have posted a winning record in each month this year…this is the 198 in Anaheim…all-time, the A’s are 486-452 against the Angels. sixth time in Oakland history the A’s have posted a winning record in each month (1971, 1972, 1990, 2003, 2013)…are batting .265 (227-for-858) with TODAY’S TIDBITS a Major League leading 163 runs scored this month…the runs scored are the MMattatt ChapmanChapman leads majors with Oakland record 25 doubles since All-Star third most by the A’s in September (198 in 2000 & 167 in 2009). Break and ranks 2nd with Oakland record tying 42 extra base hits…KKhrishris OFFENSE: The A’s have set an Athletics franchise record with 566 extra base DDavisavis has 133 career home runs in an A’s uniform, which is 10th most in hits, breaking the mark of 555 set in 2001…rank second in the majors in Oakland history; has A’s record 27 home runs since the All-Star Break…has doubles (321), 2nd in extra base hits, third in home runs (225), fourth in a career-high 123 RBI…Blake Treinen has a 0.78 ERA, which leads all reliev- runs (809), third in slugging percentage (.440) and fi fth in OPS (.766)…the ers and is the lowest in ML history among pitchers with 75 or more innings home runs are fi fth most in Athletics history (243 in 1996, 239 in 2000, 235 pitched…has 100 strikeouts and is the fi rst pitcher in MLB history to save in 1999, 234 in 2017) and the doubles are fourth (336 in 2004, 334 in 2001, 30 games, compile an ERA under 1.00 and strike out 100 batters.