Post Game Notes

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Los Angeles Angels (82-67) at Oakland Athletics (67-82) Wednesday, September 14, 2011 Oakland, Calif.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 8 0 7 Oakland 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2 9

W — Weaver (17-7) L — Harden (4-3) S — Walden (31)

OAKLAND NOTES  The Oakland Athletics are 3-6 over the last nine games after winning four in a row…committed two errors and have now made nine errors in the last seven games…have 119 errors for the season, which is second most in the majors to the Cubs (124)…are 1-2 on the final homestand of the season, a 10-game stand against Los Angeles (1-2), Detroit (four games) and Texas (three games).  Rich Harden is 0-1 with a 6.97 ERA (16 er in 20.2 ip) over his past four starts…is 1-1 with a 5.84 ERA (24 er in 37.0 ip) in seven starts during the day compared to 3-2 with a 3.68 ERA (15 er in 36.2 ip) in six starts at night…is 0-1 with a 4.38 ERA (6 er in 12.1 ip) in two starts against the Angels this year.  David DeJesus (2 for 3) is batting .358 (19 for 53) against the Angels this year and is a .339 (87 for 257) career hitter against Los Angeles, which is the best mark ever against the Angels (min. 200 PA).  Ryan Sweeney (0 for 2) is 6 for 31 (.194) against Los Angeles this year…was a .345 (50 for 145) career hitter against the Angels entering this season.  Josh Willingham (1 for 3) hit his 26th home of the season, which ties his career high (2006)…is now batting .255, which is the highest his average has been outside of his first five games of the year…is 16 for 47 (.340) with three home runs and 12 RBI over his last 13 games.

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Rich Harden (L, 4-3) 5.1 7 3 3 1 1 1 88/56 Fautino De Los Santos 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8/4 Craig Breslow 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15/8 Andrew Carignan 1.0 1 1 0 1 1 0 24/15 Jerry Blevins 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17/10

Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Josh Willingham (26) 3rd 2-2 1 LCF Weaver

LOS ANGELES NOTES  The are 9-4 in the month of September and are now 32-25 since the All-Star Break…are 67-5 when leading after seven innings and 4-49 when trailing after seven…are 2-1 on their final road trip of the season, a 10-game trip through Oakland (2-1), Baltimore (three games) and Toronto (four games).  Jered Weaver earned his 17th win of the season, which is a new career high…is 6-6 with 2.90 ERA (39 er in 121.0 ip) in 19 career starts against Oakland, including is 3-0 with a 1.21 ERA (4 er in 29.2 ip) in four starts this year.  Peter Bourjos (0 for 3) is 9 for 46 (.196) over his last 13 games.  Alberto Callaspo (0 for 4) had his seven-game hitting streak snapped, which was one away from tying his season high…batted .375 (9 for 24) during the streak.  (1 for 4) is on a seven-game hitting streak and is batting .308 (8 for 26) over that span.  Mark Trumbo (2 for 4) hit his 27th home run of the season…that is the second most all-time by an Angels rookie (Salmon, 31 in 1993).  Vernon Wells (1 for 4) has hit safely in 16 of his last 20 games (23 for 76, .303).

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Jered Weaver (W, 17-7) 7.0 6 1 1 2 1 1 115/74 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13/7 Jordan Walden (S, 31) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 23/16

Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Mark Trumbo (27) 6th 1-2 2 LF Harden

Time of Game ...... 2:46 Overall Record ...... 67-82 Home/Road ...... 40-34/27-48 First Pitch ...... 12:38 pm Streak ...... Lost 2 Day/Night ...... 29-30/38-52 Temperature ...... 60 degrees Homestand ...... 1-2 April/May/June ...... 13-14/14-15/9-17 Last Five ...... 2-3 July/Aug./Sept...... 13-13/11-17/7-6 Attendance ...... 14,743 Last 10 ...... 4-6 Total ...... 1,336,816 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7 ...... 34-20/33-62 Average (73 games) ...... 18,313 Series Record ...... 1-2 A’s/Opponents score first ...... 45-20/22-62 Series First Game ...... 18-30 Leading after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 57-4/58-2 Win/Lose in Last At-Bat ...... 10-20 vs. AL West ...... 21-27 Tied after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 3-11/4-13 Extra Innings ...... 8-11 vs. RHP/LHP ...... 43-56/24-26 Trailing after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 7-66/4-66