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OAKLAND ATHLETICS Game Information Oakland Athletics Baseball Company 7000 Coliseum Way Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 Public Relations Facsimile 510-562-1633 www.oaklandathletics.com A’s AT A GLANCE OAKLAND ATHLETICS (34-41) VS. NEW YORK METS (36-38) Season High 19-17/22-20 (May 9/May 17) THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2011 – CITI FIELD – 1:10 P.M. EDT Season Low 28-40 (June 14) RHP GRAHAM GODFREY (1-0, 4.76) VS. LHP CHRIS CAPUANO (5-7, 4.29) April 13-14 CSNCA – A’S RADIO NETWORK (SPORTSRADIO 95.7 FM) May 14-15 June 7-12 July 0-0 ABOUT THE A’s August 0-0 September 0-0 ABOUT THE A’S: Last night’s 3-2, 13-inning loss halted a season-high six-game winning streak…the winning Home Series 5-5-2 streak followed a stretch where the A’s lost 13 of 14, including 10 straight from May 30-June 9, which matched Road Series 3-6-3 the fifth longest losing streak in Oakland history…are 35-40 (.467) overall, which is the third worst record in the Series Sweeps 3-5 American League, but are just 5½ games out of first place in the AL West…were in a tie for first place in the First Game of Series 9-17 West at the conclusion of play May 17 with a 22-20 record…however, have gone 12-21 (.364) since then, which Last Game of Series 14-10 A’s Score First 26-12 is the second worst record in the AL (Kansas City, 11-22)…have spent each of the last 24 days and 31 of the Opponent Scores First 8-29 last 32 in sole possession of last place in the AL West…for the season, have spent one day tied for first, three Leading After 7th 27-3 days in second, eight days tied for second, 34 days in third, three days tied for third and 35 days in fourth. Leading After 8th 29-1 Tied After 7th 1-7 INTERLEAGUE PLAY: The A’s are 4-4 in interleague play this season…went 3-3 against San Francisco and Tied After 8th 1-9 are 1-1 against New York …after this series, continue the road trip by traveling to Philadelphia before returning Trailing After 7th 6-31 home to face Florida and Arizona…went 8-10 (.444) in interleague play last year, their second consecutive th Trailing After 8 4-31 season with a losing record…it was just the fourth time in 14 seasons the A’s finished with a losing record…are Commit No Errors 16-17 17-27 (.386) over the last two-plus years, which is tied for the fifth worst mark in the majors…however, are 140- Commit 1 or More Errors 18-24 116 (.547) all-time, which is the seventh best record. More HR Than Opp. 12-5 Fewer HR Than Opp. 8-17 PITCHERS HITTING: A’s pitchers are 0 for 9 with two strikeouts and two sacrifice hits this year and now have a Same Total HR of Opp. 14-19 Starter Pitches 7 or More 17-13 .089 (23 for 258) average with four doubles, seven RBI, eight walks and 113 strikeouts since interleague play Starter Pitches Less Than 7 17-28 began in 1997…the batting average is the lowest by an American League team over that span (Toronto, When Scoring 4 or More 25-9 .092)…the last triple by an A’s pitcher was by John Odom on Aug. 22, 1971 against Boston and Odom also hit When Scoring Less Than 4 9-32 the last home run on Sept. 4, 1972 against California. Last At Bat 7-14 Different Lineups 58 HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 1-1 on this six-game road trip through New York (1-1) and Philadelphia (three games)…went 5-1 on the last homestand against Kansas City (2-1) and San Francisco (3-0), which was their A’s vs. METS best homestand since 2006 when they went 8-1 against Texas, Tampa Bay and Seattle from Aug. 7-16…the homestand followed a 1-9 road trip to Boston (0-3), Baltimore (0-3) and Chicago (1-3), matching the worst The A’s trail in the all-time series, record on a road trip of 10 or more games in Oakland history…also went 1-9 Aug. 1-10, 2008 and May 12-21, 3-5…won two of three in Oakland 1981…have won five straight home games but have lost 16 of the last 20 on the road…are 19-16 at home and in 2005 and are now 1-4 in New 15-25 on the road…have the second worst road record in the American League (Kansas City, 10-21)…are York…snapped a four-game losing streak against the Mets with batting .250 (289 for 1156) with 139 runs scored in 35 home games (3.97 per game) and .228 (315 for 1380) Tuesday night’s win…the two with 135 runs scored in 40 games on the road (3.47 per game). clubs also met in the 1973 World Series, which the A’s won in seven STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are 5-0 with a 1.18 ERA (6 er in 45.2 ip), .188 (31 for 165) games. opponents batting average, 11 walks and 35 strikeouts over the last seven games after going 0-11 with a 7.30 ERA, .312 opponents batting average, 41 walks and 37 strikeouts over the previous 14 contests…the 11-game TODAY’S TIDBITS losing streak was second longest in Oakland history to a 13-game streak from July 29-Aug. 12, 1977…the 14- game streak without a win matched the fifth longest in Oakland history…starters are now 26-26 with a 3.23 ERA David DeJesus has not (166 er in 463.0 ip) for the season…the ERA is second behind Seattle (3.22) for the lowest in the American committed an error in 56 games in League and is third lowest in the majors (Philadelphia, 3.05)…have allowed 16 home runs in the last 21 games the outfield and now has a 297- after yielding 18 over the first 54 contests…have allowed 34 for the season, which is the fewest in the AL and game errorless streak, which is the longest active streak among all tied for third fewest in the majors…also have the lowest opponents slugging percentage in the AL (.357) but Major League outfielders. have issued the third most walks (162). Joey Devine has not allowed a PITCHING: The A’s have compiled a 1.62 ERA (12 er in 66.2 ip) over the last seven games after posting 5.70 home run this season and now ERA over the previous 13 contests…lead the American League and rank third in the majors with a 3.23 ERA has a 77-game, 75.2-inning, 307- for the season…have allowed two home runs over the last eight games and 48 for the season, which is the batter homerless streak. fewest in the AL and tied for fourth fewest in the majors…have the lowest opponents slugging percentage in the Brian Fuentes saved the 199th AL and fourth lowest in the majors (.353)…have a Major League leading 15 pickoffs…opponents have been game of his career Sunday, which successful in 54 of 82 (65.9%) stolen base attempts, which is the second lowest percentage in the AL…the 28 is the most among active left- caught stealings are the most in the majors. handers…needs one more to become the sixth left-hander in OFFENSE: The A’s have hit one home run or fewer in each of the last 26 games, which matches the second Major League history to reach the longest such streak in Oakland history…have 40 home runs for the season, which is the fewest in the Major 200 plateau (Franco, Wagner, Leagues…are on pace to hit 86 home runs and the Oakland record for fewest home runs in a season is 94 in Myers, Righetti, Lyle). 1968…have scored 274 runs, which is the third fewest in the American League…also have the second lowest Hideki Matsui has 499 career batting average (.238) and slugging percentage (.345) n the AL and the third lowest on-base percentage (.307. home runs between Japan and the United States…25 Major Leaguers DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have committed one or more errors in 11 of their past 12 games (14 errors and eight players in the Japanese total) and have 59 errors for the season, which is second most in the American League (Texas, 60)…the errors Leagues have hit 500... is 10 for have led to 40 unearned runs, which is second most in the majors to Houston (42)…13 of the errors have been 36 (.278) with 12 walks, three committed by pitchers, which is the most in the majors…rank second in the AL in double plays (82). home runs and 10 RBI over his past 12 games. CLOSE CALLS: The A’s are 10-16 (.385) in one-run games this season, which is the worst mark in the American League …are 5-9 (.357) in extra inning games…are tied for the American League lead in extra inning Ryan Sweeney has not games and most losses (Los Angeles is also 5-9)…the 14 extra-inning games are already three more than the committed an error this year and now has a 154-game errorless A’s total for the entire 2010 season and the losses are their most since going 3-10 in 2009…10 of the extra- streak, which is fourth longest in inning games have gone 10 innings, one lasted 11, one lasted 12, one went 13 and the season-high is 14…are Oakland history by an outfielder.