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OAKLAND ATHLETICS Post Game Notes Oakland Athletics Baseball Company w 7000 Coliseum Way w Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 w @Athletics w @AsMediaAlerts w athletics.com Chicago White Sox (2-0) at Oakland Athletics (0-2) Tuesday, April 5, 2016 w Oakland Alameda Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Chicago-AL 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 5 11 0 8 Oakland 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 10 0 8 W — Jones (1-0) L — Doolittle (0-1) S — Robertson (2) OAKLAND NOTES • The Oakland A’s have now started the season 0-2 four times over the last 10 years (2007, 2011, 2013)...now have a six-game losing streak against the White Sox at the Coliseum...that is Oakland’s longest home losing steak to Chicago since Aug. 3, 1989-Sept. 18, 1990 when they also dropped six straight. • Chris Bassitt made his first career start and appearance against the White Sox. • Jed Lowrie (2-for-5, 2 rbi, 2 so) is a .312 (138-for-443) career hitter in the month of April, his best of any month. • Marcus Semien (2-for-3) has reached base safely in each of his last 25 games dating back to Sept. 6, 2015, which is the longest such streak of his career. Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Chris Bassitt 5.1 8 4 4 2 4 1 97/67 Marc Rzepczynski 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2/1 Liam Hendriks 2.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 30/20 Sean Doolittle (L, 0-1) 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 1 12/10 Ryan Dull 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3/1 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher None CHICAGO NOTES • The Chicago White Sox have now started the season 2-0 for the fourth time in the last five seasons...are 2-0 on the road to start the season for the first time since 2011...have now won six straight games at the Coliseum dating back to last season. • Jose Quintana had a no decision, his 53rd no decision since 2012...that is the most in the majors over that span...is 4-3 with a 4.43 ERA (45 er in 91.1 ip) in 16 career starts in April. • Jose Abreu (2-for-5, 3 so) has hit safely in each of his last 11 games against Oakland dating back to 2015...is batting .415 (17-for-41) over that span. • Adam Eaton (3-for-5, r, 2 so) has now reached base safely in 24 consecutive games dating back to Sept. 9, 2015. • Jimmy Rollins (1-for-5, 2 r, hr, rbi) hit the go-ahead solo home run in the ninth inning. Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Jose Quintana 5.2 7 2 2 0 7 0 96/63 Matt Albers 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 18/12 Zach Duke 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3/2 Nate Jones (W, 1-0) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 20/11 David Robertson (S, 2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13/9 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Todd Frazier (1) 5th 0-2 3 LF Bassitt Jimmy Rollins (1) 9th 2-2 1 LF Doolittle Time of Game ...................................................... 3:28 Overall Record....................................................... 0-2 Home/Road ................................................... 0-2 / 0-0 First Pitch ....................................................... 7:08 pm Streak ..................................................................... L2 Day/Night ....................................................... 0-0 / 0-2 Temperature ............................................. 70 degrees Homestand ............................................................ 0-2 April/May/June .......................................0-2 / 0-0 / 0-0 Last 5 ..................................................................... 0-2 July/Aug./Sept. ......................................0-0 / 0-0 / 0-0 Today’s Attendance ......................................... 10,478 Last 10 ................................................................... 0-2 Attendance Total .............................................. 45,545 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7 ......... 0-0 / 0-2 Average (2 games) .......................................... 22,773 Series Record ........................................................ 0-2 A’s/Opponents score first ............................... 0-1 / 0-1 Series First Game.................................................. 0-1 Leading after 7th/8th inning ........................... 0-0 / 0-0 Win/Lose in Last AB ............................................. 0-1 vs. AL West ............................................................ 0-0 Tied After 7th/8th inning ................................. 0-0 / 0-1 Extra Innings.......................................................... 0-0 vs. RHP/LHP ................................................. 0-0 / 0-2 Trailing After 7th/8th inning ............................ 0-2 / 0-1.