OAKLAND ATHLETICS Post Game Notes
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New York Yankees (24-21) at Oakland Athletics (22-24) Friday, May 25, 2012 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB New York 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 12 0 8 Oakland 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 7 1 4
W — Nova (5-2) L — Ross (2-5) SV — Soriano (4)
OAKLAND NOTES The Oakland Athletics are on a season-high tying three-game losing streak (also April 14-16 and April 28-30)…have now lost five of the last seven and seven of the last 10 games…are 7-28 (.200) against the Yankees since 2008, which is the worst record by an American League team over that span…are 1-3 on this six-game homestand against Los Angeles (1-2) and New York (0-1). Tyson Ross allowed a career-high tying 11 hits (also April 28, 2012 vs. Baltimore), including a career-high three home runs (previous: 1, seven times)…is 0-4 with an 11.42 ERA (22 er in 17.1 ip) in four starts against American League East teams compared to 2-1 with a 1.82 ERA (5 er in 24.2 ip) in four starts against everyone else. Daric Barton (2 for 4) snapped his 0 for 10 streak with a double in the fifth inning. Josh Donaldson (2 for 4) snapped his 0 for 11 streak with a single in the fifth inning. Josh Reddick (1 for 4) hit a home run in the fourth inning, his 12th of the season…is batting .266 (21 for 79) with 17 runs, eight home runs and 16 RBI in 21 games in May. Jemile Weeks (1 for 4) is batting .333 (11 for 33) in seven career games against the Yankees.
Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Tyson Ross (L, 2-5) 4.1 11 6 3 2 3 3 97/62 Jerry Blevins 2.2 1 0 0 0 3 0 34/22 Jim Miller 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 36/23
Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Josh Reddick (12) 4th 1-1 1 RF Nova Kila Ka’aihue (2) 7th 2-2 1 RF Nova
NEW YORK NOTES The New York Yankees are on a three-game winning streak…snapped their season-high tying three-game road losing streak…hit three home runs and are now 24-11 when hitting one or more home runs compared to 0-10 when they do not hit a home run…are on a seven-game winning streak in Oakland and have won 11 of the last 12 contests at the Coliseum…are 1-0 on this nine-game road trip to Oakland (1-0), Los Angeles (three games) and Detroit (three games). Ivan Nova is 3-0 with a 4.26 ERA (12 er in 25.1 ip) in four starts on the road compared to 2-2 with a 6.46 ERA (22 er in 30.2 ip) in five starts at home…is now 9-0 with a 3.35 ERA (29 er in 78.0 ip) over his past 12 road starts…the streak is one win away from tying the longest road winning streak by a Yankees pitcher since 1995 (Clemens, May 26-Sept. 19, 2001; Pettitte, June 20, 2003-May 3, 2007). Robinson Cano (1 for 5) hit a home run in the fifth inning, the 150th of his career…is batting .337 (28 for 83) with 14 runs, five home runs and 15 RBI over his past 22 games. Derek Jeter (0 for 5) struck out three times, his most strikeouts in a game since he also struck out three times May 17, 2011 at Tampa Bay…had struck out a total of three times in his previous eight games. Mark Teixeira (2 for 5) hit a two-run home run in the third inning, his sixth of the season…five of the six home runs have come on the road.
Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Ivan Nova (W, 5-2) 7.0 6 3 3 1 4 2 101/64 Boone Logan 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8/6 Rafael Soriano (S, 4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 15/10
Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Mark Teixeira (6) 3rd 2-1 2 RF Ross Robinson Cano (6) 5th 0-1 1 CF Ross Nick Swisher (8) 5th 3-2 2 LF Ross
Time of Game ...... 3:00 Overall Record ...... 22-24 Home/Road ...... 10-13/12-11 First Pitch ...... 7:07 pm Streak ...... Lost 3 Day/Night ...... 6-7/16-17 Temperature ...... 59 degrees Homestand ...... 1-3 April/May/June ...... 10-12/11-11/0-0 Last Five ...... 2-3 July/Aug./Sept...... 0-0/0-0/0-0 Attendance ...... 33,559 Last 10 ...... 3-7 Total ...... 453,267 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7 ...... 10-7/12-17 Average (23 games) ...... 19,707 Series Record ...... 0-1 A’s/Opponents score first ...... 15-4/7-19 Series First Game ...... 6-11 Leading after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 16-1/18-1 Win/Lose in Last At-Bat ...... 6-3 vs. AL West ...... 8-10 Tied after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 5-2/4-2 Extra Innings ...... 4-2 vs. RHP/LHP ...... 14-18/8-6 Trailing after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 1-21/0-21