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New York Mets (60-68) at Oakland Athletics (74-52) Wednesday, August 20, 2014 w O.co Coliseum

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB New York 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 10 3 7 Oakland 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 1 8

W — Wheeler (9-8) L — Samardzija (3-3) S — Familia (4)

OAKLAND NOTES • The Oakland Athletics are 11-6 in interlegaue play this season (Washington, 3-0; New York, 2-2; Miami, 3-0; San Francisco, 3-1; Atlanta, 0-3)...are 1-1 on this five-game homestand against New York-NL (1-1) and Los Angeles-AL (three games). • Jeff Samardzija took his first loss at the Coliseum...allowed seven earned runs, which is his most runs allowed as a member of theAthletics (season high: 8, June 1 at Milwaukee)...is now 0-3 with a 8.72 ERA (21 er in 21.2 ip) in nine career appearances against New York, including three starts. • Coco Crisp (1 for 5, r, 2b, rbi) is batting .161 (9 for 56) over his last 15 games after missing seven games with a strained neck...is batting .145 (12 for 83) in 22 games since the All-Star Break after batting .291 before the break. • Brandon Moss (0 for 3, 2 r, 2 bb, 2 so) is batting .176 (9 for 51) with no home runs and four RBI in 15 games in August...has not homered since July 24 and his 21-game homerless streak is his longest as an Athletic. • Josh Reddick (1 for 4, r) is batting .302 (29 for 96) with eight doubles, one , five home runs, 13 RBI, 18 runs scored, 10 multiple hit games and six in 27 games since he was reinstated from the disabled list July 22. • Eric Sogard (1 for 1, r, bb) is batting .286 (18 for 63) with 16 runs scored, 13 walks, and seven RBI in 22 games since the All-Star Break after hitting .186 with with 18 runs and nine RBI in 63 games before the break.

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Jeff Samardzija (L, 3-3) 3.2 7 7 7 2 2 2 83/48 Jesse Chavez 2.0 3 1 1 3 3 0 45/27 Fernando Abad 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22/16 Dan Otero 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19/13

Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher None

NEW YORK NOTES • The snapped their three-game losing streak and are now 9-8 vs. the American League in interleague play this season (2-1 vs. Seattle, 2-1 vs. Texas, 2-2 vs. Oakland, 2-2 vs. New York-AL, and 1-2 vs. Los Angeles-AL). • Zack Wheeler is 6-0 with a 2.40 ERA (17 er in 63.2 ip) over his last 10 starts...is 4-1 with a 2.29 ERA (16 er in 63.0 ip) over his last 10 road starts. • (2 for 3, r, hr, rbi, bb) is batting .318 (27 for 85) on road compared to .279 (17 for 61) at home. • (2 for 4, 2 r, hr, 3 rbi, bb, so) hit his team-leading 23rd of the season...that is an on-going career high on a season (previous: 15, 2012 and 2013).

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Zack Wheeler (W, 9-8) 5.2 4 4 4 3 3 0 103/55 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 15/8 Vic Black 1.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 18/6 Jeurys Familia (S, 4) 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 29/17

Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Eric Campbell (3) 3 2-0 1 CF Samardzija Lucas Duda (23) 3 2-1 3 CF Samardzija

Time of Game...... 3:20 Overall Record...... 74-52 Home/Road...... 41-22 / 33-30 First Pitch...... 12:37 pm Streak...... Won 2 Day/Night...... 27-19 / 47-33 Temperature...... 66 degrees Homestand...... 1-1 March/April/May/June...... 0-1 / 18-9 / 16-12 / 17-9 Last 5...... 1-4 July/Aug./Sept...... 15-10 / 8-11 / 0-0 Today’s Attendance...... 20,312 Last 10...... 2-8 Attendance Total...... 1,517,342 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7.. 28-10 / 46-42 Average (62 games)...... 24,473 Series Record...... 1-1 A’s/Opponents score first...... 48-12 / 26-40 Series First Game...... 22-19 Leading after 7th/8th inning...... 56-5 / 59-4 Win/Lose in Last AB...... 19-11 vs. AL West...... 27-20 Tied After 7th/8th inning...... 7-7 / 9-4 Extra Innings...... 11-6 vs. RHP/LHP...... 54-37 / 20-15 Trailing After 7th/8th inning...... 11-40 / 6-44

Friday’s Pre-Game Schedule: Clubhouse opens: 3:10 p.m. w Bob Melvin availability: 3:55 p.m. w BP: 4:10 p.m.