Post Game Notes Oakland Athletics Company w 7000 Coliseum Way w Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 w @Athletics w @AsMediaAlerts w athletics.com (22-19) at Oakland Athletics (19-22) Wednesday, May 18, 2016 w Oakland Alameda Coliseum

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Texas 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 Oakland 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 x 8 12 0 6

W — Hill (6-3) L — Perez (1-4) S — None

OAKLAND NOTES • The Oakland A’s have won four straight and five of the last six games...swept their first series of three or more games in the Coliseum since July 3-6, 2014 against Toronto (four games)...had a streak of 40 consecutive home series of three or more games without a sweep, which was the longest such streak in Oakland history (previous: 35, May 13, 1983-Aug. 1, 1984)...are now 5-4 (.556) in games facing a left-handed starting ...have won all three contests against the Rangers this season and are 43-36 against Texas over the last five years...are 3-0 on this seven-game homestand against Texas (3-0) and New York-AL (four games). • The A’s have 14 home runs over the last six games after hitting just six home runs over the prevous 11 contests. • Rich Hill has allowed four hits or fewer in each of his last six starts...has tossed at least five in each outing and his streak of six consecutive outings with five innings or more and four hits or fewer is the longest such streak by anA’s pitcher since at least 1913...is 5-1 with a 1.96 ERA (8 er in 36.2 ip) over his last six starts...is 3-1 with a 1.44 ERA (4 er in 25.0 ip) in four starts on four days rest. • Billy Burns (1-for-5, r, 2 so) is a .274 (17-for-62) career hitter against Texas. • Khris Davis (2-for-2, 2 r, hr, rbi, 2 bb) is batting 15-for-57 (.263) with nine home runs and 20 RBI over his last 14 games. • Josh Reddick (1-for-3, 2 r, bb) is 20-for-44 (.455) with five multiple games over his last 13 games...is now batting .375 (33-for-88) over his last 24 games... is hitting .400 (22-for-55) in 16 games in May...is a .308 (71-for-230) career hitter against Texas. • Marcus Semien (2-for-4, 2 rbi) is 13-for-43 (.302) with eight RBI over his last 13 games...is batting .309 (17-for-55) at home...is hitting .292 (14-for-48) against AL West competition. • Danny Valencia (3-for-4, 2 r, 2 rbi) is 15-for-33 (.455) with nine runs, six home runs and 12 RBI in nine games since his return from the disabled list.

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Rich Hill (W, 6-3) 6.0 3 1 1 1 6 0 106/67 Francisco Rodriguez 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 19/15 Andrew Triggs 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8/5

Home Runs Count RBI Location Pitcher Khris Davis (12) 6th 1-0 1 CF Perez

TEXAS NOTES • The Texas Rangers have lost three straight games and are 12-13 since April 22...are 4-6 in the last 10 road games...have lost all three games against Oakland in 2016 and are 9-13 against the A’s dating back to the start of the 2015 season...fell to 5-7 in day games, snapping a four-game day winning streak...are 0-3 on this six-game road trip to Oakland (0-3) and Houston (three games). • Martin Perez is 0-3 with a 4.20 ERA (14 er in 30.0 ip) in five road starts this season...is winless in his last 14 road starts dating back to May 5, 2014...is 3-5 with a 5.81 (31 er in 48.0 ip) in nine career starts against the A’s...is 2-2 with a 3.77 ERA (13 er in 31.0 ip) in five career starts in Oakland. • Elvis Andrus (1-for-3) is batting .297 (33-for-111) over his last 31 games. • Ian Desmond (2-for-4, r, so, sb) is batting .356 (16-for-45) in day games this season. • Prince Fielder (1-for-4, rbi) is batting .333 (26-for-78) in his last 20 games against Oakland.

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Martin Perez (L, 1-4) 7.0 8 4 4 2 3 1 98/69 Andrew Faulkner 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2/2 Luke Jackson 0.0 3 3 3 1 0 0 10/5 Alex Claudio 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 18/10

Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher None

Time of Game...... 2:31 Overall Record...... 19-22 Home/Road...... 8-11 / 11-11 First Pitch...... 12:37 pm Streak...... W4 Day/Night...... 7-8 / 12-14 Temperature...... 72 degrees Homestand...... 3-0 April/May/June...... 13-12 / 6-10 / 0-0 Last 5...... 4-1 July/Aug./Sept...... 0-0 / 0-0 / 0-0 Today’s Attendance...... 14,323 Last 10...... 5-5 Attendance Total...... 331,196 Series Record...... 3-0 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7...... 5-1 / 14-21 Average (19 games)...... 17,431 Series First Game...... 7-6 A’s/Opponents score first...... 12-10 / 7-12 Leading after 7th/8th inning...... 13-1 / 14-1 Win/Lose in Last AB...... 7-2 vs. AL West...... 8-7 Tied After 7th/8th inning...... 3-0 / 4-1 Extra Innings...... 2-0 vs. RHP/LHP...... 14-18 / 5-4 Trailing After 7th/8th inning...... 3-21 / 1-20