2012 Oakland A's Expanded Game Notes
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2012 Oakland A’s Expanded Game Notes includes: Traditional Game Notes Full Upcoming Probable Pitcher Pages Roster Supplemental Bios Expanded Game Notes Transactions Spring Training Statistics Monthly Statistics Please consider the environment before printing this document. To print traditional Game Notes, print from page 2 to 11. 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 (77-60) VS. SEATTLE MARINERS (67-72) Season High 76-57 (Sept. 2) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2012 – SAFECO FIELD – 6:10 P.M. PDT Season Low 26-35 (June 10) LHP BRETT ANDERSON (3-0, 0.90) VS. RHP HISASHI IWAKUMA (6-3, 3.14) April 10-12 May 11-16 CSNCA – A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) June 15-13 July 19-5 ABOUT THE A’s August 18-10 September 3-3 ABOUT THE A’S: Snapped their three-game losing streak last night and are now 16-5 over the last 21 Home Series 12-7-5 games…are 77-60 (.562) for the season, which is the third best record in the American League…the 77 wins Road Series 10-8-3 are three more than the A’s season total from last year and are the second best total by an A’s team over the Series Sweeps 8-5 last six years (went 81-81 in 2010)…are in second place in the AL West and trail Texas by 4½ games…have First Game of Series 23-23 Last Game of Series 27-18 the first Wild Card slot, ½ game ahead of second place Baltimore and 1½ games ahead of third place Tampa A’s Score First 52-16 Bay…have held at least a share of a playoff spot each of the last 17 days and 37 of the last 49 (since July Opponent Scores First 25-44 21)…have the best record in the majors since the start of July (40-18) and since June 2 (55-30) and are tied Leading After 7th 58-6 with Cincinnati for the best mark since the All-Star Break (34-17)…went 15-13 in June, 19-5 in July and 18-10 in Leading After 8th 63-5 th August, marking the first time the A’s have posted a winning record in three consecutive months since 2006 Tied After 7 12-5 when they did it in the final four months…in the West, have spent one day tied for first this year, 68 days in Tied After 8th 9-3 th second, 11 days tied for second, 54 days in third, eight days tied for third and 11 days in fourth…were swept in Trailing After 7 7-49 Trailing After 8th 5-52 a three-game series by Los Angeles to start the week, ending the A’s streak of five consecutive series won, Commit No Errors 49-24 which was their longest in five years. Commit 1 or More Errors 28-36 More HR Than Opp. 43-16 HOME AND AWAY: The A’s extended their road winning streak to seven games last night, which is their Fewer HR Than Opp. 10-25 longest since August 24-30, 2005 when they also won seven straight…have not won more than seven straight Same Total HR of Opp. 24-19 road games since an eight-game streak from July 19 to August 2, 2005…are 1-0 on this seven-game road trip Starter Pitches 7 or More 35-13 to Seattle (1-0) and Los Angeles (four games)…went 6-1 on the last road trip to Tampa Bay (2-1) and Starter Pitches Less Than 7 42-47 Cleveland (4-0), matching the sixth best road trip in Oakland history (min. 6 games)…are 35-30 (.538) on the When Scoring 4 or More 61-11 road, which are their most road wins since 2009 (also 35)…had 36 road wins in 2007…went 3-3 on the last When Scoring Less Than 4 16-49 homestand against Boston (3-0) and Los Angeles (0-3) and are 42-30 (.583) at home…have a 3.06 ERA (232 Last At Bat 20-11 Different Lineups 124 er in 681.2 ip) at home compared to 3.90 (243 er in 561.1 ip) on the road. PITCHING: The A’s have compiled a 2.92 ERA (61 er in 188.0 ip) over the last 21 games and now have a 3.44 A’s vs. MARINERS ERA for the season, which ranks second in the American League…the last time the A’s finished the season The season series is even at with an ERA under 3.56 was in 1990 (3.18)…have allowed the fewest home runs in the AL (117), rank second seven games each…the A’s are 4- in opponents batting average (.243), on-base percentage (.304) and slugging percentage (.371) and tied for 3 in Seattle, 2-3 in Oakland and 1- second in shutouts (13)…are tied with Colorado and Kansas City for the Major League lead in pickoffs (20) and 1 Tokyo…have lost three of the opponents have been successful in just 87 of 128 (68.0%) stolen base attempts, which is third lowest in the AL. previous five season series and are 49-60 (.450) against Seattle STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers have walked three batters or fewer in each of the last 36 games, since 2007…that is the lowest which is the second longest streak in Oakland history…the longest is a 41-game streak from July 16-August 28, winning percentage by any 2001…have walked two batters or fewer in 34 of the last 36 games and have issued just 211 walks for the American League team against season, which is the fewest in the American League…have also allowed the fewest home runs (81)…starters the Mariners over that span…all- are 14-4 with a 3.20 ERA (45 er in 126.2 ip) over the last 22 games…have a 3.75 ERA (344 er in 824.2 ip) for time, the A’s are 299-224 (.572) against Seattle, which is the the season, which is second lowest in the AL. second best mark by an AL team against the Mariners (Boston, OFFENSE: The A’s were last in the American League in runs scored at the All-Star Break (319 in 86 games, .578)…are 165-95 in Oakland, 3.71 per game), but rank third since the break (265 in 51 games, 5.20 per game)…have hit a Major League 133-128 in Seattle and 1-1 in leading 76 home runs since the All-Star Break…have 159 home runs overall, which is their most in a season Tokyo…are 57-64 at Safeco Field since 2007 (171)…are batting .292 (107 for 366) over the last 10 games, which has boosted the season batting average five points to a season-high tying .237…however, that mark is second lowest in the AL and one point BEST RECORDS above the lowest batting average in Oakland history (.236 in 1982)…have the third lowest on-base percentage (.308) but have the third most walks (458)…lead the majors with 1146 strikeouts…that is the fourth highest SINCE JUNE 2 rd nd single season total in Athletics history (3 is 1159 in 2000, 2 is 1181 in 1997, record is 1226 in 2008)…have W L PCT been shut out 15 times, which is tied with Miami for the most in the majors…it also matches last year for the Oakland 55 30 .647 third highest single season total in Oakland history (19 in 1978, 17 in 1979)…lead the majors in pitches per Washington 56 32 .636 Cincinnati 54 34 .614 plate appearance (3.98). Texas 51 35 .593 IN THE PINCH: A’s pinch hitters are batting .299 (20 for 67), which is the best mark in the American League Atlanta 51 36 .586 ahead of Seattle (.291)…also lead the AL in doubles (7), walks (12), on-base percentage (.395) and slugging percentage (.493) and are tied for the lead in RBI (15). TODAY’S TIDBITS SIX SERIES IN SIX CITIES: Last night, the A’s began a stretch where they will play 17 of their next 20 games George Kottaras has 11 RBI in his last four games…has 14 RBI in on the road…two of the six teams the A’s will face over this stretch are currently in first place in their division 12 games with the A’s after driving (New York, Texas) and three others are within 3½ games in the Wild Card race (Baltimore, Detroit, Los in 12 runs in 58 games with Angeles)…the stretch starts with this seven-game road trip to Seattle and Los Angeles, continues with a three- Milwaukee. game series against Baltimore in Oakland and concludes with a 10-game road trip to Detroit, New York and Texas. THIS DATE IN A’s HISTORY CLOSE CALLS: The A’s have a Major League leading 13 “walk-off” wins…are 20-11 in games decided in the In 1916 switch hitter Wally Schang last at bat and lead the majors in last at bat wins…are 9-3 (.750) in extra inning games…have the second becomes the first American most extra inning wins in the American League, the second best record and are tied for the second most Leaguer to homer from both sides games…11 of the A’s 12 extra inning games have lasted more than 10 innings…are 26-23 in games decided in of the plate in the same game…in the seventh inning or later…are 12-3 (.800) over their last 15 one-run games and are 20-15 (.571) in one-run 1965 Bert Campaneris plays all nine positions in a game against decisions overall.