2010 Oakland A’s Expanded Game Notes includes: Traditional Game Notes Full Upcoming Probable Pitcher Pages Roster Supplemental Bios Expanded Game Notes with Clips Transactions Spring Training Statistics Monthly Statistics Please consider the environment before printing this document. To print traditional Game Notes, print from page 2 to roughly page 10 (may vary by one page from game to game). OAKLAND ATHLETICS Game Information Oakland Athletics Baseball Company h 7000 Coliseum Way h Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 h Public Relations Facsimile 510-562-1633 h www.oaklandathletics.com A’s AT A GLANCE OAKLAND ATHLETICS (54-53) VS. TEXAS RANGERS (63-45) Season High 9-4 (April 17) FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 2010 – OAKLAND-ALAMEDA COUNTY COLISEUM – 7:05 P.M. PDT Season Low 34-40 (June 23) LHP DALLAS BRADEN (6-7, 3.63) VS. LHP CLIFF LEE (9-5, 2.51) April 12-12 CSNCA – A’S RADIO NETWORK (XTRA SPORTS 860 AM) – ESPAÑOL (LOSATLETICOS.COM) May 16-12 June 10-17 July 14-10 ABOUT THE A’s August 2-2 September 0-0 ABOUT THE A’S: Have won three of the last five games but are 6-6 over the last 12 games…are 20-13 (.606) Home Series 12-5-1 since June 25, which is the fourth best record in the American League over that span…are in second place in Road Series 6-11-0 the AL West and have spent nine of the last 11 days with at least a share of second after 51 consecutive days Series Sweeps 4-6 all alone in third…have 25 days alone in first this year, eight days tied for first, 31 days in second, five days tied First Game of Series 14-21 for second, 51 days in third and one day in fourth…currently trail the Rangers by 8½ games and have not been Last Game of Series 22-13 A’s Score First 40-17 farther back since they were 9½ out on July 9…are one game over .500 at 54-53…have been exactly .500 six Opponent Scores First 14-36 times since the All-Star Break and 17 times this year…the only times in Oakland history the A’s have been Leading After 7th 45-1 exactly .500 more times are in 1968 (20 times) and 2007 (19 times)…are 14-21 in the first game of a series, 16- Leading After 8th 46-0 19 in the second game and 21-11 in the third game. Tied After 7th 8-9 Tied After 8th 6-11 AGAINST THE BEST: The A’s are at the end of a 15-game stretch that began July 23 and concludes Sunday Trailing After 7th 1-43 th in which they play 12 games against first place teams…are 4-5 against the first place teams during the stretch, Trailing After 8 2-42 losing two of three to Texas and Chicago on the last road trip after winning two of three from Chicago to Commit No Errors 35-23 conclude the last homestand…won two of three from Kansas City to start this homestand…are 28-36 against Commit 1 or More Errors 19-30 More HR Than Opp. 19-7 opponents that were at or above .500 when the A’s played them and 26-17 against teams that were below .500. Fewer HR Than Opp. 12-31 Same Total HR of Opp. 23-15 CLOSE CALLS: The A’s improved to 16-11 (.593) in one-run games with the win on Wednesday, which is the Starter Pitches 7 or More 20-11 third best record in the American League…are 9-12 (.429) in two-run games, which is fourth worst in the Starter Pitches Less Than 7 34-42 AL…have now dropped nine of their last 15 one-run decisions after winning 10 of the first 12…have lost five of When Scoring 4 or More 46-11 their last six extra inning games are 4-6 (.400) for the season, which is third worst in the AL. When Scoring Less Than 4 8-42 Last At Bat 9-12 STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are 17-8 with a 3.06 ERA (74 er in 217.2 ip) over the last 33 games Different Lineups 86 (since June 25) after going 23-27 with a 3.92 ERA over the first 74 games…now have a 3.63 ERA (262 er in 649.0 ip) for the season, which is the lowest mark in the American League and fourth lowest in the A’s vs. RANGERS majors…have the lowest opponents batting average in the AL and second lowest in the majors (.244)…A’s starters tossed three consecutive complete games from last Saturday through Monday, the first time they have The A’s trail in the season series, 4-5…are 2-1 in Oakland and 2-4 in done that since September 8-10, 2000 against Tampa Bay (Heredia, Hudson, Zito)…the A’s now have five Texas…have lost the season complete games for the season, which is their most since 2006 when they also had five. series to the Rangers three times over the previous four seasons PITCHING: The have allowed two earned runs or fewer in 10 of the last 20 games (55 er in 178.0 ip, 2.78 ERA) and are 40-45 against Texas since and now have a 3.70 ERA for the season, which ranks second lowest in the American League behind Tampa the start of the 2006 season…the Bay (3.59)…lead the AL in shutouts (10) and fewest hit batters (23) and rank third in opponents batting average A’s are 281-289 all-time against (.246). the Texas Rangers…that breaks down to 149-134 in Oakland and ON THE BASES: The A’s have 26 stolen bases since the All-Star Break, which is second most in the majors 132-155 in Texas…have an all- (TB, 27)…have been successful in 91 of 115 (79.1%) stolen base attempts for the season, which is the second time record of 378-371 against the best percentage in the American League (TB, 79.7%)…the Oakland record is 80.7% set in 2008…have a Rangers/Senators. record of 38-17 when stealing a base and are 16-36 with no stolen bases…the A’s pitching staff ranks second in the majors with 19 pickoffs (CWS, 21). TODAY’S TIDBITS Jerry Blevins has not allowed a THE LONG BALL: The A’s have homered three times over last 10 games after going deep 14 times over the run in 15 of his last 16 previous 11 contests…have hit just 69 home runs for the season, which is second fewest in the majors ahead of appearances for a 0.79 ERA (1 er Seattle (65)…are on pace to hit 104 home runs…the three lowest single season home run totals in Oakland in 11.1 ip). history in a non-strike season are 94 in 1968, 100 in 1978 and 108 in 1979. Coco Crisp is tied for the Major OFFENSE: The A’s have not collected an extra base hit in four of the last 10 games and are batting .245 (80 for League lead with nine stolen 327) with a .306 slugging percentage (11 doubles, three home runs) over that span…have the second fewest bases since the All-Star Break. extra base hits in the American League (274) and the second lowest slugging percentage (.380)…are tied with Rajai Davis has 32 steals, which Texas for the AL lead in sacrifice hits (36), rank third in sacrifice flies (34) and tied for third in triples (22)…A’s ranks third in the American pinch hitters are tied for the AL lead in home runs (3), rank second in RBI (12) and are fourth in batting (16 for League…is batting .315 (17 for 61, .262). 54) since the All-Star Break after hitting .268 before the break…is a NIGHT AND DAY: The A’s have won eight of their last nine day games and are 25-11 (.694) during the day for .303 (182 for 600) career hitter the season, which is the best record in the majors…are 29-42 (.408) at night, which is third worst in the after the break compared to .250 before the break. American League…have a 2.92 ERA (104 er in 320.2 ip) during the day and a 4.10 ERA (287 er in 630.1 ip) at night…have the lowest day ERA in the majors. Kevin Kouzmanoff is batting .309 (21 for 68) with nine runs, 10 HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 2-1 on this six-game homestand against Kansas City (2-1) and Texas (three doubles, two home runs and 14 games) and have won eight of their last 11 home games…are 32-23 (.582) at home compared to 22-30 (.423) RBI in 17 games since the All-Star on the road…have a 2.89 ERA (161 er in 5023.0 ip) and seven of their 10 shutouts at home compared to 4.61 Break…ranks second in the (230 er in 449.0 ip) on the road…have the lowest home ERA in the American League…have allowed 36 home American League in doubles since runs at home compared to 67 on the road…are tied for the fewest home runs at home in the AL and have the break.