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OAKLAND ATHLETICS Game Information Oakland Athletics Baseball Company 7000 Coliseum Way Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 www.athletics.com A’s PR on Twitter @AsMediaAlerts OAKLAND ATHLETICS (38-23) VS. BALTIMORE ORIOLES (30-29) SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2014 – CAMDEN YARDS – 7:05 P.M. EDT RHP SONNY GRAY (6-1, 2.45) VS. RHP KEVIN GAUSMAN (0-1, 11.25) FOX – A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) ABOUT THE A’S: Had their five-game MLB BEST RECORDS SINCE 2012 HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 3-1 on this nine-game road trip to winning streak snapped Thursday, New York-AL (2-1), Baltimore (1-0, twwo games) and Los Angeles-AL W L PCT which was one short of tying their Oakland 228 157 .592 (three games)…are 21-11 (.656) on the road, which is the best road season-high (6, May 7-13)…rebounded Atlanta 222 161 .580 record in the majors…are hitting .244 (280 for 1147) with 33 home with a 4-3, 11-inning win last night and Washington 215 168 .561 runs in 32 games on the road compared to .261 with 41 home runs in have now won eight of the last 11 St. Louis 216 170 .560 29 games in Oakland…went 5-2 on the last homestand against Detroit Detroit 213 168 .559 games after a season-hhigh four game (2-2) and Los Angeles-AL (3-0)…those were the A’s only seven home losing streak…are 15 games over .500 games over a 25-game stretch from May 16 to June 11…have won 11 at 38-23, which equals their season-high (June 4, 37-22)…have the of the last 14 home games after losing six straight and are 17-12 (.586) best record in the American League and second best in the majors at home for the season, which is the third best home record in the AL (San Francisco, 40-21)…it is the A’s best record after 60 games since behind Cleveland, (21-11) and Toronto (19-13). the 1990 club started the year 40-20 (won game 62)…are in sole possession of first place in the American League West for the 40th ON THE BASES: The A’s are 35 for 42 (83.3%) in stolen base consecutive day and have held at least a share of first for 44 attempts, which is the second best percentage in the consecutive days and 57 of the last 59…this is the A’s longest stretch majors…opponents have been successful in 40 of their 45 (88.9%) of consecutive days in first place since spending the final 65 days of attempts, which is the second highest percentage in the AL…the A’s the 2006 season in first…have a season-high 5½ game lead in the are the only Major League team without a pickoff. West for the fourth consecutive day, which is the A’s largest lead DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have committed 41 errors, which is before the All-Star Break since 1990 when they also led by 5½ games fourth most in the American League…the errors have led to just 13 as early as May 9…the last time the A’s had a lead larger than 5½ unearned runs, which is tied for fewest in the AL…are 21-10 when games before the break was 1988 when they led by 6½ gaames as committing at least one error commpared to 17-13 when going early as May 5…have 53 days in sole possession of first this year, four errorless…arre tied for first in the AL with 16 outfield assists. days tied for first, four days in second, three days tied for second, one day tied for third and three days in fourth. IN THE PINCH: A’s pinch hitters have 13 walks, which is six more than th th any other AL team and are second most in the majors…rank first in the THE LONG BALL: Josh Donaldson (17 ) and Derek Norris (6 ) hit AL in on-base percentage (.418), are tied for the AL lead in home runs solo shots last night and the A’s have now homered in a season-high (1) and extra base hits (5), are second in plate appearances (67) and 14 consecutiive games (25 home runs total)…have 74 home runs for hits (14), and third in RBI (9). the season, which ranks second in the AL and third in the majors…37 of the home runs have come with runners on base, which is second THIS AND THAT: The A’s are 23-4 when scoring first, which is the most in the majors…are tied with Boston and Chicago (AL) for the best record in the majors…are the only Major League team that has Major League lead in grand slams (3)…had three players record 10 or not used a rookie in 2014…the streak of 61 consecutive games without more homee runs by the end of May (Cespedes, Donaldson, playing a rookie is the longest by an A’s team since they began the Moss)…this marks the third time in Oakland history the A’s had three 1984 season with an Oakland single-season record 73-game streak players with at least 10 home runs by the end of May…also did it in from April 4 through the first game of a June 26 doubleheader…the A’s 1997 (Berroa, Canseco, McGwire) and 2006 (Chavez, Swisher and average time of game is 3 hours and 9 minutes…averaged 3:05 last Thomas)…the pitching staff has allowed 50 home runs, which is tied year, which was second longest in Oakland history (3:08 in 2000). for fewest in the AL…only 15 of those have come with runners on base, which is tied with Chicago (NL) for the fewest in the majors. THE DISABLED LIST: The A’s have five players on the disabled list (Elmore, Griffin, O’Flaherty, Parker, Reddick)…Elmore, Griffin, OFFENSE: The A’s lead the majors in walks (261) and on-base O’Flaherty and Parker are on the 60-day DL…have used the DL nine percentage (.337), are second in runs scored (3133), third in home runs times this year…used it just 13 times all last year, which was the (74), fourth in slugging percentage (.420),fifth in extra base hits (194), fewest since 2005 when they used it eight times…have not had fewer tied for sixth in triples (14), and are seventh in fewest strikeouts (433). than two players on the DL since the end of thee 2006 season when they had just one. PITCHING: The A’s have a 2.43 ERA (66 er in 244.2 ip) over the last 27 games…lead the majors in ERA (22.89), opponents batting average A’s vs. ORIOLES: The A’s won the first meeting of 2014 last (.224), on-base percentage (.285) and slugging percentage night…the A’s lost the season series last year, 2-5…it was the A’s first (.338)…also lead the majors with a .193 (86 for 446) opponents batting season series loss to Baltimore since 1998…went 1-3 in Oakland and average with runners in scoring position…are tied for the third most lost two of three at Camden Yards…are 85-44 (.659) against Baltimore shutouts in the AL (7) and have allowed the third fewest walks (165). since the start of the 1999 season, which is the best winning percentage against the Orioles by an American League team over STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are 14-5 with a 2.68 ERA that span…since moving to Oakland in 1968, the A’s are 252-250 (49 er in 164.1 ip) over the last 27 games…are now 25-13 with a 3.04 against the Orioles…that breaks down to 125-129 in Oakland and 127- ERA (125 er in 370.0 ip) for the season…the losses are the fewest in 121 in Baltimore…all-time, the A’s are 987-930 against the the majors and the ERA is second lowest (Atlanta, 2.91)…are tied for Orioles/Browns/Brewers…of the other seven original AL franchises, the AL lead in complete games (2) and are tied for third in innings the Orioles are the only team the A’s have a winning record against. pitched (370..0). TODAY’S TIDBITS CLOSE CALLS: The A’s are 7-3 in extra inning gaames…lead the AL in extra inning games and wins and have the seconnd best record…are Coco Crisp is on a season-high 10-game hitting streak (12 for 35, 12-16 in games decided by two runs or fewer and 26-7 in games .343)…Josh Donaldson leads the majors in runs scored (51) and decided by three runs or more…lead the majors in wins when trailing game-winning RBI (11)…Sean Doolittle has a 17.1 inning scoreless after seven innings (8) and are tied with Milwaukee for the leadd in wins streak, which is an ongoing career-high (previous: 13.2, April 29-May when trailing after eight innings (4)…are 10-7 in games decided in the 29, 2013). last at bat. THIS DATE IN A’s HISTORY IN MAY: The A’s went 16-12 in May after going 18-9 in April…have now posted a winning record in 12 consecutive months dating back to In 1994 Rickey Henderson steals second base against Milwaukee for June of 2012…that is the second longest such streak in Oakland the 1100th steal of his career…in 2001 the A’s set an Oakland record history…the record is 13 consecutive months from Sept.