OAKLAND ATHLETICS Post Game Notes
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Baltimore Orioles (47-72) at Oakland Athletics (53-68) Monday, August 15, 2011 Oakland, Calif.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Baltimore 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 6 7 0 4 Oakland 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 8
W — Hunter (2-2) L — Gonzalez (9-11) S — None
OAKLAND NOTES The Oakland Athletics have lost four straight and five of the last six games to fall to a season-low 15 games under .500, the first time they have been 15 games under since September 9, 2009 (62-77)…have hit two home runs or fewer in each of the last 92 games, which is an Oakland record (previous: 91 games, July 31, 1974-May 16, 1975)…are 0-4 on this 10-game homestand against Texas (0-3), Baltimore (0-1) and Toronto (four games). Gio Gonzalez is 0-5 with a 7.90 ERA (24 er in 27.1 ip) over his past five starts…the five-game losing streak matches his career high (also Aug. 17, 2008- June 30, 2009)…is 1-5 with a 6.29 ERA (24 er in 34.1 ip) in six starts since the All-Star Break after going 8-6 with a 2.47 ERA in 18 starts before the break…is 0-6 with a 5.85 ERA (26 er in 40.0 ip) in seven starts against AL East teams this year and 9-5 with a 2.43 ERA (29 er in 107.1 ip) in 17 starts against everyone else. Brandon Allen (3 for 4) has back-to-back three-hit games (6 for 8, .750)…the three hits match his career high (also Aug. 28, 2009 vs. Houston). Coco Crisp (1 for 3) is 25 for 74 (.338) over his last 19 games. David DeJesus (1 for 4) is 11 for 39 (.282) with five doubles over his last 10 games…has now hit nine doubles in 25 games since the All-Star Break after tallying just nine in 79 games before the break. Hideki Matsui (1 for 4) has now reached base safely via a hit or walk in 27 of his 28 games since the All-Star Break and is batting .394 (43 for 109) since the break. Jemile Weeks (1 for 5) has gone homerless in each of his 58 games, which is the longest since Mike Bordick set the Oakland record with a 132-game streak before hitting his first home run May 10, 1992.
Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Gio Gonzalez (L, 9-11) 6.0 4 4 4 3 4 1 105/62 Fautino De Los Santos 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 20/14 Craig Breslow 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15/8 Trystan Magnuson 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 1 19/13
Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher None
BALTIMORE NOTES The Baltimore Orioles are 40-29 when scoring four or more runs compared to 7-43 when scoring fewer than four…are 32-19 when scoring first and 15-53 when their opponent scores first…are 1-0 on this 10-game road trip through Oakland (1-0), Los Angeles (three games) and Minnesota (four games). Tommy Hunter allowed a career-high 10 hits (previous: 9, four times; last: July 3, 2010 vs. Chicago)…is 1-1 with a 5.40 ERA (11 er in 18.1 ip) in four games, three starts, since joining the Orioles…is 5-0 with a 4.28 ERA (19 er in 40.0 ip) in eight career games, six starts, against Oakland. Vladimir Guerrero (1 for 4) singled in the seventh inning, the 2,535th hit of his career…that ties him with Roger Connor for 89th on the all-time list. Adam Jones (1 for 4) is batting .333 (31 for 93) over his past 23 contests. Nick Markakis (1 for 4) singled in the fourth inning and has now recorded a hit in 179 consecutive series, the longest active streak in the majors…is batting .292 (14 for 48) over his past 12 games. Matt Wieters (1 for 3) homered in the second inning and is now 12 for 41 (.293) over his last 11 games after going 7 for 44 (.159) in his previous 11 games.
Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Tommy Hunter (W, 2-2) 6.2 10 2 2 1 3 0 113/74 Michael Gonzalez 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 13/11 Kevin Gregg 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 29/19
Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Matt Wieters (11) 2nd 1-2 1 CF Gonzalez Mark Reynolds (27) 9th 0-1 1 LF Magnuson
Time of Game ...... 2:55 Overall Record ...... 53-68 Home/Road ...... 31-28/22-40 First Pitch ...... 7:07 pm Streak ...... Lost 4 Day/Night ...... 23-24/30-44 Temperature ...... 63 degrees Homestand ...... 0-4 April/May/June ...... 13-14/14-15/9-17 Last Five ...... 1-4 July/Aug./Sept...... 13-13/4-9/0-0 Attendance ...... 10,122 Last 10 ...... 4-6 Total ...... 1,111,588 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7 ...... 27-18/26-50 Average (58 games) ...... 19,165 Series Record ...... 0-1 A’s/Opponents score first ...... 35-17/18-51 Series First Game ...... 14-26 Leading after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 44-4/46-2 Win/Lose in Last At-Bat ...... 9-18 vs. AL West ...... 16-23 Tied after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 3-9/3-11 Extra Innings ...... 7-10 vs. RHP/LHP ...... 34-49/19-19 Trailing after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 6-54/4-54