Post Game Notes Oakland Athletics Company w 7000 Coliseum Way w Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 w @Athletics w @AsMediaAlerts w athletics.com (8-4) at Oakland Athletics (6-7) Sunday, April 17, 2016 w Oakland Alameda Coliseum

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Kansas City 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 6 Oakland 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 4 1 4

W — Axford (2-0) L — Soria (1-1) S — Madson (4)

OAKLAND NOTES • The Oakland A’s won their second consecutive game...took their first home series of the season and are now 3-7 at the Coliseum...went 2-4 on this six-game homestand against Los Angeles-AL (0-3) and Kansas City (2-1)...leave following the game today for a 10-game road trip to New York (three games), Toronto (three games) and Detroit (four games). • Chris Bassitt tossed a career-high 114 pitches...is winless in three career starts against the Royals • John Axford has not allowed a in his first seven games and 7.2 innings (7 h, 3 so). • Billy Burns (1-for-4, r 3b) is the only Athletic without a this season in 35 plate appearances. • (0-for-2, so) is 0-for-10 over his last four games after going 3-for-10 (.300) over his first three contests. • (0-for-2, rbi, so, bb) is 8-for-29 (.276) with nine RBI over his last nine games after going 2-for-13 (.154) with no RBI over his first four contests. • (1-for-4) is 11-for-34 (.324) over his last nine games...is 5-for-14 (.357) during day games.

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Chris Bassitt 7 5 2 2 2 5 1 114/78 John Axford (W, 2-0) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/6 (S, 4) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11/8

Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location None

KANSAS CITY NOTES • The Kansas City Royals went 4-3 on this seven-game road trip against Houston (3-1) and Oakland (1-2)...begin a six-game homestand on Tuesday against Detroit (three games) and Baltimore (three games). • made his first career appearance against the A’s... today marked his third career start of at least 6.0 innings where he allowed two hits or less. • (0-for-3, bb) had his five-game hitting streak snapped...batted 6-for-23 (.261) over that span...is a career 1-for-361 (.306) hitter at the Coliseum. • (1-for-4, r, 2b) has hit safely in each of his last eight games...is batting 12-for-34 (.353) over that span. • (1-for-4, r, hr, rbi) snapped an 0-for-5 streak...went 5-for-26 (.192) on this road trip

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Kris Medlen 6.1 2 2 1 4 4 0 86/48 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 15/9 Joakim Soria (L, 1-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15/9

Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Mike Moustakas (4) 3rd 2-1 1 RF Bassitt

Time of Game...... 2:37 Overall Record...... 6-7 Home/Road...... 3-7 / 3-0 First Pitch...... 1:07 pm Streak...... W2 Day/Night...... 3-2 / 3-5 Temperature...... 70 degrees Homestand...... 2-4 April/May/June...... 6-7 / 0-0 / 0-0 Last 5...... 2-5 July/Aug./Sept...... 0-0 / 0-0 / 0-0 Today’s Attendance...... 29,668 Last 10...... 5-5 Attendance Total...... 187,352 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7...... 3-0 / 3-7 Average (10 games)...... 18,735 Series Record...... 2-1 A’s/Opponents score first...... 3-2 / 3-5 Series First Game...... 1-3 Leading after 7th/8th inning...... 3-1 / 3-1 Win/Lose in Last AB...... 2-1 vs. AL West...... 3-3 Tied After 7th/8th inning...... 2-0 / 3-1 Extra Innings...... 1-0 vs. RHP/LHP...... 5-4 / 1-3 Trailing After 7th/8th inning...... 1-6 / 0-5