Post Game Notes

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (95-65) at Oakland Athletics (75-85) Friday, October 2, 2009 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, Calif.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Los Angeles 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 13 0 8 Oakland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 0 5 WP — Weaver (16-8). LP — Gonzalez (6-7). SV — Fuentez (47).

OAKLAND NOTES • The Oakland A’s have a season-high tying five-game losing streak…are 0-1 on this final homestand of the season. • Gio Gonzalez recorded a career-high 10 strikeouts (previous, 9 strikeouts, Aug. 21 vs. DET)…now has 109 strikeouts on the season, becoming the eighth rookie in Oakland history to fan 100 in a season. • Jerry Blevins has retired 20 of the last 24 batters he has faced, including 13 by strikeout...was charged with his first run allowed at night this season (1 er in 10.0 ip). • Mark Ellis (1 for 4) struck out in the ninth inning, to snap a 12-consecutive game and 53-plate appearance streak without recording a strikeout. • Nomar Garciaparra (0 for 1) is 0 for his last 17 with six strikeouts as a pinch hitter and is 4 for 28 (.143) with a double and two RBI for the season.

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Gio Gonzalez (L, 6-7) 6.0 8 4 4 0 10 1 10/63 Jerry Blevins 1.0 1 1 1 0 3 0 15/12 Henry Rodriguez 1.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 22/15 Santiago Casilla 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 16/10

Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher None

LOS ANGELES NOTES • The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have won five of their last six games…lead the A’s season series, 10-7…are 1-0 on this final regular season road trip of the year. • Jered Weaver has his three game losing streak snapped and is now 1-3 with a 2.96 ERA (8 er in 24.1 ip) over his last four starts…is 3-3 with a 2.71 ERA (20 er in 66.1 ip) in 11 career starts against the A’s. • Kendry Morales (2 for 3, bb) has a five game hitting streak and is batting .600 (9 for 15) during this span.

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Jered Weaver (W, 16-8) 5.0 3 0 0 0 5 0 77/51 Sean O’Sullivan 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20/12 Darren Oliver 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13/8 Kevin Jepsen 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 0 17/12 Brian Fuentes (SV, 47) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 15/11

Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Juan Rivera (25) 4th 3-1 1 LF Gonzalez

Time of Game ...... 2:38 Overall Record ...... 75-85 Home/Road...... 40-39/35-46 First Pitch...... 7:08 pm Streak...... Lose 5 Day/Night...... 25-25/50-60 Temperature ...... 64 degrees Homestand ...... 0-1 April/May/June ...... 8-11/11-18/13-15 Last Five...... 0-5 July/Aug./Sept...... 12-14/14-15/17-11 Attendance...... 14,554 Last 10 ...... 4-6 Total ...... 1,376,653 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7...... 18-13/57-72 Average (79 games) ...... 17,213 Series Record...... 20-21-10 A’s/Opponents score first ...... 43-29/32-56 Series First Game ...... 24-27 Leading after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 63-5-5/65-1 Win/Lose in Last At-Bat ...... 10-16 vs. AL West ...... 23-32 Tied after 7th inn/8th inn...... 4-9/7-12 Extra Innings ...... 3-10 vs. RHP/LHP...... 56-56/19-29 Trailing after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 8-71/3-72