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2012 Oakland A's Expanded Game Notes 2012 Oakland A’s Expanded Game Notes includes: Traditional Game Notes Full Upcoming Probable Pitcher Pages Roster Supplemental Bios Expanded Game Notes Transactions Spring Training Statistics Monthly Statistics Please consider the environment before printing this document. To print traditional Game Notes, print from page 2 to 11. OAKLAND ATHLETICS Game Information Oakland Athletics Baseball Company 7000 Coliseum Way Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 Public Relations Facsimile 510-562-1633 www.oaklandathletics.com A’s AT A GLANCE OAKLAND ATHLETICS (76-60) VS. SEATTLE MARINERS (67-71) Season High 76-57 (Sept. 2) FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2012 – SAFECO FIELD – 7:10 P.M. PDT Season Low 26-35 (June 10) RHP A.J. GRIFFIN (4-0, 2.26) VS. RHP FELIX HERNANDEZ (13-6, 2.51) April 10-12 May 11-16 CSNCA – A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) June 15-13 July 19-5 ABOUT THE A’s August 18-10 September 2-3 ABOUT THE A’S: Were swept in a three-game series by Los Angeles to end the A’s season-high nine-game Home Series 12-7-5 winning streak…the losing streak is the A’s first since August 12-15 when they also lost three straight…were Road Series 10-8-3 outscored 21-5 by the Angels after outscoring the Red Sox 33-5 in the previous series…the sweep ended the Series Sweeps 8-5 A’s streak of five consecutive series won, which was their longest in five years…are 15-5 over the last 20 First Game of Series 22-23 Last Game of Series 27-18 games and 76-60 (.559) for the season, which is the fourth best record in the American League…the 76 wins A’s Score First 51-16 are two more than the A’s season total from last year…are in second place in the AL West and trail Texas by Opponent Scores First 25-44 5½ games…have the second Wild Card slot, ½ game behind New York and Baltimore (who are tied for first in Leading After 7th 57-6 the AL East) and 1½ games ahead of third place Tampa Bay…have the best record in the majors since the Leading After 8th 62-5 th start of July (39-18) and the best record in the AL since the All-Star Break (33-17) and since June 2 (54- Tied After 7 12-5 30)…went 15-13 in June, 19-5 in July and 18-10 in August, marking the first time the A’s have posted a winning Tied After 8th 9-3 th record in three consecutive months since 2006 when they did it in the final four months. Trailing After 7 7-49 th Trailing After 8 5-52 SIX SERIES IN SIX CITIES: Tonight, the A’s begin a stretch where they will play 17 of their next 20 games on Commit No Errors 48-24 the road…three of the six teams the A’s will face over this stretch currently hold at least a share of first place in Commit 1 or More Errors 28-36 More HR Than Opp. 42-16 their division (Baltimore, New York, Texas) and two others are within three games in the Wild Card race Fewer HR Than Opp. 10-25 (Detroit, Los Angeles)…the stretch starts with this seven-game road trip to Seattle and Los Angeles, continues Same Total HR of Opp. 24-19 with a three-game series against Baltimore in Oakland and concludes with a 10-game road trip to Detroit, New Starter Pitches 7 or More 35-13 York and Texas Starter Pitches Less Than 7 41-47 When Scoring 4 or More 60-11 THE LONG BALL: The A’s had their streak of 11 consecutive games with a home run end on When Scoring Less Than 4 16-49 Wednesday)…have a Major League leading 75 home runs since the All-Star Break…have 158 home runs Last At Bat 20-11 overall, which is already their most in a season since 2007 (171)…have eight players with 10 or more home Different Lineups 124 runs, which is tied for second most in Athletics history and the most since 2004 (8)…only the 2000 club, with nine, had more…the longest active homerless drought by a player on the A’s roster is 17 (Céspedes). A’s vs. MARINERS PITCHING: The A’s allowed 21 runs in the three-game series against Los Angeles (19 er in 27.0 ip, 6.33 EA) The A’s trail in the season series, after yielding 18 runs over the previous eight games (2.00 ERA)…have a 3.46 ERA for the season, which ranks 6-7…are 3-3 in Seattle, 2-3 in second in the American League…the last time the A’s finished the season with an ERA under 3.56 was in 1990 Oakland and 1-1 Tokyo…have lost (3.18)…have allowed the fewest home runs in the AL (117), rank second in opponents batting average (.243), three of the previous five season on-base percentage (.304) and slugging percentage (.372) and tied for second in shutouts (13)…are tied with series and are 48-60 (.444) against Seattle since 2007…that is Colorado and Kansas City for the Major League lead in pickoffs (20) and opponents have been successful in the lowest winning percentage just 87 of 128 (68.0%) stolen base attempts, which is third lowest in the AL. by any American League team STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers have walked three batters or fewer in each of the last 35 games, against the Mariners over that span…all-time, the A’s are 298- which is the second longest streak in Oakland history…the longest is a 41-game streak from July 16-August 28, 224 (.571) against Seattle, which 2001…have walked two batters or fewer in 33 of the last 35 games and have issued just 210 walks for the is the second best mark by an AL season, which is the fewest in the American League…have also allowed the fewest home runs (81)…starters team against the Mariners are 13-4 with a 3.26 ERA (44 er in 121.1 ip) over the last 21 games…have a 3.77 ERA (343 er in 819.1 ip) for (Boston, .578)…are 165-95 in the season, which is second lowest in the AL. Oakland, 132-128 in Seattle and 1-1 in Tokyo…are 56-64 at Safeco OFFENSE: The A’s were last in the American League in runs scored at the All-Star Break (319 in 86 games, Field 3.71 per game), but rank third since the break (259 in 50 games, 5.18 per game)…are batting .236, which is second lowest in the AL…the lowest batting average in Oakland history is .236 in 1982…have the third lowest BEST RECORDS on-base percentage (.308) but are tied for the second most walks (456)…lead the majors with 1139 rd nd SINCE JUNE 2 strikeouts…that is the fourth highest single season total in Athletics history (3 is 1159 in 2000, 2 is 1181 in 1997, record is 1226 in 2008)…have been shut out 15 times, which is tied with Miami for the most in the W L PCT majors…it also matches last year for the third highest single season total in Oakland history (19 in 1978, 17 in Washington 56 31 .644 Oakland 54 30 .643 1979)…lead the majors in pitches per plate appearance (3.99). Cincinnati 54 33 .621 IN THE PINCH: A’s pinch hitters are batting .299 (20 for 67), which is second best in the American League Texas 51 34 .600 behind Seattle (.302)…lead the AL in doubles (7), RBI (15), walks (12), on-base percentage (.395) and slugging Detroit 49 35 .583 percentage (.493). TODAY’S TIDBITS HOME AND AWAY: The A’s begin a seven-game road trip to Seattle (three games) and Los Angeles (four games) tonight…have a season-high tying six-game road winning streak (also July 1-25)…have not won more Josh Donaldson is batting .316 than six straight road games since August 24-30, 2005 when they won seven straight…went 6-1 on the last (25 for 79) with seven doubles, five home runs and 15 RBI in 21 road trip to Tampa Bay (2-1) and Cleveland (4-0), matching the sixth best road trip in Oakland history (min. 6 games since he was recalled from games)…are 34-30 (.531) on the road, which are their most road wins since 2010 (also 34)…had 35 road wins Triple-A Sacramento August 14. in 2009…went 3-3 on the last homestand against Boston (3-0) and Los Angeles (0-3) and are 42-30 (.583) at home…have a 3.06 ERA (232 er in 681.2 ip) at home compared to 3.94 (242 er in 552.1 ip) on the road. Pat Neshek has not allowed a run in 12 of his 13 games with the A’s, CLOSE CALLS: The A’s have a Major League leading 13 “walk-off” wins…are 20-11 in games decided in the including each of his last eight (8.0 last at bat and lead the majors in last at bat wins…are 9-3 (.750) in extra inning games…have the second ip). most extra inning wins in the American League, the second best record and are tied for the second most Brandon Moss is 12 for 31 (.387) games…11 of the A’s 12 extra inning games have lasted more than 10 innings…are 26-23 in games decided in with eight runs, four home runs the seventh inning or later…are 12-3 (.800) over their last 15 one-run games and are 20-15 (.571) in one-run and 10 RBI over his last nine decisions overall.
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