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OAKLAND ATHLETICS Post Game Notes Oakland Athletics Baseball Company 7000 Coliseum Way Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 Public Relations Facsimile 510-562-1633 www.oaklandathletics.com Baltimore Orioles (14-9) at Oakland Athletics (13-11) Friday, April 26, 2013 O.co Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Baltimore 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 7 0 8 Oakland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 W — Chen (2-2) L — Milone (3-2) S — Johnson (9) OAKLAND NOTES The Oakland Athletics were shut out for the third time this season…committed a season-high three errors (previous: 2, twice)…have lost three straight and seven of the last eight games and are now 4-9 since the nine-game winning streak. The A’s are 11-2 against American League West competition and 2-9 against everyone else…are 1-7 in this 10-game stretch against the AL East (0-3 vs. Tampa Bay, 1-2 at Boston, 0-2 vs. Baltimore). Tommy Milone is 2-1 with a 1.77 ERA (4 er in 20.1 ip) in three starts at home…has walked six batters over his first five starts and 32.0 innings for an average of 1.69 per nine innings…has 26 strikeouts for a strikeout to walk ratio of 4.33. Nate Freiman (1 for 3, 2b) is 4 for 14 (.286) against left-handed pitching compared to 0 for 11 against right-handers…is 4 for 13 (.308) at home and 0 for 12 on the road. Jed Lowrie (1 for 4, 2b) has 32 hits and the Oakland record for most hits in the month of April is 33 by Stan Javier (1994) and Ben Grieve (1998)…is the only Athletics to play in all 24 games. Yoenis Cespedes (2 for 3, 3 r, hr, 3 rbi, bb, so) continued his rehab assignment tonight with a start in left field for Triple-A Sacramento…is now 3 for 7 (.429) with four runs, one home run, four RBI, one walk and three strikeouts in two games with the River Cats. Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Tommy Milone (L, 3-2) 6.2 6 1 0 1 5 0 105/64 Sean Doolittle 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 19/16 Ryan Cook 0.2 1 2 1 2 1 0 28/15 Pat Neshek 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3/3 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher None BALTIMORE NOTES The Baltimore Orioles recorded their first shutout of the season…have won two straight and seven of the last nine games…are 2-0 on this 11- game road trip to Oakland (2-0), Seattle (three games) and Los Angeles (four games). Wei-Yin Chen tossed a career-high eight innings (previous: 7.2, May 10, 2012 vs. Texas)…is 3-0 with a 0.44 ERA (1 er in 20.2 ip) in three career starts against Oakland. Jim Johnson has converted each of his past 30 save opportunities, which is the second longest streak in franchise history (34, Randy Myers, May 6-Sept. 27, 1997)…it is the longest active streak in the majors. Adam Jones (1 for 4, 2 so) has reached base safely in 22 of the Orioles 23 games…has at least one hit in 21 of those contests. Steve Pearce (2 for 3, 2b, rbi, bb) recorded two hits, his second multiple hit game of the season (also: April 18 vs. Tampa Bay)…including the go-ahead RBI single in the seventh inning. Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Wei-Yin Chen (W, 2-2) 8.0 2 0 0 2 5 0 106/68 Jim Johnson (S, 9) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 14/11 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher None Time of Game ................................................... 2:48 Overall Record .......................................... 13-11 Home/Road ............................................................... 6-6/7-5 First Pitch .................................................... 7:07 pm Streak ........................................................ Lost 3 Day/Night ................................................................ 3-4/10-7 Temperature .......................................... 59 degrees Homestand .................................................... 0-2 April/May/June ............................................... 13-11/0-0/0-0 Last Five ........................................................ 1-4 July/Aug./Sept. ................................................... 0-0/0-0/0-0 Attendance ..................................................... 16,944 Last 10 ........................................................... 3-7 Total ............................................................. 221,256 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7 ................ 4-1/9-10 Average (12 games) ...................................... 18,438 Series Record ................................................ 0-2 A’s/Opponents score first ....................................... 9-6/4-5 Series First Game ......................................... 4-4 Leading after 7th inn/8th inn ................................. 12-0/11-0 Win/Lose in Last At-Bat ..................................... 2-0 vs. AL West ................................................. 11-2 Tied after 7th inn/8th inn ............................................ 1-0/1-0 Extra Innings ...................................................... 1-0 vs. RHP/LHP ............................................ 9-8/4-3 Trailing after 7th inn/8th inn .................................. 0-11/0-11 .