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Cleveland Indians (8-5) at Oakland Athletics (7-9) Saturday, April 21, 2012 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 5 14 0 11 Oakland 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 0 8

W — Gomez (1-0) L — McCarthy (0-3) SV — Perez (6)

OAKLAND NOTES  The Oakland Athletics have lost two straight after a season-high three-game winning streak…are 0-2 on this six-game homestand against Cleveland (0-2) and Chicago (three games).  The A’s were held to just one and have scored just 47 runs for the season, which is the fewest in Oakland history over the first 16 games (previous 50 in 1970).  The A’s stole a season-high three bases and have an leading 14 for the season.  Brandon McCarthy has received three runs of support or fewer in all five of his starts this year…has a 3.38 ERA but is 0-3.  Yoenis Cespedes (0 for 2, bb) has reached base safely via or walk in 14 of his 15 games.  Pedro Figueroa made his Major League debut by pitching a scoreless ninth inning (1 bb).  The A’s had 18 attendees for the 1972 Reunion including: , , , , , , , , , , Helen Hunter (wife of Jim Hunter), , , Bob Locker, , , and Kathy Williams (daughter of ).

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Brandon McCarthy (L, 0-3) 7.0 10 2 2 3 4 0 113/65 Brian Fuentes 1.0 4 3 3 0 1 0 23/14 Pedro Figueroa 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11/7

Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location None

CLEVELAND NOTES  The have won seven of the past eight games…have won seven of nine games against the A’s over the past two seasons…are 7-1 on this nine-game road trip to Kansas City (3-0), Seattle (2-1) and Oakland (2-0)…it marks the first time the Indians have won seven games on a road trip since Sept. of 2007 (7-3).  The Indians scored four of their five runs with two outs…have 27 two-out runs on the current road trip…have scored 37 of their 73 runs for the season with two outs (50.7%)  Jeanmar Gomez has allowed just one run in each of his three career starts against the A’s…is 2-0 with a 1.08 ERA in those starts.  Michael Brantley (1 for 5) extended his hitting streak to seven games (10 for 35, .286).  Jason Kipnis (4 for 5) had his second career game of four or more hits…went 5 for 5 on Aug. 10, 2011 against Detroit…matched his career high with three RBI (also Aug. 10, 2011 against Detroit).  Casey Kotchman (0 for 4) is on a 0 for 16 streak.

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Jeanmar Gomez (W, 1-0) 5.1 4 1 1 1 3 0 88/53 Dan Wheeler 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 19/11 Tony Sipp 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11/7 Vinnie Pestano 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11/10 Jairo Asencio 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 17/16 Chris Perez (S, 6) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3/1

Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher None

Time of Game ...... 3:00 Overall Record ...... 7-9 Home/Road ...... 3-6/4-3 First ...... 6:09 pm Streak ...... Lost 2 Day/Night ...... 1-1/6-8 Temperature ...... 75 degrees Homestand ...... 0-2 April/May/June ...... 6-8/0-0/0-0 Last Five ...... 3-2 July/Aug./Sept...... 0-0/0-0/0-0 Attendance ...... 25,258 Last 10 ...... 5-5 Total ...... 212,009 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7 ...... 4-3/3-6 Average (9 games) ...... 23,556 Series Record ...... 0-2 A’s/Opponents score first ...... 6-0/1-9 Series First Game ...... 2-4 Leading after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 5-0/6-0 Win/Lose in Last At-Bat ...... 1-0 vs. AL West ...... 5-6 Tied after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 1-1/1-1 Extra Innings ...... 1-1 vs. RHP/LHP ...... 4-7/3-2 Trailing after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 1-8/0-8