GAME INFORMATION OAKLAND ATHLETICS Oakland Athletics Baseball Company • 510-638-4900 • athletics.com • A’s PR @AsMediaAlerts OAKLAND ATHLETICS (34-21) VS. LOS ANGELES DODGERS (39-17) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 — DODGER STADIUM — 6:40 PDT RHP MIKE FIERS (6-2, 4.67) VS. RHP WALKER BUEHLER (1-0, 3.86) NBCSCA — A’S CAST ON IHEART RADIO — A’S RADIO NETWORK (960 AM, 103.7 FM HD2, 1140 AM) ABOUT THE A’S: Have won four of the last six MLB BEST RECORDS, extra inning win streak since June 17-Sept. 22, 2006 when they also won six games and are now 12-9 (.571) since resum- LAST THREE YEARS straight…also lead the majors in wins when trailing after six innings (6), are ing play Sept. 4 following a positive test for tied for the lead in wins when trailing after eight (2), five (8) and four innings W L PCT Covid-19…did not play from Aug. 30 to Sept. 3 Houston 238 142 .626 (10) and tied for third in wins when trailing after seven innings (3). (four games)…are 34-21 (.618) for the season, Los Angeles (NL) 237 144 .622 OFFENSE: The A’s have been held to six hits or fewer in nine of the last 10 which is the second best record in the Ameri- New York (AL) 235 145 .618 can League and third best in the majors…are Oakland 228 151 .602 games and are batting .202 (63-for-312) over that span…are hitting .224 for 13 games over .500, which is one short of the Tampa Bay 223 158 .585 the season, which is fifth lowest in the majors…have hit under .232 just once season high of 14 (33-19 on Sept. 19)…have in franchise history (.223 in 1908)…however, rank third in the majors in hit by clinched the AL West and will spend each of the final 56 days of the season pitches (38), tied for seventh in walks (218) and tied for eighth in triples (10)… in sole possession of first…at the end of the season, will have spent 64 of 66 have a .320 on-base percentage, which is .096 points higher than the team days with at least a share of first place or 97.0% (56 days in first, eight days batting average…the largest difference in Oakland history is .096 points in tied for first, one day tied for second and one day in third)…that is the second 1999…have been successful in 25-of-28 (89.3%) stolen base attempts, which highest percentage of days with at least a share of first in Oakland history is currently the best percentage in Major League history ahead of the 2007 to the 1988 A’s (174 of 179 days, 97.2%)…are currently 6½ games ahead of Phillies (138-of-157, 87.9%). second place Houston in the West, which is ½-game short of the season high PITCHING: The A’s have allowed 25 runs in the last three games after yielding of seven…the last time the A’s won the West by more than six games was in just four runs over the previous five contests…now have a 3.70 ERA for the 1990 when they won by nine. season, which is sixth lowest in the majors…rank sixth in opponents on-base AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST CHAMPS: The A’s have clinched the American percentage (.302), ninth in OPS (.696) and 10th in slugging (.393)…have al- League West for the first time since 2013…this is their third AL West title in lowed 10 home runs in the last three games after yielding just one over the the last nine years, their seventh in the last 21 and their 17th overall…only previous five…have surrendered 64 home runs for the season, which is tied the Braves (20), Yankees (19) and Dodgers (19) have more division titles…this for ninth fewest in the majors…have the fewest hit batters (13) and the third is the A’s sixth postseason appearance in the last nine years, their 11th in the fewest walks (152). last 21 and their 29th overall…join the Braves, Dodgers and Yankees as the STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are tied for third in the majors in only teams to reach the postseason in each of the last three years (Astros wins (22) and rank eighth in innings pitched (281.2)…however, have tossed and Brewers can also join)…over the last nine years only the Dodgers have seven innings or fewer in all 55 games and have a streak of 63 games of more postseason appearances (8) and over the last 21 years only the Yankees seven innings or fewer dating back to last year…are averaging 5.12 innings (17), Cardinals (13), Braves (12) and Dodgers (12) have more…the 29 all-time per start and the fewest innings per start in Oakland history is 5.09 in 2018. postseason appearances are tied with the Cardinals for third most to the Yankees (56) and Dodgers (34). DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have committed three errors in the last seven games after making just one over the previous 12…have 23 errors for the PLAYOFF SEEDING: By winning the division, the A’s have clinched a top three season, which is fourth fewest in the majors…have a .988 fielding percent- seed and will host one of the four American League Wild Card Series begin- age after setting an Athletics record with a mark of .987 last year…have ning next Tuesday…with a 34-21 record, are currently the number two seed turned just 32 double plays, which is the fewest in the majors…are averag- ahead of Minnesota (35-22) and behind Tampa Bay (37-20)…have clinched a ing 0.58 double plays per game and the lowest mark in Oakland history is better intradivision record over Minnesota and Cleveland. 0.68 in 1981. HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 14-13 (.519) on the road and have clinched LEFT AND RIGHT: The A’s are 9-2 (.818) in games in which the opponent starts at least a .500 record on the road for the third consecutive season…this is a left-handed pitcher compared to 25-19 (.568) when they start a right- the fourth time in Oakland history the A’s have finished .500 or better on hander…the record against lefties is second best in the majors (White Sox, the road in at least three straight seasons (1971-75, 1988-90, 2000-02)…are 13-0) and the 11 games are tied for fourth fewest…have lost each of their 1-1 on their final road trip of the season, which consists of this three-game last two games against lefties after winning each of the first nine. series against the Dodgers…went 4-4 on the last road trip to Texas (2-2), Se- attle (1-1) and Colorado (1-1) and are 7-10 over the last 17 road games after A’s vs. DODGERS: The A’s have split the first two meetings of 2020…last met going 7-3 over the first 10…return home following the game tonight for the in 2018 when the two clubs spit four games…split two games in Los Angeles final homestand of the season, a four-game series against Seattle…went 2-1 from April 10-11 and two in Oakland from Aug. 7-8…have won two season on the last homestand against San Francisco and are 20-8 (.714) in Oakland, series and split one over the last nine years and are 9-4 over that span…have which is tied for the third best home record in the majors…the best home won six season series, lost three and split one and are 22-13 (.629) all-time winning percentage in Oakland history is .704 in 2003 (57-24)…have a 3.05 against the Dodgers during the regular season…that is the best record by any ERA (86 er in 254.0 ip) in Oakland compared to a 4.45 ERA (109 er in 220.1 team against the Dodgers (White Sox, 14-11, .560)…are 16-3 in Oakland and ip) on the road…have yielded 21 home runs in 254.0 innings in the Coliseum 6-10 in Los Angeles. (0.74 per nine innings) compared to 43 in 220.1 innings on the road (1.76 TODAY’S TIDBITS per nine innings)…are averaging 4.21 runs per game at home (118 r in 28 g) compared to 5.26 on the road (142 r in 27 g). Jake Diekman had his scoreless streak snapped last night at a career-high 22.0-innings dating back to last year…ranks fourth in the majors among A TALE OF TWO WESTS: The A’s are 10-9 (.526) against the National League relievers in ERA (0.47)…Liam Hendriks is tied for the Major League lead in West compared to 24-12 (.667) against the American League West…con- saves (14) and has converted each of his last 14 save opportunities since clude interleague play tonight and then close out the season with a four- being charged with a blown save on Opening Night…Tommy La Stella is av- game series against the Mariners in Oakland…have finished with a winning eraging 21.00 plate appearances per strikeout, which is more than double interleague record in each of the previous two seasons and 14 times in 23 the next closest player in the majors (LeMahieu, NYY 10.37) seasons…have seven seasons with a losing record and have finished .500 twice (1998, 2003)…have a 4.70 ERA (88 er in 16.1 ip) in interleague games THIS DATE IN ATHLETICS HISTORY compared to 3.15 against the AL…are 238-205 (.537) all-time in interleague In 1975 Vida Blue wins his 21st game and Reggie Jackson hits two home play, which is fourth best in Major League history.