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Detroit Tigers (65-56) at Oakland Athletics (53-68) Friday, August 21, 2009 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, Calif.

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

WP — Jackson (10-5) LP — G. Gonzalez (4-4) SV — Rodney (26)

OAKLAND NOTES • The Oakland A’s have lost five of the last seven games…are 2-5 on this nine-game homestand against Chicago (1-2), New York (1-2) and Detroit (0-1). • Gio Gonzalez struck out a career-high nine batters (previous high: eight, twice, last: July 30 at Boston)…is 3-2 with a 3.07 ERA (12 er in 35.1 ip) and .208 (27 for 130) opponents average over his last six starts…is 4-1 with a 2.73 ERA (9 er in 29.2 ip) in five starts where game time temperature is 72 and above and 0-2 with a 14.29 ERA (18 er in 11.1 ip) in three starts with a temperature of 62 or less. • Rajai Davis (2 for 4) has safely in 22 of his last 24 games, batting .356 (31 for 87) with 16 runs and 13 stolen bases over that span. • Jack Cust (3 for 4) recorded a season-high tying three hits (five times, last: July 20 vs. Minnesota). • Ryan Sweeney (2 for 4) is 14 for 44 (.318) with seven extra base hits (five doubles, two home runs) over his last 12 games.

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Gio Gonzalez (L, 4-4) 5.2 4 3 3 4 9 2 102/59 Brad Ziegler 2.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 18/13 Jay Marshall 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 Michael Wuertz 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19/7

Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location None

DETROIT NOTES • The are 1-0 on their six-game road trip through Oakland (0-1) and Los Angeles. • is now 2-1 with a 3.26 ERA (7 er in 19.1 ip) over three career starts against the A’s. • Ryan Raburn (2 for 4) had the second multi- game of his career (also, July 25, 2007 at Chicago-AL). • Miguel Cabrera (1 for 3) has a six-game hitting streak and is batting .520 (13 for 25) over that span…is batting .369 (48 for 130) with 20 runs scored, nine doubles, six home runs and 22 RBI in 33 games following the all-star break. • Gerald Laird (1 for 2) snapped a 0 for 19 streak with an infield single in the sixth inning. • (1 for 1) snapped a 0 for 13 streak with a pinch-hit single in the eighth inning.

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Edwin Jackson (W, 10-5) 6.0 6 2 2 1 5 0 104/64 Bobby Seay 0.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 15/8 Brandon Lyon 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 20/13 (S, 26) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 15/12

Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Ryan Raburn (9) 1st 1-1 1 LF G. Gonzalez Ryan Raburn (10) 3rd 1-0 1 LF G. Gonzalez

Time of Game ...... 2:54 Overall Record ...... 53-68 Home/Road...... 28-33/25-35 First Pitch...... 7:07 pm Streak...... Lost 3 Day/Night...... 18-22/35-46 Temperature ...... 75 degrees Homestand ...... 2-5 April/May/June ...... 8-11/11-18/13-15 Last Five...... 2-3 July/Aug./Sept...... 12-14/9-10/0-0 Attendance...... 15,927 Last 10 ...... 4-6 Total ...... 1,111,194 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7...... 12-11/41-57 Average (61 games) ...... 18,216 Series Record...... 14-20-5 A’s/Opponents score first ...... 29-25/25-42 Series First Game ...... 17-23 Leading after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 44-4/44-1 Win/Lose in Last At-Bat ...... 9-14 vs. AL Central...... 15-14 Tied after 7th inn/8th inn...... 2-9/6-10 Extra Innings ...... 3-8 vs. RHP/LHP...... 37-44/16-24 Trailing after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 7-55/3-57