2012 Oakland A’s Expanded Game Notes includes: Traditional Game Notes Full Upcoming Probable Pitcher Pages Roster Supplemental Bios Expanded Game Notes Spring Training Statistics Monthly Statistics Please consider the environment before printing this document. To print traditional Game Notes, print from page 2 to 10. 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 (35-38) VS. SEATTLE MARINERS (31-43) Season High +2 (3 times, last: May 14) MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2012 – SAFECO FIELD – 7:10 P.M. PDT Season Low 26-35 (June 10) LHP TOMMY MILONE (7-5, 4.13) VS. RHP ERASMO RAMIREZ (0-1, 5.40) April 10-12 CSNCA – A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) May 11-16 June 13-9 July 0-0 ABOUT THE A’s August 0-0 September 0-0 ABOUT THE A’S: Have won nine of the last 12 games since June 12 but have lost one game in the American Home Series 5-5-3 League West standings over that span as Texas has gone 10-2…trail the Rangers by a season-high 10 games Road Series 4-5-3 for the third consecutive day…are in third place for the 13th consecutive day…have spent one day tied for first Series Sweeps 2-4 this year, 30 days in second, eight days tied for second, 24 days in third, eight days tied for third and 11 days in First Game of Series 10-15 fourth…are 13-8 over the last 21 games after losing a season-high nine consecutive contests…lost two of three Last Game of Series 13-12 A’s Score First 24-10 to San Francisco over the weekend, snapping a three-series winning streak…it was the first time the A’s won Opponent Scores First 11-28 three straight series since September 3-12, 2010. Leading After 7th 26-4 Leading After 8th 28-4 STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers have allowed four hits or fewer in each of the last eight games, Tied After 7th 6-3 which is the longest such streak in Oakland history…it also matches the longest streak by an A’s team since Tied After 8th 5-2 at least 1921…the Kansas City’s A’s also had an eight-game streak from September 18-25, 1965…the final Trailing After 7th 3-31 pitcher during that streak was Satchel Paige who allowed one hit in 3.0 shutout innings to become the oldest th Trailing After 8 2-32 player in Major League history (59 years, 80 days)…opponents are batting .126 (21 for 167) over the last eight Commit No Errors 22-17 games…starters are now 4-2 with a 1.88 ERA (13 er in 62.1 ip) and .139 (29 for 209) opponents batting Commit 1 or More Errors 13-21 average over the last 10 games…have a 3.95 ERA (191 er in 435.1 ip) for the season, which ranks fourth in the More HR Than Opp. 17-10 American League…Tommy Milone tossed the A’s first complete game of the season last Wednesday night Fewer HR Than Opp. 4-19 th Same Total HR of Opp. 14-9 against Los Angeles and it came in the A’s 69 game…in Athletics history only the 2009 (game 81) and 1996 Starter Pitches 7 or More 17-9 (game 78) teams went farther into the season without a complete game. Starter Pitches Less Than 7 18-29 When Scoring 4 or More 29-8 PITCHING: The A’s have allowed 49 hits over the last 10 games, which is the fewest by an A’s team over a When Scoring Less Than 4 6-30 10-game span since at least 1916…the previous low was 50 from April 18-27, 1986…opponents are batting Last At Bat 9-7 .160 (49 for 307) over the last 10 games…the A’s posted a 2.67 ERA and .155 opponents batting average on Different Lineups 69 the last homestand after compiling a 6.10 ERA and .305 opponents batting average on the last road trip…have a 3.60 ERA for the season, which ranks fourth in the American League…are tied for second in shutouts (7), A’s vs. MARINERS have the third fewest home runs (61) and the third lowest opponents slugging percentage (.378)…however, have the fourth most walks (242) and second fewest strikeouts (459). The A’s trail in the season series, 2-5…are 1-2 in Seattle, 0-2 in CLOSE CALLS: Derek Norris hit a “walk-off” three run home run yesterday after Yoenis Céspedes did the Oakland and 1-1 Tokyo…have lost same on Thursday…Brandon Inge had a “walk-off” grand slam earlier this year, giving the A’s three game- three of the previous five season series and are 44-58 (.431) ending home runs with at least two runners on base…the only other time that happened in Oakland history was against Seattle since 2007…that is in 2007 (three three-run home runs)…the A’s now have five “walk-off” wins this year, which is two more than the lowest winning percentage last year…are now 11-8 in games decided in the seventh inning or later, including 9-7 in the last at bat…the by any American League team nine last at bat wins are tied for second most in the American League (Baltimore, 13)…each of the A’s last four against the Mariners over that losses have been by one run and the A’s are now 6-9 (.400) in one-run decisions, which is the second worst span…all-time, the A’s are 294- record in the AL (Toronto, 5-12))…in the majors, only Cleveland has played fewer one-run games (14)…are 4-2 222 (.570) against Seattle, which in extra inning games and are tied for second in the AL in extra inning wins…last Friday, the A’s lost for the is the second best mark by an AL team against the Mariners fourth time this year when leading after eight innings, which is the most such losses in the majors. (Boston, .579)…are 163-94 in PLAYERS USED: Yesterday, A.J. Griffin became the 42nd player to appear in a game for the A’s this year, Oakland, 130-127 in Seattle and th 1-1 in Tokyo…are 54-63 (.462) at which is second most in the majors to San Diego (45)…Griffin is the 16 rookie, which is the most in the majors Safeco Field. and two more than the A’s season total from last year…currently have 10 rookies on the roster (Céspedes, Cook, Cowgill, Doolittle, Griffin, Miller, Milone, Norris, Parker, Scribner). TODAY’S TIDBITS A’s IN JUNE: The A’s lead the majors in runs (117) and walks (89) in the month of June…lead the American Grant Balfour has not allowed a League in extra base hits (74), rank second in on-base percentage (.345), doubles (43) and triples (6) and tied run in his last eight games and for third in home runs (25)…are 13-9 (.591), which is the fourth best mark in the AL…the 13 wins are the A’s has a 9.2-inning scoreless streak. most in June since going 13-15 in 2009…went 10-12 in April and 11-16 in May and have finished the first two months of the season with a losing record for the second consecutive year and third time in the last four years. Coco Crisp has batted leadoff in each of the last 10 games and is OFFENSE: The A’s rank last in the majors in batting (.227), have the second lowest slugging percentage (.365) 14 for 37 (.378) with seven walks, and sixth lowest on-base percentage (.306)…have the second fewest runs scored in the American League six stolen bases, seven runs and five multiple hit games over that (281) and have been shutout a Major League leading 11 times…were shut out 15 times last year and those span. were the most times the A’s were shutout in a season since 1979 (17)…lead the AL in stolen bases (60) and have the fewest grounded into double plays (44)…are batting .337 (58 for 172) with runners in scoring position Jonny Gomes is batting .370 (10 over the last 19 games after hitting .209 over the first 54 contests…have hit 67 home runs after tallying just 50 for 27) in June after hitting .222 in home runs before the All-Star Break last year…33 of the A’s 67 home runs have come with two outs, which is May. third most in the AL…lead the majors in pitches per plate appearance (3.99). Jim Miller ranks fifth among American League relievers with a HOME AND AWAY: The A’s begin a seven-game road trip tonight to Seattle (three games) and Texas (four 1.14 ERA. games)…went 3-3 on the last road trip to Arizona (0-3) and Colorado (3-0)…went 6-3 on the last homestand against San Diego (2-1), Los Angeles (3-0) and San Francisco (1-2)…are 19-19 at home compared to 16-19 on Derek Norris is the third player in the road…the A’s pitching staff has a 2.99 ERA (117 er in 352.2 ip) at home compared to 4.33 (145 er in 301.2 Athletics history to hit a walk-off home run for his first Major ip) on the road…the home ERA is second lowest in the American League.