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O AKLAND A THLETICS Post Game Notes Oakland Athletics Baseball Company7000 Coliseum WayOakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900www.athletics.comA’s PR on Twitter @AsMedia Alerts OAKLAND ATHLETICS (1-0) VS. LOS ANGELES ANGELS (0-1) MONDAY, APRIL 3, 2017 — OAKLAND ALAMEDA COLISEUM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Los Angeles 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 Oakland 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 9 0 Win: Graveman (1-0) Loss: Nolasco (0-1) Save: Casilla (1) OAKLAND NOTES LOS ANGELES NOTES • Stephen Vogt connected for his first homer of the season in the • Ricky Nolasco made his fourth career Opening Day start... He is second inning... his second career Opening Day home run, last was 1-3 with a 5.70 ERA (23.2 IP/18 ER) in four career Opening Day a 3-run homer on 4/6/15 vs. Texas... he is one of 8 Oakland Athletics starts... with two or more career Opening Day homers... • Mike Trout clubbed his third career Opening Day homer in the top • Vogt has hit safely in all three of his Opening Day starts... he is of the third inning, tying Joe Rudi and Tim Salmon for the franchise batting .385 (5-for-12) with two homers and four RBI in those starts. record (3)... • Khris Davis connected for his first career Opening Day homer in the • Since the beginning of 2012, Mike Trout has clubbed 13 homers at six inning, and tallied his second homer in the eighth... he became the Oakland Coliseum, most by any visiting player in that time. the second Oakland Athletic to record a multi-homer game on Open- ing Day, last was Jason Giambi on 4/3/2010. • With a start in center field, Trout became the first player in Angels history to make five Opening Day starts in CF. • Davis recorded his 12th career multi-homer game, first against the Angels and fourth at the Oakland Coliseum... his last multi-homer • With a 2-for-4 night, Yunel Escobar tallied his 13 multi-hit game vs. game was on 9/18/2016 at Texas. Oakland... he owns a lifetime .295 (52-for-176) batting average vs. Oakland. • Davis is the first Oakland player with three hits on Opening Day since 2002 (David Justice and Jeremy Giambi). • Escobar improved his career batting average to .333 (5-for-15) with a double vs Graveman. • Davis joined Madison Bumgarner atop the home run leader board, as they both recorded multi-homer contests in the 2017 opener. • Andrelton Simmons tallied his 27th career hit against the A’s in the second inning... he is a career .346 (27-for-78) lifetime hitter against • Kendall Graveman improved his mark to 2-1 vs the Los Angeles Oakland. Angels...he owns a 3.32 ERA (40.2 IP/15 ER) vs. the Angels, and has recorded 5 of 7 quality starts against the Halos... HOME RUNS Player Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher • Athletics belted three dingers on the night, last season they tallied Mike Trout (1) 3 2-2 2 LF Graveman 46 multi-homer games... 16 of those 46 multi-homer games at home. • Santiago Casilla recorded his second career Opening Day save, last was 4/6/2015 at Arizona as member of the San Francisco Gi- ants... he is 0-0 with a 6.00 ERA (3 IP/2ER) in four Opening Day appearances. • With the save, Casilla is just the second Athletic with an Opening Day save over the last 24 years (Arthur Rhodes, 2004). HOME RUNS Player Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Stephen Vogt (1) 2 3-2 1 RF Nolasco Khris Davis (1) 6 0-0 1 LF Nolasco Khris Davis (2) 8 1-2 1 LF Ramirez Time of Game ................................................2:56 Streak ............................................................. W1 April .................................................................1-0 First Pitch .................................................7:09 pm Homestand ......................................................1-0 vs. AL West ......................................................1-0 Temperature .......................................59 degrees Last 5 ...............................................................1-0 First Game of Series........................................1-0 Last 10 .............................................................1-0 Today’s Attendance ...................................36,067 Home/Road ............................................. 1-0/0-0 Attendance Total ........................................36,067 Day/Night ................................................. 0-0/1-0 Average (1 game) ......................................36,067 vs. RHS/LHS ............................................ 1-0/0-0 .

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