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OAKLAND ATHLETICS GAME INFORMATION Oakland Athletics Baseball Company • 510-638-4900 • athletics.com • A’s PR @AsMediaAlerts Get the latest A’s notes, full stat packets, clips, press releases, roster, updated media guide and more at pressbox.athletics.com OAKLAND ATHLETICS (96-64) VS. LOS ANGELES ANGELS (79-81) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2018 — ANGELS STADIUM — 6:07 P.M. PDT RHP LIAM HENDRIKS (0-1, 4.30) VS. LHP TYLER SKAGGS (8-9, 3.91) NBCSCA — A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) ABOUT THE A’S: The A’s will face New York in MLB BEST RECORDS, cord…the A’s .464 slugging percentage is currently an Athletics road record the Wild Card game at Yankee Stadium on JUNE 16-PRESENT (.458 in 2000)…have 288 extra base hits, which is 12 short of A’s record of Wednesday…have won six of the last nine 300 in 2001…have 435 runs scored, their most on the road since 2001 (461). W L PCT games but are 7-7 over the last 14 games…are Oakland 62 28 .689 41-22 (.651) since the All-Star Break, which is HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 46-33 (.582) on the road, which is T4th best Boston 59 30 .663 road record in the majors…the wins are the A’s most on the road since go- the best record in the majors…are 62-28 (.689) Tampa Bay 56 35 .615 over their last 90 games dating back to June Houston 55 33 .625 ing 49-32 in 2002…are 50-31 (.617) at home…are 2-2 on their fi nal road trip 16, which is the best record in the majors over Colorado 56 35 .615 of season, a six-game trip to Seattle (2-1) & Los Angeles-AL (0-1)…are 38-21 that span…are 96-63 (.600) overall, which is the (.644) on road dating back to May 14 after starting the year 8-12…were 32- fourth best record in the American League and the majors…are 13-2-2 over 11 (.744) over fi nal 43 home games after starting year 18-20 at home. the last 17 series and 23-3-3 over the last 29…are 37-37 (.500) against the AL ONE-RUN GAMES AND OTHER CLOSE CALLS: The A’s are 31-13 (.705) in one- West, 59-27 (.686) against all other teams. run games, which is the best record in the majors…the Athletics record for WINS: The A’s won their 96th game of the season Wednesday, which is tied winning percentage in one-run games is .698 in 1928 (30-13) and the Oak- for eighth most in Oakland history and is the most since 2013 (96-66)…have land record is .696 in 2002 (32-14)…the 31 one-run wins are sixth most in not won more than 96 games since going 103-59 in 2002…the 96 wins are a Athletics history and are two short of the record of 33 set in 2004…are 13-6 21-win improvement over last year, which is the third biggest turnaround in (.684) in extra inning games, which is the second best record in the majors Oakland history…had a 23-win improvement from 1987 (81) to 1988 (104) to Seattle (14-1)…the wins are one short of the Athletics record of 14, set in and a 29-win improvement from 1979 (54) to 1980 (83). 1998…are 25-10 (.714) in games decided in the last at bat, which is the best record in the majors…the wins are the most in the majors and are one short ELITE COMPANY: Matt Chapman needs one run scored to reach the century of the Oakland record of 26 set in 2004. mark this season…if he scores again in the fi nal two games, it’ll be just the 7th season in Athletics history that a player collected 100+ runs, 40+ doubles THE LATE INNINGS: The A’s are 69-1 when leading after seven innings and 78-1 and 20+ home runs…he would join Jason Giambi (109 R, 47 2B, 38 HR in when leading after eight…no other team has lost fewer than three games 2001), Wally Moses (113 R, 48 2B, 25 HR in 1937), Bob Johnson (103 R, 44 when leading after seven innings and only the Mariners have fewer losses 2B, 21 HR in 1933) and Al Simmons (3x, 152 R, 41 2B, 36 HR in 1930…114 when leading after eight…are tied for the Major League lead in wins when R, 41 2B, 34 HR in 1929…122 R, 43 2B, 24 HR in 1925)…Chapman would join trailing after seven innings (11) and tied for second in wins when trailing after Cleveland’s Francisco Lindor, St. Louis’ Matt Carpenter, Boston’s Mookie Betts eight (5)…have scored 117 runs in the eighth inning, which is second most in and Houston’s Alex Bregman as players to accomplish the feat this season. the majors and the most by an A’s team since the 1933 Philadelphia A’s had 128…also rank second in the majors with 279 runs in the seventh inning or RUN THIS WAY: Matt Chapman (99) and Khris Davis (97) have a chance to later, which bests the previous Oakland record of 277 in 2000. be the fi rst pair of Athletics teammates to each reach the century mark in runs scored since 2001 when Jason Giambi (109), Johnny Damon (108) and THE PLAYOFFS: The A’s clinched their third American League Wild Card Mon- Miguel Tejada (107) did so…the only AL teams this season with multiple day night, their second in the two wild card era…this will be the A’s fourth 100+ run teammates are Boston (3), Cleveland (2) and Houston (2). postseason berth in the last seven years and their ninth in the last 19 sea- sons…over the last seven years, only the Dodgers (5) have more than four IN SEPTEMBER: The A’s are 15-9 (.625) in September, which is the third best postseason appearances (Cardinals could also get their fi fth) and over the record in the American League…have clinched a winning record for the last 19 seasons only the Yankees (15), Cardinals (12), Red Sox (10) and Braves month and have posted a winning record in each month this year…this is (10) have more than nine (Dodgers could also get their 10th)…this is the A’s the sixth time in Oakland history the A’s have posted a winning record in 27th postseason appearance all-time, a total surpassed only by the Yankees each month (1971, 1972, 1990, 2003, 2013)…are batting .265 (219-for-827) (54), Dodgers (31) and Cardinals (28). with a Major League leading 158 runs scored this month…also rank fourth in slugging (.456) and OPS (.805), third in home runs (37) and third in on- A’s vs. ANGELS: Oakland trails season series 8-9…the A’s went 5-5 in Oakland base percentage (.350)…the runs scored are the most by the A’s in any month and are 3-4 in Anaheim…have scored 108 runs, which is most in A’s history since they had 162 in September of 2013. vs. Angels (104 in 1961 by KC A’s)…have lost each of the previous four season series and are 39-54 (.419) against Los Angeles over the last fi ve years…this OFFENSE: The A’s have set an Athletics franchise record with 561 extra base marks the fi rst time the Athletics franchise (Kansas City and Oakland) has hits, breaking the mark of 555 set in 2001…rank tied for second in the majors lost four straight season series to the Angels…since moving to Oakland in in doubles (318), 2nd in extra base hits, third in home runs (223), fourth in 1968, the A’s are 436-375 vs. the Angels…that includes 228-177 in Oakland runs (804), third in slugging percentage (.439) and fi fth in OPS (.756)…the and 208-198 in Anaheim…all-time, the A’s are 485-452 against the Angels. home runs are fi fth most in Athletics history (243 in 1996, 239 in 2000, 235 TODAY’S TIDBITS in 1999, 234 in 2017) and the doubles are fi fth (336 in 2004, 334 in 2001, 323 in 1928, 319 in 1930)…the runs are tied for 6th most in Oakland history (6th MMattatt CChapmanhapman leads the majors with an Oakland record 25 doubles since is 804 in 1998, 5th is 806 in 1987, 4th is 861 in 1996). the All-Star Break and ranks second with an Oakland record tying 42 ex- tra base hits…KKhrishris DDavisavis hhasas a ccareer-highareer-high aandnd MMajorajor LLeagueeague lleadingeading 4477 PITCHING: The A’s have a 3.535 ERA (224 er in 571.2 ip) since the All-Star hhomeome rruns,uns, wwhichhich iiss ttiedied fforor tthirdhird iinn OOaklandakland history and tied for fi fth in Break, which is third lowest in the American League (CLE, 3.39 & HOU, 3.41)… Athletics history…now has 132 career home runs in an A’s uniform, which overall, rank fourth in the AL in opponents on-base percentage (.302) and ties Terry Steinbach for 10th most in Oakland history…has an Athletics OPS (.691), fi fth in batting (.237) and slugging (.393) and sixth in ERA (3.82)… record 26 home runs since the All-Star Break…has a career-high 121 RBI, are tied for second in shutouts (14), rank fourth in fewest walks (468) and which ranks second in the majors and sixth in Oakland history…Blake extra base hits (467) and fi fth in fewest home runs (182)…have 1219 strike- Treinen has a 0.79 ERA, which leads all relievers and is the lowest in ML outs, which is fi fth fewest in the AL but second most in Athletics history… history among pitchers with 75 or more innings pitched…has 98 strike- need 25 in the fi nal two games to tie the record of 1244 set in 2014…have outs and has a chance to become the fi rst pitcher in Major League history already set an Athletics record with 85 wild pitches, which is third in the AL to save 30 games, compile an ERA under 1.00 and strike out 100 batters.