2018 Oakland A’s Expanded Game Notes includes: Traditional Game Notes Full Upcoming Probable Pitcher Pages Expanded Game Notes Complete Transactions Spring Training Statistics Monthly Statistics Please consider the environment before printing this document. To print traditional Game Notes, print from page 2 to 9. 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 (28-27) VS. TAMPA BAY RAYS (27-26) WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2018 — OAKLAND COLISEUM — 7:05 P.M. PDT LHP SEAN MANAEA (5-5, 3.34) VS. RHP NATHAN EOVALDI (0-0, —) NBCSCA — A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) — EN ESPAÑOL (KIQI 1010 AM) ABOUT THE A’S: Have lost two straight and three of the last five games but lead the majors in home runs on the road but are tied for the fourth fewest are 9-6 over the last 15 contests…are 23-17 (.590) over the last 40 games af- at home…27 of the A’s 66 home runs have given Oakland the lead and the ter starting the year 5-10 (.333)…are in fourth place in the American League A’s are tied for with the Yankees for the most go-ahead home runs in the West for the 35th consecutive day…have spent one day tied for first, one day American League…have homered in each of their last 14 games on the road. tied for second, two days tied for third, 50 days in fourth and seven days tied for fourth. ON THE BASES: The A’s are 11-for-23 (47.8%) in stolen base attempts…have the lowest stolen base percentage in the majors, the fewest stolen bases A’s IN MAY: The A’s are 14-13 in May after going 13-12 in April…need one and are tied for the third fewest attempts…opponents have stolen 40 bases, more win to clinch a winning record in May for the first time since 2014 (16- which is second most in the American League (Toronto, 42), but they have 12)…are batting .216 (199-for-920) in May after hitting .265 in April…the been caught stealing 15 times, which is tied for the most. May batting average is second lowest in the majors (Arizona, .187)…the only time in Oakland history the A’s hit under .228 in May was in 2012 (.210)… AGAINST THE EAST: The A’s are 12-6 (.667) against American League East have a .281 on-base percentage this month, which is also second lowest in teams, which is the second best record against the East by an AL team (Bos- the majors (Arizona, .260) and currently the lowest in May in Oakland his- ton, 24-10 .706)…the pitching staff has a 3.04 ERA (57 er in 168.2 ip) against tory (.294 in 1968)…have 244 strikeouts this month, which is tied for the fifth the East compared to 4.40 against all other teams…Oakland has an 18-8 highest single-month total in Oakland history (285 in June 2017, 276 in Sept. (.692) record in interdivision games and a 10-19 (.345) record against the 2012, 255 in May 2017, 249 in Sept. 2017, 244 in Aug. 2017)…are 5-for-15 AL West. (33.3%) in stolen base attempts…the lowest single-month stolen base per- HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 3-5 on this 10-game homestand against Seat- centage in Oakland history in a month with 10 or more attempts is 42.1% in tle (1-2), Arizona (2-1) and Tampa Bay (0-2) and have now lost eight of their July of 1974 (16-for-38)…are tied with Baltimore for the fewest stolen bases last 11 home games…are 14-14 at home (.500) compared to 14-13 (.519) on in the American League this month. the road…this is the first of three 10-game homestands this year and it be- SCORING POSITION: The A’s are 1-for-28 (.036) with runners in scoring posi- gins a stretch where the A’s will play 20 of 25 games at home from May 22 tion over the last five games…are hitting .192 (35-for-182) with RISP in May to June 17…leave following the game tomorrow for a five-game road trip to after batting .271 with RISP in April…are hitting .236 with RISP for the sea- Kansas City (three games) and Texas (two games)…went 7-3 on the last road son, which is fifth lowest in the American League. trip to New York-AL (1-2), Boston (2-1) and Toronto (4-0)…it was the A’s first seven-win trip since April 7-16, 2014 (7-2). ONE-RUN GAMES AND OTHER CLOSE CALLS: Six of the eight games on the homestand have been decided by one run and the A’s are 2-4 in those THE SEVENTH INNING OR LATER: The A’s have compiled a 3.08 ERA (58 er games…are 10-6 (.625) in one-run games for the season…have the fourth in 169.2 ip) in the seventh inning or later, which is lowest in the American best record in one-run games in the American League and are tied for fourth League and fifth lowest in the majors…have a 4.39 ERA (161 er in 330.0 ip) in wins…are 3-3 in extra inning games and the six extra inning games are over innings one through six…are 21-0 when leading after seven innings and tied for third most in the AL…are 6-3 in games decided in the last at bat… are one of two teams in the majors that has not lost a game when leading have three walk-off wins. after seven (Milwaukee, 29-0). OFFENSE: The A’s have scored four runs or fewer in each of the last 13 home THE DISABLED LIST: The A’s have a season-high nine players on the disabled games, which is tied for the second longest such streak in Oakland history list (Anderson, Blackburn, Buchter, Casilla, Cotton, Davis, Hendriks, Powell, (April 6-29, 1973)…the longest is 14 from April 17-May 11, 1968…are batting Triggs)…Blackburn and Cotton are on the 60-day DL…have now used the DL .172 (73-for-425) with 21 doubles, six home runs, 24 runs scored (1.85 per 14 times this year…have had at least four players on the DL every day since game) and a .227 on base percentage (30 bb, 1 hbp, 2 sf) in those 13 games… Aug. 24, 2015, at least three every day since July 30, 2011 and have not had had a streak of seven consecutive home games with two runs or fewer from fewer than two players on DL since end of 2006 season (1). May 5-23, which tied for the second longest such streak in Athletics history… A’s ON RADIO: 95.7 FM The Game is in its eighth season as flagship of the it was the longest since Sept. 4-11, 1917 (eight games)…are batting .228 A’s Radio Network…due to conflicts with the Warriors, the following games (217-for-951) and are averaging 3.46 runs per games at home (97 runs in will air in the Bay Area on 1550 AM: tomorrow against Tampa Bay, Sunday at 28 games) compared to .252 and 5.19 on the road…are averaging the fewest Kansas City, June 6 at Texas and June 8 against Kansas City…additional radio runs per game at home in the American League and have the second lowest updates will be announced based on the Warriors postseason schedule. batting average (Los Angeles, .220). A’s vs. RAYS: The A’s have lost the first two meetings of 2018, both by one PITCHING: The A’s have allowed one run or fewer in five of the last 11 games run…have now lost six of their last eight games against the Rays and all six and have a 2.34 ERA (27 er in 104.0 ip) and .195 (72-for-369) opponents bat- of those losses have been by one run…nine of the last 12 games between ting average over that span…overall, are averaging 2.76 walks per nine in- the two clubs have been decided by one run…lost the season series last year, nings, which is fourth fewest in the American League, and 7.51 strikeouts 2-5…it was their worst record ever against the Rays (previous: 3-6 in 2008)… per nine innings, which is also fourth fewest…have a Major League leading dropped two of three in Oakland and three of four in Tampa Bay…in was 36 wild pitches. their second season series loss in the last three years…all-time, the A’s are STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers have not allowed a run in four of 103-70 (.595) against the Rays, which is their best record against any Ameri- the last 11 games and are 3-3 with a 2.82 ERA (19 er in 60.2 ip) and .206 (45- can League team…are 57-29 in Oakland and 46-41 at Tropicana Field…the for-218) opponents batting average over that stretch…have issued two free mark in the Coliseum is the A’s best record against any AL team.