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Oakland Athletics Virtual Press O AKLAND A THLETICS Game Information Oakland Athletics Baseball Company7000 Coliseum WayOakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900www.athletics.comA’s PR on Twitter @AsMedia Alerts OAKLAND ATHLETICS (8-11) VS. HOUSTON ASTROS (10-7) SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2015 – O.CO COLISEUM – 1:05 P.M. PDT LHP DREW POMERANZ (1-2, 4.24) VS. RHP ASHER WOJCIECHOWSKI (0-1, 6.00) CSNCA – A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) – EN ESPAÑOL (KIQI 1010 AM) ABOUT THE A’S: The A’s have lost three MLB BEST RECORDS, League and third most in the majors (Milwaukee and Washington, 15)…A’s straight games for the first time this year… LAST FOUR YEARS (2012-15) outfielders have committed eight of the errors, which is twice as many as have also lost four of the last five games to any other team (Minnesota and Seattle, 4). fall to three games under .500 for the first W L PCT time since July 2, 2012 (39-42)…have not St. Louis 287 215 .572 IN THE PINCH: A’s pinch hitters went 4-for-4 Friday night, which tied the Washington 287 217 .569 Oakland record for pinch hits in a game…also had four pinch hits Aug. 30, been four games under .500 since July 1, Oakland 286 219 .566 2012 (38-42)…are tied for third place in the 1970 at Detroit (Alou, Hovley, Jackson, Donaldson)…had three pinch hits Los Angeles (NL) 283 220 .563 in an inning (10th) for the first time since May 22, 1997 at Texas (Wlliams, American League West for the second con- Detroit 283 221 .562 secutive day and trail first place Houston by Baltimore 282 222 .560 Stairs, McGwire)…were 1-for-8 in the pinch to start the season…are tied a season-high three games…have spent six for the American League lead in walks (2), rank second in hits (5) and tied days in sole possession of first, three days tied for first, five days in second, for third in RBI (3). three days tied for second and three days tied for third…every team in the HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 0-2 on the second homestand of the West has held at least a share of first this year (Houston 10 days, Oakland season, a six-game stand against Houston (0-2) and Los Angeles (three 9, Houston 9, Los Angeles 3, Seattle 2, Texas 1). games)…have a four-game home losing streak…went 3-4 on the first homestand and are 3-6 at home for the season, which is tied for the sec- NIGHT AND DAY: The A’s are 0-6 during day games compared to 8-5 at night…are the only Major League team without a win in a day game… ond worst home record in the American League…went 5-5 on the first road …have finished the month of April more than two games are batting .249 (53 for 213) with 17 runs scored during the day (2.83 per trip to Houston (2-1), Kansas City (1-2) and Los Angeles-AL (2-2).…have under .500 just once in the last 14 years (8-11 in 2009) game) compared to .281 (129 for 459) with 73 runs scored at night (5.62 hit 11 of their 15 home runs on the road. have not lost more than six consecutive day games since per game)…have hit all 15 of their home runs at night…have a 2.87 ERA THIS AND THAT: The A’s are 0-5 in the final game of a series…have a 4-2 Sept. 24, 2008-April 22, 2009 when they dropped nine (37 er in 116.0 ip) at night, 4.58 (28 er in 55.0 ip) during the day…have record in the first game…are 0-5 in games decided in the last at bat and straight surrendered six home runs in 13 night games compared to 11 in six day have the most last at bat losses in the majors…are 7-7 in games started games. by a right-handed pitcher compared to 1-4 in games started by a lefty…are batting .289 (151-for-523) with 14 of their 15 home runs off right-handed IN APRIL: The A’s are 8-11 in April and need to win each of their remaining four games in the month to avoid finishing with a losing record in April for pitchers compared to .208 (31-for-149) off left-handers…are 0-3 in extra the first time since 2012 (10-12)…are batting .271 in April, which is cur- inning games…are tied with Seattle for the most extra inning games in rently their best average in the first month of the season since 1998 (.282). the American League and are tied with Cincinnati for the most extra inning losses in the majors…are 0-8 when the opponent scores first, 0-7 when SCORING MARGIN: The A’s have out-scored the opposition 62-6 in their they are out-homered and 0-7 when scoring fewer than four runs. eight wins (7.8 to 0.8) and have been out-scored 72-28 in their 11 losses (6.5 to 2.5)…are 5-2 in games decided by seven runs or more…have the THE DISABLED LIST: The A’s have eight players on the disabled list most wins and games in that split in the majors…are 0-7 in games decided (Crisp, Doolittle, Freiman, Griffin, Nolin, Parker, Thompson, Zobrist)…Grif- by two runs or fewer and are the only Major League team without a win in fin and Thompson are on the 60-day DL…Parker, who is recovering from a game decided by one or two runs…the seven losses are tied for the most Tommy John surgery, began a rehab assignment with Single-A Stockton (San Francisco, Miami). Thursday…have used the DL nine times this year…used it 18 times last year after using it 13 times in 2013…have not had fewer than two players STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers have allowed two runs or few- on the DL since the end of the 2006 season when they had just one. er in 11 of the first 19 games and have a 2.97 ERA (37 er in 112.0 ip)…that is the lowest mark in the American League and third lowest in the majors… A’s vs. ASTROS: The A’s trail in the sea- MLB BEST RECORDS, rank second in the AL in innings pitched (112.0), tied for second in wins (7) son series, 3-2…have the lost the first two VS. ONE TEAM and third in fewest home runs (8)…are 7-0 with a 0.74 ERA (4 er in 48.2 ip) games of this series and have never been W L PCT in the A’s eight wins, 0-6 with a 4.69 ERA (33 er in 63.1 ip) in the 11 losses. swept by the Astros…won two of three in Houston last week…won the season series A’s vs. Astros 33 16 .673 Red Sox vs. Marlins 20 10 .667 The A’s have compiled a 4.66 ERA (45 er in 87.0 ip) over the last year 11-8…went 6-3 in Oakland and 5-5 PITCHING: Rangers vs. D’backs 20 11 .645 last 10 games after logging a 2.14 ERA over the first nine contests…have a in Houston…have now won all four season Braves vs. Rockies 114 64 .640 3.42 ERA for the season, which ranks third in the American League…have series against the Astros and lead the all- A’s vs. Rays 93 57 .620 the second lowest opponents slugging percentage (.349) and third lowest time series, 33-16…that is the best record (min. 30 games) batting average (.223) and on-base percentage (.292)…have a 0.63 ERA by a Major League club against another club (5 er in 72.0 ip) in their eight wins, a 5.45 ERA (60 er in 99.0 ip) in their 11 among teams that have played each other 30 or more times…10 of the losses…lead the majors with five shutouts…three of those have been by A’s 16 losses to Houston have been by one run…are 16-8 in Oakland and eight or more runs, matching the A’s total for the entire 2014 season. 17-8 in Houston. ON THE BASES: The A’s stole a season-high four bases Wednesday night TODAY’S TIDBITS at Los Angeles (AL)…it was the A’s first four-steal game since April 16, Tyler Clippard has pitched in 378 games since the start of the 2010 2013 against Houston…have 11 steals in the last 11 games after swiping season, which is the most in the majors over that span…Ike Davis is no bags over the first eight contests…are a perfect 11-for-11 in stolen base 18-for-46 (.391) over his last 14 games and is batting .345 overall, which attempts and are one of two Major League teams without a caught steal- ranks ninth in the American League…Sam Fuld is tied for the AL lead ing (New York-NL 9)…A’s opponents have been caught stealing in each of with 15 runs scored…Josh Reddick is 11-for-22 (.500) with four walks their last two attempts after being successful in each of their first six.
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