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2010 Oakland A's Expanded Game Notes 2010 Oakland A’s Expanded Game Notes includes: Traditional Game Notes Full Upcoming Probable Pitcher Pages A’s Roster A’s Supplemental Bios Expanded Game Notes with Clips Spring Training Statistics Please consider the environment before printing this document. To print traditional Game Notes, print from page 2 to roughly page 10 (may vary by one page from game to game). OAKLAND ATHLETICS Game Information Oakland Athletics Baseball Company h 7000 Coliseum Way h Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 h Public Relations Facsimile 510-562-1633 h www.oaklandathletics.com A’s AT A GLANCE OAKLAND ATHLETICS (8-4) VS. BALTIMORE ORIOLES (1-10) Season High 6-2/8-4 (April 12/16) SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 2010 – OAKLAND-ALAMEDA COUNTY COLISEUM – 1:05 P.M. PDT Season Low 0-1 (April 5) RHP JUSTIN DUCHSCHERER (1-0, 3.46 ERA) VS. RHP JEREMY GUTHRIE (0-2, 4.05 ERA) April 8-4 NO TV – A’S RADIO NETWORK (XTRA SPORTS 860 AM) – ESPAÑOL (KDIA 1640 AM/KDYA 1190 AM) May 0-0 June 0-0 July 0-0 ABOUT THE A’s August 0-0 September 0-0 ABOUT THE A’S: Have won two straight and are a season-high tying four games over .500 for the second time Home Series 2-0-0 this year…have not been five games over .500 since July 19, 2008 (51-46)…have started the season 8-4 for Road Series 1-1-0 the fourth time in the last nine years (2002, 2004, 2008)…with a win today, the A’s would have their best record Series Sweeps 0-0 after 13 games since starting the 1992 season 9-4…have a season high two-game lead in the American First Game of Series 3-1 League West and have spent each of the last 10 days with at least a share of first (nine days all alone in Last Game of Series 2-1 A’s Score First 5-1 first)…the last time the A’s spent more than 10 consecutive days with at least a share of first was in 2006 when Opponent Scores First 3-3 they spent the final 65 days of the season in first…had no days in first from May 13, 2008 through the end of the Leading After 7th 6-0 2009 season…have been over .500 every day since the third game of the season…spent just one day over Leading After 8th 6-0 .500 last year (2-1, April 8)…had their four-game winning streak snapped a week ago tonight in Los Tied After 7th 2-2 th Angeles…had just two winning streaks of four or more games last year (had two seven-game winning streaks Tied After 8 2-2 from June 2 to 8 and September 14 to 20)…went 75-87 last year, their third consecutive season with a losing Trailing After 7th 0-2 th record…it marks the first time the A’s have finished with a losing record in three straight seasons since 1993-98 Trailing After 8 0-2 rd Commit No Errors 5-1 when they had six straight…this is the A’s 43 season in Oakland where they have won 14 American League Commit 1 or More Errors 3-3 West titles, one AL Wild Card, six AL pennants and four World Championships…only Atlanta (16) and the More HR Than Opp. 2-2 Yankees (16) have more division titles than the A’s…since the A’s moved to Oakland in 1968, only the Yankees Fewer HR Than Opp. 3-2 have more league (11) and world (7) championships. Same Total HR of Opp. 3-0 Starter Pitches 7 or More 3-0 PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are 6-0 with a 2.48 ERA (20 er in 72.2 ip)…since 1982, the only other time A’s Starter Pitches Less Than 7 5-4 starting pitchers won at least each of their first five decisions was in 2003 when they also began the season 6- When Scoring 4 or More 7-0 0…have not started the season at least 7-0 since 1981 when they won each of their first 10 decisions…the only When Scoring Less Than 4 1-4 other rotation in the majors that has yet to lose this year is Philadelphia (7-0)…A’s starters rank second in the Last At Bat 2-3 Different Lineups 7 American League in ERA to Texas (2.18)…the pitching staff as a whole has a Major League leading 2.71 ERA…has allowed five runs or less in each of the first 12 games, which is the third longest such streak to start a season in Oakland history…began the 1981 season with a 21-game streak and the 1978 season with a 16- A’s vs. ORIOLES game streak…the pitching staff also rank third in the majors in opponents batting (.228) and strikeouts (89). The A’s have won the first two meetings of 2010 after winning the AT HOME: The A’s are 2-0 on the longest homestand of the season, a 10-game affair against Baltimore (2-0), season series last year, 5-1…have New York and Cleveland…the A’s are 5-1 at home for the season, which is the best mark in the majors…went now won 12 of their last 13 games 40-41 at home last year, marking the second time in three years the A’s finished with a losing record at home. against the Orioles, including eight straight in the Coliseum…that is OFFENSE: The A’s scored four runs last night and won…are 7-0 when scoring four or more runs and 1-4 when the A’s second longest Coliseum scoring less than four…have 55 runs for the season, which is third most in the American League…are tied for winning streak against the third in the AL in stolen bases (10)…are batting .210 (46 for 219) with 28 runs scored over the last seven games Orioles…the longest is a 10-game streak from July 11, 2003 to after hitting .296 with 27 runs over the first five games. August 26, 2004…last year, the A’s swept a three-game series in DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have committed at least one error in six of the 12 games and rank second in the Oakland and won two of three at American League with 10 errors overall…are 5-1 when going errorless and 3-3 when making one or more Baltimore…have not lost the errors. season series to Baltimore since 1998 and are 67-28 (.705) against 14 STRAIGHT TO START THE SEASON: The A’s begin the season with 14 consecutive days without a day the Orioles since the start of the off, the longest such streak in the majors this year…the last time the A’s opened the season with a streak of at 1999 season…that is the best least 14 consecutive days with a game was in 1991 when they began the season with 16 consecutive days winning percentage against without a day off…the A’s first scheduled day off is next Monday. Baltimore by any American League team over that CLOSE CALLS: Six of the A’s first 12 games this year have been decided by two runs or less and the A’s are span…since moving to Oakland in 3-3 in those games…six games have been decided in the seventh inning or later and they are also 3-3 in those 1968, the A’s are 234-234 against the Orioles…that breaks down to games…including 2-3 in games decided in the last at bat…have scored 23 of their 55 runs this year in the 116-123 in Oakland and 118-111 seventh inning or later (41.8%). in Baltimore…all-time, the A’s are 970-914 against the THE DISABLED LIST: The A’s begin the season with six players on the disabled list (Cahill, Crisp, Devine, Orioles/Browns/Brewers…of the Meloan, Outman, Wuertz), their most to start a season since 1998 when they also had six…Devine and Outman other seven original AL franchises, are recovering from “Tommy John” surgery in 2009, Meloan underwent “Tommy John” surgery March 30, the Orioles are the only team the Wuertz was placed on the DL retroactive to March 26 with right shoulder tendinitis, Crisp was added April 3 with A’s have a winning record against. a fractured left pinky finger and Cahill was placed on the DL effective April 4 with a left scapula stress reaction…the A’s used the DL 17 times last year and have now used the DL 70 times since the start of the 2007 TODAY’S TIDBITS season…have not had fewer than three players on the DL since the end of the 2006 season, when they had Andrew Bailey converted his 22nd just one. consecutive save opportunity last night, which is the second longest DURING THE SPRING: The A’s finished the spring with a 12-17-3 (.422) record, their second consecutive streak in Oakland history…he now spring with a losing record (went 17-18-2 last year)…the .422 winning percentage was the A’s lowest during the th has a 14.0-inning scoreless streak spring since 1990 when they went 6-10 (.375)…had the 12 best record in the 15-team Cactus League but it dating back to last year.
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