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OAKLAND ATHLETICS Post Game Notes Oakland Athletics Baseball Company w 7000 Coliseum Way w Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 w @Athletics w @AsMediaAlerts w athletics.com Seattle Mariners (17-15) at Oakland Athletics (19-15) Wednesday, May 7, 2014 (Game 1) w O.co Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB Seattle 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 6 8 1 7 Oakland 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 12 0 12 W — Medina (2-1) L — Cook (0-1) S — Rodney (9) OAKLAND NOTES • The Oakland Athletics have lost six straight games at home, which is their longest streak over the last seven years since Sept. 16-29, 2007 when they also lost six straight...are now 6-9 (.400) at home compared to 13-6 (.684) on the road. • Dan Straily tossed 6.0 innings and allowed a season-high four walks. • Yoenis Cespedes (1 for 5, r, so) is 8 for 26 (.308) with four doubles, one home run, five RBI, four walks and seven runs scored over his last eight games. • Coco Crisp (1 for 2, cs) left the game in the bottom of the fourth inning with a strained neck. • Josh Donaldson (1 for 3, rbi, bb, sf) has reached base safely via hit or walk in a career-high 29 straight games (previous: 28 games, Aug. 25-Sept. 23, 2013)...it is the longest such streak for an A’s player over the last six years...is 36 for 119 (.303) with 24 runs, 10 doubles, seven home runs, 24 RBI, and 16 walks during his current streak. • Brandon Moss (2 for 4, 3b, rbi, ibb, gidp) hit his first triple since June 18, 2013 atTexas...is 6 for 15 (.400) over his last four games after going 1 for 13 over his previous six contests. • Josh Reddick (1 for 5) snapped his 0 for 16 hitless streak with a single in the sixth inning. Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Dan Straily 6.0 3 3 3 4 3 2 95/56 Fernando Abad 1.1 0 1 1 1 1 0 15/8 Luke Gregerson 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 15/6 Sean Doolittle 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 17/13 Ryan Cook (L, 0-1) 0.2 1 2 2 1 1 0 17/8 Dan Otero 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 11/6 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher None SEATTLE NOTES • The Seattle Mariners have won 10 of their last 12 games after a season-high eight-game losing streak (April 15-22). • Felix Hernandez had his three-game winning streak at the Coliseum snapped...allowed a season-high four runs...it was just his third career start in which he recorded no strikeouts (last: 5.0 ip, Aug. 18, 2008 at Chicago AL), and his first in a start in which he tossed more than six innings. • Robinson Cano (1 for 4, r, rbi, ibb, gidp) has hit safely in 27 of his 32 games this season. • James Jones (1 for 2, r, bb, sb) recorded his first career stolen base in the sixth inning. • Mike Zunino (1 for 4, r, hr, rbi, so) snapped his 0 for 11 hitless streak with a solo home run in the fifth inning. Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Felix Hernandez 6.1 11 4 3 2 0 0 97/67 Danny Farquhar 1.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 26/16 Yoervis Medina (W, 2-1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 13/6 Fernando Rodney (S, 9) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11/9 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Corey Hart (5) 2 0-0 1 LF Straily Mike Zunino (5) 5 0-1 1 RF Straily Time of Game ...................................................... 3:24 Overall Record................................................... 19-15 Home/Road ................................................. 6-9 / 13-6 First Pitch ..................................................... 12:36 pm Streak ................................................................Lost 3 Day/Night ................................................... 9-5 / 10-10 Temperature ............................................. 57 degrees Homestand ............................................................ 0-3 March/April/May/June ..................0-1 / 18-9 / 1-5 / 0-0 Last 5 ..................................................................... 1-4 July/Aug./Sept. ......................................0-0 / 0-0 / 0-0 Today’s Attendance .............. Announcement Pending Last 10 ................................................................... 4-6 Attendance Total ............................................ 265,046 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7 ..... 8-1 / 11-14 Average (14 games) ........................................ 18,932 Series Record ........................................................ 0-3 A’s/Opponents score first ........................... 13-2 / 6-13 Series First Game.................................................. 6-5 Leading after 7th/8th inning ....................... 12-4 / 14-3 Win/Lose in Last AB .............................................. 7-6 vs. AL West .........................................................14-11 Tied After 7th/8th inning ................................. 3-3 / 3-2 Extra Innings.......................................................... 4-2 vs. RHP/LHP ............................................. 13-10 / 6-5 Trailing After 7th/8th inning .......................... 4-8 / 2-10.