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A’s AT A GLANCE OAKLAND ATHLETICS (71-56) VS. BALTIMORE ORIOLES (69-58) Season High 63-43 (July 29) SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 – CAMDEN YARDS – 4:05 P.M. EDT Season Low 0-2/20-22 (April 2/May 15) RHP JARROD PARKER (9-6, 3.71) VS. RHP CHRIS TILLMAN (14-4, 3.79) April 16-12 May 16-12 FOX – A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) June 16-11 July 15-10 ABOUT THE A’s August 8-11

September 0-0 ABOUT THE A’S: The A’s are on a three-game losing streak…it is their third three-game losing streak over the Home Series 12-8-1 Road Series 10-8-2 past 21 games (since July 30) and they are 8-13 over that span, which is the sixth worst record in the Series Sweeps 9-3 majors…prior to that, had not lost three straight since May 6-10 when they lost a season-high five in a row…are First Game of Series 27-15 15-17 since the All-Star Break after going 56-39 before the break…are in second place in the American League Last Game of Series 24-17 West for the 14th consecutive day and now trail Texas by 3½ games…those are the A’s most games out of first A’s Score First 45-21 since May 26 when they were 4½ out…currently have the second Wild Card spot, 2½ games behind Tampa Opponent Scores First 26-35 th Bay/Boston and two games ahead of third place Baltimore…have spent 57 days in sole possession of first, nine Leading After 7 55-3 days tied for first, 66 days in second, four days tied for second, one day in third, two days tied for fourth and one Leading After 8th 60-1 Tied After 7th 12-7 day in fifth…went 12-4 over the first 16 games this year (second best record in the majors through April 18), 6- Tied After 8th 7-5 15 from April 19 to May 10 (tied for the worst in the majors), 20-6 from May 11 to June 7 (best in the majors), 6- Trailing After 7th 4-46 9 from June 8 to 24 (tied for second worst in the majors), 19-9 from June 25 to July 29 (third best in the majors) Trailing After 8th 3-50 and 1-6 from July 30 to August 7 (second worst in the majors)…are 7-7 since August 8 (tied for 11th best in the Commit No Errors 44-26 majors)…are 212-176 (.546) since Bob Melvin took over as manager June 9, 2011, which is the 10th best record Commit 1 or More Errors 27-30 in the majors over that span. More HR Than Opp. 45-6 Fewer HR Than Opp. 9-32 PITCHING: The A’s have a 4.92 ERA (29 er in 53.0 ip) and .240 (49 for 204) opponents batting average over Same Total HR of Opp. 17-18 the past six games…now have a 3.62 ERA for the season, which is third lowest in the American League…have Starter Pitches 7 or More 33-15 walked just 333 batters, which is the fewest in the AL and third fewest in the majors…are on pace to walk 425 Starter Pitches Less Than 7 38-41 When Scoring 4 or More 56-13 batters…the Oakland record for fewest walks in a non-strike season is 415 in 1976…have the lowest opponents When Scoring Less Than 4 15-43 on-base percentage in the AL (.298) and the second lowest batting average (.242) and slugging percentage Last At Bat 15-9 (.381)…the last time the A’s finished the season with an on-base percentage under .300 was in 1972 Different Lineups 109 (.284)…have allowed fewer than 10 runs in 104 consecutive games, which is the third longest streak in Oakland history…it is the longest since a 139-game streak from May 20, 1972-April 18, 1973…it is the second longest A’s vs. ORIOLES streak by an AL team since 1992 (Toronto, 136 from May 17, 2008-April 24, 2009)…have not allowed 10 runs in a game since April 25 against Baltimore. The A’s have lost the season series as they trail 4-1 with two STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers have allowed three or more runs in four of the past six games and games remaining…are 0-1 in are 1-2 with a 4.29 ERA (17 er in 35.2 ip) over that span…however, are 36-20 with a 3.33 ERA (197 er in 532.1 Baltimore and 1-3 in Oakland…it ip) over the last 85 games (since May 17) after going 14-21 with a 5.09 ERA over the first 42 contests…are 50- is their first season series loss to Baltimore since 1998…are 83-43 41 with a 3.88 ERA (333 er in 772.2 ip) for the season…lead the American League in complete game shutouts (.659) against Baltimore since the (4), are tied for second in complete games (5), rank third in ERA and are fourth in wins…A’s have used just start of the 1999 season, which is seven starting pitchers this year, which is their fewest since employing six in 2004…in the majors, only Detroit the best winning percentage has used fewer starters this year (6)…the A’s started a right-handed pitcher in 13 consecutive games from against the Orioles by an August 3-17, which was their longest such streak since July 21-Oct. 2, 1999 when they did it in 68 consecutive American League team over that games. span…since moving to Oakland in 1968, the A’s are 250-249 against OFFENSE: The A’s are batting .266 (138 for 518) with 71 runs scored over the last 15 games (4.73 runs per the Orioles…that breaks down to game) after hitting .209 with 72 runs scored (3.13 per game) over the previous 23 contests…are batting .245 for 125-129 in Oakland and 125-120 the season, which is fourth lowest in the American League…A’s outfielders have combined for a Major League in Baltimore…all-time, the A’s are 986-929 against the low .223 (331 for 1481) batting average…the lowest mark by A’s outfielders since at least 1916 is .228 in Orioles/Browns/Brewers…of the 1979…A’s designated hitters are batting .211 (94 for 445), which is third lowest in the AL…it is currently second other seven original AL franchises, lowest in A’s history (.203 in 1987)…have hit 23 home runs in the last 16 games after homering just twice over the Orioles are the only team the the previous seven contests…have 458 walks, which ranks third in the majors…have 18 sacrifice hits, which is A’s have a winning record against. third fewest in the majors.

DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have committed 19 errors in the last 21 games, which has led to 14 unearned MLB BEST RECORDS, runs…made 61 errors over the first 106 games leading to 23 unearned runs…have turned 91 double plays, LAST TWO YEARS which is tied for the fewest in the majors (Cincinnati)…rank last in the majors in assists (1090). W L PCT Atlanta 171 119 .590 CLOSE CALLS: Four of the A’s last 10 games have been decided by one run and they are 2-2 in those Cincinnati 170 121 .584 contests…are 23-16 (.579) in one-run games for the season…rank third in the American League in one-run Texas 168 122 .579 wins and have the fourth best record…are 7-5 (.583) in extra inning games…have seven “walk-off” wins…are Oakland 165 124 .571 15-9 in games decided in the last at bat…are tied for the Major League lead with 13 wins when trailing after six Tampa Bay 163 125 .566 innings (Pittsburgh)…have won three games where they have overcome a five-run deficit, marking the first time the A’s have done that three times in a season since 2002. TODAY’S TIDBITS IN THE PINCH: A’s pinch hitters are batting .139 (15 for 108), which is the lowest mark in the American Coco Crisp recorded a career- League…the lowest mark in Oakland history is .141 in 1994…lead the AL in strikeouts (33), rank second in high tying four hits last night (12th time)…also scored a season-high plate appearances (126), home runs (4) and walks (16) and are tied for second in RBI (13)…the 16 walks are three runs, his 22nd career game the most by an A’s team since 2000 (21), the 124 plate appearances are the most since 2001 (128) and the of three or more runs. home runs are the most since 2002 (5). Josh Donaldson is batting .304 HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 0-1 on this seven-game road trip to Baltimore (0-1) and Detroit (four (17 for 56) with nine runs scored, games)…went 3-3 on the last road trip to Cincinnati (0-2) and Toronto (3-1) and are 32-31 (.508) on the 11 RBI and seven multiple hit road…went 4-5 on their last homestand against Houston (1-2), Cleveland (2-1) and Seattle (1-2)…are 39-25 games over his last 15 games. (.609) in Oakland for the season, which is the fourth best home record in the American League…are in the middle of a stretch where they will play 29 of 42 (July 25-Sept. 8) games at home…have a 10-game homestand THIS DATE IN A’s HISTORY against Tampa Bay (three games), Texas (three games) and Houston (four games) beginning Aug. 30.

In 1969 a doubleheader turns into THIS AND THAT: The A’s are 8-11 in the month of August…went 15-10 in July and have posted a winning a tripleheader as the A's need 18 innings to win the second game of record in eight consecutive months dating back to last June…that is the fourth longest such streak in Oakland the twinbill, 9-8…the history and is the longest since a 10-month streak from June, 2002 to September, 2003…began the season by doubleheader, which starts at going 13-3 against American League West competition compared to 5-15 against all other teams through May 1:34, ends at 9:06 when Ted 9…are 19-22 against the West since May 10 while going 34-16 against everyone else…have used the disabled Kubiak's RBI single ends the 5 list 12 times this year…have not used the DL fewer than 15 times since 2005 (8)…have used 40 players…have hour and 8 minute second not used fewer than 48 players in a season since 2006 when they used 40…have used 17 pitchers, which is the game…in 2003 the A’s set a fewest since 2004 (17)…the A’s average time of game is 3:05, which is currently second longest in Oakland franchise record and tie a major league record by hitting two grand history (3:08 in 2000). slams in a 17-2 win at Toronto…Ramon Hernandez has PITCHING PROBABLES a grand slam in the first and Miguel Tejada hits his sixth career Sun., Aug. 25 at BAL RHP Sonny Gray (1-1, 1.44) vs. RHP Scott Feldman (3-3, 4.84) 10:35 CSNCA slam in the sixth inning.

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TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: Jarrod Parker (9-6, 3.52 ERA)

PARKER BY THE NUMBERS FOR STARTERS: Is scheduled to make th PARKER’S 2013 STARTS his 26 start of the season…the A’s are W L ERA G IP ER 13-12 (.520) in his starting assignments Date Opponent Score Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR #PIT 2013 9 6 3.52 25 155.1 64 this year and 30-24 (.556) in his April 2 SEA 1-7 L 7.20 5.0 5 4 4 3 1 1 95 2012 13 8 3.47 29 181.1 70 April 9 at LAA 9-5 -- 6.48 3.1 9 2 2 3 1 0 74 Career 22 14 3.52 55 342.1 134 career…has tossed six or more innings in April 14 DET 1-10 L 10.50 3.1 9 8 8 2 2 1 76 18 of his 25 starts, allowed two runs or April 20 at TB 0-1 L 7.50 6.1 6 1 1 2 5 1 91 Home 5 3 3.93 14 87.0 38 fewer 13 times and walked two batters or April 25 BAL 2-10 L 8.10 5.1 8 6 6 3 5 1 98 Road 4 3 3.42 11 68.1 26 fewer 18 times. April 30 LAA 10-6 W 7.36 6.0 6 4 3 3 4 0 96 Day 2 2 4.44 9 52.2 26 April Totals (6 G, 6 GS) 1-4 7.36 29.1 43 25 24 16 18 4 Night 7 4 3.33 16 102.2 38 SEVEN-GAME WINNING STREAK: Is 7-0 May 6 at CLE 1-5 L 7.34 5.0 7 4 4 2 7 4 93 Pre-ASB 6 6 3.95 19 114.0 50 with a 2.59 ERA (29 er in 100.2 ip) and May 11 at SEA 4-3 W 6.86 6.1 3 3 3 4 5 1 85 Post-ASB 3 0 3.05 6 41.1 14 .204 (73 for 358) opponents batting May 17 KC 2-1 -- 6.04 7.0 4 1 1 2 5 0 98 average over his last 15 starts…the May 22 at TEX 1-3 L 5.76 7.0 6 3 3 1 5 2 96 AVG. AB H winning streak is a career high (previous: May 28 SF 6-3 W 5.40 7.0 5 2 2 1 4 0 94 vs. LHH .255 322 82 May Totals (5 G, 5 GS) 2-2 3.62 32.1 25 13 13 10 26 7 vs. RHH .216 250 54 4, Sept. 10-Oct. 1, 2012) and the second June 2 CWS 2-0 W 4.90 6.1 2 0 0 2 7 0 105 longest active streak in the American June 7 at CWS 4-3 W 4.68 7.0 5 3 2 2 4 1 92 League…it is one short of the A’s season RUN SUPPORT June 13 NYY 3-2 (18) -- 4.45 8.0 5 2 2 2 2 1 108 high of eight (Colón, May 20-June June 18 at TEX 6-2 W 4.30 7.0 3 2 2 2 4 0 91 Parker 28)…the 15-start unbeaten streak is tied June 23 at SEA 3-6 (10) -- 4.27 7.0 5 3 3 1 6 2 108 Runs Scored Times for third longest in Oakland history…it is June 29 STL 1-7 -- 4.11 3.2 2 0 0 0 3 0 48 0 3 the longest since Dan Haren had a 16- June Totals (6 G, 6 GS) 3-0 2.08 39.0 22 10 9 9 26 4 1 5 July 6 at KC 3-4 -- 4.04 6.1 5 3 2 3 4 1 101 2 5 start streak from April 13-July 1, 2007…the July 12 BOS 2-4 -- 3.95 7.0 3 2 2 0 3 0 93 3 3 record is 17 by Catfish Hunter from June July 23 at HOU 4-5 -- 3.79 7.0 5 2 1 2 4 0 93 4 4 2-September 3, 1973…his 2.59 ERA July 28 LAA 10-6 -- 4.07 5.0 5 6 6 7 3 0 95 5 2 during the streak is fourth lowest in the AL July Totals (4 G, 4 GS) 0-0 3.91 25.1 18 13 11 12 14 1 6 1 over that span (since May 28)…went 2-6 Aug. 3 TEX 4-2 W 4.02 6.0 6 2 2 2 6 1 107 7 0 with a 5.76 ERA and .294 opponents Aug. 9 at TOR 14-6 W 4.04 6.0 6 3 3 1 6 0 99 8 0 batting average over his first 10 Aug. 14 HOU 1-2 (11) -- 3.87 8.1 8 1 1 1 6 1 97 9 1 Aug. 19 SEA 2-1 W 3.71 9.0 8 1 1 0 8 0 100

10 0 starts…has held left-handed hitters to a 14 1 .216 (45 for 209) batting average during Run Support Avg. 4.58 his winning streak after allowing a .325 mark over his first 10 starts. GO THE DISTANCE: Tossed his first career complete game in his last start, the 55th of his career…it was PARKER vs. BALTIMORE his 54th start as an Athletic and the 53 consecutive starts without a complete game is the fourth longest

W L ERA G IP ER streak in Oakland history…was the first A’s pitcher to go the distance in a walk-off win since Mark Mulder on 2013 0 1 10.13 1 5.1 6 July 28, 2004, also against Seattle. 2012 1 0 6.00 2 12.0 8 Career 1 1 7.27 3 17.1 14 MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS: Is 3-0 with a 2.15 ERA (7 er in 29.1 ip) over his first four starts in the month of August…has never won four games in one month…went 3-0 with a 2.08 ERA and .169 opponents batting Parker’s Starts vs. Baltimore average in six starts in the month of June…had the lowest opponents batting average in the American League in June and ranked third in ERA…was 1-4 with a 7.36 ERA and .350 opponents batting average in DATE H/A DEC IP H R ER BB SO six starts in the month of April…the losses matched the most in Oakland history by a pitcher in the month of 7/27/12 A -- 5.0 8 6 6 1 8 th 9/15/12 H W 7.0 7 2 2 1 5 April (12 time)…the ERA was the fifth highest April ERA in Oakland history among pitchers with 25 or more 4/25/13 H L 5.1 8 6 6 3 5 innings pitched.

Baltimore Career Batting vs. Parker RUN SUPPORT: Has received two runs of support or fewer in 11 of the 16 games in which he took the loss or had a no decision…is 2-6 with two runs of support or fewer and 7-0 with three runs or more…is now 18-0 AVG. AB H HR BB SO in 26 career starts with run support of three or more…is 21-2 with run support of two or more.

Betemit 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 th Casilla .000 2 0 0 0 0 AMONG THE LEADERS: Ranks 10 in the American League with a .238 opponents batting average...is Davis .375 8 3 2 1 5 sixth with a .210 (25 for 119) average with runners in scoring position and seventh with a .216 (54 for 250) Flaherty .500 2 1 0 1 1 mark against right-handed hitters…the opponents cleanup hitter is batting .186 (13 for 70), which is fifth Hardy .222 9 2 0 0 1 lowest in the AL…is fourth in fewest pitches per inning (15.0) and ninth in fewest pitches per game (93.3). Jones .500 8 4 1 1 2 Machado .000 5 0 0 0 1 DAYS REST: Is scheduled to pitch on four days rest today…is 6-3 with a 4.40 ERA (38 er in 77.2 ip) in 12 Markakis .500 4 2 0 1 0 starts on four days rest and 3-3 with a 3.02 ERA (26 er in 77.2 ip) in 13 starts on five days rest or more. McLouth .800 5 4 1 1 0 Reimold .500 2 1 0 0 1 THE LONG BALL: Has allowed 18 home runs, which is an on-going career-high…yielded just 11 home Teagarden .500 2 1 0 0 1 runs in 181.1 innings last year, an average of 0.55 per nine innings…that was the second lowest mark in the Wieters .167 6 1 0 0 1 American League and third lowest in the majors…12 of the 18 home runs he has allowed this year have come on the road, which is tied for eighth in the AL…12 have been solo shots. PARKER’S CAREER HIGHS THE FIRST INNING: Has allowed 17 runs in the first inning for a 6.12 ERA (25.0 ip)…has a 3.25 ERA (47 Low Hit CG: 8, 8/19/13 vs. SEA er in 130.1 ip) from the second inning on…opponents are batting .304 (31 for 102) with six home runs in the IP: 9.0, 8/19/13 vs. SEA first inning compared to .223 (105 for 470) with 12 home runs from the second inning on. Fewest IP, GS: 2.0, 5/18/12 at SF H: 9 (four times), last: 4/14/13 vs. DET DEFENSIVE DOINGS: Has committed four errors in his last eight starts after going errorless over his first R: 8, 4/14/13 vs. DET 17 starts this year…his fourth errors are tied for the most in the majors among pitchers (Lincecum, SF). ER: 8, 4/14/13 vs. DET BB: 7, 7/28/13 vs. LAA SIX HITS OR FEWER: Has allowed eight hits in each of his last two starts, snapping a streak of 16 SO: 9, 6/27/12 at SEA consecutive starts with six hits or fewer…tossed at least 3.0 innings in each start and his streak of 16 HR: 4, 5/6/13 at CLE Win Streak: 7, 5/28/13 to present consecutive starts of three or more innings and six hits or fewer is second longest by an A’s pitcher since at Loss Streak: 4, 4/2/13 to 4/25/13 least 1916 (20, Trevor Cahill, May 5-Aug. 14, 2010)…allowed a .192 opponents batting average during the Scoreless Streak: 18.0, 5/23/12 to 6/4/12 streak. Complete Games: 1, 8/19/13 vs. SEA Shutouts: None INDECISIVE: Had a streak of six consecutive no decisions from June 23 to July 28, which matched the longest by an Athletics starter since at least 1916…the other are Mike Norris (June 1-Aug. 6, 1983), Rick Langford (July 17, 1983-June 25, 1985) and Carlos Reyes (June 10-July 17, 1994)…had a 3.50 ERA and .191 opponents batting average during the streak…the A’s lost five of the six games…left with the lead in two of the no decisions only to have the bullpen blow the save (July 6 and 23). LAST START: He tossed his first career complete game, an eight-hitter in the A’s 2-1 win over Seattle last Monday in Oakland…did not walk a batter and struck out eight…shutout the Mariners on three hits over the first six innings and had a 1-0 lead entering the seventh…allowed his only run on a Morales RBI single in the seventh…Moss homered with one out in the bottom of the ninth for the win PARKER vs. BALTIMORE: Is 1-1 with a 7.27 ERA (17.1 ip, 23 h, 14 r, 14 er, 5 bb, 18 so, 4 hr) in three career starts…the loss came in his only start this year, a 10-2 A’s loss on April 25 in Oakland…the A’s scored twice in the second inning to take a 2-0 lead but he allowed three runs in the third inning on RBI singles by McLouth and Markakis and a RBI double by Jones…also allowed a sacrifice fly to Markakis in the fifth and a leadoff home run to Davis in the sixth…left with runners on first and second and one out in the sixth and Resop allowed one of those runs to score…made two starts last year…the no decision came in a 14-9 A’s win at Baltimore July 27…left after five innings with an 8-6 lead but the bullpen allowed three runs in the eighth inning…the win came in a 5-2 decision at Oakland September 15…allowed single runs in the second and third innings on a Reynolds RBI double and a McLouth solo home run.

TOMORROW’S PROBABLE STARTING PITCHER

RHP Sonny Gray (1-1, 1.44 ERA): Is scheduled to make the sixth appearance and fourth start of his career…was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento August 10 for his second stint with the A’s this year and is 1-1 with a 1.71 ERA (4 er in 21.0 ip) in three starts since his return…has allowed four hits or fewer in each of his first three starts…joins A.J. Griffin (June 24-July 4, 2012) as the only Athletics pitchers since 1916 to toss six or more innings and allow four hits or fewer in each of their first three career starts…the last Major Leaguer to begin his career with four consecutive such starts is Wayne Simpson (April 9-24,1970)…has not faced Baltimore in his career.

ATHLETICS BULLPEN BRIEFS

21-15, 3.08 ERA (371.2 ip, 322 h, 138 r, 127 er, 115 bb, 326 so, 27 hr) Save/Save Opportunities: 34/49 (69.4%) The A’s bullpen has a 4.28 ERA (19 er in 40.0 ip) and .248 (39 for 157) opponents batting average over its past 13 games (since August 9) after posting a 1.78 ERA and .175 opponents average in its previous 19 contests…now has a 3.08 ERA for the season, which ranks fourth in the American League…has the fewest walks (115) in the AL and third fewest strikeouts (326)…has allowed the fewest home runs (27)…ranks first in opponents slugging percentage (.344), second in on-base percentage (.292) and third in batting average (.229)…first batters faced are 69 for 320 (.216) with 20 walks and two hit by pitches (3 sf, .264 on-base percentage)…has allowed the fewest first batter walks in the AL and has the second lowest on-base percentage.

50 RHP GRANT BALFOUR Save/Opportunities: 31-32 Last Outing: 8/18 vs. Cleveland (ND, 1.0 ip, 0 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 2 so) Inherited Runners/Scored: 6/5 First Hitters: 12-47 (4 bb)  Has not allowed a run in 17 of his past 19 games (3 er in 18.0 ip, 1.50 ERA) and is 13 of 14 in save opportunities over that span.  Ranks second in the American League in save percentage (96.9%), is sixth in saves (31) and eighth among AL relievers in ERA (1.84)…his 31 saves are the most by an A’s pitcher since 2006 (Huston Street, 37).  Now has 57 career saves with the A’s, which ranks eighth in Oakland history…is four away from tying Jay Howell (61) for seventh place.  Has recorded 499 career strikeouts and is one away from the 500th of his career.  His opponents have a .192 batting average, which includes .170 (15 for 88) against left-handed hitters and .213 (19 for 89) against righties.  Has a 1.14 ERA (4 er in 31.2 ip) in 33 games at night compared to 3.12 (6 er in 17.1 ip) in 18 day games.  Is 2-1 with five saves, two blown saves and a 3.27 ERA in 32 games in his career against the Orioles (33.0 ip, 20 h, 12 r, 12 er, 15 bb, 32 so, 1 hr).  Had two stints as the A’s closer in 2012 and saved a team-leading 24 games in a team-high 75 appearances while posting a 2.53 ERA…was charged with just two blown saves and his save percentage of 92.3 ranked fourth in the American League…was 10th in saves.

13 LHP JERRY BLEVINS Save/Opportunities: 0-4 Last Outing: 8/23 at Baltimore (ND, 1.0 ip, 0 h, 0 r, 0 er, 1 bb, 3 so) Inherited Runners/Scored: 33/13 First Hitters: 14-46 (7 bb, 2 sf, 1 hbp)  Has allowed a run in two of his past three appearances (2 er in 3.2 ip, 4.91 ERA) after a nine-game, 8.1-inning streak in which he did not allow an earned run.  Has allowed 13 of 33 (39.4%) inherited runners to score, which is the seventh highest percentage in the American League.  Is tied for third among AL relievers in wins (5)…the five wins match his career high (also 2012).  His opponents have a .218 batting average…that includes .180 (18 for 100) against right-handers compared to .266 (21 for 79) against lefties.  Has three wins in 11 career outings against Baltimore (12.0 ip, 11 h, 3 r, 3 er, 1 bb, 16 so, 1 hr, 2.25 ERA).  Has made 270 appearances in his career and is three away from tying Vida Blue (273) for eighth place in Oakland history.  Completed his sixth season in an Oakland uniform last year, but it was just his second full season (2010)…was 5-1 with a save, a 2.48 ERA and a .201 opponents batting average in 63 relief appearances…the ERA and opponents batting average were the lowest marks of his career.

60 RHP JESSE CHAVEZ Save/Opportunities: 1-1 Last Outing: 8/23 at Baltimore (ND, 2.2 ip, 0 h, 1 r, 1 er, 2 bb, 3 so) Inherited Runners/Scored: 20/5 First Hitters: 7-26 (1 bb)  Has allowed 11 runs in his past eight appearances (15.0 ip, 6.60 ERA) after not yielding a run in his previous five games and 7.2 innings.  Has tossed more than one inning in 17 of his 27 appearances, including 10 outings of two or more innings.  Has a 2.59 ERA (7 er in 24.1 ip) in 15 games on the road compared to 5.47 (15 er in 24.2 ip) in 12 games in Oakland.  Was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento May 10 for his second stint with the A’s and has a 3.83 ERA (19 er in 44.2 ip) in 24 games since then…had a 6.23 ERA in three relief appearances during his first stint from April 20-28.  Has faced Baltimore four times in his career (6.2 ip, 9 h, 6 r, 5 er, 5 bb, 3 so, 1 hr, 6.75 ERA).  Compiled an 18.90 ERA and .474 opponents batting average in four September appearances with Oakland last year after logging an 8.44 ERA in nine games with Toronto…was 1-1 with a 9.85 ERA overall…also combined for a 8-5 record and a 3.77 ERA in 21 Triple-A appearances.

48 RHP RYAN COOK Save/Opportunities: 2-6 Last Outing: 8/23 at Baltimore (BS; L, 1.0 ip, 3 h, 2 r, 1 er, 0 bb, 0 so) Inherited Runners/Scored: 22/9 First Hitters: 7-53 (3 bb)  Has allowed three runs over his past two games (2 er in 1.1 ip, 13.50 ERA) after yielding just one earned run over his previous 21 games (22.0 ip, 0.41 ERA).  Is tied for third among American League relievers in wins (5) and is fifth in opponents slugging percentage (.269).  First batters faced are 7 for 53 (.132) with three walks (.179 on-base percentage) and two doubles (.170 slugging percentage)…ranks second in the AL in slugging percentage against first batters, third in batting average and fourth in on-base percentage.  His opponents have a .208 batting average, including .157 (19 for 121) against right-handers and .275 (25 for 91) against left-handers.  Has faced the Orioles six times in his career (5.0 ip, 9 h, 6 r, 4 er, 2 bb, 8 so, 7.20 ERA).  Was the A’s lone representative to the American League All-Star team last year as a 25-year-old rookie…went 6-2 with 14 saves, a 2.09 ERA and .166 opponents batting average in 71 appearances…tied the Oakland rookie record for games pitched and had the third best save total.

62 LHP SEAN DOOLITTLE Save/Opportunities: 0-3 Last Outing: 8/20 vs. Seattle (BS; L, 0.0 ip, 4 h, 4 r, 4 er, 0 bb, 0 so) Inherited Runners/Scored: 19/2 First Hitters: 10-54 (3 bb)  Allowed a career-high four runs Tuesday night (previous: 3, two times)…has now yielded six runs in his past four games (2.2 ip, 20.25 ERA) after a 12-game, 12.0-inning scoreless streak.  Was charged with the loss Tuesday night and now has five losses for the season…that is tied for sixth most among AL relievers…is tied for ninth in appearances (57).  His opponents are batting .308 (12 for 39) with runners in scoring position but are hitting .182 (4 for 22) with RISP and two outs.  Has made four career appearances against Baltimore (4.1 ip, 3 h, 3 r, 3 er, 1 bb, 6 so, 1 hr, 6.23 ERA).  Made his Major League debut with the A’s last year after just 17 professional appearances as a pitcher…was 2-1 with a save and a 3.04 ERA in 44 appearances with Oakland…struck out 60 batters in just 47.1 innings, an average of 11.41 per nine innings.

57 LHP TOMMY MILONE Save/Opportunities: 0-0 Last Outing: 8/18 vs. Cleveland (ND, 4.2 ip, 6 h, 3 r, 1 er, 1 bb, 5 so) Inherited Runners/Scored: 0/0 First Hitters: 0-0 (0 bb)  Was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento August 18 for his second stint with the A’s this year and started that day against Cleveland…was on the Opening Day roster and went 9-9 with a 4.39 ERA in 22 starts before he was optioned to Sacramento August 3.  Has made each of his 59 career appearances as a starter.  Is 3-4 with a 5.24 ERA (32 er in 55.0 ip) and .286 (64 for 224) opponents batting average over his last 10 starts…went 6-5 with a 3.69 ERA and .249 opponents average over his first 13 starts.  Has allowed 23 home runs, which is tied for eighth most in the American League…19 have been hit by right-handers, which is third most in the majors (Sabathia, NYY 21).  Made two starts with the River Cats following his August 3 option and was 0-0 with a 1.74 ERA.  Is 1-1 with a 0.69 ERA in two career starts against Baltimore (13.0 ip, 12 h, 3 r, 1 er, 3 bb, 7 so, 1 hr).  Was one of four players acquired from Washington in the Gio Gonzalez trade on Dec. 23, 2011 and went 13-10 with a 3.74 ERA in a team- leading 31 starts…also led the A’s in innings pitched (190.0), had the only complete game and tied for the team lead in wins.

47 RHP PAT NESHEK Save/Opportunities: 0-0 Last Outing: 8/17 vs. Cleveland (ND, 0.1 ip, 1 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 1 so) Inherited Runners/Scored: 24/7 First Hitters: 7-39 (0 bb, 1 sf)  Has appeared in just one of the A’s past 13 games…has allowed six runs over his past 11 outings (10.0 ip, 5.40 ERA) after yielding just one run in his previous 15 appearances (13.1 ip, 0.68 ERA).  First batters are 7 for 39 (.179) with a sacrifice fly…his .175 on-base percentage against first batters is third lowest in the AL.  His opponents have a .255 batting average…that includes .221 (21 for 95) against righties and .326 (15 for 46) against lefties.  Has a 1.37 ERA (3 er in 19.2 ip) in 19 appearances at home compared to 5.06 (9 er in 16.0 ip) in 20 games on the road.  Has not allowed a run in eight career games against Baltimore (5.1 ip, 1 h, 2 bb, 3 so).  Was acquired from the Baltimore Orioles organization last year on Aug. 3 for cash considerations after going 3-2 with 11 saves and a 2.66 ERA in 35 appearances at Triple-A Norfolk…then went 2-1 with a 1.37 ERA and .147 opponents batting average in 24 appearances with the A’s.

61 RHP DAN OTERO Save/Opportunities: 0-0 Last Outing: 8/18 vs. Cleveland (W, 1.2 ip, 1 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 0 so) Inherited Runners/Scored: 10/4 First Hitters: 4-18 (0 bb)  Has not allowed a run in his past five games and 6.2 innings…has not yielded a run in 13 of his past 14 appearances (1 er in 21.2 ip, 0.42 ERA) after allowing three runs in his first four games (3.2 ip, 7.36 ERA).  Has not faced the Orioles in his career.  Was selected from Triple-A Sacramento June 14 after going 1-0 with a 0.99 ERA in 23 appearances with the River Cats…converted each of his 15 save opportunities…did not allow a home run in 27.1 innings…opponents hit .147, which was the lowest among PCL relievers.  Spent most of the 2012 season at Triple-A Fresno in the Giants organization, going 5-5 with three saves and a 2.90 ERA in 48 relief appearances…also made 12 appearances with San Francisco, logging a 5.84 ERA in his Major League debut.

ATHLETICS BATTING NOTES

18 ALBERTO CALLASPO Career vs. Tillman (.500, 1-2, 1 HR, 0 BB, 0 SO) Current Streak: 0 for 6 Baltimore Series: 0-2, 2 bb, 2 so Last Homestand: 7-27, 2 r, hr, 2 rbi, 5 bb, 3 so, sf  Has appeared in each of the A’s 20 games since he was acquired from Los Angeles (AL) July 30 for minor league infielder Grant Green and is batting .264 (14 for 53)…that includes 7 for 37 (.189) in Oakland compared to 7 for 16 (.438) on the road.  Is batting .202 (18 for 89) since the All-Star Break after hitting .271 before the break.  Has struck out just 31 times and his average of 12.8 plate appearances per strikeout is the best mark in the American League.  Committed his 13th error of the season as a third baseman Sunday, which is tied for the most among AL third basemen…has 14 errors overall, which are third most among all AL fielders.  Has made 15 starts with the A’s (nine at second base, four at designated hitter, two at third base)…his starts at second base are his first since April 29, 2010.  Started 83 games with the Angels (82 at third base, one at designated hitter)…was on the 15-day disabled list from April 12 to May 2 with a strained right calf…his complete 2013 statistics with Los Angeles: AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBP LOS ANGELES (AL) .252 86 294 32 74 13 0 5 36 34 22 0 2 .347 .324  Completed his second full season with the Angels last year, batting .252 with 10 home runs and 53 RBI…the 10 home runs were the second highest total of his career (11 in 2009)…agreed to a two-year contract through the 2014 season, Jan. 17, 2013.

52 YOENIS CÉSPEDES Career vs. Tillman (---, 0-0, 0 HR, 0 BB, 0 SO) Current Streak: 0 for 5 Baltimore Series: 0-4, r, bb, 2 so Last Homestand: 11-37, 5 r, 3 2b, 2 hr, 4 rbi, bb, 6 so  Has five home runs and 15 RBI over his last 22 games (since July 28) after tallying two home runs and eight RBI over his previous 36 contests.  Has hit 20 home runs for the season after hitting 23 last year…is just the second player in Athletics history to hit 20 home runs in each of his first two seasons in the majors…Bob Johnson of the Philadelphia A’s hit 21 home runs in 1933 and 34 in 1934.  Has homered five times in his last 22 games after going homerless in a career-high 25 consecutive games.  Is tied for fifth in the American League in caught stealing (7).  The A’s are 62-43 (.590) with him in the starting lineup, 9-13 (.409) when he doesn’t start…in his two seasons, the A’s are 144-88 (.621) with him in the lineup, 21-35 (.375) without.  Batted a team-leading .292 with 23 home runs and 82 RBI in 129 games in his first year in the United States last year as a 26-year-old rookie from Cuba…also led the A’s in on-base percentage (.356) and slugging (.505)…the batting average was second best by an Oakland rookie.

4 COCO CRISP Career vs. Tillman (.000, 0-3, 0 HR, 0 BB, 0 SO) Current Streak: 2 games (5 for 8) Baltimore Series: 4-5, 3 r, hr, rbi Last Homestand: 1-8, r, hr, rbi, bb  Recorded a career-high tying four hits last night (12th time, last: June 3, 2013 at Milwaukee)…also scored a season-high three runs, his 22nd career game of three or more runs.  Hit a home run last night and has now homered in back-to-back games for the eighth time in his career (last: June 9-11, 2013).  Eight of his 12 home runs have put the A’s ahead…all 12 of his home runs have come in the leadoff spot, which is second most in the AL (De Aza, CWS 14)…11 have been solo shots and 10 have come on the road…this is the fourth time in his career he has reached double figures in home runs…including last year with the A’s (11).  Has now hit 98 career home runs and is two away from the 100th of his career.  Is batting .205 (39 for 190) over his last 49 games (since June 16) after hitting .301 over his first 50 contests.  Is batting .207 (36 for 174) at home for the season, which ranks fourth lowest in the American League.  Led off the game with a home run Wednesday afternoon…it was his fourth leadoff home run this year, his 10th as an Athletic and 12th of his career…the 10 leadoff homers as an Athletic are tied with Campy Campaneris for second most in Oakland history…only Rickey Henderson (43) has more.  Has just three stolen bases in his last 53 games…has been successful in 136 of 156 (87.2%) stolen base attempts in his four seasons with the A’s, which is the best percentage in Athletics history…the 136 stolen bases are sixth most in Oakland history (Jackson is 5th, 144).  Has not committed an error in 81 games in the outfield and now has a 109-game errorless streak dating back to Aug. 23, 2012…his last error came on Aug. 22, 2012 against Minnesota.  Batted .259 with 11 home runs, 46 RBI and a team-leading 39 stolen bases in 120 games last year…it was his third career 30-steal season…ranked third in the American League in batting with RISP (.367), fourth in stolen bases and fifth in stolen base percentage (90.7%).

20 JOSH DONALDSON Career vs. Tillman (1.000, 3-3, 0 HR, 0 BB, 0 SO) Current Streak: 1 game (1 for 5) Baltimore Series: 1-5, rbi, 2 so Last Homestand: 9-32, 3 r, 3b, hr, 7 rbi, 3 bb, 3 so, sh  Is batting .304 (17 for 56) with nine runs scored, 11 RBI and seven multiple hit games over his last 15 games…had no RBI over his previous 17 contests.  Ranks ninth in the American League in multiple hit games (43) and is tied for ninth in go-ahead RBI (20)…the multiple hit games are the most by an Athletic over the last four years.  Is fifth in the AL with a .342 (50 for 146) batting average in the seventh inning or later and a .343 (36 for 105) average with runners in scoring position and is eighth with a .313 (71 for 227) average on the road.  Has two home runs in 32 games since the All-Star Break after homering 16 times in 93 games before the break.  Made his second start of the season at designated hitter last Sunday and is 3 for 9 (.333) in those two games…his other 123 starts have come at third base…since 2007, the only A’s third baseman with more starts is Kevin Kouzmanoff (140 in 2010)  Is 6 for 8 (.750) with a double, home run and 13 RBI with the bases loaded this year and 10 for 18 (.556) in his career.  Has 12 errors, which is tied for third most among AL third basemen.  Was moved to third base following the injury to Scott Sizemore at the start of Spring Training last year and made the A’s Opening Day roster…hit .241 in 75 games over three stints with the A’s, including .290 with eight home runs and 26 RBI in 47 games during his final stint.

7 NATE FREIMAN Career vs. Tillman (---, 0-0, 0 HR, 0 BB, 0 SO) Current Streak: 0 for 2 Seattle Series: 1-3, r, hr, rbi, bb Last Homestand: 5-10, 2 r, 2b, 2 hr, 5 rbi, 2 bb, hbp  Has hit two home runs in his past four games after going homerless in a career-high 36 consecutive games.  Is 8 for 20 (.400) in August and is now batting .311 (41 for 132) since May 1 after hitting .148 in April.  Has made 40 of his 42 starts against left-handed pitchers…is batting .315 (39 for 124) against lefties compared to .171 (6 for 35) against righties…has all 13 of his extra base hits, 21 of 23 RBI and nine of his 10 walks against lefties.  Is batting .349 (30 for 86) in Oakland compared to .205 (15 for 73) on the road.  Is batting .300 (12 for 40) with runners in scoring position.  Walked in the first inning last Sunday, his first walk since June 1 against Chicago (AL)…that snapped a streak 33 consecutive games without a walk, which is the longest streak by an Athletic since Scott Brosius had a 36-game streak from Aug. 23, 1991-Aug. 25, 1992  Batted .298 with 24 home runs and 105 RBI in 137 games with Double-A San Antonio last year…was a Texas League Postseason All-Star after leading the league in hits (154) and RBI while ranking second in extra base hits (56), third in home runs and fourth in doubles (31).

5 JOHN JASO Current Streak: 1 game (2 for 3)  Was placed on the 7-day disabled list July 25 with a concussion…was transferred to the 15-day DL August 8.  Is 9 for 40 (.225) over his last 16 games but has 13 walks over that span for a .415 on-base percentage.  Batted .276 with 10 home runs and 50 RBI in 108 games in his lone season with Seattle last year…added 56 walks for a .394 on-base percentage…had career-highs in batting, on-base percentage, slugging percentage (.456), doubles (19), home runs and RBI.

8 JED LOWRIE Career vs. Tillman (.000, 0-3, 0 HR, 2 BB, 2 SO) Current Streak: 5 games (7 for 22) Baltimore Series: 1-4, r, 2b, rbi, 2 so Last Homestand: 9-36, 5 r, 3 2b, 2 3b, rbi, 7 so  Is 7 for 22 (.318) with two multiple hit games over his last five games but is hitting .189 (10 for 53) over his last 13 contests.  Is tied for fourth in the American League with 34 doubles…the doubles are the most by an Athletic since 2009 when Kurt Suzuki had 37…is also tied for fourth in the AL in games of three or more hits (14) and tied for sixth in games of four or more hits (3).  Tripled in back-to-back games Tuesday and Wednesday, his first triples since Sept. 25, 2011 at New York (AL)…had a career high four triples that year.  Made his fourth start of the season batting leadoff Tuesday night and is 8 for 17 (.471) with four runs, two doubles, a triple and three walks in those four games…is 13 for 30 (.433) with three doubles, a triple, two RBI and three walks in seven career starts batting first.  Started at designated hitter Tuesday night for the fifth time in his last 17 games and eighth time this year…is 6 for 33 (.182) as the DH.  Has a .293 (103 for 351) batting average in his 91 games as a shortstop, which is the second best batting average among AL shortstops (Peralta, DET .305)…is tied for fourth in home runs (9).  Has 13 errors as a shortstop, which is second most among AL shortstops (Ramirez, CWS 20)…also has two errors as a second baseman and his 15 errors overall are second most among all AL fielders (Ramirez, CWS 20).  Has struck out in each of his three appearances as a pinch hitter this year.  Has career highs in games (121), at bats (473), runs (57), hits (134), doubles (34), RBI (50), extra base hits (45) and strikeouts (73)…his 42 walks are one short of his best (43 in 2012).  Batted .244 with 16 home runs and 42 RBI in 97 games in his lone season with Houston last year…the home runs ranked third among National League shortstops…led the Astros in walks (43)…had career highs in home runs and walks…had two stints on the disabled list.

37 BRANDON MOSS Career vs. Tillman (.333, 1-3, 0 HR, 0 BB, 1 SO) Current Streak: 2 games (3 for 7) Baltimore Series: 2-4, r, hr, 2 rbi, so, hbp Last Homestand: 5-21, 2 r, 2 2b, 2 hr, 3 rbi, 2 bb, 6 so  Has homered in back-to-back games for the fifth time in his career (last: April 9-10, 2013) and has three homers in his past four games…now has 21 home runs for the season, which matches his career-high from last year.  Is batting .292 (26 for 89) with 16 strikeouts in 28 games since the All-Star Break after hitting .228 with 93 strikeouts in 87 games before the break.  Has made 59 of his last 60 starts against right-handed pitching…is batting .261 (77 for 295) with 19 of his 21 home runs off righties compared to .164 (10 for 61) against lefties.  Is batting .287 (56 for 195) when hitting fifth, .193 (31 for 161) in all other spots in the order.  The A’s are now 14-5 (.737) in games in which he has homered this year and 30-9 (.769) when he homers over the last two seasons.  Seven of his last nine hits are for extra bases (three doubles, four home runs).  Hit his second walk-off home run of the season Monday night (April 29 vs. Los Angeles) and the fourth of his career…it was his third as an Athletic, which is tied for fifth most in Oakland history…is the 10th player in Oakland history with two or more walk-off home runs in one season…now has six career game-ending hits (also a double and a single).  Has committed three errors in his last 12 games and now has seven for the season, which is tied for third most among American League first baseman.  Is 1 for 12 (.083) with a double, two walks and five strikeouts as a pinch hitter.  Has career highs this year in runs (53), RBI (58), walks (35), strikeouts (109) and stolen bases (3).  Batted .291 with 21 home runs and 52 RBI in just 84 games with the A’s last year after joining the club in June…the home runs were a career- high and tied for third most in American League history by a player with fewer than 90 games played.

36 DEREK NORRIS Current Streak: 2 games (3 for 7)  Was placed on the 15-day disabled list yesterday retroactive to August 21 with a fractured left big toe…is eligible to be reinstated September 5.  Is hitting .345 (19 for 55) with nine walks and a hit by pitch (.446 on-base percentage) since July 1…hit .283 in April and combined for a .163 average in May and June.  Split the 2012 season between Triple-A Sacramento and Oakland…batted .271 with nine home runs and 38 RBI in 58 games with the River Cats and .201 with seven home runs and 34 RBI in 60 games in his Major League debut with the A’s.

16 JOSH REDDICK Career vs. Tillman (.000, 0-2, 0 HR, 1 BB, 1 SO) Current Streak: 1 game (1 for 3) Seattle Series: 2-10, r, bb, 5 so Last Homestand: 8-33, 4 r, rbi, 2 bb, hbp, 12 so, sb  Is 14 for 47 (.298) with 11 runs scored, five home runs and nine RBI over his last 13 games…had just five home runs over his first 82 games.  Is batting .193 (34 for 176) at home, which ranks second lowest in the American League (Carter, HOU .162).  Is hitting .218 (70 for 321) as an outfielder, which is the lowest in the AL…the lowest batting average in Oakland history by an outfielder is .228 by Matt Stairs in 2000.  Is a .324 (34 for 105) career hitter with seven home runs and 19 RBI in 35 games in his career against Baltimore…the home runs and RBI are his second most against any team and the average is his highest against any AL team.  Has been successful in each of his nine stolen base attempts and is 20 for 21 (95.2%) in two seasons with the A’s.  Hit three home runs August 9 at Toronto and two the next day against the Blue Jays…tied a Major League record with five home runs over a two-game span.  Batted .242 with 32 home runs and 85 RBI in 156 games in his first season with the A’s last year…tied for 10th in the American League in home runs…became the eighth Athletic to win a Rawlings Gold Glove Award, the fourth outfielder…ranked third among AL outfielders with 15 assists.

15 SETH SMITH Career vs. Tillman (.333, 1-3, 0 HR, 0 BB, 1 SO) Current Streak: 1 game (1 for 5) Baltimore Series: 1-5, r, so Last Homestand: 0-10, 2 bb, 2 so, gidp  Is batting .107 (6 for 56) with one RBI in 19 games since the All-Star Break, which has dropped his average to a season low .240…hit .267 with 32 RBI in 77 games before the break.  Is 18 for 62 (.290) when leading off an inning.  Has made 85 starts at three different positions (39 at designated hitter, 38 in left field, eight in right field).  Is 1 for 6 with three walks and a home run as a pinch hitter…is tied for fourth in the American League in pinch walks…now has a .313 (51 for 163) career average as a pinch hitter with six home runs and 40 RBI…since 2007, he has the best batting average among major league pinch hitters with 100 or more plate appearances, the second best slugging percentage (.558) and the third best on-base percentage (.410)…has the most triples (5), is second in RBI, tied for fourth in doubles (12) and walks (29) and tied for eighth in home runs.  Batted .240 with 14 home runs and 52 RBI in 125 games in his first season with the A’s last year…the batting average was a career-low, but he walked a career-high 50 times for a .333 on-base percentage…made 92 of his 101 starts in games started by a right-handed pitcher.

28 ERIC SOGARD Career vs. Tillman (.000, 0-2, 0 HR, 0 BB, 1 SO) Current Streak: 4 games (5 for 13) Baltimore Series: 2-4, 2 rbi, 2 so, sb Last Homestand: 6-30, 4 2b, rbi, 3 bb, 3 so, sh  Is 8 for 42 (.190) over his last 12 games…four of the eight hits are doubles and he has nine doubles since the All-Star Break, which is tied for fifth in the American League.  Has started each of the A’s last four games against a left-handed starter but has made 83 of his 90 starts for the season against right- handers…is batting .280 (70 for 250) against right-handers compared to .216 (11 for 51) against lefties.  Has 14 RBI in 28 games since the break after collecting 13 RBI in 76 games before the break.  Split the 2012 season between Oakland and Sacramento, batting .167 with 2 HR and seven RBI in 37 games with the A’s and .331 with 5 HR and 22 RBI in 37 games with the River Cats…missed the final two months after he was placed on the disabled list with a strained back.

22 KURT SUZUKI Career vs. Tillman (.000, 0-4, 0 HR, 0 BB, 0 SO) Current Streak: 0 for 1 Seattle Series: DNP Last Homestand: DNP  Was acquired with cash considerations from the Washington Nationals yesterday for minor league right-hander Dakota Bacus.  Is batting .278 (5 for 18) in August after hitting .171 in July and .197 in June…combined for a .242 average in April and May.  Has tossed out just 4 of 57 (7.0%) attempted base stealers.  Had a .254 average, 57 home runs and 302 RBI in 703 games over six seasons with the A’s before he was traded to the Nationals on Aug. 3, 2012 for minor league catcher David Freitas.  His 669 games caught are second most in Oakland history to Terry Steinbach (1050).  Started 73 games for the Nationals, all at catcher…his complete 2013 statistics with Washington: AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBP WASHINGTON .222 79 252 19 56 11 1 3 25 20 32 2 0 .310 .283  Combined for a .235 batting average, six home runs and 43 RBI in 118 games with the A’s and Nationals last year…was leading American League catchers with a .996 field percentage at the time of the trade and ranked second with a caught stealing percentage of 31.2.

21 STEPHEN VOGT Career vs. Tillman (.000, 0-2, 0 HR, 0 BB, 0 SO) Current Streak: 1 game (1 for 4) Baltimore Series: 1-4 Last Homestand: 2-19, r, 2 bb, 8 so, gidp  Was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento July 25 and is 14 for 59 (.237) with a home run and seven RBI in 22 games, 18 starts, since his return.  Is batting .157 (8 for 51) in Oakland compared to .381 (8 for 21) on the road.  The A’s are 14-8 (.636) in his starting assignments at catcher…has tossed out 7 of 19 (36.8%) attempted base stealers, which is the third best mark in the American League among catchers with 20 or more games.  This is his second stint with the A’s this year…hit .154 with a home run and two RBI in four games (all starts at catcher) during his first stint from June 25 to July 3.  Ranked fifth in the PCL in slugging (.547) and seventh in batting (.324) at the time of his promotion…appeared exclusively at catcher on defense and tossed out 36 of 61 (41.0%) attempted base stealers, which was third best in the PCL…his complete stats with Sacramento: AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBP Sacramento (AAA) .324 74 296 55 96 21 3 13 58 38 45 0 1 .547 .398  Made his Major League debut with Tampa Bay last year and went 0 for 25 in 18 games over three stints…spent the balance of the season at Triple-A Durham where he hit .272 with nine home runs and 43 RBI in 94 games.

25 CHRIS YOUNG Career vs. Tillman (.333, 1-3, 0 HR, 0 BB, 1 SO) Current Streak: 0 for 4 Seattle Series: 0-3, 2 bb, so, gidp Last Homestand: 4-22, 2 r, hr, 2 rbi, 2 bb, 8 so, gidp  Is batting .219 (7 for 32) in August and is now hitting .195 for the season…that is second lowest in the American League among players with 300 or more plate appearances (Hicks, MIN .192).  Is batting .267 (35 for 131) with six home runs and 21 RBI in 37 games against American League West teams compared to .128 (18 for 141) with five home runs and 13 RBI in 48 games against everyone else.  Has started 67 games at four different positions (33 in center field, 18 in right field, 12 in left field, four at designated hitter).  Hit his 11th home run of the season Sunday, his fifth go-ahead home run…has reached double figures in home runs in each of his last seven seasons.  Eight of his 14 hits since the All-Star Break have gone for extra bases (four doubles, one triple, three home runs)…27 of his 53 hits for the season are for extra bases (14 doubles, two triples, 11 home runs).  Is 3 for 10 (.300) with three RBI, three walks and five strikeouts as a pinch hitter this year…is tied for fourth in the American League in pinch walks…is a .333 (12 for 36) career hitter in the pinch with 10 walks and 12 RBI.  Has batted leadoff six times this year and is 8 for 26 (.308) with three home runs and five RBI in those starts.  Appeared in just 101 games due to an injury last year in his seventh season with Arizona…hit .231 with 24 doubles, 14 home runs and 41 RBI…his 101 games were the fewest since his rookie season in 2006 (30)…reached the 10-homer mark for the sixth straight season.

A’s vs. BALTIMORE

BATTING PITCHING

2013 CAREER 2013 CAREER AVG. AB H HR RBI PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI W L SV G ERA IP ER PITCHER W L SV G ERA IP ER .174 23 4 0 1 Callaspo .292 144 42 1 9 0 0 0 1 9.00 1.0 1 Balfour 2 1 5 32 3.27 33.0 12 .222 9 2 1 2 Céspedes .302 43 13 3 10 1 0 0 3 6.00 3.0 2 Blevins 3 0 0 11 2.25 12.0 3 .364 22 8 1 2 Crisp .278 255 71 4 34 0 0 0 2 3.86 4.7 2 Chavez 0 0 0 4 6.75 6.7 5 .444 18 8 0 7 Donaldson .357 28 10 0 7 0 1 0 3 10.13 2.7 3 Cook 0 1 0 6 10.80 5.0 6 .250 4 1 0 0 Freiman .250 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.86 2.3 1 Doolittle 0 0 0 4 6.23 4.3 3 .200 15 3 0 1 Lowrie .208 96 20 3 17 0 0 0 0 #### 0.0 0 Gray 0 0 0 0 #### 0.0 0 .308 13 4 1 2 Moss .333 30 10 1 3 0 1 0 1 5.14 7.0 4 Griffin 0 1 0 1 5.14 7.0 4 .100 10 1 0 1 Reddick .324 105 34 7 17 0 1 0 1 0.00 6.7 0 Milone 1 1 0 2 0.69 13.0 1 .176 17 3 1 3 Smith .237 38 9 2 9 0 0 0 2 0.00 1.3 0 Neshek 1 0 0 8 0.00 5.3 0 .231 13 3 0 2 Sogard .276 29 8 1 5 0 0 0 0 #### 0.0 0 Otero 0 0 0 0 #### 0.0 0 .200 15 3 0 0 Suzuki .218 142 31 3 15 0 1 0 1 10.13 5.3 6 Parker 1 1 0 3 7.27 17.3 14 .250 4 1 0 0 Vogt .143 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 16.20 3.3 6 Straily 0 1 0 2 11.25 8.0 10 .071 14 1 0 0 Young .161 31 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 9.39 7.7 8 others .267 30 8 0 0 others 1 4 0 5 6.60 45.0 33 TOTALS .251 171 43 4 20 TOTALS

k 2013 OAKLAND ATHLETICS SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

GA/ LEADER CUM. GA/ LEADER CUM. DATE G OPP W-L SCORE REC POS GB AND LEAD WINNER LOSER SAVE ATT. ATT. DATE G OPP W-L SCORE REC POS GB AND LEAD WINNER LOSER SAVE ATT. ATT. 3/31 OFF DAY t2 -½ HOU ½ 6/24 OFF DAY 2 -1 TEX 1 4/1 1 SEA L 0-2 0-1 t4 -1 HOU/LAA/SEA 1 Hernandez Anderson Wilhelmsen 36,067* 36,067 6/25 79 CIN W 7-3 45-34 t1 -- OAK/TEX -- Neshek Arroyo 17,506 764,934 4/2 2 SEA L 1-7 0-2 5 -2 SEA ½ Iwakuma Parker 15,315 51,382 6/26 80 CIN W 5-0 46-34 t1 -- OAK/TEX 1 GRIFFIN Bailey 25,658 790,592 4/3 3 SEA W 6-2 1-2 t4 -1 SEA/TEX ½ Milone Saunders 15,162 66,544 6/27 OFF DAY 2 -½ TEX ½ 4/4 4 SEA W 8-2 2-2 t2 -½ TEX ½ Griffin Maurer 12,134 78,678 6/28 81 STL W 6-1 47-34 2 -½ TEX ½ Colón Miller 24,208 814,800 (4 dates) 6/29 82 STL L 1-7 47-35 2 -½ TEX ½ WAINWRIGHT Chavez 35,067* 849,867 4/5 5 at HOU W 8-3 3-2 t2 -½ TEX ½ Straily Peacock 18,197 18,197 6/30 83 STL W 7-5 48-35 2 -½ TEX ½ Milone Westbrook Balfour 20,673 870,540 4/6 6 at HOU W 6-3 4-2 1 +½ OAK ½ Colón Norris Balfour 18,685 36,882 7/1 OFF DAY 2 -½ TEX ½ 4/7 7 at HOU W 9-3 5-2 1 +½ OAK ½ Anderson Harrell 16,914 53,796 7/2 84 CHC W 8-7 49-35 1 +½ OAK ½ Otero Russell Balfour 17,273 887,813 4/8 OFF DAY t1 -- OAK/TEX -- 7/3 85 CHC L 1-3 49-36 1 +½ OAK ½ Garza Colón Gregg 35,067* 922,880 4/9 8 at LAA W 9-5 6-2 t1 -- OAK/TEX -- Cook Jepsen 44,014 97,810 7/4 86 CHC W 1-0 50-36 1 +½ OAK ½ Straily Guerrier Balfour 26,967 949,847 4/10 9 at LAA W 11-5 7-2 1 +1 OAK 1 Milone Blanton 36,011 133,821 (42 dates) 4/11 10 at LAA W 8-1 8-2 1 +1 OAK 1 Griffin Vargas 43,533 177,354 7/5 87 at KC W 6-3 51-36 1 +½ OAK ½ Milone Davis Balfour 35,518 1,238,436 (6 dates) 7/6 88 at KC L 3-4 51-37 1 +½ OAK ½ Crow Cook Holland 16,606 1,255,042 4/12 11 DET W 4-3 (12) 9-2 1 +2 OAK 2 Resop Villarreal 21,377 100,055 7/7 89 at KC W 10-4 52-37 1 +½ OAK ½ Griffin Mendoza Chavez 17,804 1,272,846 4/13 12 DET L 3-7 9-3 1 +1 OAK 1 Verlander Anderson 35,067* 135,122 7/8 90 at PIT W 2-1 53-37 1 +½ OAK ½ Colón Locke Balfour 23,743 1,296,589 4/14 13 DET L 1-10 9-4 1 +1 OAK 1 Sanchez Parker 20,755 155,877 7/9 91 at PIT W 2-1 54-37 1 +½ OAK ½ Straily Cole Balfour 24,560 1,321,149 4/15 14 HOU W 11-2 10-4 1 +1½ OAK 1½ Milone Bedard 10,689 166,566 7/10 92 at PIT L 0-5 54-38 1 +½ OAK ½ Liriano Milone 23,474 1,344,623 4/16 15 HOU W 4-3 11-4 1 +1½ OAK 1½ Doolittle Cruz Balfour 11,038 177,604 (50 dates) 4/17 16 HOU W 7-5 12-4 1 +2 OAK 2 Colón Norris Balfour 15,488 193,092 7/11 OFF DAY 1 +1 OAK 1 (10 dates) 7/12 93 BOS L 2-4 54-39 1 +1 OAK 1 Lackey Doolittle Uehara 27,084 976,931 4/18 OFF DAY 1 +2½ OAK 2½ 7/13 94 BOS W 3-0 55-39 1 +1 OAK 1 Griffin Lester Balfour 36,067* 1,012,998 4/19 17 at TB L 3-8 12-5 1 +1½ OAK 1½ Cobb Anderson 15,115 192,469 7/14 95 BOS W 3-2 (11) 56-39 1 +2 OAK 2 Cook Thornton 31,417 1,044,415 4/20 18 at TB L 0-1 12-6 1 +½ OAK ½ Hellickson Parker Rodney 25,611 218,080 (45 dates) 4/21 19 at TB L 1-8 12-7 2 -½ TEX ½ Hernandez Milone 25,954 244,034 7/15-18 ALL-STAR BREAK 1 +2 OAK 2 4/22 20 at BOS L 6-9 12-8 2 -1½ TEX 1½ Doubront Griffin Bailey 28,926 272,960 7/19 96 at LAA L 1-4 56-40 1 +2 OAK 2 Weaver Griffin Frieri 43,515 1,388,138 4/23 21 at BOS W 13-0 (7) 13-8 2 -½ TEX ½ COLÓN Aceves 29,006 301,966 7/20 97 at LAA L 0-2 56-41 1 +2 OAK 2 Wilson Straily Frieri 43,572 1,431,710 4/24 22 at BOS L 5-6 13-9 2 -1½ TEX 1½ Lester Anderson Bailey 29,274 331,240 7/21 98 at LAA W 6-0 57-41 1 +3 OAK 3 COLON Williams 37,441 1,469,151 (12 dates) 7/22 99 at HOU W 4-3 58-41 1 +3 OAK 3 Cook Wright Balfour 16,381 1,485,532 4/25 23 BAL L 2-10 13-10 2 -2½ TEX 2½ Hammel Parker 11,220 204,312 7/23 100 at HOU L 4-5 58-42 1 +3 OAK 3 Fields Balfour 32,249 1,517,781 4/26 24 BAL L 0-3 13-11 2 -3½ TEX 3½ Chen Milone Johnson 16,944 221,256 7/24 101 at HOU W 4-3 59-42 1 +3 OAK 3 Griffin Blackley Cook 24,831 1,542,612 4/27 25 BAL L 3-7 13-12 2 -3½ TEX 3½ Tillman Griffin Johnson 31,292 252.548 (56 dates) 4/28 26 BAL W 9-8 (10) 14-12 2 -2½ TEX 2½ Blevins Strop 27,475 280,023 7/25 102 LAA L 3-8 59-43 1 +3 OAK 3 Wilson Straily 20,468 1,064,883 4/29 27 LAA W 10-8 (19) 15-12 2 -2 TEX 2 Blevins Enright 11,668 291,691 7/26 103 LAA W 6-4 60-43 1 +4 OAK 4 Colón Williams Balfour 27,429 1,092,312 4/30 28 LAA W 10-6 16-12 2 -2 TEX 2 Parker Richards 14,764 306,455 7/27 104 LAA W 3-1 61-43 1 +5 OAK 5 Milone Downs Balfour 32,333 1,124,645 5/1 29 LAA L 4-5 16-13 2 -2 TEX 2 Wilson Milone Frieri 17,139 323,594 7/28 105 LAA W 10-6 62-43 1 +6 OAK 6 Chavez Gutierrez 25,877 1,150,522 (17 dates) 7/29 106 TOR W 9-4 63-43 1 +6 OAK 6 Griffin Rogers 13,309 1,163,831 5/2 OFF DAY 2 -1½ TEX 1½ 7/30 107 TOR L 0-5 63-44 1 +5 OAK 5 Buehrle Straily 17,479 1,181,310 5/3 30 at NYY W 2-0 17-13 2 -1½ TEX 1½ Griffin Sabathia Balfour 38,090 369,330 7/31 108 TOR L 2-5 (10) 63-45 1 +4 OAK 4 Janssen Chavez Cecil 23,638 1,204,948 5/4 31 at NYY L 2-4 17-14 2 -2½ TEX 2½ Hughes Colón 41,349 410,679 8/1 OFF DAY 1 +3½ OAK 3½ 5/5 32 at NYY W 5-4 18-14 2 -2½ TEX 2½ Doolittle Logan Balfour 38,134 448,813 8/2 109 TEX L 3-8 63-46 1 +2½ OAK 2½ Frasor Milone 35,067* 1,240,015 5/6 33 at CLE L 3-7 18-15 2 -2½ TEX 2½ Jimenez Parker 9,514 458,327 8/3 110 TEX W 4-2 64-46 1 +3½ OAK 3½ Parker GARZA Balfour 28,304 1,268,319 5/7 34 at CLE L 0-1 18-16 2 -2½ TEX 2½ McAllister Milone Perez 9,474 467,801 8/4 111 TEX L 0-4 64-47 1 +2½ OAK 2½ Holland Griffin 23,263 1,291,582 5/8 35 at CLE L 3-4 18-17 2 -3½ TEX 3½ Masterson Griffin Perez 11,125 478,926 (55 dates) 5/9 36 at CLE L 2-9 18-18 2 -4 TEX 4 Kazmir Colón 12,477 491,403 8/5 OFF DAY 1 +2 OAK 2 5/10 37 at SEA L 3-6 18-19 2 -5 TEX 5 Iwakuma Straily Wilhelmsen 25,549 516,952 8/6 112 at CIN L 1-3 64-48 1 +1 OAK 1 Latos Straily Chapman 34,640 1,577,252 5/11 38 at SEA W 4-3 19-19 2 -5 TEX 5 Parker Maurer Balfour 30,099 547,051 8/7 113 at CIN L 5-6 64-49 t1 -- OAK/TEX -- Bailey Colón Chapman 29,746 1,606,998 5/12 39 at SEA L 1-6 19-20 2 -6 TEX 6 Saunders Milone 27,603 574,654 8/8 OFF DAY t1 -- OAK/TEX -- (22 dates) 8/9 114 at TOR W 14-6 65-49 t1 -- OAK/TEX -- Parker Rogers 31,862 1,638,860 5/13 40 TEX W 5-1 20-20 2 -5 TEX 5 Griffin Grimm 11,030 334,624 8/10 115 at TOR L 4-5 65-50 2 -1 TEX 1 Buehrle Gray Janssen 39,634 1,678,494 5/14 41 TEX L 5-6 (10) 20-21 2 -6 TEX 6 Scheppers Resop Nathan 12,969 347,593 8/11 116 at TOR W 6-4 66-50 2 -1 TEX 1 Cook Oliver Balfour 45,312 1,723,806 5/15 42 TEX L 2-6 20-22 t2 -7 TEX 7 Ogando Straily 20,414 368,007 8/12 117 at TOR W 5-1 67-50 2 -1 TEX 1 Cook Janssen 36,111 1,759,917 5/16 OFF DAY 3 -7½ TEX 7 (62 dates) 5/17 43 KC W 2-1 21-22 2 -6½ TEX 6½ Doolittle SHIELDS Balfour 14,602 382,609 8/13 118 HOU L 4-5 67-51 2 -1 TEX 1 Lyles Colón Lo 14,261 1,305,843 5/18 44 KC W 2-1 22-22 2 -6½ TEX 6½ Milone Santana Balfour 35,067* 417,676 8/14 119 HOU L 1-2 (11) 67-52 2 -2 TEX 2 Harrell Doolittle Fields 18,278 1,324,121 5/19 45 KC W 4-3 23-22 2 -6½ TEX 6½ Blevins Herrera Cook 20,387 438,063 8/15 120 HOU W 5-0 68-52 2 -1½ TEX 1½ Gray Bedard 16,487 1,340,608 (23 dates) 8/16 121 CLE W 3-2 69-52 2 -½ TEX ½ Doolittle Masterson Balfour 17,491 1,358,099 5/20 46 at TEX W 9-2 24-22 2 -5½ TEX 5½ Colón Lindblom 31,865 606,519 8/17 122 CLE L 1-7 69-53 2 -1½ TEX 1½ Jimenez Straily 35,067* 1,393,166 5/21 47 at TEX W 1-0 25-22 2 -4½ TEX 4½ Straily Darvish Balfour 42,510 649,029 8/18 123 CLE W 7-3 70-53 2 -½ TEX ½ Otero Kazmir 21,114 1,414,280 5/22 48 at TEX L 1-3 25-23 2 -5½ TEX 5½ Wolf Parker Nathan 42,731 691,760 8/19 124 SEA W 2-1 71-53 2 -½ TEX ½ PARKER Capps 11,112 1,425,392 5/23 OFF DAY 2 -5½ TEX 5½ 8/20 125 SEA L 4-7 71-54 2 -1½ TEX 1½ Maurer Doolittle Farquhar 13,041 1,438,433 5/24 49 at HOU W 6-5 26-23 2 -5½ TEX 5½ Neshek Veras Balfour 15,907 707,667 8/21 126 SEA L 3-5 71-55 2 -2½ TEX 2½ Iwakuma Griffin Farquhar 18,641 1,457,074 5/25 50 at HOU W 11-5 27-23 2 -5½ TEX 5½ Griffin Harrell 18,591 726,258 (64 dates) 5/26 51 at HOU W 6-2 28-23 2 -4½ TEX 4½ Colón Keuchel 19,366 745,624 8/22 OFF DAY 2 -2½ TEX 2½ (28 dates) 8/23 127 at BAL L 7-9 71-56 2 -3½ TEX 3½ Rodriguez Cook Johnson 36,761 1,796,678 5/27 52 SF W 4-1 29-23 2 -3 TEX 3 Straily Bumgarner Balfour 36,067* 474,130 5/28 53 SF W 6-3 30-23 2 -2½ TEX 2½ Parker Kickham 35,067* 509,197 DATE G OPP TIME TV PROMOTION (25 dates) 8/24 128 at BAL 1:05 FOX 5/29 54 at SF W 9-6 31-23 2 -2 TEX 2 Milone Lincecum Balfour 41,512 787,136 8/25 129 at BAL 10:35 CSNCA 5/30 55 at SF L 2-5 31-24 2 -3 TEX 3 Zito Griffin Romo 41,250 828,386 8/26 130 at DET 4:05 CSNCA (30 dates) 8/27 131 at DET 4:05 CSNCA 5/31 56 CWS W 3-0 32-24 2 -3 TEX 3 COLÓN Axelrod 16,416 525,613 8/28 132 at DET 4:05 CSNCA 6/1 57 CWS W 4-3 (10) 33-24 2 -2 TEX 2 Blevins Santiago 26,646 552,259 8/29 133 at DET 10:05 MLB 6/2 58 CWS W 2-0 34-24 2 -2 TEX 2 Parker Sale Balfour 23,413 575,672 Network (28 dates) 8/30 134 TB 7:05 CSNCA 6/3 59 at MIL W 10-2 35-24 2 -1½ TEX 1½ Milone Estrada 21,023 849,409 8/31 135 TB 6:05 CSNCA Fireworks Night sponsored by Chevron 6/4 60 at MIL L 3-4 (10) 35-25 2 -1½ TEX 1½ Axford Neshek 24,230 873,639 9/1 136 TB 1:05 CSNCA Breast Cancer Awareness Day 6/5 61 at MIL W 6-1 36-25 2 -1½ TEX 1½ Colón Gallardo 25,912 899,551 9/2 137 TEX 1:05 CSNCA 6/6 62 at CWS W 5-4 (10) 37-25 2 -½ TEX ½ Blevins Thornton Balfour 21,156 920,707 9/3 138 TEX 7:05 CSNCA 6/7 63 at CWS W 4-3 38-25 1 +½ OAK ½ Parker Sale Balfour 22,861 943,568 9/4 139 TEX 12:35 CSNCA 6/8 64 at CWS L 1-4 38-26 1 +½ OAK ½ Danks Doolittle Reed 23,735 967,303 9/5 140 HOU 7:05 CSNCA 6/9 65 at CWS L 2-4 38-27 2 -½ TEX ½ Santiago Griffin Reed 31,033 998,336 9/6 141 HOU 7:05 CSNCA (37 dates) 9/7 142 HOU 1:05 CSNCA 6/10 OFF DAY 2 -1 TEX 1 9/8 143 HOU 1:05 CSNCA Fiesta Day and Giveaway sponsored by Chevrolet (10,000 fans) 6/11 66 NYY W 6-4 39-27 t1 -- OAK/TEX -- Colón Sabathia Balfour 27,118 602,790 9/9 OFF DAY 6/12 67 NYY W 5-2 40-27 1 +1 OAK 1 Straily Hughes Balfour 25,176 627,966 9/10 144 at MIN 5:10 CSNCA 6/13 68 NYY W 3-2 (18) 41-27 1 +2 OAK 2 Chavez Claiborne 27,569 655,535 9/11 145 at MIN 5:10 CSNCA 6/14 69 SEA L 2-3 41-28 1 +2 OAK 2 Saunders Milone Perez 31,448 686,983 9/12 146 at MIN 10:10 6/15 70 SEA L 0-4 41-29 1 +2 OAK 2 Hernandez Griffin 24,378 711,361 9/13 147 at TEX 5:05 CSNCA 6/16 71 SEA W 10-2 42-29 1 +3 OAK 3 Colón Iwakuma 36,067* 747,428 9/14 148 at TEX 10:05 FOX (34 dates) 9/15 149 at TEX 12:05 CSNCA 6/17 72 at TEX L 7-8 42-30 1 +2 OAK 2 Cotts Chavez Nathan 30,489 1,028,825 9/16 150 LAA 7:05 CSNCA 6/18 73 at TEX W 6-2 43-30 1 +3 OAK 3 Parker Darvish 37,769 1,066,594 9/17 151 LAA 7:05 CSNCA 6/19 74 at TEX L 4-9 43-31 1 +2 OAK 2 Grimm Milone 39,274 1,105,868 9/18 152 LAA 12:35 CSNCA 6/20 75 at TEX L 3-4 43-32 1 +1 OAK 1 Scheppers Doolittle Nathan 30,361 1,136,229 9/19 153 MIN 7:05 CSNCA 6/21 76 at SEA W 6-3 44-32 1 +1 OAK 1 Colón Iwakuma Balfour 23,135 1,159,364 9/20 154 MIN 7:05 CSNCA Star Wars Themed Fireworks Night 6/22 77 at SEA L 5-7 44-33 t1 -- OAK/TEX -- Medina Cook 20,721 1,180,085 9/21 155 MIN 1:05 CSNCA Fan Appreciation Day 6/23 78 at SEA L 3-6 (10) 44-34 2 -1 TEX 1 Perez Balfour 22,833 1,202,918 9/22 156 MIN 1:05 CSNCA Fan Appreciation Day (44 dates) 9/23 157 at LAA 7:05 CSNCA 9/24 158 at LAA 7:05 CSNCA 9/25 159 at LAA 12:35 CSNCA 9/26 OFF DAY 9/27 160 at SEA 7:10 CSNCA 9/28 161 at SEA 1:10 CSNCA 9/29 162 at SEA 1:10 CSNCA

HIGHS AND LOWS MULTIPLE HIT GAMES

TEAM BATTING PLAYER 2 3 4 5 TOT Most Runs, Game, A’s ...... 14, August 9 at Toronto Callaspo 3 2 0 0 5 Most Runs, Game, Opponents ...... 10, April 14 vs. Detroit and April 25 vs. Baltimore Céspedes 17 5 0 0 22 Most Runs, Inning, A’s ...... 7, April 5 at Houston (5th) Crisp 16 6 2 0 24 Most Runs, Inning, Opponents ...... 6, August 23 at Baltimore (4th) Most Hits, Game, A’s ...... 19, June 3 at Milwaukee Donaldson 36 4 3 0 43 Most Hits, Game, Opponents...... 15, April 25 vs. Baltimore, April 28 vs. Baltimore and April 29 vs. Los Angeles Freiman 7 2 1 0 10 Most Hits, Inning, A’s ...... 7, June 3 at Milwaukee (5th) Jaso 12 3 0 0 15 Most Hits, Inning, Opponents...... 6, June 19 at Texas (6th) and July 2 vs. Chicago-NL (4th) Lowrie 20 11 3 0 34 Most Home Runs, Game, A’s ...... 5, August 9 at Toronto Montz 1 0 0 0 1 Most Home Runs, Game, Opponents ...... 4, May 6 at Cleveland and May 25 at Houston Moss 17 5 0 0 22 Most Doubles, Game, A’s ...... 6, April 11 at Los Angeles Norris 11 1 0 0 12 Most Doubles, Game, Opponents ...... 5 (four times), last: August 13 vs. Houston Reddick 13 1 1 0 15 Most Triples, Game, A’s ...... 3, April 16 vs. Houston Rosales 4 1 0 0 5 Most Triples, Game, Opponents ...... 2, April 9 at Los Angeles and July 3 vs. Chicago (NL) Smith 14 6 1 0 21 Most Stolen Bases, Game, A’s ...... 4, April 16 vs. Houston Sogard 13 3 0 0 16 Most Stolen Bases, Game, Opponents ...... 4, July 6 at Kansas City Vogt 3 0 0 0 3 Young 8 4 0 0 12 TEAM PITCHING Most Strikeouts, A’s ...... 18, April 29 vs. Los Angeles (AL) Most Strikeouts, Opponents ...... 17, April 12 vs. Detroit and April 29 vs. Los Angeles (AL) MULTIPLE RBI GAMES Most Walks, A’s ...... 11, August 11 at Toronto Most Walks, Opponents ...... 9, June 12 vs. New York (AL) PLAYER 2 3 4 5 6 TOT Fewest Hits Allowed, A’s ...... 2, June 26 vs. Cincinnati and July 4 vs. Chicago (NL) Barton 1 0 0 0 0 1 Fewest Hits Allowed, Opponents ...... 3 (10 times), last: August 17 vs. Cleveland Callaspo 2 0 0 0 0 2

Céspedes 10 2 3 0 0 15 TEAM MISCELLANEOUS Longest Winning Streak ...... 9, April 3 to 12 Crisp 5 2 0 0 0 7 Longest Losing Streak ...... 5, May 6 to May 10 Donaldson 15 3 1 0 0 19 Longest Game, Innings ...... 19, April 29 vs. Los Angeles (AL) Freiman 0 3 1 0 0 4 Longest Game, Time, Nine Innings ...... 3:51, April 5 at Houston Jaso 2 1 0 0 0 3 Longest Game, Time, Extra Innings ...... 6:32, April 29 vs. Los Angeles Lowrie 3 4 2 0 0 9 Shortest Game, Time ...... 2:14, May 31 vs. Chicago (AL) Moss 8 4 1 1 0 14 Largest Margin, Victory ...... 13, April 23 at Boston (13-0) Norris 3 1 1 0 0 5 Largest Margin, Loss ...... 9, April 14 vs. Detroit (1-10) Reddick 6 2 2 1 0 11 Most Left on Base, Nine Inning Game ...... 15, May 20 at Texas Rosales 1 0 0 0 0 1 Most Left on Base, Extra Inning Game ...... 18, June 1 at Chicago (AL) (10) Smith 6 3 0 0 0 9 Fewest Left on Base, Game ...... 1, April 4 vs. Seattle and June 21 at Seattle Sogard 4 1 0 0 0 5 Most Errors, Game ...... 3, April 26 vs. Baltimore, July 6 at Kansas City and July 22 at Houston Vogt 1 0 0 0 0 1 Largest Comeback in Win ...... 5, April 28 vs. Baltimore, April 29 vs. Los Angeles (AL) and July 28 vs. Los Angeles (AL) Young 4 3 1 0 0 8 Largest Lead Surrendered in Loss ...... 4, August 20 vs. Seattle

INDIVIDUAL BATTING GAME TYING/GO-AHEAD RBI Most Runs, Game ...... 3 (11 times), last: Coco Crisp, August 23 at Baltimore Most Hits, Game ...... 4 (11 times), last: Coco Crisp, August 23 at Baltimore PLAYER GT GA TOT Most Doubles, Game ...... 2 (17 times), last: Yoenis Cespedes, August 21 vs. Seattle Callaspo 0 2 2 Most Triples, Game ...... 1 (17 times), last: Jed Lowrie, August 20 vs. Seattle Céspedes 5 12 17 Most Home Runs, Game ...... 3, Josh Reddick, August 9 at Toronto Crisp 5 9 14 Most Runs Batted In, Game ...... 5 (two times), last: Josh Reddick, August 9 at Toronto Most Walks, Game ...... 4, Seth Smith, June 12 vs. New York (AL) Donaldson 7 20 27 Most Strikeouts, Game ...... 4 (nine times), last: Josh Reddick, July 14 vs. Boston Freiman 0 3 3 Most Stolen Bases, Game ...... 2 (four times), last: Eric Sogard, June 12 vs. New York (AL) Jaso 2 4 6 Longest Hitting Streak ...... 14, Eric Sogard, July 23 to August 10 Lowrie 5 13 18 Montz 1 1 2 INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Moss 3 13 16 Most Strikeouts, Game ...... 11, Dan Straily, April 5 at Houston Norris 3 9 12 Most Walks, Game ...... 7, Jarrod Parker, July 28 vs. Los Angeles (AL) Reddick 4 8 12 Most Innings, Game, Starter ...... 9.0 (four times), last: Jarrod Parker, August 19 vs. Seattle Rosales 1 3 4 Most Innings, Game, Reliever...... 5.2, Jesse Chavez, June 13 vs. New York (AL) Smith 3 4 7 Low Hit Complete Game ...... 2, A.J. Griffin, June 26 vs. Cincinnati Sogard 4 5 9 Most Consecutive Scoreless Innings ...... 18.0, Bartolo Colón, May 20 to June 5 Vogt 1 0 1 Most Consecutive Batters Retired ...... 18, Bartolo Colón, June 21 to 28 Young 4 7 11

STARTS IN THE ORDER GAMES BY POSITION

PLAYER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH Barton ------4 2 - PLAYER G GS G GS G GS G GS G GS G GS G GS G GS G GS Callaspo 3 - - - - 2 5 4 1 Barton - - 8 6 ------Céspedes - - 35 60 9 1 - - - Callaspo - - - - 10 9 4 2 ------5 4 Crisp 95 ------Céspedes ------76 73 18 16 - - 17 16 Donaldson - - 21 23 29 38 8 7 - Crisp ------81 78 - - 17 17 Freiman - - - - 20 8 6 6 2 Donaldson - - 1 - - - 123 123 1 ------2 2 Green ------3 2 Freiman - - 50 36 ------9 6 Jaso 14 28 - - 2 7 4 - - Green - - - - 5 5 ------Lowrie 4 43 42 21 6 1 1 - - Jaso 48 42 1 ------17 13 Montz - - - - 2 2 1 2 1 Lowrie - - - - 24 23 - - 91 87 ------9 8 Moss - - 1 20 48 10 7 4 - Montz - - 1 ------11 8 Norris - 7 - - 4 10 12 25 5 Moss - - 104 83 - - 2 - - - 2 - 2 - 11 8 - - Parrino ------6 Norris 79 63 ------Peterson ------1 1 Parrino - - - - 5 4 1 1 3 1 ------Reddick - 2 14 - 3 16 45 10 - Peterson - - 2 2 ------Rosales 5 1 - - - - - 7 21 Reddick ------94 90 1 - Sizemore ------2 Rosales - - - - 13 - 2 1 36 33 1 ------Smith - 24 12 3 2 13 16 14 1 Sizemore - - - - 2 2 ------Sogard - 7 - - - - 1 19 63 Smith ------41 38 - - 9 8 44 39 Taylor ------1 5 Sogard - - - - 94 84 - - 7 6 ------1 - Vogt ------1 14 7 Taylor ------5 3 - - 6 3 - - Wells ------1 - Vogt 24 22 ------Young 6 15 2 - 2 19 16 7 - Wells ------2 1 - - - - 1 - Young ------14 12 43 33 22 18 7 4

HOME RUN BREAKDOWN

REGULAR SEASON HOME RUNS LAST REGULAR SEASON HOME RUN Lead Off Home Runs (5) Player Solo 2R 3R GS Tot. Date Opponent Pitcher GP Since Coco Crisp, April 5 at Houston (Brad Peacock) Callaspo 3 2 1 0 6 Aug. 18, 2013 Cleveland Kazmir 4 Adam Rosales, May 3 at New York (CC Sabathia) Céspedes 11 9 0 0 20 Aug. 16, 2013 Cleveland Masterson 6 Coco Crisp, June 3 at Milwaukee (Marco Estrada) Crisp 11 1 0 0 12 Aug. 23, 2013 at Baltimore Norris -- Coco Crisp, June 11 vs. New York (CC Sabathia) Donaldson 10 6 1 1 18 Aug. 20, 2013 Seattle Saunders 2 Chris Young, Aug. 12 at Toronto (J.A. Happ) Freiman 2 1 1 0 4 Aug. 20, 2013 Seattle Saunders 1 Coco Crisp, Aug. 21 vs. Seattle (Hisashi Iwakuma) Jaso 2 0 1 0 3 July 24, 2013 at Houston Norris -- Back-To-Back Home Runs (5) Lowrie 6 2 1 0 9 Aug. 9, 2013 at Toronto Rogers 13 Lowrie and Young, April 3 vs. Seattle Moss 14 6 1 0 21 Aug. 23, 2013 at Baltimore Norris -- Céspedes and Moss, May 13 vs. Texas Norris 4 2 2 0 8 Aug. 6, 2013 at Cincinnati Chapman 6 Donaldson and Moss, May 25 at Houston Reddick 5 4 1 0 10 Aug. 10, 2013 at Toronto Janssen 11 Donaldson and Smith, June 16 vs. Seattle Smith 4 2 0 0 6 June 16, 2013 Seattle Beavan 37 Lowrie and Céspedes, August 9 at Toronto Sogard 0 2 0 0 2 July 21, 2013 at Los Angeles Williams 24 Inside-The-Park Home Runs (0) Suzuki 1 1 1 0 3 June 30, 2013 at New York-NL Lyon 18 None Vogt 1 1 0 0 2 July 26, 2013 Los Angeles Kohn 20 Walk-Off Wins (7) Young 7 0 4 0 11 Aug. 18, 2013 Cleveland Kazmir 2 Josh Donaldson, April 12 vs. Detroit (home run) others 7 0 0 0 7 Coco Crisp, April 28 vs. Baltimore (sacrifice/error 5) Team 84 36 12 1 133 Brandon Moss, April 29 vs. Los Angeles (home run) Josh Reddick, June 1 vs. Chicago (walk) Grand Slams (1) Pinch Hit Home Runs (4) Nate Freiman, June 13 vs. New York (single) Josh Donaldson, June 7 at Chicago (Sale) John Jaso, April 9 at Los Angeles (Kevin Jepsen) Josh Donaldson, July 14 vs. Boston (single) Seth Smith, May 24 at Houston (Paul Clemens) Brandon Moss, August 19 vs. Seattle (home run) Derek Norris, July 27 at Los Angeles (Scott Downs) Derek Norris, August 6 at Cincinnati (Aroldis Chapman)

MILESTONES

Player Category No. Needs Player Category No. Needs Anderson Innings Pitched 435.0 65.0 for 500 Crisp Triples (w/OAK) 18 3 for 21 (ties Monday and Page for 10th in Balfour Saves (w/OAK) 57 4 for 61 (ties Howell for 7th in Athletics history) Oakland history) Strikeouts 499 1 for 500 Home Runs 98 2 for 100 Blevins Games 270 3 for 273 (ties Blue for 8th in Oakland history) Steals (w/OAK) 136 8 for 144 (ties Jackson for 5th in Oakland history) Chavez Games 183 17 for 200 Lowrie Games 474 26 for 500 Colón Games Started 399 1 for 400 Young Games 968 32 for 1000 Runs 490 10 for 500

DISABLED LIST

Player Injury Dates Games Missed Player Injury Dates Games Missed Anderson Sprained right ankle May 1-present 99 Norris Fractured left big toe August 21-present (eligible Sept. 5) 1 Céspedes Strained muscle, left hand April 13-27 14 Reddick Sprained right wrist May 7-30 22 Colón Strained left groin August 14-present (eligible Aug. 29) 9 Rodriguez Sprained right elbow March 23-present 127 Crisp Strained left hamstring April 30-May 14 14 Rosales Strained left intercostal March 26-April 24 22 Jaso Concussion July 25-present 26 Sizemore Sprained left knee April 10-present 119 Nakajima Strained left hamstring March 27-May 22 48 Young Strained left quad April 30-May 17 16

The A’s have used the disabled list 12 times this season…used the disabled list 21 times in 2012.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

April 20 Jesse Chavez recalled from Sacramento; Evan Scribner optioned to Sacramento June 9 Vinnie Catricala acquired from the Seattle Mariners for a PTBNL or cash April 21 Adam Rosales transferred to Sacramento on rehab and optioned to Midland April 22 Casper Wells acquired from Toronto for cash considerations; Scott June 14 Dan Otero selected from Sacramento; Hideki Okajima optioned to Sizemore transferred to the 60-day disabled list Sacramento; Brett Anderson transferred to the 60-day DL April 23 Michael Taylor optioned to Sacramento June 23 Dan Straily optioned to Sacramento April 25 Adam Rosales reinstated from the disabled list; Andy Parrino optioned to June 25 Stephen Vogt recalled from Sacramento Sacramento; Yoenis Céspedes sent to Sacramento on a rehab assignment July 4 Dan Straily recalled from Sacramento; Stephen Vogt optioned to April 28 Yoenis Céspedes reinstated from the disabled list; Casper Wells Sacramento designated for assignment July 8 Grant Green recalled from Sacramento; Adam Rosales designated for April 29 Dan Straily recalled from Sacramento; Jesse Chavez optioned to assignment Sacramento; Casper Wells traded to the Chicago White Sox for cash July 10 Sonny Gray selected from Sacramento; Dan Straily optioned to considerations Sacramento April 30 Evan Scribner recalled from Sacramento; Dan Straily optioned to July 12 Adam Rosales outrighted to Sacramento Sacramento July 19 Sonny Gray optioned to Sacramento July 20 Dan Straily recalled from Sacramento May 1 Coco Crisp placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 30 July 23 Grant Green optioned to Sacramento (strained left hamstring); Brett Anderson placed on the 15-day disabled list July 24 Adam Rosales selected from Sacramento; Vinnie Catricala designated for (sprained right ankle); Luke Montz selected from Sacramento; Dan Straily assignment recalled from Sacramento July 25 John Jaso placed on 7-day disabled list (concussion); Stephen Vogt May 3 Hiro Nakajima sent to Sacramento on a rehab assignment recalled from Sacramento; Vinnie Catricala outrighted to Midland May 4 Chris Young placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 30 July 30 Alberto Callaspo acquired from the Los Angeles Angels for minor league (strained left quad); Michael Taylor recalled from Sacramento infielder Grant Green May 8 Josh Reddick placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 7 July 31 Adam Rosales designated for assignment (sprained right wrist); Daric Barton selected from Sacramento; Jordan Norberto released August 2 Adam Rosales claimed off waivers by the Texas Rangers May 10 Jesse Chavez recalled from Sacramento; Evan Scribner optioned to August 3 Evan Scribner recalled from Sacramento; Tommy Milone optioned to Sacramento; Brett Anderson sent to Midland on a rehab assignment Sacramento May 14 Michael Taylor optioned to Sacramento August 8 Adam Rosales claimed off waivers from the Texas Rangers; John Jaso May 15 Coco Crisp reinstated from the disabled list transferred to 15-day DL May 16 Chris Young sent to Sacramento on a rehab assignment August 9 Evan Scribner optioned to Sacramento May 17 Hideki Okajima selected from Sacramento; Chris Resop designated for August 10 Sonny Gray recalled from Sacramento; Adam Rosales designated for assignment assignment May 18 Chris Young reinstated from the disabled list; Daric Barton designated for August 12 Adam Rosales claimed off waivers by the Texas Rangers assignment August 16 Hiro Nakajima outrighted to Sacramento May 20 Chris Resop outrighted to Sacramento August 17 Brett Anderson sent to Sacramento on a rehab assignment May 21 Daric Barton outrighted to Sacramento August 18 Bartolo Colón placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to August 14 May 23 Hiro Nakajima reinstated from the disabled list and optioned to (strained left groin); Tommy Milone recalled from Sacramento Sacramento August 23 Kurt Suzuki and cash considerations acquired from the Washington May 27 Josh Reddick sent to Stockton on a rehab assignment Nationals for Dakota Bacus; Derek Norris placed on the 15-day disabled May 28 Josh Reddick transferred to Sacramento on rehab list retroactive to August 21 (fractured left big toe) May 31 Josh Reddick reinstated from the disabled list; Luke Montz optioned to Sacramento

Complete transactions are available in the expanded game notes at http://pressbox.oaklandathletics.com