OAKLAND ATHLETICS Game Information Oakland Athletics Baseball Company 7000 Coliseum Way Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 Public Relations Facsimile 510-562-1633 www.oaklandathletics.com 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.