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Oakland Athletics Virtual Press 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 (35-43) VS. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (48-30) Season High 19-17/22-20 (May 9/May 17) SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 2011 – CITIZENS BANK PARK – 1:35 P.M. EDT Season Low 28-40 (June 14) LHP JOSH OUTMAN (3-1, 2.86) VS. RHP ROY HALLADAY (9-3, 2.51) April 13-14 CSNCA – A’S RADIO NETWORK (SPORTSRADIO 95.7 FM) May 14-15 June 8-14 July 0-0 ABOUT THE A’s August 0-0 September 0-0 ABOUT THE A’S: Snapped a three-game losing streak last night, and have now won seven of their last 10 Home Series 5-5-2 games…prior to the three losses, had reeled off a season-high six consecutive wins (June 15-21)…that win Road Series 3-7-3 streak followed a stretch where the A’s lost 13 of 14, including 10 straight from May 30-June 9, which matched Series Sweeps 3-5 the fifth longest losing streak in Oakland history…are now 8-16 over the last 24 games and 35-43 (.449) overall, First Game of Series 9-18 which is the third worst record in the AL…were in a tie for first place in the West at the conclusion of play May Last Game of Series 14-11 A’s Score First 26-12 17 with a 22-20 record…however, have gone 13-23 (.361) since then, which is the second worst record in the Opponent Scores First 9-31 AL (Kansas City, 12-24)…are now six games behind Texas…have spent each of the last 27 days and 34 of the Leading After 7th 28-3 last 35 in sole possession of last place in the AL West…for the season, have spent one day tied for first, three Leading After 8th 30-1 days in second, eight days tied for second, 34 days in third, three days tied for third and 38 days in fourth. Tied After 7th 1-8 Tied After 8th 1-10 INTERLEAGUE PLAY: The A’s are 5-6 (.455) in interleague play…went 3-3 against San Francisco, 1-2 against Trailing After 7th 6-32 New York and are now 1-1 against Philadelphia following last night’s win…return home after this three-game th Trailing After 8 4-32 series to conclude interleague play with a pair of three-game series against Florida and Arizona…are batting Commit No Errors 17-18 .204 (74 for 363), which is the lowest in the majors (Philadelphia, .191), but have a 1.76 ERA (20 er in 102.0 ip), Commit 1 or More Errors 18-25 which is second lowest (Seattle, 1.40)…went 8-10 (.444) in interleague play last year, their second consecutive More HR Than Opp. 13-5 Fewer HR Than Opp. 8-17 season with a losing record…it was just the fourth time in 14 seasons the A’s finished with a losing record…are Same Total HR of Opp. 14-21 18-29 (.383) over the last three years, which is the third worst mark in the majors…however, are 141-118 (.544) Starter Pitches 7 or More 18-14 all-time, which is the seventh best record. Starter Pitches Less Than 7 17-29 When Scoring 4 or More 26-9 PITCHERS HITTING: A’s pitchers are 0 for 16 with seven strikeouts and three sacrifice hits this year and now When Scoring Less Than 4 9-34 have a .087 (23 for 265) average with four doubles, seven RBI, eight walks and 118 strikeouts since interleague Last At Bat 7-15 play began in 1997…the batting average is the lowest by an American League team over that span …the last Different Lineups 61 triple by an A’s pitcher was by John Odom on Aug. 22, 1971 against Boston and Odom also hit the last home run on Sept. 4, 1972 against California. A’s vs. PHILLIES STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are 6-1 with a 1.23 ERA (9 er in 66.0 ip), .178 (42 for 236) The A’s lead the all-time series, opponents batting average, 19 walks, 47 strikeouts and two home runs over the last 10 games after going 0-11 6-5…the A’s are 2-3 in with a 7.30 ERA, .312 opponents batting average, 41 walks, 37 strikeouts and 14 home runs over the previous Philadelphia following last night’s 14 contests…are 27-27 with a 3.15 ERA (169 er in 483.1 ip) for the season…the ERA is the lowest in the win and are 4-2 in Oakland…the A’s spent 54 seasons in American League and second lowest in the majors (Philadelphia, 3.06)…have allowed 34 home runs, which is Philadelphia from 1901-54 and the fewest in the AL and third fewest in the majors…own the lowest opponents slugging percentage in the AL won five World Series (.349) but have issued the third most walks (170). championships…have won four in Oakland and the nine World PITCHING: The A’s have compiled a 1.56 ERA (16 er in 92.1 ip) over the last 10 games after posting a 5.70 Championships are surpassed ERA over the previous 13 contests…lead the American League and rank third in the majors with a 3.16 ERA only by the Yankees (27) and for the season…have allowed two home runs over the last 11 games and 48 for the season, which is the fewest Cardinals (10). in the AL and third fewest in the majors…have the lowest opponents slugging percentage in the AL and third lowest in the majors (.348)…have a Major League-leading 15 pickoffs…opponents have been successful in 54 TODAY’S TIDBITS of 83 (65.1%) stolen base attempts, which is the second lowest percentage in the AL and third lowest in the majors…the 29 caught stealings are the most in the majors. David DeJesus has not committed an error in 58 games in OFFENSE: The A’s have hit one home run or fewer in each of the last 29 games, which is the second longest the outfield and now has a 299- such streak in Oakland history…the record is 31 games from July 21-August 19, 1978…have 41 home runs for game errorless streak, which is the longest active streak among all the season, which is the fewest in the Major Leagues…are on pace to hit 85 home runs…the Oakland record Major League outfielders. for fewest home runs in a season is 94 in 1968…have scored 279 runs, which is third fewest in the American League…also have the second lowest batting average (.236) and slugging percentage (.342) in the AL and the Joey Devine has not allowed a third lowest on-base percentage (.305). home run this season and now has a 78-game, 76.2-inning, 312- DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have committed one or more errors in 12 of their past 15 games (16 errors batter homerless streak. total) and have 61 errors for the season, tied for the Major League lead (Houston, Texas)…the errors have led Brian Fuentes saved the 199th to 42 unearned runs, which is tied with Houston for the most in the majors…13 of the errors have been game of his career last Sunday, committed by pitchers, which is the most in the majors…rank third in the AL and majors in double plays (84). which is the most among active left-handers…needs one more to HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 2-3 on this six-game road trip through New York (1-2) and Philadelphia (1- become the sixth left-hander in 1)…went 1-9 on the last road trip, matching the worst record on a trip of 10 or more games in Oakland Major League history to reach the history…have now lost 18 of the last 23 on the road and are 16-27 (.372) for the season, which is second worst 200 plateau (Franco, Wagner, in the American League (Kansas City, 10-21)…return home following the game Sunday for a nine-game Myers, Righetti, Lyle). homestand against Florida (three games), Arizona (three games) and Seattle (three games)…went 5-1 on the Hideki Matsui has 499 career last homestand against Kansas City (2-1) and San Francisco (3-0), which was their best homestand since 2006 home runs between Japan and the when they went 8-1 against Texas, Tampa Bay and Seattle from Aug. 7-16…have won five straight home United States…25 Major Leaguers games and are 19-16 at home for the season…are batting .250 (289 for 1156) with 139 runs scored in 35 home and eight players in the Japanese games (3.97 per game) and .225 (332 for 1473) with 140 runs scored in 43 games on the road (3.26 per Leagues have hit 500. game)…have the lowest road batting average in the AL and second lowest in the majors (Washington, .223). Ryan Sweeney has not CLOSE CALLS: The A’s are 10-17 (.370) in one-run games, which is the worst mark in the majors…are 5-9 committed an error this year and now has a 155-game errorless (.357) in extra inning games, which is tied for the worst mark in the American League…the 14 extra inning streak, which is fourth longest in games are tied with Los Angeles for the most in the AL and tied for second most in the majors (Atlanta, Oakland history by an outfielder.
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