2010 Oakland A's Expanded Game Notes
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2010 Oakland A’s Expanded Game Notes includes: Traditional Game Notes Full Upcoming Probable Pitcher Pages Roster Supplemental Bios Expanded Game Notes with Clips Transactions Spring Training Statistics Monthly Statistics Please consider the environment before printing this document. To print traditional Game Notes, print from page 2 to 12. OAKLAND ATHLETICS Game Information Oakland Athletics Baseball Company h 7000 Coliseum Way h Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 h Public Relations Facsimile 510-562-1633 h www.oaklandathletics.com A’s AT A GLANCE OAKLAND ATHLETICS (77-76) VS. TEXAS RANGERS (85-68) Season High 9-4 (April 17) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2010 – OAKLAND-ALAMEDA COUNTY COLISEUM – 1:10 P.M. PDT Season Low 34-40 (June 23) LHP GIO GONZALEZ (14-9, 3.36) VS. LHP DEREK HOLLAND (3-4, 4.56) April 12-12 NO TV – A’S RADIO NETWORK (XTRA SPORTS 860 AM) – ESPAÑOL (LOSATLETICOS.COM) May 16-12 June 10-17 July 14-10 ABOUT THE A’s August 13-15 September 12-10 ABOUT THE A’S: Have lost two of the last three games but have won five of the last eight and are 12-10 in Home Series 18-5-2 September…are one game over .500 at 77-76 and have been between two games over .500 and three games Road Series 9-15-0 under .500 every day since the All-Star Break…have been exactly .500 20 times since the All-Star Break and Series Sweeps 4-8 an Athletics record 31 times this year…trail Texas by eight games in the American League West…have been First Game of Series 23-27 between seven and 10 games back every day since June 25…the A’s 77 wins are their most since 2006 when Last Game of Series 28-21 A’s Score First 58-25 they won the AL West with a 93-69 record…are 23-27 in the first game of a series, 24-26 in the second game Opponent Scores First 19-51 and 27-19 in the third game…have a 43-52 record against opponents that were at or above .500 when the A’s Leading After 7th 67-3 played them and 34-24 against teams that were below .500…have 25 days alone in first this year, eight days Leading After 8th 69-1 tied for first, 69 days in second, nine days tied for second, 58 days in third and one day in fourth. Tied After 7th 8-9 Tied After 8th 6-11 TRAGIC NUMBER: The A’s tragic number was reduced to two with the loss last night…were officially Trailing After 7th 2-64 eliminated from the Wild Card a week ago today in game 147…last year, the A’s were officially eliminated from th Trailing After 8 2-64 the West in game 142 and the playoffs in game 143…the A’s have been eliminated from the playoffs in game Commit No Errors 50-35 154 or later six times in Oakland history, most recently in 2005 when they were eliminated in game 157. Commit 1 or More Errors 27-41 More HR Than Opp. 25-9 NIGHT AND DAY: The A’s have a 34-18 (.654) record during the day compared to 43-58 (.426) at night…the Fewer HR Than Opp. 17-45 day record is tied with Colorado for the best in the majors and the night record is fourth worst in the American Same Total HR of Opp. 35-22 Starter Pitches 7 or More 34-15 League…have a 2.87 ERA (147 er in 461.2 ip) during the day and a 3.91 ERA (386 er in 886.1 ip) at Starter Pitches Less Than 7 43-61 night…have the lowest day ERA in the majors. When Scoring 4 or More 64-15 When Scoring Less Than 4 13-61 PITCHING: The A’s have a Major League leading 3.13 ERA (195 er in 560.1 ip) since the All-Star Break after Last At Bat 11-13 posting a 3.85 ERA before the break…has a 3.55 ERA for the season, which is the lowest in the American Different Lineups 122 League and third lowest in the majors…the last time the A’s finished the season with an ERA under 3.59 was in 1990 (3.18)…have two shutouts in the last five games, four in the month of September and an American A’s vs. RANGERS League leading 16 for the season…that is the second best total by an A’s team over the last 20 years (had 19 in 2002) and tied for the third best total in the designated hitter ERA (since 1974)…also lead the AL in opponents The A’s lead the season series, 9- batting average (.243), opponents slugging percentage (.379) and pickoffs (25) and rank second in opponents 8…are 5-3 in Oakland and went 4- on-base percentage (.311). 6 in Texas…need one more win to clinch the season series for the STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are 37-29 with a 3.12 ERA (175 er in 504.2 ip) over the last 79 second consecutive season (went games (since June 25) after going 23-27 with a 3.92 ERA over the first 74 contests…have a 3.49 ERA (363 er 11-8 last year)…lost each of the previous three season series and in 936.0 ip) for the season, which is the lowest mark in the majors ahead of San Francisco (3.52)…the last are 45-48 against Texas since the American League team to have an ERA under 3.49 by its starters is the 1990 Boston Red Sox (3.32)…have the start of the 2006 season…the A’s lowest opponents batting average (.241) and slugging percentage (.373) in the AL and the second lowest on- are 286-292 all-time against the base percentage (.306)…starters have two no decisions in the last five games after a streak of 26 consecutive Texas Rangers…that breaks down games with a decision, which was third longest in Oakland history and the longest since the 1979 club set the to 152-136 in Oakland and 134- Oakland record with a 36-game streak. 157 in Texas…have an all-time record of 383-374 against the HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 3-2 on the final homestand of the season, a seven-game affair against Rangers/Senators. Chicago (2-1) and Texas (1-1)…are 10-0-1 over the previous 11 home series and have not lost a home series since they were swept by New York, July 5-7…are 47-32 (.595) at home, which is the A’s best home mark since TODAY’S TIDBITS going 49-32 in 2006…have a 2.90 ERA (231 er in 718.0 ip) at home compared to 4.20 (302 er in 633.0 ip) on the road…have the second lowest home ERA in the majors (San Diego, 2.88)…the last American League team Daric Barton leads the majors in walks (105)…ranks sixth in the to finish with an ERA under 3.00 at home is the 1992 Milwaukee Brewers (2.74)…have allowed 56 home runs American League in on-base at home, which is second fewest in the AL, and 89 on the road, which is third most…went 3-3 on the last road percentage (.393) and is tied for trip Kansas City (1-2) and Minnesota (2-1) and have lost 17 of their last 26 road games…leave following the ninth in triples (5). game tomorrow for the final road trip of the season to Los Angeles (three games) and Seattle (four games)…are 30-44 (.405) on the road and have clinched a losing road record for the fourth consecutive Craig Breslow has a career high season. 67 strikeouts, which is tied for seventh among American League ON THE BASES: The A’s stole their 145th base of the season last night, which is the most by an A’s team since relievers…it is also tied for the the 1991 club had 151…rank third in the American League and the majors in steals this year and top the majors second best total by a left-handed with 28 steals in September and 80 since the All-Star Break…have been successful in 145 of 181 (80.1%) reliever in Oakland history. stolen base attempts, which is the second best percentage in the majors (PHI, 84.0%)…the Oakland record is Chris Carter has hit safely in each 80.7% set in 2008…have two players with 30 or more stolen bases (Davis 46, Crisp 32) for the first time since of his last five games (6 for 14, 1995 and the 78 combined steals are the most by two A’s teammates since 1991 when Rickey Henderson (58) .429), all at home, after going 0 for and Jose Canseco (26) combined for 84…have three players with 20 or more steals for the first time since 32 over the first 11 games of his 1992…have a record of 55-27 when stealing at least one base and are 22-49 with no stolen bases. career, all on the road. THE LONG BALL: The A’s hit their 95th home run of the season Wednesday, which is one more than the Mark Ellis is batting .405 (32 for lowest single season total in Oakland history (94 in 1968)…the second lowest is 100 in 1978…the 95 home 79) in September and ranks runs are the fewest in the majors (Seattle, 96)…Kevin Kouzmanoff leads the A’s with 14 home runs and the second in the American League in fewest home runs by a team leader in Oakland history in 17 by Mitchell Page in 1978 and Dwayne Murphy and hits this month…he ranks second Davey Lopes in 1983.