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GAME NOTES Oakland Athletics Baseball Company 510-638-4900 | athletics.com | @athletics OAKLAND ATHLETICS (70-57) VS. NEW YORK YANKEES (74-52) THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2021 — OAKLAND COLISEUM — 6:40 PDT RHP JAMES KAPRIELIAN (7-4, 3.25) VS. RHP JAMESON TAILLON (8-4, 3.94) NBCSCA — A’S CAST ON IHEART RADIO — A’S RADIO NETWORK (960 AM, 103.7 FM HD2, 1140 AM) — EN ESPAÑOL (KIQI 1010 AM, KATD 990 AM) ABOUT THE A’S: Have lost four straight and eight of the last 10 games af- A’s IN AUGUST: The A’s are 11-10 (.524) in August…went 11-13 (.458) in July, ter going 12-3 over the previous 15 contests…the four-game losing streak which was the A’s first losing record in a month of 10 or more games since matches the A’s second longest of the season…the longest is the season- they went 11-15 in April of 2019…have not had back-to-back months with opening six-game losing streak (April 1-6)…have lost 2½ games to Houston a losing record since they had 10 straight from May 2016-Aug. 2017…are in the American League West race during the losing streak and now trail the 28-for-30 (93.3%) in stolen base attempts in August and are second in the Astros by five games, which is one short of the season high of six (twice, American League in steals this month (Kansas City, 30)…the 28 steals are the last: July 28)…held at least a share of first for 61 of 62 days from April 20 to most by an A’s team in any month since they stole 36 bases in September June 20 but have spent each of the 62 days since then in second…overall, of 2010…lead the AL in hit by pitches (19) and fewest strikeouts (158), rank have spent 58 days alone in first place in the West, three days tied for first, third on-base percentage (.337) and fifth in OPS (.772)…the pitching staff 62 days in second, one day tied for second, three days in third, two days in ranks fifth in opponents OPS (.670) and ninth in ERA (3.88). fourth, three days tied for fourth and 10 days in fifth…are in third place in the AL Wild Card, 1½ games behind the second place team (Boston) and 4½ ONE-RUN GAMES AND OTHER CLOSE CALLS: The A’s are 18-22 (.450) in one- behind the first place team (Yankees)…held at least a share of a playoff spot run games…the losses are the most in the American League and tied for each day from April 17-Aug. 22 fourth most in the majors…the 40 one-run games are tied with Seattle for the most in the AL…are 11-9 in one-run games at home, 7-13 on the road… DAYS OFF: The A’s had yesterday off after going 6-9 during a stretch of 15 are 26-32 (.448) in games decided by two runs or fewer, 44-25 (.638) in consecutive days without a day off…are 13-4 (.765) following a day off, which games decided by three runs or more…have a five-game winning streak in is the second best record in the majors (San Francisco, 16-4/.800)…will have extra inning games and are 7-3 (.700) overall, which is the second best record the next three Mondays off before finishing the season with 19 games in in the AL (Seattle, 12-4/.750)…are 13-4 (.765) in extra innings over the last 20 days. two years…are 15-9 in games decided in the last at bat…are tied with Seattle for the second most walk-off wins in the majors (10) to Colorado (12)…have ON THE BASES: The A’s are 30-for-32 (93.8%) in stolen base attempts in the 93 walk-off wins in the Bob Melvin era, which are the most in the majors 24 games since Starling Marte joined the club on July 29 and rank second in over that span…lost three consecutive games on Saturday, Sunday and Mon- the majors in steals over that span (Kansas City, 33)…Marte has accounted day despite leading after seven innings…it was the first three-game stretch for 17 of the 30 steals…are now 73-for-86 (84.9%) for the season, which is in Oakland history where the A’s led each game entering the eighth inning the second best percentage in the majors (Cleveland, 85.2%)…the 73 steals but gone on to lose the game…have six losses when leading after seven in- rank third in the American League, fifth in the majors and are the most by an nings this year, which is tied for second most in the AL (Houston, 7). A’s team since 2015 (78). HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 1-4 on this nine-game homestand against San DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have a five-game errorless streak and have com- Francisco (1-2), Seattle (0-2) and New York-AL (four games)…went 4-1 on the mitted just two errors in the last 11 games…have 54 for the season, which is last homestand against San Diego (1-1) and Texas (3-0)…are 35-29 (.547) at second fewest in the American League to Houston (49)…are on pace for 69 home compared to 35-28 (.556) on the road…begin a six-game road trip to errors, which would break the Athletics record for fewest errors in a season Detroit (three games) and Toronto (three games) on Tuesday…went 5-5 on (80 in 2019)…are tied for the second fewest outfield assists in the AL (11) and the last road trip to Cleveland (3-0), Texas (1-2) and Chicago-AL (1-3)…are have the fifth fewest double plays (94). batting .225 (457-for-2030) with a .699 OPS at home compared to .245 with PITCHING: The A’s have compiled a 4.81 ERA (55 er in 103.0 ip) and allowed a .742 OPS on the road…have the second lowest home batting average and 17 home runs over the last 12 games after logging a 2.19 ERA and four third lowest home OPS in the American League but the fourth highest road home runs over the previous 12 contests…overall, rank third in the Ameri- OPS and fifth highest batting average. can League in opponents slugging percentage (.380), fourth in OPS (.681) A’s vs. YANKEES: The A’s trail in the season series after losing two of three and fifth in ERA (3.70) and on-base percentage (.301)…have the fewest walks in New York, June 18-20…this will be the Yankees first visit to the Coliseum (344), home runs (134) and pitches per inning (15.9)…are tied for second in in over two years as they were last here Aug. 20-22, 2019…the A’s won the shutouts (11). season series in 2019, 4-2…went 3-0 in Oakland and 1-2 in New York…it was STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers have tossed five innings or fewer in their fifth season series win in seven seasons…are 29-19 (.604) dating back seven of the last 12 games and are 2-6 with a 5.12 ERA (33 er in 58.0 ip) and to 2013, which is the best record by an American League team against the .288 (67-for-233) opponents batting average over that span…however, have Yankees over that stretch…have won nine of the last 10 games and 21 of the 718.2 innings pitched for the season, which is the most in the majors…are on last 28 in Oakland but have dropped eight of the last 11 games in New York… pace for 916.2 innings, which would be the fewest by a Major League leader since moving to Oakland in 1968, the A’s are 255-285 against the Yankees… in a season of 154 games or more…the current low is 941.1 by the Mets in that includes 141-128 in Oakland and 114-157 in New York…are 17-26 at 2019…are 47-43 with a 3.73 ERA (298 er in 718.2 ip)…rank third in the Ameri- Yankee Stadium…all-time, the A’s are 796-1151 against the Yankees/Orioles. can League in wins and fourth in ERA and opponents OPS (689)…are tied for TODAY’S TIDBITS second in complete games (3)…have used just nine starting pitchers, which is tied for fourth fewest in the majors…are the only team with four pitchers Andrew Chafin ranks sixth among Major League relievers in opponents with 25 or more starts…no other team has more than two. OPS (.492), tied for seventh in ERA (1.90), ninth in batting average (.168) and 10th in slugging percentage (.257)…Matt Chapman leads ML third BULLPEN: The A’s bullpen is 1-3 with two saves, five blown saves and a 4.40 basemen in fielding percentage (.989) and putouts (136), ranks second ERA (22 er in 45.0 ip) over the last 12 games…has a 3.64 ERA overall, which is in total chances (355) and double plays (34) and fourth in assists (215)… fourth lowest in the American League…has the third lowest opponents OPS Starling Marte is 10 plate appearances short of qualifying for the league (.667)…has 20 blown saves, which is tied with the Yankees for third most in leaders…based on a minimum of 350 plate appearances, he leads the ma- the league…has just 14 losses, which is the fewest in the majors…has the jors in batting (.323) and ranks fourth in on-base percentage (.405).…Matt second highest slugging percentage against first batters faced in the AL Olson ranks third in the American League in OPS (.934) and slugging per- (.424) and the fourth highest batting average (.242).