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A’s AT A GLANCE OAKLAND ATHLETICS (37-42) VS. TEXAS RANGERS (50-29) Season High +2 (3 times, last: May 14) SUNDAY, JULY 1, 2012 – RANGERS BALLPARK – 6:05 P.M. CDT Season Low 26-35 (June 10) LHP TRAVIS BLACKLEY (1-2, 3.05) VS. RHP YU DARVISH (10-4, 3.57) April 10-12 CSNCA – A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) May 11-16 June 15-13 July 0-0 ABOUT THE A’s August 0-0 September 0-0 ABOUT THE A’S: Have lost three in a row and six of the past nine games after winning eight of the previous Home Series 5-5-3 nine contests…however, are now 15-12 over the last 27 games after losing a season-high nine consecutive Road Series 5-6-3 contests…are in third place in the American League West for the 19th consecutive day and trail Texas by a Series Sweeps 2-4 season-high 13 games…have spent one day tied for first this year, 30 days in second, eight days tied for First Game of Series 11-16 second, 30 days in third, eight days tied for third and 11 days in fourth…have now lost two of the past three Last Game of Series 14-12 A’s Score First 26-13 series after winning three series in a row June 12-21, which marked the first time the A’s won three straight Opponent Scores First 11-29 series since Sept. 3-12, 2010. Leading After 7th 28-5 Leading After 8th 30-4 A’s IN JUNE: The A’s went 15-13 (.536) in June, finishing with a winning record in the month for the first time Tied After 7th 6-4 since 2008 (16-10)…the 15 wins are their most in any month since going 16-12 in May, 2010…went 10-12 in Tied After 8th 5-2 April and 11-16 in May this year and have finished the first two months of the season with a losing record for the Trailing After 7th 3-33 th second consecutive year and third time in the last four years…A’s hitters ranked first in the American League in Trailing After 8 2-36 walks (103), were second in triples (7), tied for third in home runs (34), tied for fourth in extra base hits (84) and Commit No Errors 23-18 tied for fifth in doubles (47)…also led the AL with 231 strikeouts…the pitching staff had the lowest opponents Commit 1 or More Errors 14-24 More HR Than Opp. 19-13 batting average (.229) and slugging percentage (.342) and had the third lowest ERA (3.32)…however, allowed Fewer HR Than Opp. 4-20 92 walks, which was second most. Same Total HR of Opp. 14-9 Starter Pitches 7 or More 19-10 ALL-STAR: Ryan Cook was named as the A’s representative to the American League All-Star team today…it is Starter Pitches Less Than 7 18-32 his first career All-Star selection…the All-Star Game will be played July 10 in Kansas City. When Scoring 4 or More 29-9 When Scoring Less Than 4 8-33 CLOSE CALLS: The A’s lost yesterday, 7-2, after each of their previous seven losses came by one run…that Last At Bat 9-9 was the longest such streak in Oakland history (previous: 6, May 14-24, 1969)…are 8-12 (.400) in one-run Different Lineups 73 games for the season, which is the second worst record in the American League…are 4-2 in extra inning games and rank third in the AL in extra inning wins…are 12-10 in games decided in the seventh inning or later, A’s vs. RANGERS including 9-9 in the last at bat...have five “walk-off” wins this year, which is two more than last year…have four losses when leading after eight innings, which is tied with Miami for the most such losses in the majors. The A’s trail the season series, 4- 5…have lost three in a row and PITCHING: The A’s have a 2.70 ERA (42 er in 140.0 ip) and .192 (95 for 495) opponents batting average over four of five in Texas following last night’s loss and are 3-1 in the last 16 games…now have a 3.55 ERA for the season, which ranks second in the American League…have Oakland…have lost five of the tossed eight shutouts, which is tied for second…have allowed the second fewest home runs (64) and have the previous six season series and are second lowest opponents slugging percentage (.375)…have the fourth most walks (261) and second fewest 55-68 (.447) against Texas over strikeouts (501)…A’s starting pitchers are 6-4 with a 2.01 ERA (22 er in 98.1 ip) and .175 (60 for 342) that span (since 2006)…are 296- opponents batting average over the last 16 games…have allowed three hits or fewer in nine of those games 312 all-time against the Texas and one earned run or fewer 10 times…now have a 3.82 ERA (200 er in 471.1 ip) for the season, which ranks Rangers…that breaks down to third in the American League. 159-145 in Oakland and 137-167 in Texas…have an all-time record THE LONG BALL: The A’s had five straight hits that were home runs between Wednesday and Thursday of 393-394 against the Rangers/Senators. (Crisp, Cespedes on Wednesday; Reddick, Norris, Pennington on Thursday)…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, that marked the fourth time in Oakland history that the A’s had five or more consecutive hits that were

home runs, the first time since Sept. 22-23, 2001…the record is six straight, June 15-16, 1971…won TODAY’S TIDBITS Wednesday, 2-1, and scored both of their runs on solo home runs (Crisp, Céspedes)…it was the first time in Ryan Cook ranks second among Oakland history that the A’s won a game with two hits and both hits being home runs…won their second 1-0 American League relievers in game of the season Monday…the lone run scored on a Seth Smith home run, the 12th 1-0 win in Oakland opponents batting average (.109) history in which the lone run scored on a home run (last: Erubiel Durazo on Sept. 12, 2004 vs. Cleveland). and opponents slugging percentage (.164) and is tied for OFFENSE: The A’s rank last in the majors in batting (.224), have the third lowest on-base percentage (.302) eighth in ERA (1.59). and fourth lowest slugging percentage (.365)…have scored the fewest runs in the American League (297) and Yoenis Cespedes is 13 for 41 have been shut out a Major League leading 11 times…were shut out 15 times last year and those were the (.317) with four runs, two doubles, most times the A’s were shutout in a season since 1979 (17)…rank second in the AL in stolen bases three home runs, nine RBI and (62)…have grounded into one or more double plays in six of the past seven games (nine total) but are tied for four walks over his last 11 the third fewest grounded into double plays in the AL for the season (52)…are batting .325 (65 for 200) with games…is 13 for 24 (.542) with runners in scoring position over the last 25 games after hitting .209 over the first 54 contests…have hit 76 home three doubles, one triple, one home run and seven RBI in seven runs after tallying just 50 home runs before the All-Star Break last year…35 of the A’s 76 home runs have come games against Texas this year. with two outs, which is tied for third most in the AL…lead the majors in pitches per plate appearance (4.00). rd Coco Crisp has batted leadoff in PLAYERS USED: Chris Carter became the 43 player to appear in a game for the A’s this year on Friday, each of his last 15 games and is which is second most in the majors to San Diego (47)…last year, the A’s used 48 players, which was their 19 for 58 (.328) with 10 runs, two fewest since 2006 (40)…Carter is the 17th rookie, which is the most in the majors and three more than the A’s doubles, one home run, five RBI, season total from last year…currently have 10 rookies on the roster (Carter, Céspedes, Cook, Doolittle, Griffin, seven walks, seven stolen bases Miller, Milone, Norris, Parker, Scribner). and six multiple hit games over that span. HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 2-4 on this seven-game road trip to Seattle (2-1) and Texas (0-3)…begin a Josh Reddick has 18 homers and six-game homestand against Boston (three games) and Seattle (three games) tomorrow that will lead into the is the second Athletic since 2003 All-Star Break…are 19-19 at home compared to 18-23 on the road…the pitching staff has a 2.99 ERA (117 er in with at least 18 home runs by the 352.2 ip) at home compared to 4.12 (161 er in 351.2 ip) on the road…the home ERA is the lowest in the end of June (Swisher, 19 in 2006). American League while the road ERA ranks eighth.

THIS DATE IN A’s HISTORY DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s committed three errors last night and now have 10 errors over the past eight games…have 51 errors for the season, which is sixth most in the American League…have turned 83 double In 1902 Rube Waddell becomes plays, which ranks third in the AL…A’s outfielders have 16 assists, which is tied for second in the AL. the first Major League pitcher to strike out the side on nine THE DISABLED LIST: The A’s have used the disabled list 14 times and currently have eight players on the DL pitches…he turns the trick in the third inning of the A’s 2-0 win over (Anderson, Braden, Carignan, Colón, Cowgill, Devine, McCarthy, Sizemore)…the eight players matches the Baltimore, his first victory as an season high (also May 18-20)…three of those players will miss the remainder of the season (Carignan, Devine, Athletic…in 1979 the A's collect a Sizemore)…the A’s used the DL 15 times last year, which was the fewest since 2006 when they also used it 15 team record 29 hits in a 13-12, 15 times…used the DL a total of 87 times from 2007-10…have not had fewer than two players on the DL since the inning win at Texas…Jim Essian end of the 2006 season, when they had just one. has five hits and Rickey Henderson, Mike Heath and Mike Edwards add four each…in 2007 PITCHING PROBABLES

Dan Haren extends his winning Mon., July 2 vs. BOS RHP Jarrod Parker (4-3, 2.57) vs. RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-2, 4.91) 7:05 CSNCA streak to 10 games in the A’s 11-5 Tues., July 3 vs. BOS TBA vs. LHP Jon Lester (5-5, 4.53) 7:05 CSNCA win at New York. Wed., July 4 vs. BOS RHP A.J. Griffin (0-0, 1.50) vs. LHP Franklin Morales (1-1, 2.59) 1:05 CSNCA

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TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: Travis Blackley (1-2, 3.05 ERA)

BLACKLEY BY THE NUMBERS FOR STARTERS: Is scheduled to make th BLACKLEY’S 2012 STARTS WITH OAKLAND his 10 appearance and seventh start W L ERA G IP ER since he was claimed off waivers from Date Opponent Score Dec ERA* IP H R ER BB SO HR #PIT 2012 1 2 3.69 13 46.1 19 San Francisco May 15…it is his 14th May 28 at MIN 4-5 -- 3.38 5.0 3 1 1 1 3 1 72 2011 0 0 --- 0 0.0 0 May Totals (8 G, 1 GS) 0-0 3.38 16.0 14 8 6 3 9 1 Career 2 5 6.11 21 81.0 55 appearance overall this year…the A’s are June 5 TEX 3-6 L 4.79 4.2 7 5 5 2 5 0 93 3-3 (.500) in his starting assignments and June 10 at ARI 3-4 L 4.97 4.2 6 4 3 3 2 0 91 Home 1 1 3.20 6 25.1 9 his teams are 6-8 (.429) in his June 15 SD 10-2 W 4.60 6.0 5 2 2 2 3 0 104 Road 0 1 4.29 7 21.0 10 career…has tossed six or more innings in June 21 LAD 4-1 -- 3.89 8.0 3 1 1 0 6 0 87 Day 0 1 2.37 4 19.0 5 three of his six starts, allowed two runs or June 26 at SEA 2-3 -- 3.69 7.0 5 2 2 1 3 0 88 Night 1 1 4.61 9 27.1 14 fewer four times and walked two batters June Totals (5 G, 5 GS) 1-2 3.86 30.1 26 14 13 8 19 0 Pre-ASB 1 2 3.69 13 46.1 19 *indicates overall ERA with San Francisco and Oakland Post-ASB 0 0 --- 0 0.0 0 or fewer five times. LAST THREE STARTS: Is 1-0 with a 2.14 ERA (21.0 ip, 13 h, 5 r, 5 er, 3 bb, 12 so, 0 hr) and .186 (13 for AVG. AB H vs. LHH .229 48 11 70) opponents batting average over his last three starts…has run support of one and two in his two no vs. RHH .238 122 29 decisions during this stretch. PICKED OFF: Picked off his fourth base runner of the season in his last start, which is tied for the American RUN SUPPORT League lead (Romero, TOR)…opponents are 1 for 3 in stolen base attempts.

Blackley (as starter) OPPONENTS BATTING: Did not allow a home run in 30.1 innings in June and has allowed just one home Runs Scored Times 0 1 run in 46.1 innings this year…the home run was a solo shot in his first start on May 28 at Minnesota 1 1 (Plouffe)...opponents are 7 for 43 (.163) with three walks (.217 on-base percentage) when leading off an 2 2 inning…has issued all 11 of his walks to right-handed hitters…has allowed a .187 (20 for 107) batting 3 1 average with the bases empty compared to .317 (20 for 63) with runners on…opponents are hitting .351 (13 4 0 for 37) with runners in scoring position…has yielded a .500 (10 for 20) batting average to the opponents 5 0 number four hitter and .200 (30 for 150) against everyone else. 6 0 7 0 STARTING AND RELIEVING: Is 1-2 with a 3.57 ERA (14 er in 35.1 ip) in six starts year and 0-0 with a 4.09 8 0 ERA (5 er in 11.0 ip) in seven relief appearances…first batters faced were 0 for 6 with a sacrifice hit in his 9 1 10 0 relief appearances and he allowed 1 of 2 inherited runners to score…had eight career appearances Run Support Avg. 4.33 entering this season and all were starts…is 2-5 with a 6.43 ERA (50 er in 70.0 ip) in 14 career starts…made six starts with Seattle in 2004 and two with San Francisco in 2007. BLACKLEY vs. TEXAS ALMOST EIGHT YEARS: Was the winning pitcher June 15 against San Diego, his first Major League win

W L ERA G IP ER since he defeated Seattle in his Major League debut July 1, 2004…the span of seven years, 350 days 2012 0 1 9.64 1 4.2 5 between wins is the longest since Vicente Romo went 8 years and 3 days between victories from July 16, 2011 0 0 --- 0 0.0 0 1974 to July 19, 1982…it is the fourth longest streak by a pitcher in the expansion era (since 1961) behind Career 1 1 7.84 2 10.1 9 Jim Bouton (8 years, 65 days), Romo and Joe Grzenda (7 years, 362 days)…the win snapped a career-high five-game losing streak dating back to July 7, 2004. Blackley’s Starts vs. Texas BRIEFLY: Began the season at Triple-A Fresno and was 3-0 with a save and a 0.39 ERA in four games, DATE H/A DEC IP H R ER BB SO three starts, before he was selected by San Francisco May 1…posted a 9.00 ERA and .333 opponents 7/1/04 H W 5.2 6 4 4 3 4 batting average in four relief appearances with San Francisco before he was designated for assignment 6/5/12 H L 4.2 7 5 5 2 5 May 13…was claimed off waivers by the A’s May 15 and did not allow an earned run in three relief Texas Career Batting vs. Blackley appearances (6.0 ip) before making his first start May 28…has remained in the rotation since then.

AVG. AB H HR BB SO 2012 START-BY-START: Had a no decision in the A’s 5-4 loss at Minnesota May 28…blanked the Twins Andrus .000 3 0 0 0 1 on two hits over the first four innings and had a 2-0 lead when he allowed a solo home run to Plouffe in the Beltre .667 3 2 0 0 1 fifth inning…the A’s scored a run in the sixth to increase the lead to 3-1 but Norberto allowed two runs in the Cruz .500 2 1 0 0 0 sixth inning for the blown save…it was his first Major League start since September 29, 2007…was the Gentry .000 1 0 0 0 1 losing pitcher in the A’s 6-3 loss to Texas June 5 in Oakland…allowed a career-high tying seven Hamilton .333 3 1 0 0 1 hits…retired the first six batters before the Rangers scored three times in the third inning on a two-run Kinsler .333 3 1 0 0 1 double by Kinsler and a RBI double by Hamilton…also allowed a sacrifice fly to Torrealba in the fourth and Napoli --- 0 0 0 2 0 Torrealba 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 a RBI triple to Young in the fifth…lost his second consecutive start in the A’s 4-3 loss at Arizona June Young .333 6 2 0 0 0 10…allowed three runs, two earned, in the first inning on a fielders choice and a two-run single by Hill…the A’s scored twice in the fourth to make the score 3-2 but he allowed a RBI single to Kubel in the fifth…was the winning pitcher in the A’s 10-2 win over San Diego June 15 in Oakland…allowed a RBI single to BLACKLEY’S CAREER HIGHS Quentin in the first inning but the A’s came back with five runs in the bottom of the first…also allowed a RBI Low Hit CG: None single to Denorfia in the second but retired 12 of the final 14 batters he faced…had a no decision in the A’s IP: 8.0, 6/21/12 vs. LAD 4-1 win over Los Angeles (NL) June 21 in Oakland…struck out a career-high six batters in a career-high 8.0 Fewest IP, GS: 2.0, 7/16/04 vs. CLE innings…retired each of the first 10 batters before Herrera doubled with one out in the fourth...one out later, H: 7 (five times), last: 6/5/12 vs. TEX Rivera had a RBI single…retired 12 of the final 13 hitters he faced…Kershaw limited the A’s to a run over R: 7, 7/16/04 vs. CLE ER: 7, 7/16/04 vs. CLE eighth innings and Blackley was relieved by Cook to start the ninth with the scored tied at 1-1…Céspedes BB: 9, 7/26/04 at OAK hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth for the win. SO: 6, 6/21/12 vs. LAD HR: 3 (twice), last: 7/21/04 vs. OAK LAST START: He had a no decision in the A’s 3-2 loss at Seattle last Tuesday…retired six of the first Win Streak: 1 (twice), last: 6/15/12 to present seven batters he faced before the Mariners scored twice in the third inning on a Gutierrez RBI double and a Loss Streak: 5, 7/7/04 to 6/10/12 Seager sacrifice fly…faced the minimum over his final four innings thanks to a pickoff and grounded into Scoreless Streak: 7.0, 6/15/12 to 6/21/12 double play…the A’s scored twice in the seventh inning to tie the game but Miller allowed a run in the eighth Complete Games: None for the loss. Shutouts: None BLACKLEY vs. TEXAS: Is 1-1 with a 7.84 ERA (10.1 ip, 13 h, 9 r, 9 er, 5 bb, 9 so, 1 hr) in two career appearances, both starts…was the losing pitcher in his only start this year, a 6-3 A’s loss in Oakland June 5…allowed a career-high tying seven hits…retired the first six batters before the Rangers scored three times in the third inning on a two-run double by Kinsler and a RBI double by Hamilton…also allowed a sacrifice fly to Torrealba in the fourth and a RBI triple to Young in the fifth…his other start was a win in his Major League debut on July 1, 2004, an 8-4 Mariners win in Seattle…blanked the Rangers on one walk over the first three innings and had a 7-0 lead when he allowed a run to score on a double play in the fourth…also allowed a three-run home run to Mench in the sixth inning.

WITH FRESNO: Was 3-0 with a save and BLACKLEY’S 2012 APPEARANCES WITH FRESNO a 0.39 ERA in four games, three starts, with Triple-A Fresno in the San Francisco Date Opponent Score Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR #PIT organization…walked just three batters in *April 8 at Tucson 4-1 S 0.00 4.0 3 0 0 0 5 0 48 April 15 Tacoma 7-1 W 0.96 5.1 1 1 1 1 6 1 78 23.1 innings (1.16 per nine innings) and April 20 Reno 5-2 W 0.55 7.0 6 0 0 1 3 0 88 allowed one home run…allowed a .163 April 26 Col. Springs 3-0 W 0.39 7.0 3 0 0 1 5 0 86 opponents batting average, including .153 Fresno Totals (4 G, 3 GS) 3-0 0.39 23.1 13 1 1 3 19 1

(9 for 59) against right-handed hitters and *indicates relief appearance .190 (4 for 21) against left-handed hitters…opponents were 1 for 27 (.037) with runners on base, including 0 for 11 with runners in scoring position…tossed at least 4.0 innings in each of his four outings…did not allow a run over his final two starts and finished the Triple-A portion of his campaign with a 15.1-inning scoreless streak.

TOMORROW’S PROBABLE STARTING PITCHER

RHP Jarrod Parker (4-3, 2.57 ERA): Is scheduled to make his 13th start of the season, the 14th of his career…has allowed one run or fewer in six of his last seven starts and is 3-1 with a 1.76 ERA (9 er in 46.0 ip) and .181 (28 for 155) opponents batting average over that span…has allowed one run or fewer in nine of his 13 career starts…since 1918, the only other starting pitcher to allow one run or fewer in nine of his first 13 games is Dwight Gooden in 1984…earned his first Major League win in his only career appearance against the Red Sox, a 5-3 victory at Boston May 1…had a 5-0 lead when he allowed his only run in 6.2 innings in the fourth inning…Norberto recorded the save, marking the first time A’s pitchers recorded their first win and save in the same game since Joe Klink saved Steve Chitren’s victory Sept. 30, 1990 at Texas.

ATHLETICS BULLPEN BRIEFS

10-9, 3.01 ERA (233.0 ip, 176 h, 85 r, 78 er, 114 bb, 199 so, 17 hr) Save/Save Opportunities: 20/30 (66.7%) The A’s bullpen is 1-3 with two saves, two blown saves and a 5.70 ERA (15 er in 23.2 ip) over the past nine games after going 3-0 with five saves, one blown save and a 1.48 ERA in its previous nine games…has a 3.01 ERA for the season, which ranks third in the American League…has the lowest opponents batting average (.212) and slugging percentage (.329)…has allowed the second most walks (114)…has 82 strikeouts in 79.2 innings over its last 28 games (9.3 per nine innings) after fanning 117 in 153.1 innings over the first 49 contests (6.9 per nine innings).

50 RHP GRANT BALFOUR Save/Opportunities: 7-9 Last Outing: 6/29 at Texas (L, 0.2 ip, 1 h, 4 r, 4 er, 3 bb, 0 so) Inherited Runners/Scored: 14/7 First Hitters: 9-32 (6 bb)  Allowed a career-high tying four runs in his last appearance Friday (third time, last: Sept. 11, 2007 at Boston) to snap his scoreless streak at 11.2 innings.  Is tied for second in the American League in games pitched (38) and tied for seventh among AL relievers in innings pitched (38.2)…is tied for fourth among AL relievers in walks (18).  Has a 0.95 ERA (2 er in 19.0 ip) in 18 appearances at home compared to a 5.95 ERA (13 er in 19.2 ip) in 20 outings on the road.  First batters faced are 9 for 32 (.281) with six walks for a .395 on-base percentage…the six walks are tied for second most among AL relievers and the on-base percentage ranks seventh highest.  Has faced the Rangers four times this year (4.0 ip, 3 h, 4 r, 4 er, 4 bb, 2 so, 9.00 ERA)…is 4-2 with a 3.06 ERA in 30 appearances in his career (35.1 ip, 21 h, 12 r, 12 er, 23 bb, 35 so, 4 hr).  His last save was May 5 and it was the 17th of his career, tying Graeme Lloyd for the most in Major League history by an Australian-born pitcher.  Was used mostly as a setup man with Oakland last year, posting a 5-2 record with two saves, a 2.47 ERA and .199 opponents average in 62 appearances…tied for eighth among AL relievers in grounded into double plays (8) and ranked 10th in opponents on-base percentage (.266).

13 LHP JERRY BLEVINS Save/Opportunities: 0-0 Last Outing: 6/29 at Texas (ND, 1.0 ip, 0 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 1 so) Inherited Runners/Scored: 16/6 First Hitters: 9-26 (0 bb, 1 sf, 1 hbp)  Had a 3.86 ERA (4 er in 9.1 ip) in 10 games in the month of June after posting a 1.98 ERA in 10 games in May and 2.08 ERA in seven appearances in April.  First batters faced are 9 for 26 (.346), which is the fourth highest mark among American League relievers.  Has allowed 6 of 16 (37.5%) inherited runners to score, which is tied for the sixth highest percentage in the AL.  Has not allowed a run or hit in two games against Texas this year (2.0 ip, 2 so)…is 1-1 with a 2.21 ERA in 22 career games against the Rangers (20.1 ip, 15 h, 9 r, 5 er, 3 bb, 22 so, 2 hr).  Was on the A’s Opening Day roster last year but had six stints with Oakland…had a 2.86 ERA and .235 opponents average in 26 games…the ERA was the lowest of his career but he allowed 8 of 14 (57.1%) inherited runners to score, which was the highest percentage of his career.

48 RHP RYAN COOK Save/Opportunities: 6-9 Last Outing: 6/29 at Texas (BS, 0.1 ip, 1 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 1 so) Inherited Runners/Scored: 11/4 First Hitters: 3-28 (6 bb)  Was named as the A’s representative to the American League All-Star team today…it is his first career All-Star selection…the All-Star Game will be played July 10 in Kansas City.  Ranks second among American League relievers in opponents batting average (.109) and opponents slugging percentage (.164) and is tied for eighth in ERA (1.59, 6 er in 34.0 ip)…is tied for the most walks (21), tied for second in blown saves (3) and tied for eighth in losses (2).  Has not allowed a run in 27 appearances with one or more days rest (28.2 ip)…has allowed six runs in 5.1 innings (10.13 ERA) in seven games with no rest.  Has not allowed a home run and his 34.0 innings pitched are the most among AL pitchers with no home runs.  First batters faced are hitting .107 (3 for 28), which is tied for the eighth lowest average in the AL…however, has allowed six first batter walks, which is tied for second most.  Allowed his first hit with runners in scoring position and two outs in his last appearance Friday (Gentry triple)…opponents are now 4 for 34 (.118) with runners in scoring position and 1 for 17 with RISP and two outs.  Is tied for seventh among AL relievers in grounded into double plays (5).  Has a win and blown save in two appearances against Texas this year (2.1 ip, 1 h, 2 bb, 2 so).  Began the season with a 23.0-inning scoreless streak, which was the longest scoreless streak to start a season by an Athletics pitcher on the Opening Day roster since at least 1918…broke the previous mark of 21.0 innings set by Alex Kellner in 1953.  Made his Major League debut with Arizona in 2011, posting a 7.04 ERA and .333 opponents batting average in 12 relief appearances over three stints…led the Diamondbacks farm system with 19 saves after being used exclusively as a starter over his first three professional seasons.

62 LHP SEAN DOOLITTLE Save/Opportunities: 0-0 Last Outing: 6/28 at Texas (ND, 1.2 ip, 3 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 1 so) Inherited Runners/Scored: 5/2 First Hitters: 4-8 (0 bb)  Was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento June 4 and has pitched eight times (10.1 ip, 12 h, 4 r, 4 er, 2 bb, 18 so, 3.48 ERA).  Has struck out 18 in 10.1 innings, an average of 15.7 per nine innings.  Was originally drafted by the A’s as a compensation pick following the first round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft…began his career as a first baseman but knee injuries limited him to 28 games in 2009, no games in 2010 and one game last year.  Combined to post a 0.72 ERA in 16 relief appearances with Single-A Stockton, Double-A Midland and Triple-A Sacramento…allowed a .091 opponents batting average, including .085 (5 for 59) by right-handed hitters and .107 (3 for 28) by left-handers…did not allow a home run in 25.0 innings…struck out 48, an average of 17.3 per nine innings…began the year at Stockton, was promoted to Midland April 26 and Sacramento May 27…his complete 2012 statistics: W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO Stockton (A) 0 0 0.87 6 0 0 0 0 10.1 5 2 1 2 21 Midland (AA) 0 0 0.82 8 0 0 0 1 11.0 2 2 1 4 19 Sacramento (AAA) 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 3.2 1 0 0 1 8  Missed nearly the entire 2011 season as he continued to recover from surgery on a torn left patella…while on the DL, he began to work out as a pitcher…appeared in one game for the A’s affiliate in the Arizona Rookie League on Aug. 29 (1.0 ip, 1 r, 1 er, 1 bb, 2 so).

40 LHP BRIAN FUENTES Save/Opportunities: 5-8 Last Outing: 6/30 at Texas (ND, 1.1 ip, 2 h, 1 r, 1 er, 1 bb, 1 so) Inherited Runners/Scored: 2/0 First Hitters: 4-25 (1 bb)  Allowed one run in 1.1 innings last night, his first appearance since June 23…has made just two appearances over the past 15 games and has pitched three times in the last 20 games.  Is 0-2 with a save, two blown saves and a 19.50 ERA over his past seven games (6.0 ip, 14 h, 13 r, 13 er, 7 bb, 3 so, 4 hr)…has allowed two walk-off home runs over that span (Roberts, June 8 at Arizona; Willingham, May 29 at Minnesota).  Is tied for second among AL relievers in blown saves (3) and tied for eighth in losses (2).  Has two saves in four games against the Rangers this season (4.1 ip, 6 h, 2 r, 2 er, 1 bb, 3 so, 4.15 ERA)…is 12 for 12 in save opportunities in 26 career games against Texas (24.1 ip, 21 h, 9 r, 9 er, 5 bb, 18 so, 2 hr, 3.33 ERA).  Has 204 career saves, which is sixth most in Major League history by a left-handed pitcher (Sparky Lyle is 5th, 222).  Was the A’s closer the first two months last year due to Bailey’s injury…was 1-8 with 12 saves, 3 blown saves and a 5.09 ERA in 38 games through July 1…then went 1-0 with no save opportunities and a 1.57 ERA over his final 29 appearances…had a 3.70 ERA in 67 games overall.

53 RHP JIM MILLER Save/Opportunities: 0-0 Last Outing: 6/28 at Texas (ND, 0.2 ip, 1 h, 1 r, 1 er, 3 bb, 1 so) Inherited Runners/Scored: 10/5 First Hitters: 5-15 (3 bb)  Has allowed two runs in 1.1 innings over his past two appearances to snap his scoreless streak at a career-high 9.0 innings.  Has allowed a .220 opponents batting average…left-handed hitters are batting .122 (5 for 41) and righties are hitting .300 (15 for 50).  Has tossed two or more innings in seven of his 18 appearances.  Has faced Texas three times this year (2.0 ip, 4 h, 2 r, 2 er, 4 bb, 2 so, 1 hr, 9.00 ERA).  Was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento May 20 for his second stint with the A’s this year and has a 1.72 ERA (3 er in 15.2 ip) in 12 games since then…was selected from Sacramento April 25 for his first stint and had a 1.93 ERA in six appearances before he was optioned May 11.  Was 0-2 with two saves and a 2.92 ERA in 10 relief appearances with the River Cats…allowed a .200 batting average, including .071 against right-handed hitters, and walked just two batters in 12.1 innings.  Spent the entire 2011 season with Triple-A Colorado Springs before he was selected by Colorado Sept. 6…appeared in six games, compiling a 2.57 ERA and .130 opponents batting average…went 8-5 with 24 saves and a 5.25 ERA in 65 relief appearances with Colorado Springs. 77 LHP JORDAN NORBERTO Save/Opportunities: 1-2 Last Outing: 6/30 at Texas (ND, 1.2 ip, 2 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 1 so) Inherited Runners/Scored: 20/4 First Hitters: 3-23 (1 bb)  Was reinstated from the 15-day disabled list June 21 and has not allowed an earned run in three games since his return (4.1 ip, 3 h, 1 r, 4 bb, 4 so)…was placed on the DL June 4 retroactive to May 31 with a left shoulder strain.  Has a 2.08 ERA (4 er in 17.1 ip) in 15 appearances on two days rest or fewer and a 5.11 ERA (7 er in 12.1 ip) in his nine other outings.  Has allowed 4 of 20 (20.0%) inherited runners to score, which it tied for the ninth lowest percentage in the AL.  Has not allowed an earned run in four career appearances against Texas (5.1, 2 h, 1 r, 2 bb, 2 so).  Was acquired from Arizona at the trading deadline last year, posting an 8.10 ERA in six relief appearances over two stints with the A’s…also combined for a 6-2 record and a 3.79 ERA in 47 minor league appearances with Reno and Sacramento…allowed two home runs in 57.0 innings.

58 RHP EVAN SCRIBNER Save/Opportunities: 1-1 Last Outing: 6/28 at Texas (ND, 0.1 ip, 2 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 0 so) Inherited Runners/Scored: 1/0 First Hitters: 1-3 (0 bb)  Was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento a week ago today for his second stint with the A’s this season and has pitched once since his return (0.1 ip, 2 h)…was selected from Sacramento June 6 and did not allow a run in two games and 4.1 innings before he was optioned June 16.  Is 22-18 with 67 saves and a 2.85 ERA in 240 relief appearances in six minor league seasons…has 377 career strikeouts and just 84 walks for a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 4.49.  Appeared in three games with Sacramento following his June 16 option and had two saves while tossing 3.0 scoreless innings…held the opposition to a .203 batting average, including .147 against right-handed hitters...his complete 2012 statistics: W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO Sacramento (AAA) 3 0 3.03 26 0 0 0 8 35.2 26 12 12 10 38  Made his Major League debut with San Diego in 2011, posting a 7.07 ERA in 10 relief appearances over two stints with the Padres…spent the balance of the season with Triple-A Tucson and was 2-3 with 10 saves, one blown save and a 4.71 ERA in 28 relief appearances.

ATHLETICS BATTING NOTES

22 CHRIS CARTER Career vs. Darvish (---, 0-0, 0 HR, 0 BB, 0 SO) Current Streak: 2 games (3 for 7) Texas Series: 3-7, 4 r, 2b, 2 hr, 2 rbi, bb, so Road Trip: 3-7, 4 r, 2b, 2 hr, 2 rbi, bb, so  Was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento Friday for his first stint with the A’s this year and has homered in each of his first two games, the first time in his career he has homered in back-to-back games.  Has a .283 (879 for 3108) average with 182 home runs and 639 RBI in 826 minor league games in eight seasons…also has 209 doubles and 15 triples for a .535 slugging percentage and his 442 walks fuel a .378 on-base percentage.  Was batting .386 with 11 runs, four doubles, two home runs and five RBI in his final 12 games with Sacramento…led the River Cats in RBI (53), was second in walks (38), runs (48) and strikeouts (74) and third in home runs (12) at the time of his promotion…his complete 2012 statistics: AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBP Sacramento (AAA) .279 72 276 48 77 19 1 12 53 38 74 5 1 .486 .367  Batted .136 with no extra base hits and no RBI in 15 games in two stints with Oakland last year…spent the balance of the season with Sacramento, where he batted .274 with 18 home runs and 72 RBI in 75 games with the River Cats…finished second on the club in RBI.

52 YOENIS CÉSPEDES Career vs. Darvish (1.000, 1-1, 0 HR, 0 BB, 0 SO) Current Streak: 5 games (8 for 18) Texas Series: 6-12, 2b, 3 rbi, bb Road Trip: 8-21, 2 r, 2b, 2 hr, 5 rbi, bb, ibb, 3 so, gidp  Had a career-high tying three hits Thursday (fifth time, last: June 6, 2012 vs. Texas).  Is 13 for 41 (.317) with four runs, two doubles, three home runs, nine RBI, four walks and 10 strikeouts in 11 starts (nine at designated hitter, one in left field, one in center field) over the A’s last 11 games…had missed nine of the previous 10 games due to a strained left hamstring (went 0 for 1 June 13).  Ranks second among American League rookies in home runs (9) and RBI (35), is tied for second in walks (14) and is fifth in stolen bases (4).  Is hitting .360 (18 for 50) with runners in scoring position.  Is 8 for 21 (.381) with two home runs and five RBI on the road trip…however, is batting .237 (23 for 97) on the road for the season compared to .342 (26 for 76) with six of his nine home runs and 21 of his 35 RBI at home.  Is 13 for 24 (.542) with three doubles, one triple, one home run and seven RBI in seven games against Texas this year.  Six of his nine home runs and 18 of his 35 RBI have come in the seventh inning or later…is hitting .367 (22 for 60) after the sixth inning.  Six of his nine home runs have come with runners on base (three two-run, three three-run).  The A’s are 25-22 with him in the lineup and 12-20 when he doesn’t play.  Has started 19 games (nine at designated hitter, six in left field, four in center field) since he was reinstated from the DL June 1…was placed on the 15-day DL May 12 retroactive to May 7 with a strained muscle in his left hand…each of his 28 starts before the injury were in center field.  Spent eight seasons in Cuba playing for Granma in Cuba’s Serie Nacional…hit .333 with 33 home runs and 99 RBI in 90 games in his final season, 2010-11…the home runs tied for the league lead and set a league record…had 177 career home runs.

12 COLLIN COWGILL Current Streak: 0 for 5  Was placed on the 15-day disabled list June 23 with a sprained left ankle…is eligible to be reinstated July 8.  Was batting .368 (21 for 57) over his last 17 games after hitting .128 over his first 15 contests.  Made his Major League debut with Arizona last year and hit .239 with a home run and nine RBI in 36 games…also batted .354 with 13 home runs and 70 RBI in 98 games with Triple-A Reno…was named to the PCL Postseason All-Star team and earned PCL Rookie of the Year honors.

4 COCO CRISP Career vs. Darvish (.667, 2-3, 1 HR, 1 BB, 0 SO) Current Streak: 0 for 5 Texas Series: 4-13, 2 r, rbi, 4 so, sb, gidp Road Trip: 5-21, 3 r, hr, 2 rbi, 5 so, gidp, sb  Recorded a season-high tying three hits Thursday (also June 14 at Colorado).  Hit the fifth leadoff home run of his career Wednesday (last: April 20, 2011 vs. Boston)…it was the first by an Athletic this season.  Has batted leadoff in each of his last 15 games and is 19 for 58 (.328) with 10 runs, two doubles, one home run, five RBI, seven walks, seven stolen bases and six multiple hit games over that span.  Is 16 for 17 (94.1%) in stolen base attempts…ranks fourth in the American League in stolen base percentage and is tied for fourth in stolen bases…this is his 10th consecutive season with 10 or more steals.  Is 11 for 31 (.355) with runners in scoring position.  Was reinstated from the disabled list May 21 and has made each of his 31 starts since then in center field…prior to being placed on the 15-day DL May 3 with an inner ear infection, he made 15 of his 17 starts in left field…had 203 career starts in left entering this season, but none since October 2, 2005.  Had an Athletics record streak of 36 consecutive stolen bases without a caught stealing dating back to last season snapped on June 21 (caught stealing became an official stat in 1920)…that broke the previous mark of 28 set by Stan Javier (May 31-October 1, 1995).  Appeared in 136 games with the A’s last year after playing in just 124 games over the previous two seasons…batted .264 with eight home runs and 54 RBI…stole a career-high 49 bases, which tied for the American League lead (Gardner, NYY).

31 JONNY GOMES Career vs. Darvish (---, 0-0, 0 HR, 0 BB, 0 SO) Current Streak: 0 for 9 Texas Series: 0-8, 2 so Road Trip: 1-11, rbi, 3 so, hbp  Batted .289 (11 for 38) with three doubles, three home runs and seven RBI in 17 games in June after hitting .222 with three doubles, one home run and seven RBI in 22 games in May.  Is batting .250 (18 for 72) against left-handed pitching compared to .227 (15 for 66) against right-handers.  Has homered three times in his last 12 games after going homerless in each of his previous 21 contests.  Snapped a 0 for 34 streak as a pinch hitter with a home run June 16 against San Diego…is 1 for 7 with a home run, three RBI and two walks in the pinch this year and 15 for 108 (.139) in his career.  Began the 2011 season with Cincinnati and was batting .211 with 11 HR and 31 RBI in 77 games when he was traded to Washington July 26…hit .204 with 3 HR and 12 RBI in 43 games with the Nationals for a .209 batting average, 14 HR and 43 RBI in 120 games overall.

18 BRANDON HICKS Career vs. Darvish (---, 0-0, 0 HR, 0 BB, 0 SO) Current Streak: 0 for 11 Texas Series: 0-6, bb, 2 so Road Trip: 1-13, bb, 7 so  Was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento Saturday and has appeared in six games since then, including five starts (three at shortstop, one at second base, one at first base).  Two of his three hits are doubles, the first two extra base hits of his career.  Was claimed off waivers from Atlanta March 13 and optioned to Triple-A Sacramento March 15.  Is a .245 (467 for 1907) hitter with 75 home runs and 259 RBI in 538 minor league games over six professional seasons…went 1 for 26 (.038) in 33 games with Atlanta over the previous two seasons.  Homered in four straight games from June 17-21 and went 12 for 28 (.429) with six home runs and 18 RBI over his final eight games with Sacramento…was tied for the Pacific Coast League lead in hit by pitches (7) at the time of his promotion…also ranked second in strikeouts (76), fifth in extra base hits (37), tied for sixth in doubles (21), eighth in home runs (13), ninth in runs (49) and 10th in RBI (48) and slugging (.548)…appeared in 39 games at shortstop and 28 at second base…his complete 2012 statistics with Sacramento: AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBP Sacramento (AAA) .272 65 239 49 65 21 3 13 48 32 76 5 4 .548 .374  Had three stints with Atlanta last year and went 1 for 21 (.048) with a RBI in 17 games…spent the balance of the season at Triple-A Gwinnett where he batted .252 with 18 home runs and 50 RBI in 104 games.

7 BRANDON INGE Career vs. Darvish (.000, 0-1, 0 HR, 2 BB, 0 SO) Current Streak: 1 game (1 for 4) Texas Series: 2-13, rbi, 3 so, gidp Road Trip: 3-23, rbi, 8 so, gidp  Is 8 for 54 (.148) with five RBI and 18 strikeouts over his last 15 games after going 13 for 32 (.406) with four doubles, two home runs and 12 RBI over his previous nine contests.  Has seven home runs and 36 RBI in 49 games this year after tallying three home runs and 23 RBI in 102 games last year.  Six of his seven home runs have come with runners on base (one two-run, three three-run, two grand slams)…the two grand slams are tied for the Major League lead.  Is batting .328 (19 for 58) with runners in scoring position.  Has 34 RBI in 40 games with the A’s, which is fourth most in Oakland history by a player in his first 40 games with the club (Jermaine Dye, 42 in 2001; Dave Kingman, 36 in 1984; Jay Payton, 35 in 2005).  Was reinstated from the disabled list May 28 and has started 29 of the A’s 31 games at third base since his return (23 for 102, .225).  Began the season on Detroit’s DL with a strained left groin and was reinstated April 14…hit .100 with a home run and two RBI in nine games with the Tigers before he was released April 26…signed with the A’s April 30 before going on the DL retroactive to May 13 with a strained right groin.  Batted .197 with three home runs and 23 RBI in 120 games with Detroit last year…those were his fewest games played since 2002 (95 games)…finished strong with a .324 batting average in September.

37 BRANDON MOSS Career vs. Darvish (.000, 0-2, 0 HR, 1 BB, 0 SO) Current Streak: 1 game (1 for 4) Texas Series: 1-4, so Road Trip: 2-10, 4 so, gidp  Is 3 for 24 (.125) with no home runs or RBI and 11 strikeouts over his past seven games after batting .279 (12 for 43) with seven home runs, 12 RBI and 14 strikeouts in his first 13 games.  Is batting .300 (9 for 30) on the road compared to .162 (6 for 37) at home.  Of his 15 hits this year, 10 are for extra bases (three doubles, seven home runs).  Tied for eighth in the American League in home runs in June (7).  Has seven home runs in 20 games with the A’s…that is the third most in Oakland history by a player in his first 20 games with the A’s (Dave Kingman, 10 in 1984; Jack Cust, 8 in 2007).  Is tied for second among AL first basemen with four errors for the season.  Was selected from Triple-A Sacramento June 6 and has started 19 of the A’s 23 games at first base since then…prior to that had not started at first base since June 24, 2008 and had just two career appearances at first.  Was tied for second in the Pacific Coast League and tied for sixth in all of the minors in home runs at the time of his promotion…appeared in 14 games in left field, 14 at designated hitter, 13 at first base and 10 in right field…his complete 2012 statistics with Sacramento: AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBP Sacramento (AAA) .286 51 196 32 56 11 1 15 33 22 40 4 0 .582 .371  Batted .275 with 23 home runs and 80 RBI in 124 games with Triple-A Lehigh Valley last year…ranked fourth in the International League in extra base hits (55), fifth in home runs and sixth in RBI…was selected by Philadelphia Sept. 17 and went 0 for 6 with two strikeouts in five games.

36 DEREK NORRIS Career vs. Darvish (---, 0-0, 0 HR, 0 BB, 0 SO) Current Streak: 5 games (8 for 20) Texas Series: 4-7, r, hr, rbi, bb, so, gidp Road Trip: 5-11, r, hr, rbi, bb, 2 so, 2 gidp  Hit his first Major League home run a week ago today against San Francisco, a three-run “walk-off” shot in the bottom of the ninth off Santiago Casilla…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, he is the third player in Athletics history to hit a game-ending home run for his first ML home run…the other two are Dee Miles (September 14, 1939) and George Hendrick (May 28, 1972).  Was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento June 21 and has started five of the A’s 10 games at catcher since then…has also made one start at designated hitter.  Tossed out the first attempted stealer of his career in his Major League debut June 21 (Gordon)…however, opponents are 6 for 6 in stolen base attempts since then.  Was acquired by the A’s from Washington along with Tommy Milone, Brad Peacock and A.J. Cole for Gio Gonzalez and Rob Gilliam, December 23, 2011.  Is a .252 (410 for 1628) career hitter with 77 home runs and 268 RBI in 486 minor league games over six seasons.  Made all 55 of his appearances at with the River Cats at catcher and tossed out 17 of 63 (32.1%) attempted base stealers…has thrown out 168 of 438 (38.4%) in his career…hit .329 in April, .244 in May and was batting .214 in June…his complete 2012 statistics with Sacramento: AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBP Sacramento (AAA) .273 55 209 37 57 14 2 8 36 20 39 5 1 .474 .331  Made his Double-A debut with Harrisburg of the Eastern League in 2011 and batted .210 with 20 HR and 46 RBI in 104 games…ranked third in the league in walks (77)…his home runs came in just 334 at bats, while his average of 16.70 at bats per home run was the best mark in the EL.

2 CLIFF PENNINGTON Career vs. Darvish (.000, 0-1, 0 HR, 1 BB, 1 SO) Current Streak: 1 game (1 for 4) Texas Series: 1-4, r, hr, rbi, so Road Trip: 1-13, r, hr, rbi, bb, 4 so  Snapped his 0 for 18 streak with a home run in the third inning Thursday.  Is 3 for 32 (.094) with one run, one home run and one RBI over his last 10 games after going 15 for 40 (.375) with nine runs, five doubles, one home run and seven RBI over his previous 11 contests  Is batting .206 for the season, which is third lowest in the American League…also has the second lowest slugging percentage (.300) and the fourth lowest on-base percentage (.268).  The switch-hitter is batting .228 (41 for 180) against right-handed pitchers compared to .156 (12 for 77) against left-handers.  Has not grounded into a double play and his 257 at bats are second most in the AL among players with no GIDP.  Is 6 for 18 (.333) with four runs, two doubles, one home run and three RBI in five games against the Rangers this year.  Is batting .250 (41 for 164) at night compared to .129 (12 for 93) during the day.  Has reached base on an error seven times, which is second most in the AL.  Hit .264 with eight home runs and 58 RBI in a team-leading 148 games last year…had career highs in hits (136), home runs and RBI and matched his high in doubles (26)…ranked fifth in the American League with a .348 batting average with runners in scoring position.

16 JOSH REDDICK Career vs. Darvish (.000, 0-5, 0 HR, 0 BB, 4 SO) Current Streak: 2 games (2 for 6) Texas Series: 2-6, 2 r, 2b, hr, rbi, 3 bb, so Road Trip: 2-16, 2 r, 2b, hr, rbi, 4 bb, 6 so, 2 gidp  Is batting .233 (24 for 103) with four home runs, 12 RBI and 36 strikeouts over his last 29 games after hitting .291 with 10 home runs, 18 RBI and 19 strikeouts over his previous 21 contests.  Is tied for fourth in the American League in triples (4), tied for seventh in strikeouts (74) and is 10th in home runs (18).  His 18 home runs are second most by an Athletic before the end of June since 2003 (Nick Swisher, 19 in 2006).  Has hit 17 of his 18 home runs as a right fielder…A’s right fielders combined to hit 20 home runs from 2010-11…his home runs are the most by an A’s right fielder since 2005 when Nick Swisher had 21.  Is batting .297 (35 for 118) with 10 home runs and 22 RBI with two outs…is tied for the AL lead in two-out home runs, is third in hits and is tied for fifth in RBI.  Eight of his home runs have come with two strikes, which is tied for fourth in the AL.  Ranks second among AL outfielders with a career-high seven assists.  Appeared in 87 games over two stints with Boston last year and batted .280 with seven home runs and 28 RBI…ranked third among American League rookies in batting…spent the balance of the season at Pawtucket where he batted .230 with 14 home runs and 36 RBI in 52 games.

15 SETH SMITH Career vs. Darvish (.333, 2-6, 0 HR, 0 BB, 0 SO) Current Streak: 0 for 8 Texas Series: 0-5, rbi, 3 so, sf Road Trip: 2-13, 2 r, 2b, hr, 2 rbi, 2 bb, 6 so, sf  Hit a solo home run in the first inning Monday in the A’s 1-0 victory…it was the 12th time in Oakland history a player homered for the only run in a 1-0 win, the first time since Erubiel Durazo on September 12, 2004 vs. Cleveland.  Is batting .303 (37 for 122) with all eight of his home runs and 21 of his 27 RBI in 41 games as an outfielder compared to .178 (13 for 73) in 23 games at designated hitter.  Is tied for 10th in the American League with a career-high five hit by pitches.  Has hit two of his last four home runs off left-handed pitching…has hit just three of his 40 home runs over the last three years off left-handers and six of 59 in his career.  Is 2 for 9 (.222) with a walk and two RBI as a pinch hitter…is a .329 (48 for 146) career hitter in the pinch with five home runs and 36 RBI…since 2007, he has the best batting average, on-base percentage (.423) and slugging percentage (.575) among pinch hitters with 90 or more plate appearances…is also tied for third in RBI and tied for fifth in walks (26).  Spent the entire 2011 season as one of the Rockies regular outfielders (97 starts in right field, 22 in left)…had career-highs in games (147), runs (67), hits (135), doubles (32), triples (9), RBI (59), extra-base hits (56) and stolen bases (10)…his 15 HR and .284 average were second best.

8 KURT SUZUKI Career vs. Darvish (.000, 0-2, 0 HR, 0 BB, 0 SO) Current Streak: 0 for 6 Texas Series: 1-7, so Road Trip: 1-13, so  Is 2 for 30 (.067) over his last nine games and is batting .175 (17 for 97) with three doubles and three RBI over his last 28 games.  Is batting .246 (30 for 122) on the road compared to .163 (17 for 104) at home.  Has not homered this year and has a career-high 73-game homerless streak dating back to last year…his previous high was 56 from July 29- October 2, 2010…his last homer was September 15, 2011 against Detroit.  Has six home runs and 40 RBI in his career against Texas…the RBI are tied for his most against any team (Seattle) and the home runs rank second (also Seattle).  Has started 62 games at catcher, which is tied for second in the American League…now has 578 starts behind the plate since 2008, which is the most in the majors over that span.  Has tossed out 7 of the last 17 attempted stealers after opponents were successful in 16 consecutive stolen base attempts…has thrown out 13 of 46 (28.3%) for the season, which is the third best percentage in the AL.  Has not had three RBI in a game since July 25, 2010 against Chicago (AL)…has a streak of 253 consecutive games with two RBI or fewer, which is the longest streak by an Athletic since Mike Bordick had a 261-game streak from April 13, 1990-April 17, 1993.  Batted .237 with 14 home runs and 44 RBI in 134 games with the A’s last year…the batting average was a career low, as was his .301 on-base percentage…however, his 14 home runs were the second-best total of his career and second most on the A’s.

19 JEMILE WEEKS Career vs. Darvish (.500, 3-6, 0 HR, 2 BB, 0 SO) Current Streak: 2 games (3 for 8) Texas Series: 3-13, r, 3b, so Road Trip: 3-19, r, 3b, 2 bb, 4 so, sb  Hit his fifth triple of the season Friday, which is tied for the American League lead.  Has batted second in 13 of his past 14 starts and is 11 for 52 (.212) over that span…batted leadoff in his one other start during that stretch, where he made each of his first 57 starts.  Is batting .254 (30 for 118) over his last 30 games after hitting .200 over his first 41 contests.  His stolen base Tuesday snapped a streak of 35 games without a steal, which was the longest streak of his career…it was his first steal since May 14 at Los Angeles (AL).  Is 8 for 36 (.222) against Texas this year…batted .340 (17 for 50) against the Rangers last season.  Batted .303 with 26 doubles, eight triples, two home runs, 36 RBI and 22 stolen bases in 97 games last year…his batting average led Major League rookies and was second best by a rookie in Oakland history…also hit .321 in 45 games at Sacramento.

A’s vs. TEXAS

BATTING PITCHING

2012 CAREER 2012 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 .429 7 3 2 2 Carter .214 28 6 2 3 0 1 0 4 9.00 4.0 4 Balfour 4 2 0 30 3.06 35.3 12 .542 24 13 2 7 Céspedes .542 24 13 2 7 0 1 0 1 9.64 4.7 5 Blackley 1 1 0 2 7.84 10.3 9 .273 22 6 1 5 Crisp .270 248 67 5 29 0 0 0 2 0.00 2.0 0 Blevins 1 1 0 22 2.21 20.3 5 .176 17 3 0 1 Gomes .224 85 19 3 10 1 0 0 2 0.00 2.3 0 Cook 1 0 0 2 0.00 2.3 0 .000 6 0 0 0 Hicks .000 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 3.0 0 Doolittle 0 0 0 2 0.00 3.0 0 .182 33 6 1 6 Inge .270 282 76 12 47 0 0 2 4 2.08 4.3 1 Fuentes 0 0 12 26 2.96 24.3 8 .200 10 2 1 1 Moss .200 10 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 6.0 0 Griffin 0 0 0 1 0.00 6.0 0 .571 7 4 1 1 Norris .571 7 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 9.00 2.0 2 Miller 0 0 0 3 9.00 2.0 2 .333 18 6 1 3 Pennington .252 202 51 4 25 0 2 0 2 3.75 12.0 5 Milone 0 2 0 2 3.75 12.0 5 .233 30 7 2 3 Reddick .250 56 14 2 5 0 0 0 3 0.00 3.0 0 Norberto 0 0 0 4 0.00 5.0 0 .273 22 6 0 3 Smith .273 22 6 0 3 1 0 0 1 0.00 8.0 0 Parker 1 0 0 1 0.00 8.0 0 .231 26 6 0 2 Suzuki .258 283 73 6 40 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.3 0 Scribner 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.3 0 .222 36 8 0 2 Weeks .291 86 25 1 6 2 1 0 6 3.81 26.0 11 others .179 56 10 2 5 others 4 5 2 9 3.24 77.7 28 TOTALS .261 306 80 13 41 TOTALS

k 2012 OAKLAND ATHLETICS SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

GA/ LEADER CUM. DATE G OPP TIME TV PROMOTION DATE G OPP W-L SCORE REC POS GB AND LEAD WINNER LOSER SAVE ATT. ATT. 7/1 80 at TEX 4:05 CSNCA 3/28 1 SEA^ L 1-3 (11) 0-1 4 -1 SEA ½ Wilhelmsen Carignan League 44,227 44,227 7/2 81 BOS 7:05 CSNCA 3/29 2 SEA^ W 4-1 1-1 t1 -- OAK/SEA -- Colón Kelley Balfour 43,391 87,618 7/3 82 BOS 7:05 CSNCA A’s Fireworks Show (2 dates) 7/4 83 BOS 1:05 CSNCA A’s Red, White and Blue Baseball Cap sponsored by Wells Fargo 4/6 3 SEA L 3-7 1-2 4 -1 LAA/TEX -- Vargas McCarthy 35,067* 122,685 (10,000 fans) 4/7 4 SEA L 7-8 1-3 4 -2 SEA 1 Hernandez Colón League 16,612 139,297 7/5 OFF DAY 4/8 OFF DAY 4 -2 SEA ½ 7/6 84 SEA 7:05 CSNCA 4/9 5 KC W 1-0 2-3 4 -1½ TEX ½ Milone Mendoza Balfour 10,054 149,351 7/7 85 SEA 7:10 CSNCA A’s Beer Fest / BBQ Challenge 4/10 6 KC L 0-3 (8) 2-4 4 -2½ TEX 1½ Duffy Godfrey Crow 10,670 160,021 7/8 86 SEA 1:05 CSNCA 1955 Oakland Oaks Hat sponsored by Cache Creek Casino Resort 4/11 7 KC W 5-4 (12) 3-4 3 -1½ TEX ½ Carignan Broxton 12,390 172,411 (10,000 fans) / “Turn Back the Clock” Game (7 dates) 7/9 ALL- 4/12 OFF DAY 3 -2 TEX 1½ 7/10 STAR 4/13 8 at SEA W 4-0 4-4 2 -2 TEX 2 Colón Hernandez 46,026 46,026 7/11 BREAK 4/14 9 at SEA L 0-4 4-5 3 -3 TEX 2½ Noesi Milone 21,071 67,097 7/12 OFF DAY 4/15 10 at SEA L 3-5 4-6 3 -4 TEX 2½ Beavan Godfrey League 19,650 86,747 7/13 87 at MIN 5:10 CSNCA 4/16 11 at LAA L 0-6 4-7 4 -4½ TEX 2½ Weaver McCarthy 27,338 114,085 7/14 88 at MIN 4:10 CSNCA 4/17 12 at LAA W 5-3 5-7 3 -4½ TEX 3½ Fuentes Jepsen Balfour 41,016 155,101 7/15 89 at MIN 11:10 CSNCA 4/18 13 at LAA W 6-0 6-7 3 -4½ TEX 3½ Colón Santana 27,217 182,318 7/16 OFF DAY 4/19 14 at LAA W 4-2 7-7 t2 -4½ TEX 4½ Milone Wilson Balfour 27,864 210,182 7/17 90 TEX 7:05 CSNCA (7 dates) 7/18 91 TEX 12:35 CSNCA 4/20 15 CLE L 3-4 7-8 t2 -5 TEX 5 Jimenez Godfrey Perez 14,340 186,751 7/19 92 NYY 7:05 CSNCA A’s Dog Day at the Park sponsored by AvoDerm/Central Garden & Pet 4/21 16 CLE L 1-5 7-9 t2 -5½ TEX 5½ Gomez McCarthy Perez 25,258 212,009 7/20 93 NYY 7:05 CSNCA 4/22 17 CLE W 5-1 8-9 2 -5½ TEX 5½ Ross Masterson 24,049 236,058 7/21 94 NYY 6:05 CSNCA 4/23 18 CWS L 0-4 8-10 2 -5½ TEX 5½ PEAVY Colón 10,574 246,632 7/22 95 NYY 1:05 CSNCA Law Enforcement Day 4/24 19 CWS W 2-0 9-10 2 -5½ TEX 5½ Milone Floyd Balfour 11,184 257,816 7/23 OFF DAY 4/25 20 CWS W 5-4 (14) 10-10 2 -5½ TEX 5½ Miller Santiago 13,032 270,848 7/24 96 at TOR 4:07 CSNCA (13 dates) 7/25 97 at TOR 4:07 CSNCA 4/26 OFF DAY t2 -5½ TEX 5½ 7/26 98 at TOR 9:37 4/27 21 at BAL W 5-2 11-10 t2 -4½ TEX 4½ McCarthy Arrieta Balfour 18,297 228,479 7/27 99 at BAL 4:05 CSNCA 4/28 22 at BAL L 1-10 11-11 t2 -5½ TEX 5½ Chen Ross 26,926 255,405 7/28 100 at BAL 4:05 CSNCA 4/29 23 at BAL L 2-5 11-12 t2 -5½ TEX 5½ Strop Balfour 31,793 287,198 7/29 101 at BAL 10:35 CSNCA 4/30 24 at BOS L 6-11 11-13 t2 -6½ TEX 6½ Buchholz Milone 37,359 324,557 7/30 102 TB 7:05 CSNCA 5/1 25 at BOS W 5-3 12-13 2 -5½ TEX 5½ Parker Doubront Norberto 37,225 361,782 7/31 103 TB 7:05 CSNCA 5/2 26 at BOS W 4-2 13-13 2 -4½ TEX 4½ McCarthy Bard Fuentes 37,434 399,216 8/1 104 TB 12:35 5/3 OFF DAY 2 -4½ TEX 4½ 8/2 105 TOR 7:05 CSNCA 5/4 27 at TB L 2-7 13-14 2 -4½ TEX 4½ Price Ross Peralta 18,799 418,015 8/3 106 TOR 7:05 CSNCA A’s Fireworks Show sponsored by Chevron / Italian Heritage Night 5/5 28 at TB W 4-3 (12) 14-14 2 -4½ TEX 4½ Fuentes Peralta Balfour 23,890 441,905 8/4 107 TOR 1:05 CSNCA 5/6 29 at TB W 9-5 15-14 2 -3½ TEX 3½ Milone Moore 23,873 465,778 8/5 108 TOR 1:05 CSNCA A’s Jemile Weeks Drawstring Backpack sponsored by Washington (16 dates) Hospital (7,500 kids) / Kids Appreciation Day 5/7 OFF DAY 2 -4 TEX 4 8/6 109 LAA 7:05 CSNCA 5/8 30 TOR W 7-3 16-14 2 -4 TEX 4 Balfour Cordero 10,784 281,632 8/7 110 LAA 7:05 CSNCA 5/9 31 TOR L 2-5 16-15 2 -4½ TEX 4½ Morrow Ross Janssen 14,815 296,447 8/8 111 LAA 12:35 CSNCA 5/10 32 DET L 6-10 16-16 2 -5 TEX 5 Scherzer Colón 11,513 307,960 8/9 OFF DAY 5/11 33 DET W 11-4 17-16 2 -5 TEX 5 Milone Porcello 26,721 334,681 8/10 112 at CWS 5:10 CSNCA 5/12 34 DET W 3-1 18-16 2 -4 TEX 4 McCarthy Fister Fuentes 20,077 354,758 8/11 113 at CWS 4:10 CSNCA 5/13 35 DET L 1-3 18-17 2 -5 TEX 5 Verlander Parker Valverde 17,147 371,905 8/12 114 at CWS 11:10 CSNCA (19 dates) 8/13 OFF DAY 5/14 36 at LAA W 5-0 19-17 2 -4 TEX 4 Ross Haren 32,851 498,629 8/14 115 at KC 5:10 CSNCA 5/15 37 at LAA L 0-4 19-18 2 -4 TEX 4 Santana Colón 31,762 530,391 8/15 116 at KC 5:10 CSNCA 5/16 38 at TEX L 1-4 19-19 2 -5 TEX 5 Darvish Milone Nathan 46,370 576,761 8/16 117 at KC 5:10 CSNCA 5/17 39 at TEX W 5-4 (10) 20-19 2 -4 TEX 4 Cook Adams Fuentes 47,182 623,943 8/17 118 CLE 7:05 CSNCA Filipino Heritage Night 5/18 40 at SF L 6-8 20-20 2 -5 TEX 5 Zito Parker Casilla 41,477 665,420 8/18 119 CLE 6:05 CSNCA Scott Hatteberg Bobblehead sponsored by Pepsi (15,000 fans) 5/19 41 at SF L 0-4 20-21 2 -5 TEX 5 Vogelsong Ross 41,411 706,831 10th Anniversary of 20-Game Winning Streak Reunion 5/20 42 at SF W 6-2 21-21 2 -5 TEX 5 Colón Lincecum 41,378 748,209 8/19 120 CLE 1:05 CSNCA 20th Consecutive Win Streak T-Shirt sponsored by Cache Creek Casino (23 dates) Resort (10,000 fans) 5/21 43 LAA W 2-1 22-21 2 -4 TEX 4 Milone Williams 11,292 383,197 8/20 121 MIN 7:05 CSNCA 5/22 44 LAA L 0-5 22-22 2 -5 TEX 5 Wilson Godfrey 12,894 396,091 8/21 122 MIN 7:05 CSNCA 5/23 45 LAA L 1-3 (11) 22-23 2 -5 TEX 5 Walden Norberto Frieri 23,617 419,708 8/22 123 MIN 12:35 5/24 OFF DAY 2 -5 TEX 5 8/23 124 at TB 4:10 CSNCA 5/25 46 NYY L 3-6 22-24 2 -6 TEX 6 Nova Ross Soriano 33,559 453,267 8/24 125 at TB 4:10 CSNCA 5/26 47 NYY L 2-9 22-25 3 -7 TEX 6½ Sabathia Colón 27,112 480,379 8/25 126 at TB 10:10 CSNCA 5/27 48 NYY L 0-2 22-26 3 -8 TEX 6½ Kuroda Milone Soriano 25,078 505,457 8/26 OFF DAY (25 dates) 8/27 127 at CLE 4:05 CSNCA 5/28 49 at MIN L 4-5 22-27 3 -9 TEX 6½ Burnett Cook Capps 34,709 782,918 8/28 128 at CLE 4:05 CSNCA 5/29 50 at MIN L 2-3 22-28 3 -9 TEX 5½ Perkins Fuentes 31,781 814,699 8/29 129 at CLE 4:05 CSNCA 5/30 51 at MIN L 0-4 22-29 t3 -9 TEX 5½ Liriano Ross 35,103 849,802 8/30 130 at CLE 9:05 5/31 OFF DAY t3 -9 TEX 5½ 8/31 131 BOS 7:05 CSNCA 6/1 52 at KC L 0-2 22-30 t3 -9 TEX 4½ Paulino Colón Broxton 29,527 879,329 9/1 132 BOS 6:05 CSNCA 6/2 53 at KC W 9-3 23-30 t3 -8 TEX 3½ McCarthy Hochevar 26,276 905,605 9/2 133 BOS 1:05 CSNCA A’s Breast Cancer Awareness Pink Umbrella (10,000 fans) 6/3 54 at KC L 0-2 23-31 t3 -9 TEX 4½ Mazzaro Milone Broxton 21,111 926,716 A’s Breast Cancer Awareness Day (29 dates) 9/3 134 LAA 1:05 CSNCA 6/4 55 TEX W 12-1 24-31 t3 -8 TEX 4½ Parker Feldman 10,120 515,577 9/4 135 LAA 7:05 CSNCA 6/5 56 TEX L 3-6 24-32 t3 -9 TEX 4½ Holland Blackley Nathan 11,861 527,438 9/5 136 LAA 12:35 CSNCA 6/6 57 TEX W 2-0 25-32 t3 -8 TEX 4½ Colón LEWIS Fuentes 15,044 542,482 9/6 OFF DAY 6/7 58 TEX W 7-1 26-32 3 -7 TEX 4 McCarthy Darvish 14,779 557,261 9/7 137 at SEA 7:10 CSNCA (29 dates) 9/8 138 at SEA 6:10 CSNCA 6/8 59 at ARI L 8-9 26-33 4 -8 TEX 4 Putz Fuentes 25,787 952,503 9/9 139 at SEA 1:10 CSNCA 6/9 60 at ARI L 3-8 26-34 4 -8 TEX 3 Cahill Parker 28,061 980,564 9/10 140 at LAA 7:05 CSNCA 6/10 61 at ARI L 3-4 26-35 4 -9 TEX 3 Saunders Blackley Putz 28,112 1,008,676 9/11 141 at LAA 7:05 CSNCA 6/11 OFF DAY 4 -9 TEX 2½ 9/12 142 at LAA 7:05 CSNCA 6/12 62 at COL W 8-5 27-35 3 -9 TEX 3½ Colón Guthrie Cook 33,635 1,042,311 9/13 143 at LAA 12:35 CSNCA 6/13 63 at COL W 10-8 28-35 3 -9 TEX 3½ Blevins Betancourt Cook 32,155 1,074,466 9/14 144 BAL 7:05 CSNCA A’s Fireworks Show sponsored by Kelly-Moore Paints 6/14 64 at COL W 8-2 29-35 3 -8 TEX 3 Parker White 32,527 1,106,993 9/15 145 BAL 6:05 CSNCA (35 dates) 9/16 146 BAL 1:05 CSNCA Atléticos Giveaway sponsored by Chevy (10,000 fans) 6/15 65 SD W 10-2 30-35 3 -8 TEX 4 Blackley Bass Scribner 24,528 581,789 A’s Fiesta Day 6/16 66 SD W 6-4 31-35 3 -8 TEX 4 Doolittle Thatcher Cook 17,135 598,924 9/17 OFF DAY 6/17 67 SD L 1-2 31-36 3 -9 TEX 4 Richard Colón Street 21,631 620,555 9/18 147 at DET 4:05 CSNCA 6/18 OFF DAY 3 -9½ TEX 5 9/19 148 at DET 4:05 CSNCA 6/19 68 LAD W 3-0 32-36 3 -9½ TEX 5 McCarthy Harang Cook 20,244 640,799 9/20 149 at DET 10:05 6/20 69 LAD W 4-1 33-36 3 -9½ TEX 5 MILONE Eovaldi 25,383 666,182 9/21 150 at NYY 4:05 CSNCA 6/21 70 LAD W 4-1 34-36 3 -9 TEX 5 Cook Lindblom 23,337 689,519 9/22 151 at NYY TBD CSNCA 6/22 71 SF L 4-5 34-37 3 -10 TEX 5 Hensley Cook Casilla 35,067* 724,586 9/23 152 at NYY 10:05 CSNCA 6/23 72 SF L 8-9 34-38 3 -10 TEX 5 Bumgarner Ross Hensley 36,067* 760,653 9/24 153 at TEX 5:05 CSNCA 6/24 73 SF W 4-2 35-38 3 -10 TEX 5 Miller Casilla 36,067* 796,720 9/25 154 at TEX 5:05 CSNCA (38 dates) 9/26 155 at TEX 5:05 CSNCA 6/25 74 at SEA W 1-0 36-38 3 -9 TEX 4½ Milone Ramirez Cook 17,101 1,124,094 9/27 156 at TEX 11:05 6/26 75 at SEA L 2-3 36-39 3 -10 TEX 4½ Furbush Miller Wilhelmsen 12,411 1,136,505 9/28 157 SEA 7:05 CSNCA 6/27 76 at SEA W 2-1 37-39 3 -10 TEX 4½ Parker Iwakuma Cook 18,158 1,154,663 9/29 158 SEA 1:05 Church Community Day 6/28 78 at TEX L 6-7 37-40 3 -11 TEX 4½ Feldman Ross Nathan 33,927 1,188,590 9/30 159 SEA 1:05 CSNCA A’s Deuce Brand Watch sponsored by Pepsi (10,000 fans) 6/29 79 at TEX L 3-4 37-41 3 -12 TEX 5½ Harrison Balfour Scheppers 46,013 1,234,603 Fan Appreciation Day 6/30 80 at TEX L 2-7 37-42 3 -13 TEX 6½ Perez Milone 46,711 1,281,314 10/1 160 TEX 7:05 CSNCA 10/2 161 TEX 7:05 CSNCA 10/3 162 TEX 12:35 CSNCA

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HIGHS AND LOWS MULTIPLE HIT GAMES

TEAM BATTING PLAYER 2 3 4 5 TOT Most Runs, Game, A’s ...... 12, June 4 vs. Texas Barton 3 1 0 0 4 Most Runs, Game, Opponents ...... 11, April 30 at Boston Carter 1 0 0 0 1 Most Runs, Inning, A’s ...... 8, June 4 vs. Texas (2nd) Céspedes 7 5 0 0 12 Most Runs, Inning, Opponents ...... 8, May 10 vs. Detroit (3rd) Most Hits, Game, A’s ...... 16, June 8 at Arizona Cowgill 4 2 0 0 6 Most Hits, Game, Opponents...... 17, May 10 vs. Detroit Crisp 11 2 0 0 13 Most Hits, Inning, A’s ...... 8, June 4 vs. Texas (2nd) and June 8 at Arizona (2nd) Donaldson 2 1 0 0 3 Most Hits, Inning, Opponents...... 8, May 10 vs. Detroit (3rd) Gomes 4 2 0 0 6 Most Home Runs, Game, A’s ...... 4, June 12 at Colorado Inge 5 2 0 0 7 Most Home Runs, Game, Opponents ...... 4, April 30 at Boston Ka'aihue 7 1 0 0 8 Most Doubles, Game, A’s ...... 5, June 8 at Arizona Moss 1 1 0 0 2 Most Doubles, Game, Opponents ...... 6, April 25 vs. Chicago Norris 3 0 0 0 3 Most Triples, Game, A’s ...... 2, June 2 at Kansas City Pennington 13 2 0 0 15 Most Triples, Game, Opponents ...... 2, April 7 vs. Seattle Recker 1 0 0 0 1 Most Stolen Bases, Game, A’s ...... 4, April 22 vs. Cleveland and May 1 at Boston Reddick 16 4 1 0 21 Most Stolen Bases, Game, Opponents ...... 4, June 22 vs. San Francisco and June 28 at Texas Smith 7 2 1 0 10 Sogard 1 0 0 0 1 TEAM PITCHING Suzuki 6 3 0 0 9 Most Strikeouts, A’s ...... 12, April 25 vs. Chicago, May 12 vs. Detroit and May 20 at San Francisco Taylor 1 0 0 0 1 Most Strikeouts, Opponents ...... 14, May 1 at Boston, May 9 vs. Toronto and June 26 at Seattle Weeks 17 0 0 0 17 Most Walks, A’s ...... 9, April 20 vs. Cleveland, May 18 at San Francisco and June 23 vs. San Francisco Most Walks, Opponents ...... 10, June 19 vs. Los Angeles (NL) Fewest Hits Allowed, A’s ...... 2, June 19 vs. Los Angeles (NL) MULTIPLE RBI GAMES Fewest Hits Allowed, Opponents ...... 1, April 10 vs. Kansas City, May 19 at San Francisco and May 22 vs. Los Angeles PLAYER 2 3 4 5 6 TOT TEAM MISCELLANEOUS Barton 1 0 0 0 0 1 Longest Winning Streak ...... 5, June 12 to 16 Céspedes 6 4 0 0 0 10 Longest Losing Streak ...... 9, May 22 to June 1 Cowgill 3 0 0 0 0 3 Longest Game, Innings ...... 14, April 25 vs. Chicago Crisp 1 0 1 0 0 2 Longest Game, Time, Nine Innings ...... 4:15, June 23 vs. San Francisco Donaldson 0 0 0 1 0 1 Longest Game, Time, Extra Innings ...... 4:14, May 5 at Tampa Bay (12) Gomes 3 1 0 0 0 4 Shortest Game, Time ...... 2:04, June 6 vs. Texas Hicks 1 0 0 0 0 1 Largest Margin, Victory ...... 11, June 4 vs. Texas (12-1) Inge 1 1 5 0 0 7 Largest Margin, Loss ...... 9, April 28 at Baltimore (1-10) Most Left on Base, Nine Inning Game ...... 13, June 14 at Colorado Ka'aihue 2 0 0 0 0 2 Most Left on Base, Extra Inning Game ...... 14, May 5 at Tampa Bay (12) Moss 2 2 0 0 0 4 Fewest Left on Base, Game ...... 1, May 19 at San Francisco, June 25 at Seattle and June 27 at Seattle Norris 0 1 0 0 0 1 Most Errors, Game ...... 4, June 23 vs. San Francisco Pennington 2 0 0 0 0 2 Largest Comeback in Win ...... 4, May 6 at Tampa Bay; June 12 at Colorado; June 13 at Colorado Reddick 6 2 0 1 0 9 Largest Lead Surrendered in Loss ...... 6, June 8 at Arizona Rosales 1 0 0 0 0 1 Smith 6 0 0 0 0 6 INDIVIDUAL BATTING Sogard 1 1 0 0 0 2 Most Runs, Game ...... 4, Josh Reddick, May 11 vs. Detroit Suzuki 2 0 0 0 0 2 Most Hits, Game ...... 4, Josh Reddick, May 11 vs. Detroit and Seth Smith, June 4 vs. Texas Weeks 2 0 0 0 0 2 Most Doubles, Game ...... 2 (eight times), last: Brandon Moss, June 14 at Colorado Most Triples, Game ...... 1 (13 times), last: Jemile Weeks, June 29 at Texas GAME TYING/GO-AHEAD RBI Most Home Runs, Game ...... 2, Josh Reddick, May 11 vs. Detroit and Brandon Moss, June 12 at Colorado Most Runs Batted In, Game ...... 5, Josh Reddick, May 11 vs. Detroit and Josh Donaldson, May 18 at San Francisco Most Walks, Game ...... 3 (five times), last: Jemile Weeks, June 19 vs. Los Angeles (NL) PLAYER GT GA TOT Most Strikeouts, Game ...... 4, Seth Smith, April 30 at Boston and Josh Reddick, June 19 vs. Los Angeles (NL) Barton 0 1 1 Most Stolen Bases, Game ...... 3, Coco Crisp, June 19 vs. Los Angeles (NL) Carter 0 1 1 Longest Hitting Streak ...... 9, Jemile Weeks, May 23 to June 2 Céspedes 2 7 9 Cowgill 2 3 5 INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Crisp 2 1 3 Most Strikeouts, Game ...... 10, Brandon McCarthy, May 12 vs. Detroit Donaldson 0 1 1 Most Walks, Game ...... 5 (four times), last: Jarrod Parker, June 9 at Arizona Gomes 1 8 9 Most Innings, Game, Starter ...... 9.0, Tommy Milone, June 20 vs. Los Angeles (NL) Inge 1 8 9 Most Innings, Game, Reliever...... 3.2, Travis Blackley, May 22 vs. Los Angeles Ka'aihue 2 3 5 Low Hit Complete Game ...... 3, Tommy Milone, June 20 vs. Los Angeles (NL) Moss 1 1 2 Most Consecutive Scoreless Innings ...... 23.0, Ryan Cook, March 28 to May 27 Norris 1 2 3 Most Consecutive Batters Retired ...... 19, Brandon McCarthy, June 7 to 19 Pennington 2 2 4

Reddick 5 11 16 Rosales 0 1 1 Smith 3 7 10 Sogard 1 1 2 Suzuki 3 4 7

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 Allen ------2 - PLAYER G GS G GS G GS G GS G GS G GS G GS G GS G GS Barton - 1 - - - 3 20 6 1 Allen - - 3 2 ------Carter - - - - - 1 1 - - Barton - - 35 31 ------Céspedes - - 3 41 1 1 1 - - Carter - - 2 2 ------Cowgill 1 10 - - - 2 1 5 7 Céspedes ------6 6 32 32 - - 9 9 Crisp 18 24 2 - - - 2 2 - Cowgill ------13 10 13 11 7 5 - - Donaldson - - - - 5 10 4 7 1 Crisp ------16 15 34 32 - - 1 1 Gomes - - - 20 10 5 2 - - Donaldson 3 3 1 - - - 24 24 ------Hicks - 1 - - - - - 3 1 Gomes ------25 16 - - 1 1 20 20 Hughes ------3 1 Hicks - - 1 1 1 1 - - 4 3 ------Inge - 1 - - 17 17 2 2 1 Hughes ------4 4 ------Ka'aihue - - - 2 11 5 10 4 1 Inge ------40 40 ------Moss - - - - - 9 9 1 - Ka'aihue - - 22 21 ------12 12 Norris - - - - - 1 2 3 - Moss - - 19 19 ------Pennington 2 25 - - - 3 4 5 32 Norris 5 5 ------1 1 Recker ------7 3 Pennington ------72 71 ------Reddick - - 71 - 1 1 1 - - Recker 12 9 ------1 1 Rosales ------1 4 3 Reddick ------7 4 68 65 5 5 Smith - 1 3 16 29 7 1 - - Rosales - - 6 3 4 3 - - 2 2 ------Sogard - 2 - - - - - 3 13 Smith ------36 31 - - 8 5 21 21 Suzuki - - - - 5 14 18 22 3 Sogard - - - - 5 4 12 11 5 3 ------Taylor - 1 ------3 Suzuki 65 62 ------Weeks 58 13 ------Taylor ------1 1 - - 3 3 - - Weeks - - - - 71 71 ------

HOME RUN BREAKDOWN

REGULAR SEASON HOME RUNS LAST REGULAR SEASON HOME RUN Grand Slams (2) Player Solo 2R 3R GS Tot. Date Opponent Pitcher GP Since Brandon Inge, May 8 vs. Toronto (Cordero) Carter 2 0 0 0 2 June 30, 2012 at Texas Perez -- Brandon Inge, May 10 vs. Detroit (Balester) Céspedes 3 3 3 0 9 June 27, 2012 at Seattle Iwakuma 3 Pinch Hit Home Runs (1) Cowgill 0 1 0 0 1 June 5, 2012 Texas Holland 9 Jonny Gomes, June 16 vs. San Diego (Gregerson) Crisp 2 0 0 0 2 June 27, 2012 at Seattle Millwood 3 Lead Off Home Runs (1) Gomes 6 2 0 0 8 June 23, 2012 San Francisco Bumgarner 3 Coco Crisp, June 27 at Seattle (Millwood) Hicks 0 0 0 0 0 ------23 Back-To-Back Home Runs (2) Inge 1 1 3 2 7 June 12, 2012 at Colorado Brothers 27 Céspedes and Reddick, March 29 vs. Seattle Moss 4 3 0 0 7 June 20, 2012 Los Angeles (NL) Elbert 7 Norris and Pennington, June 28 at Texas Norris 1 0 1 0 2 June 28, 2012 at Texas Feldman 1 Inside-The-Park Home Runs (0) Pennington 3 0 0 0 3 June 28, 2012 at Texas Feldman -- None Reddick 13 3 2 0 18 June 28, 2012 at Texas Feldman 2 Walk-Off Wins (5) Smith 5 3 0 0 8 June 25, 2012 at Seattle Ramirez 4 April 11 vs. Kansas City (Gomes hit by pitch) Suzuki 0 0 0 0 0 Sept. 15, 2011 Detroit Scherzer 73 April 25 vs. Chicago (Ka’aihue single) Weeks 2 0 0 0 2 April 13, 2012 at Seattle Furbush 65 May 8 vs. Toronto (Inge grand slam) others 4 3 1 0 8 June 21 vs. Los Angeles-NL (Céspedes home run) Team 46 18 10 2 76 June 24 vs. San Francisco (Norris home run)

MILESTONES

Player Category No. Needs Player Category No. Needs Blevins Games 179 21 for 200 McCarthy Games Started 93 7 for 100 Braden Games 94 6 for 100 Strikeouts 426 74 for 500 Innings Pitched 491.1 8.2 for 500 Pennington Games 472 28 for 500 Crisp Steals (w/OAK) 97 6 for 103 (ties Javier for 10th in Oakland history) Hits 398 102 for 500 Inge Games 1448 52 for 1500 Doubles 81 19 for 100 At Bats 4771 229 for 5000 Smith Hits 405 95 for 500 Doubles 89 11 for 100

DISABLED LIST

Player Injury Dates Games Missed Player Injury Dates Games Missed Anderson Left UCL surgery March 13-present 79 Crisp Inner ear infection May 3-20 16 Barton Right shoulder strain March 24-April 8 4 Devine Right UCL surgery March 24-present 79 Braden Left shoulder surgery recovery March 24-present 79 Inge Strained right groin May 13-27 14 Carignan Sprained right UCL June 6-present 23 McCarthy Right shoulder strain May 18-June 1 13 Céspedes Strained muscle, left hand May 7-31 22 McCarthy Right shoulder strain June 20-present (eligible July 5) 11 Colón Strained right oblique June 18-present (eligible July 3) 12 Norberto Left shoulder strain May 31-June 20 18 Cowgill Sprained left ankle June 23-present (eligible July 8) 8 Sizemore Left ACL tear March 3-present 79

The A’s have used the disabled list 14 times this season…placed 15 players on the disabled list in 2011.

TRANSACTIONS

March 3 Yoenis Céspedes agrees to terms on a four-year contract; Scott Sizemore May 17 Brandon Inge placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 13 placed on the 60-day disabled list (torn left ACL) (strained left groin); Adam Rosales recalled from Sacramento March 11 Sean Doolittle and Jermaine Mitchell optioned to Sacramento May 20 Brandon McCarthy placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 18 March 13 Brandon Hicks claimed off waivers from Atlanta; Brett Anderson placed on (strained right shoulder); Jim Miller recalled from Sacramento the 60-day disabled list (left ulnar collateral ligament surgery) May 21 Coco Crisp reinstated from the disabled list; Eric Sogard optioned to March 15 Brandon Hicks optioned to Sacramento Sacramento March 18 Chris Carter, Michael Taylor and Neil Wagner optioned to Sacramento May 22 Graham Godfrey recalled from Sacramento; Pedro Figueroa optioned to March 19 Jarrod Parker and Derek Norris optioned to Sacramento Sacramento March 20 Pedro Figueroa and Brad Peacock optioned to Sacramento May 25 Brandon Inge sent to Sacramento on a rehab assignment March 28 Dallas Braden placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 24 May 27 Andrew Carignan recalled from Sacramento; Graham Godfrey optioned to (left shoulder surgery recovery); Joey Devine placed on the 15-day Sacramento disabled list retroactive to March 24 (right biceps tendinitis) May 28 Brandon Inge reinstated from the disabled list; Anthony Recker optioned to Sacramento; Neil Wagner claimed off waivers by San Diego; Yoenis April 2 Adam Rosales optioned to Sacramento Céspedes sent to Sacramento on a rehab assignment April 3 Daric Barton placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 24 May 31 Tyson Ross optioned to Sacramento (strained right shoulder) April 4 Tyson Ross optioned to Sacramento June 1 Yoenis Céspedes reinstated from the disabled list April 5 Daric Barton sent to Sacramento on a rehab assignment June 2 Brandon McCarthy reinstated from disabled list; Daric Barton optioned to April 9 Daric Barton reinstated from the disabled list; Brandon Allen designated for Sacramento assignment June 4 Jordan Norberto placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 31 April 17 Tyson Ross and Neil Wagner recalled from Sacramento; Andrew Carignan (strained left shoulder); Sean Doolittle recalled from Sacramento and Collin Cowgill optioned to Sacramento June 6 Brandon Moss and Evan Scribner selected from Sacramento; Andrew April 19 Brandon Allen claimed off waivers by Tampa Bay Carignan placed on the 15-day disabled list (sprained ulnar collateral April 20 Rich Thompson claimed off waivers from Los Angeles (AL); Neil Wagner ligament in right elbow); Kila Ka’aihue designated for assignment optioned to Sacramento June 9 Danny Farquhar claimed off waivers from Toronto and optioned to April 21 Pedro Figueroa recalled from Sacramento; Graham Godfrey optioned to Sacramento; Andrew Carignan transferred to the 60-day disabled list Sacramento June 16 Tyson Ross and Eric Sogard recalled from Sacramento; Adam Rosales April 22 Luke Hughes claimed off waivers from Minnesota; Dallas Braden and Evan Scribner optioned to Sacramento; Kila Ka’aihue outrighted to transferred to the 60-day disabled list Sacramento April 23 Josh Donaldson optioned to Sacramento June 17 Pedro Figueroa recalled from Sacramento; Tyson Ross optioned to April 25 Jarrod Parker recalled from Sacramento; Jim Miller selected from Sacramento Sacramento; Fautino De Los Santos optioned to Sacramento; Rich June 19 Jordan Norberto sent to Sacramento on a rehab assignment Thompson designated for assignment June 21 Jordan Norberto reinstated from the disabled list; Derek Norris recalled April 27 Rich Thompson outrighted to Sacramento from Sacramento; Pedro Figueroa and Josh Donaldson optioned to April 30 Brandon Inge agrees to terms on a one-year contract; Luke Hughes Sacramento designated for assignment June 23 Tyson Ross and Brandon Hicks recalled from Sacramento; Bartolo Colón placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to June 18 (strained right May 2 Luke Hughes outrighted to Sacramento oblique); Collin Cowgill placed on the 15-day disabled list (sprained left May 4 Coco Crisp placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 3 (inner ankle) ear infection); Michael Taylor recalled from Sacramento June 24 Evan Scribner recalled from Sacramento; A.J. Griffin selected from May 11 Andrew Carignan and Collin Cowgill recalled from Sacramento; Jim Miller Sacramento; Brandon McCarthy placed on the 15-day disabled list and Michael Taylor optioned to Sacramento retroactive to June 20 (strained right shoulder); Eric Sogard optioned to May 12 Yoenis Céspedes placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 7 Sacramento; Danny Farquhar designated for assignment (strained muscle in left hand); Josh Donaldson recalled from Sacramento June 26 Danny Farquhar claimed off waivers by the New York Yankees May 15 Travis Blackley claimed off waivers from San Francisco; Joey Devine June 29 Chris Carter recalled from Sacramento; Tyson Ross optioned to transferred to the 60-day disabled list Sacramento May 16 Andrew Carignan optioned to Sacramento