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OAKLAND ATHLETICS Post Game Notes Oakland Athletics Baseball Company 7000 Coliseum Way Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 Public Relations Facsimile 510-562-1633 www.oaklandathletics.com San Francisco Giants (28-23) at Oakland Athletics (29-23) Monday, May 27, 2013 O.co Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB San Francisco 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 Oakland 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 X 4 5 0 8 W — Straily (3-2) L — Bumgarner (4-3) S — Balfour (11) OAKLAND NOTES The Oakland Athletics have won four straight and nine of the last 10 games…are six games over .500 for the first time since April 20 (12-6). The A’s are 24-19 on Memorial Day since moving to Oakland in 1968…that includes 16-11 in Oakland and 8-8 on the road…today was the A’s first interleague Memorial Day game. Dan Straily made his first career interleague appearance…is 2-2 with a 4.55 ERA (14 er in 27.2 ip) in five starts since being recalled from Triple-A Sacramento May 1 for his third stint with the A’s this season. A’s starting pitchers are 6-1 with a 2.74 ERA (20 er in 65.2 ip) over the last 10 games. Grant Balfour is perfect 11 for 11 in save opportunities and has now converted each of his last 29 save chances dating back to last season…that is the second longest streak in Oakland history…his last blown save came on April 29, 2012 at Baltimore. Sean Doolittle has not allowed a run in his last 13 games and 13.1 innings…the 13.1 scoreless innings matches the longest streak of his career (June 22-July 21, 2012). Yoenis Cespedes (1 for 3, 2b, 2 rbi, bb, so) has a nine-game hitting streak, which ties his career high (third time, last: Sept. 22-30, 2012)…is 11 for 37 (.297) with four doubles, two home runs and seven RBI during his current streak. Josh Donaldson (1 for 4, hr, 2 rbi, so) is batting .370 (44 for 119) with 14 doubles, six home runs and 25 RBI over his last 33 games (since April 22). Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Dan Straily (W, 3-2) 6.0 4 1 1 1 1 0 78/52 Sean Doolittle 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 23/19 Grant Balfour (S, 11) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 21/13 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Josh Donaldson (8) 4th 2-0 2 RF Bumgarner SAN FRANCISCO NOTES The San Francisco Giants have lost three of the past five games and eight of the past 13…are 0-3 in interleague games this season…are 9-14 on the road compared to 19-9 in San Francisco. Madison Bumgarner is 1-3 with a 5.17 ERA (18 er in 31.1 ip) in five starts in the month of May after going 3-0 with a 1.55 ERA in six April starts…is 2-3 with a 4.89 ERA (23 er in 42.1 ip) in seven career interleague games. Brandon Crawford (1 for 3) has hit safely in 16 of his last 19 games (24 for 68, .353)…is batting .386 (27 for 70) in day games this season. Buster Posey (0 for 3, rbi, bb) had his season-high 10-game hitting streak snapped...batted .421 (16 for 38) during the streak. Pablo Sandoval (0 for 4, 2 so) is 2 for 18 (.111) over his past five games and 7 for 37 (.189) in his past nine contests. Andres Torres (2 for 3, so) is 10 for his last 18 (.555) after going 1 for 17 (.182) in his previous eight contests…is 4 for 34 (.118) on the road compared to 23 for 60 (.383) at home. Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Madison Bumgarner (L, 4-3) 6.2 4 4 4 5 6 1 115/64 George Kontos 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6/5 Sandy Rosario 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 22/11 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher None Time of Game ...................................................... 2:55 Overall Record ............................................ 29-23 Home/Road .........................................................14-10/15-13 First Pitch ......................................................1:07 pm Streak .......................................................... Won 4 Day/Night ............................................................... 8-11/21-12 Temperature ............................................ 57 degrees Homestand ...................................................... 1-0 April/May/June ............................................. 16-12/13-11/0-0 Last Five .......................................................... 4-1 July/Aug./Sept. .................................................... 0-0/0-0/0-0 Attendance ...................................................... 36,067 Last 10 ............................................................. 9-1 Total ............................................................... 474,130 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7 ............ 11-5/18-18 Average (24 games) ....................................... 19,755 Series Record ................................................. 1-0 A’s/Opponents score first ................................... 17-8/12-15 Series First Game ......................................... 11-6 Leading after 7th inn/8th inn ................................... 22-1/24-0 Win/Lose in Last At-Bat ....................................... 7-1 vs. AL West ................................................... 20-8 Tied after 7th inn/8th inn.............................................. 5-0/1-1 Extra Innings ......................................................... 3-1 vs. RHP/LHP .......................................... 20-16/9-7 Trailing after 7th inn/8th inn .................................... 2-22/3-22 .