2018 Oakland A's Expanded Game Notes
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2018 Oakland A’s Expanded Game Notes includes: Traditional Game Notes Roster Supplemental Bios Full Upcoming Probable Pitcher Pages Expanded Game Notes Complete Transactions Spring Training Statistics Monthly Statistics Please consider the environment before printing this document. To print traditional Game Notes, print from page 2 to 9. OAKLAND ATHLETICS GAME INFORMATION Oakland Athletics Baseball Company • 510-638-4900 • athletics.com • A’s PR @AsMediaAlerts Get the latest A’s notes, full stat packets, clips, press releases, roster, updated media guide and more at pressbox.athletics.com OAKLAND ATHLETICS (75-50) VS. TEXAS RANGERS (56-71) TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2018 — OAKLAND COLISEUM — 7:05 P.M. PDT LHP BRETT ANDERSON (2-3, 3.90) VS. RHP ARIEL JURADO (2-2, 6.41) NBCSCA — A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) — EN ESPAÑOL (KIQI 1010 AM) ABOUT THE A’S: The A’s won their 75th game last OAKLAND A’S BEST LEADING LATE: The A’s are 52-0 when leading after seven innings and are the night, which matches their season total from last RECORDS AFTER... only team in the majors that has not lost when leading after seven…have not year…have won seven of the last nine games and lost when leading after seven since Sept. 2, 2017 at Texas and now have a 67- 125 126 are 12-4 (.750) in the month of August, which is game winning streak in those games, which is an on-going Athletics record… Games Games the fourth best record in the majors…are 20-8 (.714) 1971 80-45 81-45 the last team to go undefeated when leading after seven innings is the 2012 since the All-Star Break, which is tied with Boston 1990 79-46 79-47 Orioles (74-0)…the A’s (61-0) and Mariners (62-0) are the only teams that for the best record in the majors…are 75-50 (.600) 1988 78-47 79-47 have not lost when leading after eight innings…have an 88-game winning overall, which is tied for the third best record in the 1992 76-49 76-50 streak in those games and have not lost when leading after eight since July American League and the majors…the 25 games 1989 76-49 77-49 27, 2017 at Toronto. over .500 matches the season high (74-49 on Aug. 2018 75-50 1975 75-50 76-50 THE LATE INNINGS: The A’s lead the majors in runs scored in the eighth in- 18)…have not been more than 25 games over .500 ning (90) and in the seventh inning or later (223), rank third in runs in extra since Aug. 13, 2014 when they were 26 over (73- innings (18) and tied for fifth in runs in the ninth (54)…are batting .262 (383- 47)…are 15-1-2 over the previous 18 series dating back to June 15. for-1462) in the seventh inning or later, which is third best in the majors, THE STANDINGS: The A’s are in a tie for first place in the American League compared to .244 (695-for-2850) in innings 1-6, which is sixth lowest…have West for the second time in the last three days and the third time this year compiled a 3.23 ERA (139 er in 387.0 ip) in the seventh inning or later, which (March 29)…have not been alone in first outside the month of April since is fourth lowest in the majors…have a Major League leading 11 wins when Aug. 15, 2014…trailed the Astros by a season-high 12 games entering play trailing after seven innings, which are third most in Oakland history (13 in on June 19 but have gone 39-14 over that stretch while Houston has gone 2014, 12 in 1969). 26-25…are also tied with Houston for the second wild card spot…are a sea- AGAINST THE WEST: The A’s are 7-3 in this stretch where they play 12 con- son-high tying 3½ games ahead of third place Seattle and 3½ games behind secutive games and 19 of 23 against American League West teams…have the first Wild Card team, New York…were a season-high 11 games back of won 16 of their last 20 games against divisional foes after starting the year the second Wild Card spot at the conclusion of play June 15 but have gone 10-25…are 26-29 (.473) against AL West teams for the season compared to 41-14 since then while Seattle has gone 27-29. y 49-21 (.700) against all other teams. THE LAST 55 GAMES: The A’s are 41-14 (.745) MLB BEST RECORDS, HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 5-2 on this nine-game homestand against Se- dating back to June 16, which the best record JUNE 16-PRESENT attle (2-1), Houston (2-1) and Texas (1-0)…it concludes a stretch where the in the majors over that span…it is the best A’s will play 17 of 20 games at home without leaving California…are now 55-game stretch by an A’s team since June 18- W L PCT Oakland 41 14 .745 20-5 at home dating back to June 16 after starting the year 18-20 in the Aug. 19, 2005 when they also went 41-14… Boston 40 15 .727 Coliseum…are 38-25 (.603) at home and 37-25 (.597) on the road…leave fol- have come from behind in 21 of the 41 wins Cleveland 36 20 .643 lowing the game tomorrow for a seven-game road trip to Minnesota (four and have scored the winning run in the eighth Colorado 34 21 .618 games) and Houston (three games)…went 2-1 on the last road trip to Los inning or later in 15 of the victories. Philadelphia 33 24 .579 Angeles (AL) and are now 29-13 on the road dating back to May 14 after PITCHING: The A’s tossed their fourth shutout starting the year 8-12. in the last 15 games last night and now have 11 for the season, which is tied HOME AND AWAY SPLITS: The A’s are batting .234 (491-for-2102) with 66 for third most in the American League…rank second in the majors with a home runs and an average of 3.98 runs per game at home (251 runs in 63 2.56 ERA (43 er in 151.0 ip) in August and a 3.01 ERA (87 er in 260.0 ip) since games) compared to .266 with a Major League leading 104 home runs and the All-Star Break…overall, rank fifth in the AL in opponents batting average an average of 5.55 runs per game on the road…have the third lowest home (.239), on-base percentage (.302), slugging percentage (.395) and OPS (.697) batting average in the majors and the sixth fewest runs per game…lead the and sixth in ERA (3.78)…have issued the fourth fewest walks (357) and have majors in batting and runs per game on the road. surrendered the fifth fewest home runs (142)…lead the league with 71 wild pitches, which is tied for the third highest total in Athletics history (84 in A’s vs. RANGERS: The A’s lead the season series, 9-5…went 6-3 in Arlington 2017, 72 in 1979, 71 in 1989). and are 3-2 in Oakland…have won 17 of the last 24 games, including 11 of the last 13 in Oakland…over the previous five seasons, the A’s have won the STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers have not allowed a run in three of season series in odd numbered years and the Rangers in even numbered the last five games and seven of the last 18…have yielded two runs or fewer years…are 58-51 against Texas dating back to the start of the 2013 season… 15 times over the last 18 games and are 10-2 with a 2.12 ERA (25 er in 106.1 are 361-366 all-time against the Texas Rangers…that breaks down to 190- ip) and .204 (78-for-382) opponents batting average over that span. 172 in Oakland and 172-194 in Texas…are 105-106 at Globe Life Park…have OFFENSE: The A’s had eight extra base hits for the second time in the last an all-time record of 458-448 against the Rangers/Senators franchise. three games yesterday and now have 440 for the season, which is second TODAY’S TIDBITS most in the majors (BOS, 477)…are on pace for 570, which would break the Athletics record of 555 set in 2001…rank second in the American League in Matt Chapman leads the majors in extra base hits since the All-Star Break doubles (252), tied for third in home runs (170) and fourth in slugging (.435) (22) and is tied for the lead in doubles (12)…Khris Davis ranks second in and OPS (.756)…also rank third in hit by pitches (61) and most grounded into the majors in RBI (99) and tied for second in home runs (37)…has 16 home double plays (104) and fourth in sacrifice flies (34). runs and 35 RBI in 28 games since the All-Star Break…Blake Treinen leads Major League relievers in ERA (0.87) and is tied for fourth in saves (32). ONE-RUN GAMES AND OTHER CLOSE CALLS: The A’s are 26-10 (.722) in one- run games, which is the best record in the majors…only Seattle (31) has more OAKLAND A’S 50th ANNIVERSARY MOMENTS wins and only Atlanta has fewer losses (8)…the Athletics record for winning In 1983 Rickey Henderson steals the 399th base of his career, breaking Bert percentage in one-run games is .698 in 1928 (30-13)…are 39-19 (.672) in Campaneris’ Oakland record of 398…in 1997 Jason Giambi, Ernie Young, games decided by two runs or fewer…the wins and record are tied for second Jason McDonald and Jose Canseco all homer in the third inning of the A’s in the majors…have eight walk-off wins, which is tied for the most in the ma- 13-6 win over Boston…the four home runs in an inning sets an Oakland jors (MIA, MIL, SF), and two walk-off losses, which is tied for the fewest (ATL, record…in 2002 Cory Lidle tosses his second complete game one-hitter of BOS, TEX)…all eight walk-off wins have come in extra innings and Oakland is the season in the A’s 6-0 win at Cleveland, extending his scoreless streak to 11-5 (.688) in extra inning games…rank second in the majors in extra inning 31 innings…the streak would end at 32 innings in his next start on August wins and games (16) and have the third best record…the wins are tied for 26…in 2006 the A’s tie what was then an Oakland record by overcoming fourth most in Oakland history…are 20-7 (.741) in games decided in the last an eight-run deficit to defeat Toronto, 12-10…Dan Haren allows eight runs at bat…the record is the best in the majors, the losses are the fewest and the in the first two innings and nine runs total, setting an Oakland record for wins are tied for the most (TOR)…have 33 come from behind wins, which is runs allowed in a win.