Post Game Notes

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Boston Red Sox (78-63) at Oakland Athletics (70-70) Friday, September 10, 2010 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, Calif.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 Oakland 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 8 0 7

WP — Cahill (16-6). LP — Buchholz (15-7). SV — None.

OAKLAND NOTES  The Oakland Athletics have won five of their past seven games after losing four in a row…had their 14th shutout of the season, which leads the …have back-to-back games of four or more steals for the first time since July 30-31, 1993…have been exactly .500 16 times since the All-Star Break and 27 times this year, which is the most in franchise history (previous: 23, 1947)…are 62-0 when leading after eight …are 43-29 at home compared to 27-41 on the road…are 12-6 against the Red Sox in Oakland since 2007…are 5-2 on this nine-game homestand against Los Angeles (2-1), Seattle (2-1) and Boston (1-0).  won his 16th game of the season, which is the most by an A’s since and Joe Blanton also had 16 wins in 2006…has not allowed a in four of his last nine starts and is 7-2 with a 1.69 ERA (12 er in 64.0 ip) over that span…is 10-2 with a 1.58 ERA (16 er in 91.1 ip) in 13 starts at home.  Coco Crisp (3 for 3) had three stolen bases, which matches his career-high (also: June 20, 2004 at ATL)…has now been successful in each of his last 19 attempts, which is the longest such streak by an Athletic since Stan Javier had 28 consecutive steals from May 31, 1995 through the end of the season…had a season-high-tying three hits (sixth time).  Mark Ellis (1 for 3) is on a season-high 10-game hitting streak (.421, 16 for 38), which is one short of his career high of 11 (Aug. 16-26, 2007)…is a .301 (66 for 219) career hitter against Boston.  Kurt Suzuki (1 for 4) is 10 for 29 (.345) in seven games against Boston this year and is a career .345 (39 for 113) hitter against the Red Sox, hitting safely in 27 of 29 games.

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Trevor Cahill (W, 16-6) 7.0 3 0 0 2 4 0 107/62 Craig Breslow 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 17/11 Henry Rodriguez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8/5

Home Runs Count RBI Location Pitcher None

BOSTON NOTES  The have lost seven of their last 11 road games and have lost eight of 12 games overall…have won just six of their last 22 games in Oakland dating back to July 26, 2005…are 0-1 on this six-game road trip through Oakland (0-1) and Seattle (three games).  Clay Buchholz pitched one inning, which matches the shortest start of his career (June 26, 2010 at SF)…allowed a season-high-tying five earned runs (twice; last: July 21 at OAK)…has now lost his past two starts (10.50 ERA, 7 er in 6.0 ip) after going 5-0 with a 1.07 ERA (6 er in 50.2 ip) during his seven-game unbeaten streak…is 0-2 with an 18.00 ERA (10 er in 5.0 ip) in two starts against the A’s this year.  Adrian Beltre (1 for 4) has safely in 44 of 52 games since the All-Star Break and is batting .310 (62 for 200) over that stretch…is batting .419 (13 for 31) against the A’s this year.  Ryan Kalish (0 for 3) is 9 for 51 (.176) over his last 19 games.  Victor Martinez (1 for 4) is on a seven-game hitting streak and is batting .346 (9 for 26) during that stretch.

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Clay Buchholz (L, 15-7) 1.0 5 5 5 4 1 0 39/17 Dustin Richardson 2.0 0 0 0 2 2 0 37/18 Michael Bowden 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 31/18 Robert Coello 2.0 1 0 0 2 2 0 33/19 Robert Manuel 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8/6

Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher None

Time of Game ...... 2:43 Overall Record ...... 70-70 Home/Road...... 43-29/27-41 First Pitch...... 7:07 pm Streak...... Won 2 Day/Night...... 32-15/38-55 Temperature ...... 69 degrees Homestand ...... 5-2 April/May/June ...... 12-12/16-12/10-17 Last Five...... 3-2 July/Aug./Sept...... 14-10/13-15/5-4 Attendance...... 19,139 Last 10 ...... 5-5 Total ...... 1,272,824 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7...... 31-15/39-55 Average (72 games) ...... 17,678 Series Record...... 1-0 A’s/Opponents score first ...... 52-21/18-49 Series First Game ...... 19-27 Leading after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 60-2/62-0 Win/Lose in Last At-Bat ...... 11-12 vs. AL West ...... 25-21 Tied after 7th inn/8th inn...... 8-9/6-11 Extra Innings ...... 4-6 vs. RHP/LHP...... 51-51/19-19 Trailing after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 2-59/2-59