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OAKLAND ATHLETICS Game Information Oakland Athletics Baseball Company 7000 Coliseum Way Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 Public Relations Facsimile 510-562-1633 www.oaklandathletics.com A’s AT A GLANCE OAKLAND ATHLETICS (27-31) VS. BOSTON RED SOX (31-26) Season High 19-17/22-20 (May 9/May 17) SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2011 – FENWAY PARK – 1:10 P.M. EDT Season Low -4 (three times, last: June 3) RHP TREVOR CAHILL (6-3, 2.31) VS. RHP JOSH BECKETT (4-2, 1.80) April 13-14 CSNCA – A’S RADIO NETWORK (SPORTSRADIO 95.7 FM) May 14-15 June 0-2 July 0-0 ABOUT THE A’s August 0-0 September 0-0 ABOUT THE A’S: Have lost the past four games after winning a season-high four consecutive games…are 5-5 Home Series 3-5-2 over the last 10 games but are 5-11 over the last 16 games as the A’s had a season-high six-game losing Road Series 3-3-3 streak from May 18-23…were tied for first place May 17 but are now a season-high five games out of first and in Series Sweeps 2-3 fourth place, where the A’s have spent 12 of the last 13 days…have spent one day tied for first, three days in First Game of Series 7-13 second, eight days tied for second, 34 days in third, three days tied for third and 16 days in fourth…have been Last Game of Series 12-7 A’s Score First 21-10 exactly .500 a total of 14 times this year…last season, were .500 an Athletics-record 33 times. Opponent Scores First 6-21 Leading After 7th 22-3 STARTING PITCHING: A’s starters are 1-4 with a 8.65 ERA (25 er in 26.0 ip) and .283 (30 for 106) opponents Leading After 8th 23-1 batting average over the past five games after going 5-5 with a 2.21 ERA and .238 opponents batting average Tied After 7th 0-6 over their previous 16 games…have a Major League-leading 2.99 ERA (121 er in 364.1 ip) for the Tied After 8th 1-9 season…have allowed 22 home runs this season, which is the fewest in the majors…lead the American League Trailing After 7th 5-22 th in opponents slugging percentage (.345), have allowed the third most walks (123) and rank fifth in innings Trailing After 8 3-21 pitched (364.1). Commit No Errors 15-13 Commit 1 or More Errors 12-18 PITCHING: The A’s have a 5.93 ERA (29 er in 44.0 ip) over the past five games but have a 3.08 ERA for the More HR Than Opp. 10-2 season, which ranks first in the American League and second in the majors (Atlanta, 3.01)…have allowed just Fewer HR Than Opp. 5-11 Same Total HR of Opp. 12-18 34 home runs, which is second fewest in the AL…are on pace to allow 95 home runs and the Oakland record Starter Pitches 7 or More 14-10 for fewest in a non-strike season is 90 in 1974…lead the AL in opponents slugging percentage (.341), rank Starter Pitches Less Than 7 13-21 fourth in on-base percentage (.313) and are tied for fourth in batting average (.243)…have a Major League When Scoring 4 or More 20-5 leading 12 pickoffs…opponents have been successful in just 36 of 59 (61.0%) stolen base attempts for the When Scoring Less Than 4 7-26 season, which is the second lowest percentage in the AL…the 23 caught stealings top the majors. Last At Bat 5-12 Different Lineups 43 OFFENSE: The A’s scored six runs on 11 hits yesterday but are batting .221 (29 for 131) over the past four games after batting .286 over their previous eight games…are now hitting .241 for the season, which is third A’s vs. RED SOX lowest in the American League…also have the third lowest on-base percentage (.307) and slugging percentage (.353)…have the second fewest runs scored (208) and are tied for third fewest in strikeouts (349)…have eight The A’s trail the season series 2-1 following last night’s loss…are 0-1 home runs over the last 12 games but have 32 for the season, which is the fewest in the AL…are on pace to hit in Boston and 1-1 in just 89 home runs and the Oakland record for fewest home runs in a season is 94 in 1968…have been shutout Oakland…went 5-4 against the six times, which is tied for second most in the AL.. Red Sox last season, winning the season series for the first time DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have committed 43 errors, which is second most in the American League…the since going 7-3 in 2006…are now errors have led to 33 unearned runs, which is second most in the majors (Houston, 34)…10 of the errors have 26-24 (.520) against the Red Sox been committed by pitchers, which is tied for the most in the majors…have recorded 63 double plays this since 2006, which is the best season, which is tied for second most in the AL. record by any American League team over that span…have AGAINST THE EAST: The A’s are 3-4 in this stretch of 12 consecutive games against American League East swept just three series from teams (3-0 vs. Baltimore, 0-3 vs. New York, 0-1 at Boston)…following this series with Boston, the stretch Boston over the last 18 years (all in Oakland), most recently May continues with a three-game series at Baltimore beginning Monday…it marks just the second time this year the 23-25, 2008…have won 17 of the A’s have traveled to the Eastern time zone (had a three-game series at Toronto, April 5-7)…are 5-7 (.417) last 24 games in the Coliseum but against the East this year. have lost 13 of the last 17 at Fenway…are 218-270 since WINS AND LOSSES: The A’s have a 13-10 (.565) record in day games and are 14-21 (.400) at night…have moving to Oakland in 1968…that the fifth best day record in the American League and the second worst mark at night (Minnesota, 11-21)…are includes 129-114 in Oakland, 88- 10-5 (.667) in games started by a left-handed pitcher, which is tied for the second best record in the AL…are 155 in Boston and 1-1 in 17-26 (.395) against right-handed starters…are 20-5 when scoring four or more runs and 7-26 when scoring Tokyo…all-time, the A’s are 860- less than four. 1051 against the Red Sox. HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 0-1 on this 10-game road trip to Boston (0-1), Baltimore (three games) and TODAY’S TIDBITS Chicago (four games)…went 2-5 on the last road trip to San Francisco (0-3) and Los Angeles (2-2) and are 13- David DeJesus is batting .319 (22 16 on the road for the season…went 3-3 on their last homestand against Baltimore (3-0) and New York (0-3) for 69) over his last 20 games and are 14-15 at home for the season…are batting .252 (245 for 974) with 114 runs scored in 29 home games (since May 13) after hitting .217 (3.93 per game) and .230 (228 for 990) with 94 runs scored in 29 games on the road (3.20 per game). over his first 32 contests…has not committed an error in 48 games in CLOSE CALLS: The A’s are 5-7 in extra-inning games…the 12 extra-inning games are tied for the most in the the outfield and now has a 289- majors and the seven losses are second most to the Angels (8)…the 12 extra-inning games are one more than game errorless streak, which is the A’s total for the entire 2010 season when they went 4-7…10 of the extra inning games have gone 10 the longest active streak among all innings, one has lasted 11 and the season-high is 12…are 7-14 in games decided in the seventh inning or later, Major League outfielders. including 5-12 in games decided in the last at bat…are 7-11 in one-run games…are tied for third in the Kurt Suzuki is a .328 (41 for 125) American League in one-run losses…have five wins when trailing after seven innings, which is second most in career hitter against Boston, which the AL to Kansas City (7)…last year, the A’s had just two wins when trailing after seven innings the entire is his highest average against any season. American League team…has hit safely in 15 of 16 career games at THE DISABLED LIST: The A’s have used the disabled list seven times this year…currently have five players Fenway Park (22 for 64, .344). on the DL (Braden, Harden, McCarthy, Rosales, Ross) and have not had fewer than three players on the DL since the end of the 2006 season, when they had one…have used the DL 94 times since the start of the 2007 THIS DATE IN A’s HISTORY season…used the DL 23 times last year, which was the second highest total in Oakland history to the record of 25 in 2008.