OAKLAND ATHLETICS Post Game Notes

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St. Louis Cardinals (48-31) at Oakland Athletics (47-34) Friday, June 28, 2013 O.co Coliseum

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

W — Colon (11-2) L — Miller (8-6) S — None

OAKLAND NOTES The Oakland Athletics have won 15 of their last 17 games at home… the 47-34 overall record is the A’s best record after 81 games since 1992 (48-33). Bartolo Colon is on a career-high tying eight-game winning streak (previous: July 21-Sept. 10, 2005)…is 8-0 with a 1.37 ERA (9 er in 59.0 ip) over his last eight starts…it is the first time in his career he has won eight consecutive starts…is the first Athletic to win eight or more consecutive starts since Barry Zito also won eight straight from June 28-Aug. 4, 2005…the winning streak is an A’s season high. Yoenis Cespedes (1 for 4, r) has hit safely in all 10 interleague games this year and is 13 for 42 (.310) with 10 runs, two doubles, a triple, two home runs and nine RBI. Josh Donaldson (2 for 3, r, rbi, bb) is 14 for 39 (.359) over his last 11 games after going 1 for 21 in his previous five contests. Jed Lowrie (1 for 3, 2b, rbi, bb) is 13 for 28 (.464) with seven runs scored and six RBI over his last seven games after going 7 for 47 (.149) with one RBI over his previous 12 games. Josh Reddick (1 for 4, r, 2b, rbi, so, gidp) is on a season-high seven-game hitting streak (8 for 25, .320), which has lifted his batting average to a season high .219. Eric Sogard (0 for 1, r, 3 bb, so) had a career-high three walks. Stephen Vogt (1 for 4, r, hr, rbi) recorded his first career Major League hit with a solo in the fourth inning…it snapped an 0 for 32 hitless streak.

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Bartolo Colon (W, 11-2) 8.0 6 1 1 1 5 0 101/70 Dan Otero 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 15/11

Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Stephen Vogt 4th 0-2 1 RF Kelly

ST. LOUIS NOTES The St. Louis Cardinals have lost six of their last seven games…are 1-2 on this eight-game roadtrip to Houston (1-1), Oakland (0-1), and Los Angeles (0-0). tossed 1.2 innings…it was the shortest start of his career…has a 4.22 ERA (20 er in 42.2 ip) on the road compared to a 1.59 ERA (9 er in 51.0 ip) at home. Matt Carpenter (2 for 4) is on an eight-game hitting streak…is 13 for 34 (.382) during the streak. Matt Holliday (2 for 3, r, bb, so) had two hits after going 2 for 18 (.111) over his previous five games.

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Shelby Miller (L, 8-6) 1.2 6 5 5 2 0 0 61/38 Joe Kelly 5.1 3 1 1 3 4 1 79/51 Kevin Siegrist 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 22/12

Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher None

Time of Game ...... 2:42 Overall Record ...... 47-34 Home/Road ...... 25-12/22-22 First ...... 7:07 pm Streak ...... Won 3 Day/Night ...... 13-15/33-17 Temperature ...... 75 degrees Homestand ...... 3-0 April/May/June ...... 16-12/16-12/15-10 Last Five ...... 3-2 July/Aug./Sept...... 0-0/0-0/0-0 Attendance ...... 24.208 Last 10 ...... 5-5 Total ...... 814,800 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7 ...... 23-9/24-25 Average (37 games) ...... 22,021 Series Record ...... 1-0 A’s/Opponents score first ...... 29-13/18-21 Series First Game ...... 18-7 Leading after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 36-2/38-0 Win/Lose in Last At-Bat ...... 11-5 vs. AL West ...... 20-10 Tied after 7th inn/8th inn...... 9-2/4-3 Extra Innings ...... 6-3 vs. RHP/LHP ...... 32-23/15-11 Trailing after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 2-30/3-31