2012 Oakland A’s Expanded Game Notes includes: Traditional Game Notes Full Upcoming Probable Pitcher Pages Roster Supplemental Bios Expanded Game Notes Spring Training Statistics Monthly Statistics Please consider the environment before printing this document. To print traditional Game Notes, print from page 2 to 10. 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 (36-38) VS. SEATTLE MARINERS (31-44) Season High +2 (3 times, last: May 14) TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2012 – SAFECO FIELD – 7:10 P.M. PDT Season Low 26-35 (June 10) LHP TRAVIS BLACKLEY (1-2, 3.15) VS. LHP JASON VARGAS (7-7, 4.66) April 10-12 CSNCA – A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) May 11-16 June 14-9 July 0-0 ABOUT THE A’s August 0-0 September 0-0 ABOUT THE A’S: Have won two straight and five of the last seven games…are also 10-3 since June 12, which Home Series 5-5-3 is tied with Texas for the best record in the majors over that span…are 14-8 over the last 22 games after losing Road Series 4-5-3 a season-high nine consecutive contests…are in third place in the American League West for the 14th Series Sweeps 2-4 consecutive day and trail Texas by nine games…have spent one day tied for first this year, 30 days in second, First Game of Series 11-15 eight days tied for second, 25 days in third, eight days tied for third and 11 days in fourth…lost two of three to Last Game of Series 13-12 A’s Score First 25-10 San Francisco last weekend, snapping a three-series winning streak…it was the first time the A’s won three Opponent Scores First 11-28 straight series since September 3-12, 2010. Leading After 7th 27-4 Leading After 8th 29-4 PITCHING: The A’s tossed their third shutout in the month of June last night…it was the eighth of the season, Tied After 7th 6-3 which is tied for second in the American League…allowed seven hits and have surrendered 56 hits over the last Tied After 8th 5-2 11 games…the 56 hits match the fewest by an Athletics team over an 11-game span since 1916 (June 23- Trailing After 7th 3-31 th July 4, 1994)…the A’s now have a 2.36 ERA (26 er in 99.0 ip) and .165 (56 for 339) opponents batting average Trailing After 8 2-32 over the last 11 games…have a 3.55 ERA for the season, which ranks second in the AL…have the third lowest Commit No Errors 23-17 opponents slugging percentage (.376) and have surrendered the third fewest home runs (61)…however, have Commit 1 or More Errors 13-21 More HR Than Opp. 18-10 the fourth most walks (243) and second fewest strikeouts (467). Fewer HR Than Opp. 4-19 Same Total HR of Opp. 14-9 STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are 5-2 with a 1.69 ERA (13 er in 69.1 ip) and .153 (36 for 235) Starter Pitches 7 or More 18-9 opponents batting average over the last 11 games…have allowed three hits or fewer in seven of those games Starter Pitches Less Than 7 18-29 and one run or fewer seven times…have a 3.89 ERA (191 er in 442.1 ip) for the season, which ranks third in the When Scoring 4 or More 29-8 American League…Tommy Milone tossed the A’s first complete game of the season last Wednesday night When Scoring Less Than 4 7-30 against Los Angeles and it came in the A’s 69th game…in Athletics history only the 2009 (game 81) and 1996 Last At Bat 9-7 (game 78) teams went farther into the season without a complete game. Different Lineups 69 CLOSE CALLS: The A’s won their second 1-0 game of the season yesterday and Tommy Milone was the A’s vs. MARINERS starter in both games (also April 9 vs. Kansas City)…the lone run scored on a Seth Smith home run, the 12th 1-0 win in Oakland history in which the lone run scored on a home run (last: Erubiel Durazo on September 12, 2004 The A’s trail in the season series, 3-5…are 2-2 in Seattle, 0-2 in vs. Cleveland)…improved to 7-9 (.438) in one-run games with the win…each of the A’s last four losses have Oakland and 1-1 Tokyo…have lost been by one run…are 4-2 in extra inning games and are tied for second in the AL in extra inning wins…are 11-8 three of the previous five season in games decided in the seventh inning or later, including 9-7 in the last at bat... have five “walk-off” wins this series and are 45-58 (.437) year, which is two more than last year…last Friday, the A’s lost for the fourth time this year when leading after against Seattle since 2007…that is eight innings, which is the most such losses in the majors. the lowest winning percentage by any American League team A’s IN JUNE: The A’s lead the majors in runs (118) and walks (90) in the month of June…lead the American against the Mariners over that League in extra base hits (75) and strikeouts (189), rank second in on-base percentage (.338) and triples (6) span…all-time, the A’s are 295- and third in doubles (43) and home runs (26)…the pitching staff has the lowest opponents batting average 222 (.571) against Seattle, which is the second best mark by an AL (.225) and slugging percentage (.339) and ranks second in ERA (3.29) but has issued the second most walks team against the Mariners (74)…are 14-9 (.609), which is tied for the third best record in the AL…need one more win to clinch a winning (Boston, .579)…are 163-94 in record in June for the first time since 2008 (16-10)…the 14 wins match the A’s highest single month total from Oakland, 131-127 in Seattle and last year…have not won more than 14 games in any month since going 16-12 in May, 2010…went 10-12 in 1-1 in Tokyo…are 55-63 at Safeco April and 11-16 in May this year and have finished the first two months of the season with a losing record for the Field. second consecutive year and third time in the last four years. TODAY’S TIDBITS OFFENSE: The A’s rank last in the majors in batting (.225), have the second lowest slugging percentage (.363) and fourth lowest on-base percentage (.304)…are tied with Kansas City for the fewest runs scored in the Grant Balfour has not allowed a American League (282) and have been shutout a Major League leading 11 times…were shut out 15 times last run in his last nine games and has a 10.2-inning scoreless streak. year and those were the most times the A’s were shutout in a season since 1979 (17)…lead the AL in stolen bases (60) and have the fewest grounded into double plays (46)…are batting .337 (58 for 172) with runners in Coco Crisp has batted leadoff in scoring position over the last 20 games after hitting .209 over the first 54 contests…have hit 68 home runs after each of the last 11 games and is tallying just 50 home runs before the All-Star Break last year…33 of the A’s 68 home runs have come with two 14 for 41 (.341) with seven walks, outs, which is fourth most in the AL…lead the majors in pitches per plate appearance (3.99). six stolen bases and seven runs over that span. PLAYERS USED: On Sunday, A.J. Griffin became the 42nd player to appear in a game for the A’s this year, Jonny Gomes is batting .370 (10 which is tied with Boston for second most in the majors to San Diego (45)…last year, the A’s used 48 players, th for 27) in June after hitting .222 in which was their fewest since 2006 (40)…Griffin is the 16 rookie, which is the most in the majors and two more May. than the A’s season total from last year…currently have 10 rookies on the roster (Céspedes, Cook, Cowgill, Doolittle, Griffin, Miller, Milone, Norris, Parker, Scribner). Jim Miller ranks fifth among AL relievers with a 1.14 ERA. HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 1-0 on this seven-game road trip to Seattle (1-0) and Texas (four Josh Reddick has 17 homers and games)…went 3-3 on the last road trip to Arizona (0-3) and Colorado (3-0) and now have a season-high tying is the second Athletic since 2003 four-game road winning streak…have not won more than four consecutive games road games since September with at least 17 homers by the end 14-26, 2009 when they won five straight…went 6-3 on the last homestand against San Diego (2-1), Los of June (Swisher, 19 in 2006). Angeles (3-0) and San Francisco (1-2)…are 19-19 at home compared to 17-19 on the road…the A’s pitching staff has a 2.99 ERA (117 er in 352.2 ip) at home compared to 4.20 (145 er in 310.2 ip) on the road…the home THIS DATE IN A’s HISTORY ERA is second lowest in the American League while the road ERA ranks ninth.