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GAME NOTES Oakland Athletics Baseball Company 510-638-4900 | athletics.com | @athletics OAKLAND ATHLETICS (0-4) VS. LOS ANGELES DODGERS (3-1) MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2021 — OAKLAND COLISEUM — 6:40 PDT RHP FRANKIE MONTAS (3-5, 5.60 IN 2020) VS. RHP DUSTIN MAY (3-1, 2.57 IN 2020) NBCSCA — A’S CAST ON IHEART RADIO — A’S RADIO NETWORK (960 AM, 103.7 FM HD2, 1140 AM) — EN ESPAÑOL (KIQI 1010 AM, KATD 990 AM) ABOUT THE A’S: Were swept in a four-game series by Houston to start the ROSTER NOTES: The average age on the A’s Opening Day roster is 29.92 years, season and have started the campaign 0-4 for the third time in Oakland his- which is the oldest A’s Opening Day roster since 2004 (30.16)…Jesús Luzardo, tory…the other times were in 1979 and 1987 when the A’s opened at 0-5 be- who was 23 years and 183 days on April 1, is the youngest…Sergio Romo was fore winning the sixth game of the season…prior to the Houston series, had the oldest at 38 years, 29 days…have two rookies on the Opening Day roster not been swept in a four-game series since July 24-27, 2017 at Toronto and (Garcia, Tom) after opening with five last year…six players have six or more had not been swept in a four-game series in Oakland since June 19-22, 2017 years of service (Romo, Lowrie, Andrus, Moreland, Petit and Diekman)…17 by Houston…never lost more than three straight games all last year and the players return from last years Opening Day roster, which matches the to- A’s four-game losing streak is their longest since a five-game skid from May tal from last year when Opening Day rosters were at 30…from 1992-2019, 28-June 2, 2019…are four games under .500 for the first time since May 17, when rosters were 25 men, the most returning players from the previous 2019 when they were 21-25…are four games out of first place in the Ameri- years Opening Day roster was 16 in 2007…only Mark Canha has played for can League West…never trailed by more than one game last year…this is the Oakland in each of the last seven seasons and only five players have been A’s 54th season in Oakland where they have won 17 American League West on each of the last four Opening Day rosters (Chapman, Olson, Petit, Pinder, titles, four AL Wild Cards, six AL pennants and four World Championships Piscotty)…Matt Olson, who was drafted on June 4, 2012, has the longest un- in the previous 53 years in Oakland…only the Atlanta Braves (20), New York interrupted tenure in the A’s organization…open the season with 13 pitchers Yankees (19) and Los Angeles Dodgers (19) have more division titles than the and 13 position players. A’s…since the A’s moved to Oakland in 1968, only the Yankees (11), Cardinals (8) and Dodgers (8) have more league championships and only the Yankees THE INJURED LIST: The A’s begin the season with two players (Fiers and have more world championships (7)…have a 4349-4004 (.521) record over Rosenthal) on the injured list after starting the 2020 season with just one… the previous 53 seasons in Oakland…only four teams have won more games have used the IL three times this year as Frankie Montas began the spring over that span (New York Yankees, Boston, Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis)… on the Covid related IL before he was reinstated March 15…used the IL eight this is the Athletics franchise 121st season in the American League…since times last year, which was second fewest in the majors to Cleveland (4)… 1901, the A’s have 17 AL West titles plus 15 AL pennants and nine World used it 18 times in 2019, which tied for second fewest. Championships…only the Yankees (27) and Cardinals (11) have won more DURING THE SPRING: The A’s posted a winning record for the third consecu- World Championships…the A’s are 9064-9476 (.489) in their previous 120 tive spring as they finished 16-10-2…the wins tied with Kansas City, Toronto seasons…that includes a 3886-4248 record from 1901-54 in Philadelphia and Boston for the most in the majors and matched the most by an A’s team and 829-1224 from 1955-67 in Kansas City. over the last six springs (also 2017)…compiled a 4.17 ERA, which was the INTERLEAGUE PLAY: The A’s begin interleague lowest in the Cactus League and fifth lowest in the majors…also had the low- MLB BEST ALL-TIME est opponents batting average (.228), on-base percentage (.312) and OPS play with this three-game series against the INTERLEAGUE RECORDS Dodgers…it marks the second time in Oak- (.714) in the CL and the third lowest slugging percentage (.402)…had the land history the A’s have faced a National W L PCT third fewest walks (90) and the fourth fewest home runs (27) but finished League team in April…the other time was in Boston 263 180 .594 with the third fewest strikeouts (229)…offensively, the A’s led the majors in 2018 when they played Los Angeles on April New York (AL) 259 183 .586 on-base percentage (.357), OPS (.833), runs (161), doubles (67) and sacrifice Los Angeles (AL) 243 201 .547 10 and 11 in their 12th and 13th games of flies (13)…topped the CL in fewest strikeouts (220), ranked second in batting Oakland 238 206 .536 (.267) and extra base hits (107) and fourth in slugging (.476)…were 9-for-11 the season…will also host Arizona (June 8-9), Minnesota 234 211 .526 San Diego (Aug. 3-4) and San Francisco (Aug. (81.8%) in stolen base attempts…had the second fewest steals in the CL but 20-22) and play at Arizona (April 12-13), the third best percentage…opponents were successful in just 6-of-17 (35.3%) Colorado (June 4-6), San Francisco (June 25-27) and San Diego (June 27-28)… stolen base attempts, which was the lowest mark in the majors…played all went 10-10 (.500) in interleague play last year and finished with a .500 re- 28 games in Arizona, marking just the second time in Oakland history the A’s cord or better against the National League for the third consecutive season have not played a Spring Training game outside the state of Arizona (1981)… and 17th time in 24 years of interleague play…are 238-206 (.536) all-time in in all other springs, played at least one game in either the Bay Area, Las Ve- interleague play, which is fourth best in Major League history. gas, Palm Springs, New Orleans or Bradenton, Fla. HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 0-4 on this season-opening seven-game home- 18 DAYS IN FEBRUARY: Of the 26 players on the A’s Opening Day roster, seven stand against Houston (0-4) and Los Angeles-NL (three games)…did not lose were added to the A’s organization over an 18-day stretch from Feb. 6 to 23… more than two straight home games all last year and this is the A’s longest the seven players have a combined total of 67 seasons and 5,298 games in home losing streak since dropping six in a row from May 28-June 14, 2019… the majors…they have 30 years and 164 games of postseason experience… went 22-10 (.688) in Oakland last year, which was the sixth best home record it began on Feb. 6 when Elvis Andrus and Aramis Garcia were acquired from in the majors and the second best home winning percentage in Oakland his- Texas for Khris Davis, Jonah Heim and Dane Acker…Jed Lowrie was signed to tory…leave following the game Wednesday for their first road trip of the sea- a minor league contract on Feb. 10 and Adam Kolarek was acquired from the son, a five-game trip to Houston (three games) and Arizona (two games)… Dodgers on Feb. 12 with Cody Thomas for Sheldon Neuse and Gus Varland… were 14-14 (.500) on the road in 2020. Oakland then signed free agents Sergio Romo (Feb. 18), Yusmeiro Petit (Feb. 19) and Mitch Moreland (Feb. 23)…additionally, Mike Fiers, who starts the THE FIRST 10: The A’s begin the season with 10 games in 10 days against year on the injured list, was signed on Feb. 16 and Trevor Rosenthal, who is two 2020 playoff teams…began the season with a four-game series with the also on the IL, was signed on Feb. 22. Astros and host this three-game series with the defending World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers before traveling to Houston for a three-game series… A’s vs. DODGERS: The A’s lost the season series last year as they dropped two then have two off days over a four-day stretch (April 11 and 14)…the April 11 of three games at Los Angeles, Sept. 22-24…returned to Dodger Stadium two off day is the A’s first scheduled Sunday off day since Aug. 26, 2012 following weeks later to face Houston in the ALDS (lost three of four)…have won nine a three-game series at Tampa Bay. of the last 10 games in Oakland…are 22-14 (.611) all-time against the Dodg- ers during the regular season…that is the best record by any team against THIS AND THAT: The A’s have allowed at least eight runs in each of the first the Dodgers (White Sox, 14-11, .560)…are 15-3 in Oakland and 7-11 in Los four games…they are the fifth team since 1901 to surrender eight or more Angeles.