2014 Oakland A’s Expanded Game Notes includes: Traditional Game Notes Full Upcoming Probable Pitcher Pages Expanded Game Notes Transactions Spring Training Statistics Monthly Statistics Please consider the environment before printing this document. To print traditional Game Notes, print from page 2 to 9. OAKLAND ATHLETICS Game Information Oakland Athletics Baseball Company 7000 Coliseum Way Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 www.athletics.com A’s PR on Twitter @AsMediaAlerts OAKLAND ATHLETICS (44-28) VS. BOSTON RED SOX (34-38) THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2014 – O.CO COLISEUM – 7:05 P.M. PDT LHP SCOTT KAZMIR (8-2, 2.05) VS. RHP JAKE PEAVY (1-4, 4.53) CSNCA – A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME)– EN ESPAÑOL (KIQI 1010 AM) ABOUT THE A’S: Have won two MLB BEST RECORDS SINCE 2012 HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 4-2 on this 10-game homestand straight and four of the last five games against New York-AL (2-1), Texas (2-1) and Boston (four W L PCT to move to a season-high 16 games Oakland 234 162 .591 games)…went 5-2 on the last homestand and are 21-14 (.600) at over .500 at 44-28…that is the best Atlanta 226 169 .572 home for the season, which is the second best home record in the record in the majors and the best by an St. Louis 224 172 .566 American League (Cleveland, 22-12)…have won 15 of the last 20 A’s team after 72 games since the 1990 Cincinnati 222 172 .563 home games after losing six straight…are batting .269 (317 for 1178) club was 46-26 (won game 73)…this is Washington 221 173 .561 with 46 home runs in 35 games in Oakland compared to .240 with 36 the third time this year the A’s have home runs in 37 games on the road…went 5-4 on the last road trip to owned the best record in the majors (May 21 and 22)…have held the New York-AL (2-1), Baltimore (2-1) and Los Angeles-AL (1-2)…are 23- best record in the American League every day since May 31…entered 14 (.622) on the road for the season, which is the best road record in play today with a five-game lead in the AL West, which is ½-game the majors. short of the season high of 5½ (last on June 6)…the last time the A’s ON THE BASES: The A’s are 40 for 48 (83.3%) in stolen base had a lead greater than 5½ games before the All-Star Break was in attempts, which is the second best percentage in the majors 1988 when they led by as many as 11 games on June 4…are in sole (Washington, 84.2%)…opponents have been successful in 42 of their possession of first place in the AL West for the 52nd consecutive day 48 (87.5%) attempts, which is the second highest percentage in the (since April 28) and have held at least a share of first for 56 majors (Cubs, 91.0%)…the A’s are the only Major League team consecutive days (since April 24) and 66 of the last 68…this is the A’s without a pickoff. longest stretch of consecutive days in first place since spending the final 65 days of the 2006 season in first…have 65 days in sole CLOSE CALLS: The A’s are 13-17 in games decided by two runs or possession of first this year, four days tied for first, four days in second, fewer compared to 31-11 in games decided by three runs or three days tied for second, one day tied for third and three days in more…are 7-4 in extra inning games…lead the majors in extra inning fourth…the A’s average time of game is 3 hours and 11 minutes…the wins and are tied with the Dodgers and Mets for the most extra inning Oakland record is 3:08 in 2000. games…have the third best extra inning record in the AL…are 11-8 in games decided in the last at bat…lead the AL in last at bat wins and OFFENSE: The A’s have 32 runs, 51 hits and five home runs over the rank second in last at bat games (Boston, 21)…lead the majors in wins last four games after tallying 14 runs, 32 hits and one home run over when trailing after seven innings (8) and are tied with Milwaukee for the previous five contests…lead the majors in runs scored (373), the lead in wins when trailing after eight innings (4). walks (305) and on-base percentage (.337), rank third in home runs (82), sixth in slugging (.413) and eighth in extra base hits (221). MONTH BY MONTH: The A’s are 10-6 in June…went 16-12 in May after going 18-9 in April…have now posted a winning record in 12 THE LONG BALL: Four of the A’s last five home runs have been consecutive months dating back to June of 2012…that is the second three-run shots and five of the last seven have come with at least two longest such streak in Oakland history…the record is 13 consecutive men on base…lead the majors with 43 home runs with runners on months from Sept. 1970-Sept. 1972. base and four grand slams…have 82 home runs overall, which ranks second in the American League and third in the majors…the pitching NO ROOKIES: The A’s are the only Major League team that has not staff has allowed seven home runs in the last four games after yielding used a rookie in 2014…the streak of 72 consecutive games without just one over the previous six contests…have surrendered 60 home playing a rookie is the longest single-season streak in Oakland runs for the season, which is tied for the fewest in the AL and tied for history…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, it is the longest season- fifth fewest in the majors…only 19 of those have come with runners on opening streak by a Major League team since the 2005 Cleveland base, which is second fewest in the majors (St. Louis, 17). Indians went the first 82 games without playing a rookie. IN THE PINCH: A’s pinch hitters are 8 for their last 14 (.571) with two THE DISABLED LIST: The A’s have five players on the disabled list doubles, a home run, seven RBI and two walks…lead the American (Griffin, O’Flaherty, Parker, Pomeranz, Reddick)…Griffin, O’Flaherty League in pinch walks (14) and RBI (14)…the walks rank third in the and Parker are on the 60-day DL…O’Flaherty and Reddick are on majors and the RBI are sixth…are tied for the AL lead in doubles (4) rehab assignments…have used the DL 10 times this year…used it just and extra base hits (6), rank second in hits (18), on-base percentage 13 times all last year, which was the fewest since 2005 when they (.429), slugging percentage (.459) and plate appearances (77) and used it eight times…have not had fewer than two players on the DL third in batting (.295). since the end of the 2006 season when they had just one. PITCHING: The A’s have allowed 35 runs in six games on the A’s vs. RED SOX: The A’s trail in the season series 1-2 after losing homestand for a 5.33 ERA (32 er in 54.0 ip) after yielding 25 runs in two of three in Boston in May…the two clubs split the season series nine games on the last road trip (2.21 ERA)…that has upped the last year, 3-3…each team won two of three games in its home season ERA .20 points to 3.03, which is still the lowest in the ballpark…the A’s have won 12 of the last 17 games against the Red majors…also lead the majors in opponents batting average (.229) and Sox after losing seven of the previous eight…have won eight of the last on-base percentage (.291) and have the second lowest slugging nine and 13 of the last 16 in Oakland…since 2006, the A’s have won percentage (.345)…have issued the third fewest walks in the American three season series, lost two and split three…are 39-34 over that span, League (201) and are tied for the third most shutouts (7). which includes 25-10 in Oakland, 13-23 at Fenway and 1-1 in Tokyo…are 231-280 since moving to Oakland in 1968…that includes STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are 11-9 with a 3.51 ERA 137-115 in Oakland, 93-164 in Boston and 1-1 in Tokyo…all-time, the (60 er in 153.2 ip) over the last 25 games but are 31-17 with a 3.07 A’s are 873-1061 against the Red Sox ERA (149 er in 436.1 ip) for the season…have the fewest losses in the majors and the second lowest ERA (St. Louis, 3.00)…are tied for TODAY’S TIDBITS second in the American League in complete games (2) and rank fourth Coco Crisp is batting .386 (22 for 57) with 17 runs, six doubles, two in innings pitched (436.1). home runs, nine RBI and 11 walks over his last 16 games…Sean DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have committed at least one error in Doolittle has a 22.1-inning scoreless streak, which is a career-high each of the last six games (eight errors total), including a season-high and the longest active streak in the American League…Derek Norris tying three Monday night against Texas (third time)…now have 13 leads AL catchers with a .308 (45 for 146) batting average and is tied errors in the last nine games and 54 for the season, which is tied for for the lead in home runs (7) and RBI (29).