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GAME NOTES Oakland Athletics Baseball Company 510-638-4900 | athletics.com | @athletics OAKLAND ATHLETICS (51-40) VS. TEXAS RANGERS (35-54) SUNDAY, JULY 11, 2021 — GLOBE LIFE FIELD — 1:35 CDT RHP CHRIS BASSITT (9-2, 3.41) VS. LHP KOLBY ALLARD (2-5, 3.45) NBCSCA — A’S CAST ON IHEART RADIO — A’S RADIO NETWORK (960 AM, 103.7 FM HD2, 1140 AM) ABOUT THE A’S: The A’s won game two of the series yesterday in 11 innings are tied with the White Sox and Rockies for the most complete games (3)... by a score of 8-4...won their 50th game of the season Thursday, marking just the complete games are the most by an A’s team since 2015 (5)...the A’s are the fifth time in the last 29 years the A’s have won their 50th game in 89 the first team in the majors with four pitchers with 18 or more starts...have games or fewer (2002, 03, 14, 15)...lost two of three at Houston to start the used just seven starting pitchers, which is second fewest to the Red Sox (6)... road trip and are now 0-5-1 over the last six series...it is the first time the A’s are one of two teams with five pitchers with six or more wins (White Sox). have gone winless over six consecutive series in a single season since they BULLPEN: The A’s bullpen is 2-2 with a save, three blown saves, a 1.63 ERA went 0-5-1 over a six-series stretch from June 3-22, 2016...have lost six of the (5 er in 27.2 ip) over the last eight games but is 9-8 with 10 saves, 13 blown last nine games and 14 of the last 20...are 51-40 (.560) overall, which is the saves and a 4.41 ERA (74 er in 151.0 ip) over the last 51 contests...has con- fifth best record in the American League...are in second place in the AL West verted 22-of-36 (61.1%) save opportunities overall...has five losses over the for the 20th consecutive day and trail first place Houston by 3½ games...that last 18 games after taking just four losses over the first 71 contests. is two games short of the season high of 5½ (April 8 and July 7)...have spent 58 days alone in first place, three days tied for first, 21 days in second, one DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have committed five errors in the last seven day tied for second, three days in third, two days in fourth, three days tied games after making just two errors over the previous 19 contests...now have for fourth and 10 days in fifth...held at least a share of first for 61 of 62 days 41 errors for the season, which is second fewest in the American League... from April 20 to June 20. ranks tied for fifth in fewest double plays (69)...A’s pitchers have five pickoffs, which is tied for third most. THE ALL-STAR BREAK: The A’s will go into the All-Star Break with a winning record for the third consecutive season as they are 51-40 entering the final ALL-STAR: Matt Olson was named to his first American League All-Star team game before the break...were 51-41 in 2019 (2nd place, seven games behind on Sunday as the A’s lone representative...it is the first time the A’s have one Houston) and 55-42 in 2018 (3rd place, -8)...A’s pitchers have 751 strikeouts, All-Star since 2017 (Alonso)...had two in both 2018 (Lowrie, Treinen) and which is already an Athletics Pre All-Star Break record (728 in 2014)...have a 2019 (Chapman, Hendriks)...Olson will also be participating in the Home 3.83 ERA and have not had an ERA under 4.00 since 2015 (3.37)...the offense Run Derby...this is the second consecutive Derby with an Athletic (Chapman, is batting .233 and has went into the break with a mark under .233 twice in 2019) and Olson is the ninth Athletic to participate in the Derby...Chris Bas- Oakland history (.225 in 2012, .231 in 1982). sitt was named to the All-Star team yesterday as a replacement...is his first career All-Star appearance...the A’s have sent one pitcher and one postion ONE-RUN GAMES AND OTHER CLOSE CALLS: Six of the A’s last eight games player to each of the last three All-Star Games (Jed Lowrie & Blake Treinen in have been decided by one run and Oakland is 14-14 (.500) in one-run games... 2018; Matt Chapman and Liam Hendriks in 2019). have the most one-run games in the American League and are third in wins... are 21-21 (.500) in games decided by two runs or fewer compared to 30-19 THIS AND THAT: The A’s are 22-13 (.629) in games in which the opponent (.612) in games decided by three runs or more...are 4-3 in extra innings...are starts a left-handed pitcher compared to 29-27 (.518) when they start a 10-6 in games decided in the last at bat...have seven walk-off wins, which is right-hander...are 31-7 (.816) when out-homering the opposition, 7-23 tied with the Mariners for the most in the AL and tied for second most in the (.233) when they are out-homered...have used 88 different lineups over the majors (Rockies, 9)...now have 90 walk-off wins in the Bob Melvin era, which first 89 games. are the most in the majors over that span. THE INJURED LIST: The A’s have used the injured list 18 times this year...used AGAINST THE WEST: The A’s are 18-20 (.474) against American League West it just eight times last year, which was second fewest in the majors to Cleve- competition compared to 33-20 (.623) against all other teams...lost two of land (4), and 18 times in 2019, which tied for second fewest...currently have three at Houston to start the week and begin a stretch of 10 of 13 games five players on the IL (Canha, Fiers, Moreland, Pinder, Rosenthal)...began the against divisional foes...after this three-game series with Texas, the A’s open year with two players on the IL but have had at least four all but one day post-break play by hosting Cleveland, and then have two games with the since the fifth game of the season (three on June 16). Angels and four with Seattle. A’s vs. RANGERS: The A’s are 4-5 against the Rangers...are 1-2 in Oakland and HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 2-3 on this six-game road trip to Houston (1- 3-3 in Texas...today is the A’s 10th game against the Rangers in their last 18 2) and Texas (1-1)...this trip starts a stretch where the A’s are scheduled to games...won the season series last year, 7-3...it was their fourth consecutive play 26 of their 36 games on the road...went 4-6 on the last road trip to New season series victory over the Rangers, which is just the second time the A’s York-AL (1-2), Texas (2-2) and San Francisco (1-2) but are 24-18 (.571) on the have won four consecutive season series against Texas (2002-05)...went 4-3 road overall, which is the third best road record in the American League... in Arlington last year and 3-0 in Oakland...have won 18 of the last 25 games the 42 road games are tied for the fewest in the majors...went 2-4 on the and are 33-15 over the last 48 contests...have won eight of the last 11 games last homestand against Texas (1-2) and Boston (1-2) and are 27-22 (.551) and 26 of the last 34 in Oakland...are 48-28 (.632) against the Rangers over at home...begin post-break play with a five-game homestand against Cleve- the last five years...are 389-381 all-time against the Texas Rangers...that land (three-games) and Los Angeles-AL (two games). breaks down to 204-178 in Oakland and 185-203 in Texas...are 7-6 at Globe Life Field...have an all-time record of 486-465 against the Rangers/Senators ON THE BASES: The A’s have 13 stolen bases in their last 20 games after steal- franchise. ing just two bases over the previous 36 contests...have been successful in each of their last 15 stolen base attempts dating back to May 30 and are TODAY’S TIDBITS 37-for-45 (82.2%) for the season, which is the third best percentage in the Jed Lowrie is hitting .385 20-for-52) with a 1.091 OPS over his last 14 American League. games dating back to June 24...eight of the 14 games have been multi-hit OFFENSE: The A’s are batting .205 (99-for-483) with 51 runs scored (3.64 per efforts...is hitting .405 (30-for-74) with runners in scoring position which game) over the last 14 games...A’s leadoff hitters are 10-for-54 (.185) with is third best in the Majors behind only Vlad Guerrero Jr.