2013 Oakland A's Expanded Game Notes
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2013 Oakland A’s Expanded Game Notes includes: Traditional Game Notes Full Upcoming Probable Pitcher Pages Roster Supplemental Bios 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 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 (74-57) VS. DETROIT TIGERS (77-55) Season High 63-43 (July 29) WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2013 – COMERICA PARK – 7:05 P.M. EDT Season Low 0-2/20-22 (April 2/May 15) RHP DAN STRAILY (6-7, 4.56) VS. RHP DOUG FISTER (11-6, 3.54) April 16-12 May 16-12 CSNCA – A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) June 16-11 July 15-10 ABOUT THE A’s August 11-12 September 0-0 ABOUT THE A’S: Have won two straight after losing four of the previous five games…have lost six of the last Home Series 12-8-1 Road Series 10-9-2 eight series…are 18-18 since the All-Star Break after going 56-39 before the break…went 20-22 over the first Series Sweeps 9-3 42 games and trailed Texas by 7½ games on May 16…then went a Major League best 43-21 from May 17 to First Game of Series 28-15 July 29 to gain 13½ games in the standings and take a six-game lead in the American League West…are 11-14 Last Game of Series 24-18 since July 30 and have lost 8½ games in the West to fall 2½ games behind the Rangers…are in second place A’s Score First 47-22 in the West for the 18th consecutive day…currently have the second Wild Card spot, ½ game behind Tampa Opponent Scores First 27-35 Bay and three games ahead of third place Cleveland…have spent 57 days in sole possession of first, nine days Leading After 7th 56-3 th tied for first, 71 days in second, four days tied for second, one day in third, two days tied for fourth and one day Leading After 8 61-1 th Tied After 7th 13-7 in fifth…are 215-177 (.548) since Bob Melvin took over as manager June 9, 2011, which is the 10 best record Tied After 8th 8-5 in the majors over that span. th Trailing After 7 4-47 th th PITCHING: Tommy Milone won his 10 game of the season last night giving the A’s four 10-game winners Trailing After 8 3-51 Commit No Errors 46-27 (Colón, Griffin, Parker) for the first time since 2006 (Blanton, Haren, Loaiza, Zito)…the four 10-game winners Commit 1 or More Errors 28-30 are second most in the majors (Detroit, 5)…the A’s have compiled a 6.15 ERA (39 er in 57.0 ip) over the last More HR Than Opp. 46-6 seven games…have surrendered 12 home runs and walked 30 batters over that span…have the lowest Fewer HR Than Opp. 10-33 opponents on-base percentage (.299) and fewest walks (345) in the American League, the second lowest Same Total HR of Opp. 18-18 batting average (.243) and slugging percentage (.384) and fourth lowest ERA (3.66)…the last time the A’s Starter Pitches 7 or More 34-15 finished the season with an on-base percentage under .300 was in 1972 (.284)…allowed a season-high tying Starter Pitches Less Than 7 40-42 10 runs Sunday at Baltimore, snapping a 105-game streak in which they allowed fewer than 10 runs…that was When Scoring 4 or More 58-13 When Scoring Less Than 4 16-44 the third longest streak in Oakland history and it was the longest since a 139-game streak from May 20, 1972- Last At Bat 16-9 April 18, 1973…it was the second longest streak by an AL team since 1989 (Toronto, 136 from May 17, 2008- Different Lineups 113 April 24, 2009)…prior to Sunday, the last time the A’s allowed 10 runs in a game was April 25, also against Baltimore. A’s vs. TIGERS STARTING PITCHING: Tommy Milone tossed the A’s sixth complete game of the season last night, which is The A’s lead the season series 3- second most in the American League…A’s starters lead the AL with four complete game shutouts and rank 2…have won the first two games fourth with 53 wins and a 3.92 ERA (346 er in 794.0 ip)…are 39-21 with a 3.41 ERA (210 er in 553.2 ip) over in Detroit after losing two of three the last 89 games (since May 17) after going 14-21 with a 5.09 ERA over the first 42 contests…have allowed in Oakland in April…over the 104 home runs, which is the most by A’s starters since 2009 (114)…have used just seven starting pitchers, previous six years, the A’s have which is their fewest since employing six in 2004…in the majors, only Detroit has used fewer starters this year won two season series, lost two (6). and split two…are 30-26 against Detroit since 2007…since moving DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have committed 20 errors in the last 25 games, which has led to 16 unearned to Oakland in 1968, the A’s are runs…made 61 errors over the first 106 games leading to 23 unearned runs…have just 93 double plays, which 242-234 against the Tigers…that is tied with Cincinnati for the fewest in the majors…rank last in the majors in assists (1121). includes 135-105 in Oakland, 105- 127 in Detroit and 2-2 in Las OFFENSE: The A’s are batting .261 (167 for 641) with 90 runs scored over the last 19 games (4.74 runs per Vegas…are 29-21 (.580) at game) after hitting .209 with 72 runs scored (3.13 per game) over the previous 23 contests…are batting .245 for Comerica Park during the regular season, which is the best winning the season, which is fourth lowest in the American League…A’s outfielders have combined for a Major League percentage by any team in this low .223 (339 for 1521) batting average…the lowest mark by A’s outfielders since at least 1916 is .228 in ballpark (Angels, .550)…all-time, 1979…A’s designated hitters are batting .217 (99 for 457), which is currently second lowest in A’s history (.203 the A’s are 910-987 against the in 1987)…have homered in nine straight games (14 home runs total) and have 29 home runs in August, which Tigers. is tied for third in the AL…have a ML leading 476 walks for the season…have 18 sacrifice hits, which is tied for the fewest in the majors. MLB BEST RECORDS, IN THE PINCH: A’s pinch hitters are batting .145 (16 for 110), which is second lowest in the American League LAST TWO YEARS (Baltimore, .138)…the lowest mark in Oakland history is .141 in 1994…lead the AL in strikeouts (34), rank W L PCT second in plate appearances (128), home runs (4) and walks (16) and are tied for third in RBI (13)…the 16 Atlanta 173 120 .590 walks are the most by an A’s team since 2000 (21), the 128 plate appearances are the most since 2001 (128) Cincinnati 171 124 .580 and the four home runs are the most since 2002 (5). Texas 170 124 .578 Oakland 168 125 .573 HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 3-2 on this seven-game road trip to Baltimore (1-2) and Detroit (2-0)…went 3- St. Louis 166 128 .565 3 on the last road trip to Cincinnati (0-2) and Toronto (3-1) and are 35-32 (.522) on the road, which is the fourth best mark in the American League…went 4-5 on their last homestand against Houston (1-2), Cleveland (2-1) TODAY’S TIDBITS and Seattle (1-2) and are 39-25 (.609) in Oakland, which is the fourth best home record in the AL…return home following the game tomorrow for a 10-game homestand against Tampa Bay (three games), Texas (three The A’s won their second rain- shortened game of the season last games) and Houston (four games)…that will conclude a stretch where the A’s play 29 of 42 games at home night as the game was called in (July 25-Sept. 8). the top of the sixth inning…also CLOSE CALLS: The A’s are 24-16 (.600) in one-run games…are tied for the American League lead in one-run won a game called after seven innings at Boston April 23…this wins and have the fourth best record…are 7-5 (.583) in extra inning games, which is the fourth best record in marks the first time the A’s have the AL…have seven “walk-off” wins…are 16-9 in games decided in the last at bat…are tied for the Major played two games of fewer than League lead with 13 wins when trailing after six innings (Pittsburgh). nine innings since 1995…it is the first time they have won two THE DISABLED LIST: The A’s placed Josh Reddick on the disabled list Monday and have now used the DL games fewer than nine innings four times in the last 35 days after a 77-day streak without placing a player on the DL…the 77-day streak is the since 1951.