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O AKLAND A THLETICS Post Game Notes Oakland Athletics Baseball Company7000 Coliseum WayOakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900www.athletics.comA’s PR on Twitter @AsMedia Alerts OAKLAND ATHLETICS (15-18) VS. LOS ANGELES ANGELS (17-18) TUESDAY, MAY 9, 2017 — OAKLAND COLISEUM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Los Angeles 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 8 0 Oakland 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 7 0 Win: Alex Meyer (1-1) Loss: Jharel Cotton (3-4) Save: Bud Norris (6) OAKLAND NOTES LOS ANGELES NOTES • Yonder Alonso hit his 10th home run of the season in the first in- • Ben Revere hit his first home run of the season and the seventh of ning, setting a new career high for home runs in a season (previous: his career (last: 7/20/2016 vs. Los Angeles-NL)... entering the game, nine home runs in 2012). Revere had the highest career at bat to home run ratio in the majors among active players at 485.0. • Alonso hit a second home run in the sixth inning for his second career two-homer game (other: 5/6/2017 vs. Detroit). • With a home run and a single in his first two at bats of the night, Revere increased his series total to five hits...it is the first time he • Jharel Cotton allowed a career-high seven earned runs and three has had five hits in a series since 6/27-6/29/2016 vs. New York-NL. home runs while striking out seven batters, which is tied for the sec- ond-most strikeouts of his career. • With a solo home run in the first inning, Albert Pujols recorded the 1,842nd RBI of his career...he is now just two away from tying Carl • Adam Rosales extended his hitting streak to seven games...he is Yastrzemski for 11th on the all-time list. 8-for-26 (.308) with four RBI over his last seven games. • The Angels have now homered in 22 of their last 26 meetings with • Trevor Plouffe recorded his third consecutive multi-hit game...he is Oakland. batting .400 (6-for-15) this homestand. HOME RUNS • Sean Manaea and Chris Bassitt pitched tonight for the Nashville Sounds on rehab assignments: Player Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Albert Pujols (5) 1 1-2 1 LF Cotton IP H R ER HR BB SO TP-S Ben Revere (1) 2 1-1 1 RF Cotton Manaea 4.0 4 2 1 0 1 5 72-45 Yunel Escobar (5) 2 2-2 3 CF Cotton Bassitt 4.0 5 4 4 0 4 6 70-45 HOME RUNS Player Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Yonder Alonso (10) 1 1-0 2 CF Meyer Yonder Alonso (11) 6 1-1 1 CF Meyer Time of Game................................................3:07 Streak..............................................................L1 vs. RHS/LHS..........................................10-13/5-5 First Pitch.................................................7:07 pm Homestand.......................................................3-2 May..................................................................4-4 Temperature........................................63 degrees Last 5...............................................................3-2 Today’s Attendance....................................11,383 Last 10.............................................................5-5 Attendance Total.......................................295,963 Home/Road............................................10-8/5-10 Average (18 games)...................................16,442 Day/Night.................................................6-4/9-14.