2018 Oakland A’s Expanded Game Notes includes: Traditional Game Notes Full Upcoming Probable Pitcher Pages Expanded Game Notes Complete 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 • 510-638-4900 • athletics.com • A’s PR @AsMediaAlerts Get the latest A’s notes, full stat packets, clips, press releases, roster, updated media guide and more at pressbox.athletics.com OAKLAND ATHLETICS (31-31) VS. KANSAS CITY ROYALS (21-41) THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2018 — OAKLAND COLISEUM — 7:05 P.M. PDT RHP PAUL BLACKBURN (2018 DEBUT) VS. RHP JASON HAMMEL (2-5, 5.17) NBCSCA — A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) — EN ESPAÑOL (KIQI 1010 AM) ABOUT THE A’S: Were swept in a two-game series at Texas on Tuesday and STARTING PITCHING: Paul Blackburn is scheduled to become the 10th differ- Wednesday…it marks the second time the A’s have been swept this year ent pitcher to start a game for the A’s, which will tie Detroit for second most (May 7-9 vs. Houston)…are 3-3 over the last six games and are 31-31 for the in the American League (Tampa Bay, 12)…it marks the 11th time in the last season, which marks the 11th time this year Oakland has been exactly .500… 12 years the A’s have used at least 10 different starters…starters are 4-3 with have not been under .500 since May 16 (21-22)…went 5-10 (.333) over the a 3.18 ERA (24 er in 68.0 ip) and .215 (53-for-246) opponents batting average first 15 games, 20-12 (.625) over a 32-game stretch from April 15-May 20, over the last 11 games…have issued two free passes or fewer in 53 of the and are 6-9 (.400) in 15 games since then…are in fourth place in the Ameri- 62 games this year and are second in the majors in fewest walks per nine can League West for the 43rd consecutive day and are a season-high tying innings (2.39) to Cleveland (2.22). 7½ games out of first place…have spent one day tied for first, one day tied DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have a season-high six-game errorless streak… for second, two days tied for third, 58 days in fourth and seven days tied for however, have 38 errors for the season, which is fifth most in the American fourth. League…lead the majors with 652 assists…A’s outfielders have five assists, THE LONG BALL: The A’s allowed four home runs last night after surrendering which is tied for second fewest in the majors (Washington, 4). a season-high five the night before…it marks the fifth time in Oakland his- ON THE BASES: The A’s are 12-for-25 (48.0%) in stolen base attempts…have tory the A’s allowed at least four home runs in consecutive games (previous: the lowest stolen base percentage in the majors, the fewest stolen bases June 7-9, 2017)…have allowed at least four home runs three times in the last and the third fewest attempts…opponents have stolen 46 bases, which eight games and five times for the season…have surrendered 51 home runs is second most in the American League (Toronto, 47), but they have been in 32 games on the road compared to 28 in 30 at home…lead the majors in caught stealing 18 times, which is second most (Toronto, 20). home runs allowed on the road and have the fifth fewest at home…the of- fense homered in all five games on the last road trip (eight home runs total) ONE-RUN GAMES AND OTHER CLOSE CALLS: The A’s have lost five of their last and have now homered in 19 consecutive road games, which is two short seven one-run games but are 10-7 (.588) for the season, which is the fifth of the Athletics record (21, July 21-Sept. 13, 2013)…lead the majors with 55 best record in the American League…are 3-3 in extra inning games and the home runs on the road but have the third fewest at home (22)…have 28 go- six extra inning games are tied for fourth most in the AL…are 6-5 in games ahead home runs, which ranks second in the American League (New York, decided in the last at bat and the 11 last at bat games are tied for third few- 31) and tied for third in the majors (Washington, 32). est in the AL…have three walk-off wins, which is tied for fourth in the AL. BY DIVISION: The A’s are 5-1 against American League Central teams…swept THE SEVENTH INNING OR LATER: The A’s have compiled a 3.40 ERA (71 er in a three-game series from Chicago April 16-18 and won two of three at Kan- 187.2 ip) in the seventh inning or later, which is fourth lowest in the Ameri- sas City last weekend…are batting .306 (70-for-229) with 55 runs scored can League…have a 4.31 ERA (178 er in 372.0 ip) over innings one through (9.17 per game) against the Central…are now 21-10 (.677) in interdivision six…are 23-0 when leading after seven innings and are one of two teams in games compared to 10-21 (.323) against the AL West. the majors that has not lost a game when leading after seven (Milwaukee, 31-0). HOMESTANDS AND ROAD TRIPS: The A’s begin a 10-game homestand against Kansas City (four games), Houston (three games) and Los Angeles-AL (three THE DISABLED LIST: After reinstating Paul Blackburn from the disabled list games) tonight…it is the second of three 10-game homestands this year and today, the A’s have eight players remaining on the DL (Anderson, Buchter, it concludes a stretch where Oakland will play 20 of 25 games at home… Casilla, Cotton, Gossett, Joyce, Powell, Triggs)…Cotton and Powell are on the went 4-6 on the last homestand and are 15-15 at home for the season…went 60-day DL…the A’s have used the DL 16 times this year…have had at least 2-3 on the last road trip to Kansas City (2-1) and Texas (0-2) and are 16-16 on four players on the DL every day since Aug. 24, 2015, at least three every day the road…have lost nine of the last 13 home games but have won eight of since July 30, 2011 and have not had fewer than two players on DL since end the last 12 on the road. of 2006 season (1). SEVEN HITS OR FEWER: The A’s have collected seven hits or fewer in each of A’s ON RADIO: Due to conflicts with the Warriors, the following game will the last 12 home games, which is the longest such streak by an A’s team air in the Bay Area on 1550 AM: tomorrow against Kansas City…additional since at least 1908…it is the longest streak by any team since California updates will be announced based on the Warriors postseason schedule. also had a 12-game streak from Sept. 3-22, 1976…should the streak reach A’s vs. ROYALS: The A’s won two of three at Kansas City last weekend to open 13, it will be the longest single-season streak by any team since a 14-game the season series and have now won 11 of their last 15 games against the streak by the Chicago White Sox from April 14-June 6, 1910…are batting .162 Royals…however, have lost eight of the last 12 in Oakland…split the season (62-for-382) with 25 runs scored (2.08 runs per game) over this 12-game series last year 3-3…won two of three at Kansas City and lost two of three stretch…overall, are batting .222 (225-for-1012) and are averaging 3.47 runs in Oakland…over the previous seven seasons, the A’s have won three season per game at home (104 runs in 30 games) compared to .259 and 5.34 runs series, lost three and split one…are 28-25 against the Royals dating back to per game on the road…are averaging the fewest runs per game at home in 2011…all-time, the A’s are 319-264 against the Royals…that breaks down to the American League and have the second lowest batting average (Toronto, 172-117 in Oakland and 147-147 in Kansas City. .221)…have the third most runs per game on the road and the fourth best TODAY’S TIDBITS batting average. Matt Chapman leads Major League third baseman in total chances (222), SCORING POSITION: The A’s are hitting .500 (19-for-38) with runners in scor- putouts (50) and assists (164)…Khris Davis ranks third in the American ing position in June after batting .194 with RISP in May…hit .271 with RISP in League in RBI (44) and ninth in home runs (15)…Jed Lowrie is tied for third April and are batting .258 with RISP overall. in the AL in multiple hit games (23), tied for seventh in hits (72) and eighth OFFENSE: The A’s are batting .295 (54-for-183) with 31 runs scored over the in RBI (42)…Matt Olson is 10-for-24 (.417) with four home runs and 11 RBI first five games of June (6.20 runs per game) after hitting .211 and averaging over his last six games…Blake Treinen has converted each of his last 10 3.59 runs per game in 29 games in May…are hitting .242 overall, which is save opportunities and has a 0.63 ERA (1 er in 14.1 ip) in 14 games total fifth lowest in the American League…have the fourth most strikeouts (546) over that span…ranks second among AL relievers in ERA (0.95) and tied for and fifth lowest on-base percentage (.312) but have the fifth most extra sixth in saves (13).