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GAME NOTES Oakland Athletics Baseball Company 510-638-4900 | athletics.com | @athletics OAKLAND ATHLETICS (59-46) VS. LOS ANGELES ANGELS (51-52) SATURDAY, JULY 31, 2021 — ANGEL STADIUM — 1:05 PDT LHP COLE IRVIN (7-9, 3.62) VS. RHP JAIME BARRIA (1-0, 6.23) NBCSCA — A’S CAST ON IHEART RADIO — A’S RADIO NETWORK (960 AM, 103.7 FM HD2, 1140 AM) ABOUT THE A’S: Have won three straight after losing four in a row and are DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have an eight-game errorless streak and have now 7-6 since the All-Star Break…are 2-7-2 over the previous 11 series and made just three errors over the last 17 games…have 44 for the season, which have a 15-19 (.441) record over the last 34 games…are 59-46 (.562) overall, is second fewest in the American League (Astros, 42)…are tied for the fourth which is the fifth best record in the American League…are in second place in fewest double plays (75)…A’s pitchers have five pickoffs, which is tied for the AL West for the 36th consecutive day and trail first place Houston by 5½ fourth most…A’s outfielders have nine assists, which is tied for second few- games…that is one-half game short of the season high of six (July 27 and est to the Angels (8). 28)…are in second place in the AL Wild Card, 3½ games behind Tampa Bay ONE-RUN GAMES AND OTHER CLOSE CALLS: The A’s have lost each of their and 2½ games ahead of the third place team, Seattle…have spent 58 days last four one-run games, 11 of the last 14 and are 15-18 (.455) overall…lead alone in first place in the West, three days tied for first, 37 days in second, the American League in one-run games (33) and losses…are 23-26 (.469) in one day tied for second, three days in third, two days in fourth, three days games decided by two runs or fewer compared to 36-20 (.643) in games de- tied for fourth and 10 days in fifth. cided by three runs or more…are 4-3 in extra innings and the seven extra in- SHUT OUT: The A’s tossed their third shutout in the last nine games last ning games are tied for third fewest in the AL…are 12-7 in games decided in night, all three of which have come against the Angels…have shut outs in the last at bat…have eight walk-off wins, which is tied with the Mariners for three straight games against the Angels for the first time since June 28- the most in the AL…now have 91 walk-off wins in the Bob Melvin era, which July 26, 1994…now have 10 shutouts for the season, which is tied with the are the most in the majors over that span. Yankees for most in the American League (10)…the Major League lead is 12 HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 4-4 on this 10-game road trip to Seattle (1-3), (Brewers, Braves, Giants). San Diego (1-1) and Los Angeles-AL (2-0)…are now 10-13 on the road dat- AGAINST THE WEST: The A’s are in a stretch from July 19 to Aug. 8 where they ing back to June 19 after starting the year 19-9 in away games…this is the are scheduled to play 13 of 17 games against American League West teams… second of three 10-game road trips this year and it is part of a stretch from are 5-3 against the West during the stretch…are now 24-23 (.511) against AL July 6 to Aug. 19 where the A’s are scheduled to play 26 of 36 games on the West competition overall compared to 35-23 (.603) against all other teams… road…are 10-9 over the first 19 games of that stretch (7-7 on the road, 3-2 have never made the playoffs with a losing record against the West. at home)…are 29-22 (.569) on the road compared to 30-24 (.556) at home… went 3-2 on the last homestand against Cleveland (1-2) and Los Angeles-AL A’s IN JULY: The A’s are 11-12 (.478) in the month of July with one game re- (2-0)…return home following the game Sunday for a five-game homestand maining…that snaps a streak of streak of 10 consecutive months with a win- against San Diego (two games) and Texas (three games). ning record (min. 10 games) dating back to May of 2019…need to win today to avoid their first losing month since April of 2019 when they went 11-15… HOME AND AWAY SPLITS: The A’s are batting .244 (431-for-1764) and are av- the A’s .478 winning percentage in July is fifth lowest in the American League eraging 4.67 runs per game on the road (238 runs in 51 games) compared but their 3.05 ERA (70 er in 206.2 ip) is second lowest in the majors (Brewers, to .221 with an average of 4.13 runs per game at home…have the fifth best 2.31)…have a .626 OPS, which is also second lowest to Milwaukee (.581)… road batting average in the American League and the fifth best OPS (.732)… have 213 strikeouts, which is the Athletics record for July (207 in 2016)…on have the second lowest home batting average and third lowest OPS (.695)… offense, the A’s have the second lowest OPS in the AL (.675), the second low- have a 3.62 ERA (178 er in 442.2 ip) on the road, which is the lowest in the AL est batting average (.224), and have the third fewest runs scored (90)…have and fourth lowest in the majors…have 62 home runs in 54 games at home, outscored the opposition 90-77. 66 in 51 on the road. PITCHING: The A’s have a 3.16 ERA (172 er in 489.2 ip) over the last 55 games THIS AND THAT: The A’s are 26-15 (.634) in games in which the opponent dating back to May 26, which is second lowest in the majors over that span starts a left-handed pitcher compared to 33-31 (.516) when they start a (Brewers, 2.79)…have the third lowest opponents OPS (.651)…overall, rank right-hander…the mark against lefties is second best in the American League third in the American League in ERA (3.68) and fifth opponents on-base per- (White Sox, 19-10/.655) and the 41 games are third most…are 36-8 (.818) centage (.302), slugging percentage (.384) and OPS (.686)…have issued the when out-homering the opposition, 8-26 (.235) when they are out-hom- fewest walks (281) and rank second in fewest home runs (113) and fewest ered…have used a different lineup in each of the last 42 games and have 102 pitches per inning (15.9). different lineups over the first 105 contests. STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers have not allowed a run in the last A’s vs. ANGELS: The A’s have won the season series for the third consecutive three games (20.0 ip) and five of the last 10…are 6-2 with a 2.43 ERA (16 er season as they are 11-3 with five games remaining…have a seven-game in 59.1 ip) over the last 10 games…are 41-35 with a 3.63 ERA (244 er in 605.1 winning streak, which is the A’s longest against the Angels over the last 19 ip) for the season…rank third in the American League in ERA and wins and years…last won more than six straight from Sept. 25, 2001-April 13, 2002 fourth in opponents OPS (.687)…lead the majors in innings pitched (605.1) when they had a nine-game winning streak…are 30-13 (.698) against the and are tied for second in complete games (3)…have used the same five Angels over the last three years…this year, the A’s are 4-1 in Anaheim and starting pitchers over the last 72 games dating back to May 7…over the last went 7-2 in Oakland…the seven home wins matched the A’s most home wins 17 years, the only time the A’s have used the same five starting pitchers over against the Angels…have a 2.23 ERA (31 er in 125.0 ip) and have outscored a span of at least 72 games was April 25-Aug. 9, 2013 when they did it over a the Angels 67-35…since moving to Oakland in 1968, the A’s are 467-389 92-game stretch (Colon, Griffin, Milone, Parker, Straily)…have employed just against the Angels…that includes 247-184 in Oakland and 220-205 in Ana- seven starting pitchers overall, which is second fewest in the majors to the heim…all-time, the A’s are 516-465 against the Angels. Red Sox (6)…have four pitchers with 20 or more starts for the first time since TODAY’S TIDBITS 2013 when they had five. Matt Olson ranks third in the American League in OPS (.946), tied for third BULLPEN: The A’s bullpen has a 1.95 ERA (11 er in 50.2 ip) and .198 (36-for- in home runs (27), fourth in slugging percentage (.574), tied for fourth in 182) opponents batting average over the last 18 games but is 2-2 with five extra base hits (51), tied for seventh in RBI (67) and runs (68), 10th in on- saves and four blown saves…has converted 26-of-41 (63.4%) save oppor- base percentage (.371), and tied for 10th in doubles (24) and walks (49)… tunities for the season…has 11 losses, which is the fewest in the majors… Starling Marte is tied for second in the majors in stolen bases (23)…based ranks fourth in the American League in ERA (3.79) and fifth in opponents on a minimum of 250 plate appearances, he ranks seventh in on-base per- OPS (.684)…has the highest slugging percentage against first batters faced centage (.399) and 17th in batting average (.299)…Sergio Romo has not (.471), the third highest batting average (.270) and fifth highest on-base per- allowed a run in his last 13 games dating back to June 29 (13.2 ip, 2 h, 3 centage (.331).