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Los Angeles Dodgers (42-28) at Oakland Athletics (34-36) Thursday, June 21, 2012 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Los Angeles 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 Oakland 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 5 0 2

W — Cook (2-1) L — Lindblom (2-1) S — None

OAKLAND NOTES  The Oakland Athletics have four walk-off wins, which is one more than their total from last year…have won eight of the last nine games, including a season-high five-game winning streak that was snapped Sunday…are 12-6 over the last 18 games after losing a season-high nine consecutive contests…are 5-1 on this nine-game homestand against San Diego (2-1), Los Angeles (3-0) and San Francisco (three games).  Travis Blackley tossed a career-high 8.0 innings (previous: 6.0 ip, June 15, 2012 vs. San Diego)…is 1-1 with a 2.57 ERA (6 er in 21.0 ip) in five career interleague appearances, including three starts.  The A’s have allowed 22 hits over the past six games, which is fewest allowed by an A’s team over a six-game span since at least 1918 (previous: 25, May 10-17, 1963)…allowed eight hits this series, which is the fewest hits allowed by an A’s team in a three-game series since 1918 (previous: 10, May 7-9, 2010 vs. Tampa Bay).  Yoenis Cespedes (1 for 4) hit his first career walk-off home …is batting .375 (24 for 64) with six of his seven home runs at home compared to .197 (15 for 76) on the road.  Coco Crisp (1 for 3) was caught stealing in the first inning, snapping his streak of 36 consecutive stolen bases without a caught stealing…it was the longest such streak in Athletics history…has batted leadoff in each of his last seven games and is 10 for 25 (.400) over that span.  Jonny Gomes (1 for 3) is batting .409 (9 for 22) in 11 games in June after hitting .222 with one and seven RBI in 22 games in May…is 9 for 25 (.360) in 11 interleague games.  Brandon Inge (0 for 1) is on a 0 for 15 streak…is 1 for 21 over his last six games after going 13 for 32 (.406) over his previous nine contests.  Derek Norris (0 for 3) was recalled from -A Sacramento today and made his Major League debut.

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Travis Blackley 8.0 3 1 1 0 6 0 87/67 Ryan Cook (W, 2-1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 15/8

Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Yoenis Cespedes (7) 9th 0-1 3 LF Lindblom

LOS ANGELES NOTES  The are 5-7 in interleague play…are 9-16 all-time against the A’s during the regular season, including 2-12 in Oakland…are 0-3 on this nine-game road trip to Oakland (0-2), Los Angeles (three games) and San Francisco (three games).  is 5-3 with a 3.02 ERA (32 er in 95.1 ip) in 15 career interleague starts…that includes 0-0 with a 0.66 ERA (1 er in 13.2 ip) in two starts against the A’s.  Ivan De Jesus (0 for 3) is batting .200 (3 for 15) in June after hitting .353 in May…is 4 for 19 (.211) on the road and 5 for 13 (.381) at home.  Andre Ethier (0 for 3) is batting .171 (12 for 70) in June after hitting .366 in May.  Dee Gordon (0 for 4) is on a 0 for 12 streak.  Jr. (0 for 3) is batting .196 (11 for 56) in June after hitting .291 in May.  Juan Uribe (0 for 3) is batting .088 (3 for 34) on the road compared to .301 (22 for 73) at home.

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Clayton Kershaw 8.0 3 1 1 2 7 0 111/71 Josh Lindblom (L, 2-1) 0.0 2 3 3 1 0 1 13/7

Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher None

Time of Game ...... 2:26 Overall Record ...... 34-36 Home/Road ...... 18-17/16-19 First Pitch ...... 12:38 pm Streak ...... Won 3 Day/Night ...... 11-14/23-22 Temperature ...... 55 degrees Homestand ...... 5-1 April/May/June ...... 10-12/11-16/12-7 Last Five ...... 4-1 July/Aug./Sept...... 0-0/0-0/0-0 Attendance ...... 23,337 Last 10 ...... 8-2 Total ...... 689,519 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7 ...... 17-9/17-27 Average (35 games) ...... 19,701 Series Record ...... 3-0 A’s/Opponents score first ...... 24-8/10-28 Series First Game ...... 10-14 Leading after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 26-3/28-3 Win/Lose in Last At-Bat ...... 8-6 vs. AL West ...... 11-11 Tied after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 6-3/5-2 Extra Innings ...... 4-2 vs. RHP/LHP ...... 24-24/10-12 Trailing after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 2-30/1-31