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OAKLAND ATHLETICS (20-23) VS. BOSTON RED SOX (21-21) SATURDAY, MAY 20, 2017 — OAKLAND COLISEUM
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Boston 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 1 Oakland 0 2 0 0 5 1 0 0 X 8 11 1
Win: Sean Manaea (2-3) Loss: Ben Taylor (0-1)
OAKLAND NOTES BOSTON NOTES • Oakland has won the first three meetings of 2017, which is one more • With a double in the second and a single in the fourth, Chris Young than their combined win total against Boston from the previous two recorded his eighth multi-hit game of the season. seasons (2), going 1-5 against the Red Sox last year and in 2015. • With a home run in the second inning, Hanley Ramirez has reached • With a stolen base in the second inning, Rajai Davis now has 121 base safely in 17 of his last 18 starts...recorded his seventh multi-hit steals, tying Mike Davis in Oakland history for eighth most (Jose game of the season. Canseco is seventh with 135)...Davis’ 34 career stolen bases against Boston are second only to his 36 against Chicago (AL). • Mookie Betts (0-for-4) snapped a 41-game on base streak against AL West opponents...also snapped a four game hitting streak. • Since being recalled on 5/9, Mark Canha has recorded a .440 (11- for-25) batting average, three doubles, one triple, three home runs • Dustin Pedroia has hit safely in each of his last 23 games vs Oak- (including his first career walk-off home run), and seven RBI. land...during the streak, which began on 7/14/13, Pedroia has post- ed a .396 batting average (36-for-91), six doubles and three home • Khris Davis recorded his 13th home run of the season and his 10th runs. go-ahead RBI for Oakland...is now a .388 (19-for-49) career hitter against Boston with seven doubles, three home runs and nine RBI • Pedroia owns the majors’ longest active hitting streak against the in 12 games. A’s at 23 games, passing Jim Rice for the longest hitting streak by a Red Sox vs. Oakland. • Ryon Healy extended his hitting streak to eight games (.313/10-for- 32) with a single in the fourth innning. • There was a crew chief review in the ninth inning in which Chris Young’s hit was ruled foul...the ruling on the field stands...time of the • The A’s recorded four home runs, a season-high for a single game... replay was one minute. Oakland has homered in 13 of their last 14 games (34 of 43 on the year)...are 19-15 when homering versus 1-8 when going homerless. HOME RUNS Player Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher • A’s bullpen has not allowed a run in 25 straight innings at home... Hanley Ramirez (6) 2 1-1 1 CF Manaea the last run they allowed was in the sixth inning on May 7 vs. Detroit. • The A’s challenged a ruling on the field in the second inning in which Chris Young was called safe at second...the ruling stands after two minutes of review...Oakland is now 2-6 in challenges this season. • Manager Bob Melvin was ejected by third base umpire and crew chief Mike Winters in the third inning...it marks his first ejection of the season.
HOME RUNS Player Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Mark Canha (3) 5 1-2 1 LF Taylor Khris Davis (13) 5 2-2 2 CF Taylor Chad Pinder (4) 5 0-0 3 LF Ramirez Jed Lowrie (6) 6 2-2 1 RF Ramirez
Time of Game...... 3:22 Streak...... W3 vs. RHS/LHS...... 13-18/7-5 First Pitch...... 1:07 pm Homestand...... 3-0 May...... 9-9 Temperature...... 79 degrees Last 5...... 4-1 Today’s Attendance...... 20,235 Last 10...... 5-5 Attendance Total...... 364,003 Home/Road...... 14-8/6-15 Average (21 games)...... 17,333 Day/Night...... 8-5/12-18