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08-02-2011 A's Game Notes OAKLAND ATHLETICS Game Information Oakland Athletics Baseball Company 7000 Coliseum Way Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 Public Relations Facsimile 510-562-1633 www.oaklandathletics.com A’s AT A GLANCE OAKLAND ATHLETICS (49-60) VS. SEATTLE MARINERS (46-62) Season High 19-17/22-20 (May 9/May 17) TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2011 – SAFECO FIELD – 7:10 P.M. PDT Season Low 39-53/40-54 (July 10/July 16) RHP RICH HARDEN (2-1, 4.30) VS. RHP FELIX HERNANDEZ (9-9, 3.38) April 13-14 CSNCA – A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) May 14-15 June 9-17 July 13-13 ABOUT THE A’s August 0-1 September 0-0 ABOUT THE A’S: Are 10-7 (.588) since the All-Star Break, which is tied for the fourth best record in the Home Series 9-7-2 American League…went 39-53 (.424) before the break, which was the third worst record in the AL and fifth Road Series 3-10-4 worst in the majors…won two of three from Minnesota after taking three of four from Tampa Bay…that marks Series Sweeps 3-6 just the third time this year the A’s have won back-to-back series…have not won three straight series since First Game of Series 13-23 September 3-12 of last year…went 13-13 in July, marking the first time the A’s did not have a losing record in a Last Game of Series 19-16 A’s Score First 33-17 month since last July when they went 14-10…were in a tie for first place in the AL West at the conclusion of Opponent Scores First 16-43 play May 17 with a 22-20 record…however, have gone 27-40 (.403) since then…have spent each of the last 10 Leading After 7th 41-4 days in third place in the AL West, the first time the A’s have been alone in third since May 21…it follows a Leading After 8th 43-2 streak of 59 consecutive days with at least a share of last place…for the season, have spent one day tied for Tied After 7th 2-8 th first, three days in second, eight days tied for second, 44 days in third, five days tied for third and 60 days in Tied After 8 2-10 fourth…made a managerial change June 9, replacing Bob Geren with new interim manager Bob Melvin. Trailing After 7th 6-48 Trailing After 8th 4-48 OFFENSE: The A’s recorded the 60,000th hit in Oakland history last night when Hideki Matsui singled in the first Commit No Errors 24-24 inning…have now collected at least eight hits in each of the 17 games since the All-Star Break to set an Commit 1 or More Errors 25-36 Oakland record for consecutive games with eight or more hits (previous 15, September 12-27, 1980)…it is the More HR Than Opp. 20-8 Fewer HR Than Opp. 13-28 longest streak by an Athletics team since the 1944 Philadelphia A’s had a 21-game streak from August 14- Same Total HR of Opp. 16-24 September 3…are batting a Major League leading .315 (186 for 590) since the break…also lead the majors in Starter Pitches 7 or More 25-17 doubles (47), slugging percentage (.480) and on-base percentage (.385) since the break, are tied for second in Starter Pitches Less Than 7 24-43 fewest strikeouts (95), rank third in runs scored (104), fourth in walks (67) and tied for fourth in triples (4)…are When Scoring 4 or More 38-17 now batting .246 for the season, which is the highest the A’s average has been outside the first five games of When Scoring Less Than 4 11-43 the season…are tied for the second fewest runs scored (419) in the American League and tied for the second Last At Bat 8-17 lowest slugging percentage (.360)…have the third lowest batting average and on-base percentage Different Lineups 89 (.313)…have been shutout 11 times this season, which is tied with Cleveland and Los Angeles for the most in the AL. A’s vs. MARINERS PITCHING: The A’s have compiled a 6.21 ERA (78 er in 113.0 ip) and .305 (141 for 462) opponents batting The A’s trail in the season series, average over the last 13 games but are 7-6 over that span…had a 2.55 ERA and .210 opponents batting 4-7…have lost four of six in average over the previous 22 games but were 8-14 over that stretch…have a 3.41 ERA for the season, which is Oakland and three of five in Seattle…each team has two tied for second lowest in the American League…have the lowest slugging percentage in the AL (.363) and have season series wins over the issued the second most walks (368)…had 14 strikeouts Sunday, their fourth game of 14 or more strikeouts this previous four years and the A’s year…those are the most games of 14 or more strikeouts in one season in Oakland history…now have 769 are 37-50 (.425) against Seattle strikeouts for the season, which ranks third in the AL…A’s starting pitchers are 7-9 with a 5.61 ERA (74 er in since 2007…that is the lowest 118.2 ip) over the last 21 games after posting a 1.86 ERA over the previous 20 contests…have a 3.53 ERA winning percentage by any (261 er in 666.1 ip) for the season, which is third lowest in the AL. American League team against the Mariners over that span…all- THE LONG BALL: The A’s have hit two home runs or fewer in each of the last 80 games, which is tied for the time, the A’s are 287-214 (.573) third longest such streak in Oakland history…it is the longest since an 86-game streak from July 5, 1978-April against Seattle, which is the 10, 1979…the record is 91 from July 31, 1974-May 16, 1975…the A’s last three-homer game was May 2 vs. second best mark by an AL team against the Mariners (Boston, Texas…have 64 home runs for the season, which is the fewest in the American League and third fewest in .578)…are 160-92 in Oakland and the majors…are on pace to hit 95 home runs and the Oakland record for fewest home runs in a season is 94 in 127-122 in Seattle…including 51- 1968…the pitching staff has surrendered just 80 home runs, which is tied for second fewest in the AL. 58 at Safeco Field. ON THE BASES: The A’s are 75 for 109 (68.8%) in stolen base attempts for the season, which is the third lowest percentage in the American League…stole a season-high four bases Sunday…three of the steals were OAKLAND ATHLETICS of third base, their most in a game since April 17, 1993 at Milwaukee when they also had three steals of MILESTONE HITS third…the pitching staff has 16 pickoffs, which is second most in the majors to the White Sox (18). 1 Josh Donaldson, 4/10/68 at BAL DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have committed 15 errors in 17 games since the All-Star Break…have 87 errors 10000 Phil Garner,6/27/75 at CAL 20000 Dwayne Murphy, 6/1/83 at MIL for the season, which is second most in the American League…the errors have led to 59 unearned runs, which 30000 Mike Gallego, 5/30/1990 vs. TOR is tied with Houston for the most in the majors…last year, had just 60 unearned runs for the entire season…are 40000 Matt Stairs, 8/15/97 at CWS third in the American League in double plays (110). 50000 Damian Miller, 7/25/04 vs. SEA 60000 Hideki Matsui, 8/1/11 at SEA HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 0-1 on this nine-game, 11-day road trip to Seattle (0-1), Tampa Bay (three games) and Toronto (three games)…went 2-3 on the last road trip to Detroit (1-1) and New York (1-2) and are now 7-27 (.206) over their last 34 road games…are 0-8-3 over the last 11 road series and the 11 consecutive TODAY’S TIDBITS road series without winning a series is the A’s longest such stretch since April 21-August 3, 1986 when they Brian Fuentes made the 600th went 0-13-2 over a 15-series stretch…went 5-2 on the last homestand against Tampa Bay (3-1) and Minnesota appearance of his career last night (2-1) and have won nine of the last 12 home games…for the season, the A’s are 31-24 (.564) at home th to become the 16 active pitcher compared to 18-36 (.333) on the road…are tied for the fourth best home record in the American League but with 600 games pitched. have the second worst road record…the A’s are batting .260 (470 for 1810) with 237 runs scored in 55 home Hideki Matsui is batting a Major games (4.31 per game) and .233 (432 for 1855) with 182 runs scored in 54 games on the road (3.37 per League leading .468 (29 for 62) game)…have the lowest road batting average in the AL and third lowest in the majors.
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