05-25-2015 A's Game Notes
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O AKLAND A THLETICS Game Information Oakland Athletics Baseball Company7000 Coliseum WayOakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900www.athletics.comA’s PR on Twitter @AsMedia Alerts OAKLAND ATHLETICS (16-30) VS. DETROIT TIGERS (26-19) MONDAY, MAY 25, 2015 – O.CO COLISEUM – 1:05 P.M. PDT RHP JESSE HAHN (1-4, 4.43) VS. RHP SHANE GREENE (4-2, 4.05) ESPN – A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) – EN ESPAÑOL (KIQI 1010 AM) ABOUT THE A’S: Have put together consecutive wins for just the second that, had 14 straight months with a winning record…the 16 losses match time this year (April 13-14)…have not won three straight since Aug. 7-9, the A’s most in May over the last six years (2012). 2014…with a win today, the A’s will end a 90-game streak without a win- ning streak longer than two games (Aug. 10, 2014-May 22, 2015)…split ONE-RUN GAMES AND OTHER CLOSE CALLS: The A’s are 2-13 (.133) the four-game series at Tampa Bay over the weekend, snapping a five- in one-run games, which is the worst record in the majors…also lead the series losing streak…are 3-8 over the last 11 games and 4-14 over the majors in one-run losses and are tied for the sixth most games…are 3-19 last 18…are 8-22 (.267) over the last 30 games (beginning April 23) after (.136) in games decided by two runs or fewer and have the most losses starting the year 8-8…are 16-30 (.348) overall, which is the worst record in and worst record in the majors in those games…are 0-6 in extra inning the majors…it is the third worst record after 46 games in Oakland history… games and the six-game extra inning losing streak matches the longest the 1994 A’s started the year 13-33 (lost game 47) and the 1979 club was such streak by an A’s team over the last 20 years (May 18-July 5, 2011 and 15-31 (won game 47)…are in fifth place in the American League West for May 21-July 25, 1999)…are tied with Pittsburgh for the Major League lead the 17th consecutive day and trail first place Houston by a season-high ty- in extra inning losses and are tied for the second most games (St. Louis, ing 13½ games for the fifth consecutive day…that is the A’s largest deficit 7)…are 0-9 in games decided in the last at bat…also lost their final last at since they finished the 2011 season 22 games back…it marks the second bat game of 2014 and the 10-game losing streak in games decided in the time in Oakland history the A’s have trailed by more than 13 games before last at bat matches the longest such streak in Oakland history (May 14-July the end of May…trailed by 14 games in 2001 from May 29-31…have spent 17, 1989)…are the only team without a last at bat win and are tied with six days in sole possession of first, three days tied for first, five days in sec- Pittsburgh and Seattle for the most losses. ond, three days tied for second, two days in third, five days tied for third, THE LONG BALL: The A’s pitching staff has allowed eight home runs in seven days in fourth, one day tied for fourth and 17 days in fifth. the last six games after yielding just three over the previous 11 contests… A’s starting pitchers have allowed just 19 home runs in 268.1 innings, which NIGHT AND DAY: Have won back-to-back day games for the first time since July 4-24, 2014 when they won six straight…lost 13 of the first 14 day is the fewest in the American League and third fewest in the majors…the games this year…are now 3-13 (.188) during the day compared to 13-17 bullpen has also allowed 19 home runs, but in just 139.2 innings…the 38 (.433) at night…have the worst record in day games in the majors and are home runs allowed by the team are tied for third fewest in the AL. tied with Chicago (AL) for the most losses…are batting .239 (131-for-547) LEFT AND RIGHT: The A’s are 1-9 when the opponent starts a left-hand- with 59 runs scored during the day (3.69 per game) compared to .265 ed pitcher compared to 15-21 when they start a right-hander…the mark (283-for-1069) with 140 runs at night (4.67 per game). against lefties is the worst in the majors…are batting .214 (77-for-360) against lefties compared to .268 (337-for-1256) with 38 of their 42 home HOME AND AWAY: The A’s begin a seven-game homestand against De- troit (three games) and New York-AL (four games) today…went 1-5 on the runs off righties…the mark against lefties is second lowest in the American last homestand against Boston (1-2) and Chicago-AL (0-3), the A’s second League (Boston, .209) and the mark against righties is third highest. consecutive 1-5 homestand…have lost 12 of their last 14 home games and THIS AND THAT: The A’s are 1-16 when they are outhomered, 2-12 in the are 5-14 (.263) at home for the season, which is the worst home record in final game of a series and 2-18 when scoring fewer than four runs…have the majors …it matches the 1994 A’s for worst record after 19 home games allowed 40 runs in the seventh inning, which is 10 more than any other in Oakland history (lost game 20 in 1994)…have finished with a losing team…have a 6.46 ERA (33 er in 46.0 ip) and .304 (59-for-194) opponents record on all three homestands…the last time the A’s had three straight batting average in the seventh inning…have used 15 relievers, which is losing homestands in one season was in 2005…finished with a losing re- one more than the season total for 2013 and 2014. cord on each of the final two homestands of 2014 and the streak of five consecutive losing homestands matches the longest in Oakland history THE DISABLED LIST: The A’s have 10 players on the disabled list (Crisp, (last four of 1978, first of 1979)…have not won consecutive home games Davis, Doolittle, Griffin, Ladendorf, Mujica, O’Flaherty, Parker, Pomeranz, this year…have yet to win a home series this year (five losses, one split)… Thompson)…Griffin, Parker and Thompson are on the 60-day DL…Doo- went 3-4 on the last road trip to Houston (1-2) and Tampa Bay (2-2)…have little is on a rehab assignment…have had at least seven players on the DL lost nine of the last 12 road games and are 11-16 (.407) for the season. all year and have used it a total of 15 times…used it 18 times last year after using it 13 times in 2013…have not had fewer than two players on the DL PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers have gone consecutive games without al- since the end of the 2006 season when they had just one. lowing a run for the first time this year…are 3-6 despite a 2.89 ERA (24 er in 74.2 ip) over the last 13 games…have a 3.49 ERA (104 er in 268.1 A’s vs. TIGERS: The A’s lost the season series last year, 5-2…split four ip) for the season, which is the lowest in the American League and third games in Oakland but were swept in a three-game series at Detroit…have lowest in the majors…rank fourth in the AL in innings pitched (268.1)…the a four-game losing streak, which is the A’s longest against the Tigers since pitching staff as a whole has compiled a 3.12 ERA (36 er in 104.0 ip) over Sept. 14, 1997-Aug. 14, 1998 when they lost seven straight…over the pre- the last 12 games…for the season, rank fourth in the AL in strikeouts (356) vious six seasons, the A’s have won one season series, lost three and but have issued the third most walks (144)...lead the league in shutouts (6) split two…are 21-25 against the Tigers over that stretch…since moving and are tied for second in pickoffs (4). to Oakland in 1968, the A’s are 245-240 against the Tigers…that includes 137-107 in Oakland, 106-131 in Detroit and 2-2 in Las Vegas…all-time, the OFFENSE: The A’s have scored 33 runs over the last 11 games (3.00 per A’s are 913-993 against the Tigers. game) and are 15-for-107 (.140) with runners in scoring position over that stretch…are batting .238 (149-for-627) over the last 18 games, including TODAY’S TIDBITS .180 (29-for-161) with RISP…hit .310 with RISP over the first 28 games… The A’s are 25-19 on Memorial Day since moving to Oakland in 1968… rank second in the American League in stolen base percentage (29-for-35, that includes 17-11 in Oakland and 8-8 on the road…this is the 19th Me- 82.9%), third in triples (11) and fourth in batting (.256)…have been shutout morial Day meeting between the A’s and Tigers, the eighth since the A’s four times, which is second most in the AL.