GAME INFORMATION OAKLAND ATHLETICS Oakland Athletics Baseball Company • 510-638-4900 • athletics.com • A’s PR @AsMediaAlerts OAKLAND ATHLETICS (19-8) VS. LOS ANGELES ANGELS (8-19) SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 2020 — OAKLAND COLISEUM — 1:10 PDT RHP CHRIS BASSITT (2-0, 2.93) VS. RHP GRIFFIN CANNING (0-3, 4.70 ERA) NBCSCA — A’S CAST ON IHEART RADIO — A’S RADIO NETWORK (960 AM, 103.7 FM HD2, 1140 AM) — EN ESPAÑOL (KIQI 1010 AM, KATD 990 AM) ABOUT THE A’S: Have won three straight, seven of OAKLAND A’S BEST the majors…A’s outfielders have four assists, which is tied for eighth most the last nine and 16 of the last 20…are a season- RECORDS AFTER... in the majors. high 11 games over .500 at 19-8 (.704)…that is the 27 28 second best record in the majors to the Dodgers (20- ON THE BASES: The A’s have been successful in 13-of-15 (86.7%) stolen base Games Games 8) and tied for fourth best in Oakland history after attempts, which is the fourth best percentage in the majors…are tied for sev- 1990 21-6 22-6 enth in steals…however, opponents have been successful in 13-of-15 (86.7%) 27 games…it is the best since the 1990 club started 1981 21-6 22-6 steal attempts, which is third highest in the majors…are tied for eighth in the year 21-6…are in sole possession of first place in 1988 20-7 21-7 the American League West for the 19th consecutive 2020 19-8 stolen bases allowed. 1989 19-8 19-9 day and are 3½ games ahead of second place Hous- LEFT AND RIGHT: The A’s are 7-0 in games in which the opponent starts a 1978 19-8 19-9 ton…have held at least a share of first place for 27 of left-handed pitcher compared to 12-8 when they start a right-hander…the 29 days this year (19 days in first, eight days tied for wins against left-handed starters are tied with the White Sox and Dodgers first, one day tied for second and one day in third)…spent a total of 21 days for the most in the majors and Oakland is one of two teams without a loss in first from 2015-19. to a left-handed starter (White Sox, 7-0)…the seven games against lefties are HOME AND AWAY: The A’s extended their home winning streak to nine tied for 10th fewest in the majors. games last night, which is tied for the sixth longest home winning streak CLOSE CALLS: The A’s lead the majors with three walk-off wins, two of which in Oakland history…it is the longest since May 17-June 13, 2013 when they are grand slams…are 6-2 in games decided in the last at bat…the six wins are had an 11-game home winning streak…are 3-0 on this five-game homes- tied with the Rays for the most in the majors and the eight games are tied for tand against Arizona (2-0) and Los Angeles-AL (1-0)…these are the A’s only second most to the Blue Jays (13)…are 4-0 in extra inning games…the wins five home games over a 23-game stretch from Aug. 10 to Sept. 3…went 6-0 are the most in the majors and the four extra games are tied for third…are on the last homestand against Texas (3-0) and Houston (3-0) for their first 5-2 in one-run games and the wins are tied for third most in the majors…are undefeated homestand of six or more games since July 3-8, 2014 when they 10-3 in games decided by two runs or fewer…have nine come-from-behind went 4-0 against Toronto and 2-0 against San Francisco…are 12-3 (.800) at wins, which is tied for third most…are tied for the lead in wins when trailing home compared to 7-5 (.583) on the road…are tied with the Twins for the after eight innings (2) and seven innings (3). best home record in the majors)…went 4-4 on the last road trip to Los Ange- les-AL (1-2), San Francisco (3-0) and Arizona (0-2)…leave following the game THIS AND THAT: The A’s are 9-3 (.750) in day games, 10-5 (.667) at night…have Sunday for a season-long 10-game road trip to Texas (four games), Houston the most day games in the majors…are 19-3 when homering, 0-5 when go- (three games) and Seattle (three games). ing homerless…are one of four teams that has not won a game when going homerless (Pirates, Phillies, Yankees)…are 5-4 (.556) in interleague play com- IN AUGUST: The A’s are 16-4 (.800) in the month of August, which is the best pared to 14-4 (.778) against the American League…are 16-5 in this stretch record in the majors ahead of the Dodgers (15-5)…the 16 wins are one short from July 31 to Aug. 30 where they are scheduled to have just one day off in of the A’s August total from last year…lead the majors in saves this month 31 days…are 11-2 (.846) on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 8-6 (.571) on Mon- (10) and rank fourth in ERA (3.55)…the 10 saves are second most by an A’s day through Thursday…have two players on the injured list (Puk, Smith) and team in August over the last 14 years (11 in 2012)…the offense leads the have used the IL four times this year…are scheduled to play 60 games this majors in extra base hits (74), walks (93), hit by pitches (15) and strikeouts season, which are the fewest in Athletics history…the previous low was 109 (208), ranks second in runs (112), tied for second in triples (5), fourth in home in the strike-shortened 1981 season. runs (36) and on-base percentage (.341) and fifth in OPS (.803). A’s vs. ANGELS: The A’s lead the season series 5-3…need one more win in OFFENSE: The A’s are batting .238 (135-for-567) with 95 runs (5.6 per game) the final two games to clinch the season series for the second consecutive and 33 home runs (1.9 per game) over the last 17 games after hitting .204 year…had lost five consecutive season series prior to last year and have not with 41 runs (4.1 per game) and eight home runs (0.8 per game) over the won back-to-back season series since winning three straight from 2011-13… first 10 contests…rank second in the majors in walks (118), third in hit by are 4-1 in Oakland and 1-2 in Anaheim…have won 12 of the last 16 games pitches (19), tied for third in triples (7), seventh in home runs (41), tied for and 25 of the last 38…since moving to Oakland in 1968, the A’s are 455-385 seventh in runs (136), eighth in on-base percentage (.328) and ninth in extra against the Angels…that includes 239-181 in Oakland and 216-204 in Ana- base hits (86)…lead the majors in strikeouts (271)…lead the majors in OPS in heim…all-time, the A’s are 504-462 against the Angels. the seventh inning or later (.839), rank second in runs scored (53) and tied for second in home runs (15)…are 11-for-26 (.423) with a double, triple, three TODAY’S TIDBITS home runs, 33 RBI and three walks with the bases loaded…are tied for the Matt Chapman is tied for second among players in the West divisions in Major League lead in hits with the bases full, rank second in home runs and extra base hits (18), tied for third in triples (2), ranks fifth in home runs (8), RBI and tied for second in extra base hits (5)…the three grand slams are one tied for fifth in doubles (8), tied for seventh in runs (19) and RBI (20) and short of the A’s season total from each of the previous two seasons. 10th in slugging (.578)…Robbie Grossman ranks third among players in the West divisions in on-base percentage (.452) and OPS (1.068), tied for third PITCHING: The A’s have allowed five runs on the homestand (27.0 ip, 1.67 in triples (2) and hit by pitches (4) and fifth in slugging (.615…Liam Hen- ERA) and now have a 2.64 ERA (41 er in 140.0 ip) at home compared to 4.87 driks has converted each of his last nine save opportunities, which is the on the road…have a 3.60 ERA for the season, which is fourth lowest in the longest such streak of his career…lead the majors in saves (9)…Matt Olson majors…rank fifth in fewest walks per nine innings (2.93), sixth in opponents is tied for fourth in the majors in home runs (9) and walks (20)…Yusmeiro OPS (.685) and slugging (.382) and eighth in on-base percentage (.303)… Petit is tied for third in the majors in games pitched (14)…ranks second in have allowed nine home runs in 140.0 innings at home compared to 20 in the majors in games pitched over the last four seasons (228) and his 274.0 105.1 innings on the road.