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Cincinnati Reds (38-33) at Oakland Athletics (34-38) Monday, June 21, 2010 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, Calif.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB Cincinnati 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 9 0 7 Oakland 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 7 2 9 WP — Cordero (3-3). LP — Wuertz (2-1). SV — Smith (1).

OAKLAND NOTES  The Oakland Athletics have lost eight of their past 10 games…are 6-14 in June, which is the second-worst record in the (Baltimore, 4- 14)…are 0-1 on this six-game homestand against Cincinnati (0-1) and Pittsburgh (three games).  The A’s allowed three home runs in an extra inning for the first time in Oakland history tonight…the last Athletic team to do it was the 1964 Kansas City A’s, who allowed four home runs to Minnesota in the 11th inning on May 2.  Gio Gonzalez had a season-high nine …has now received one run of support or less seven times this season…is 4-2 with a 2.47 ERA (13 er in 47.1 ip) in seven starts at home and 2-3 with a 5.44 ERA (26 er in 43.0 ip) in eight road starts.  Michael Wuertz had his career-high seven-game winning streak dating back to May 8 of last year snapped…the streak was tied for the fourth-longest in Oakland history by a reliever.  Kevin Kouzmanoff (2 for 5) is batting .418 (33 for 79) through 20 games in June…is a career .397 hitter (31 for 78) against Cincinnati, his best average against any team…has safely in each of his last 16 games in Oakland (.375, 24 for 64).  Cliff Pennington (1 for 2) now has five errors in his past 12 games after committing just five over his first 56 contests.

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Gio Gonzalez 7.0 4 1 0 1 9 0 105/64 Craig Breslow 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13/8 Andrew Bailey 1.0 1 1 1 1 2 0 21/14 Michael Wuertz (L, 2-1) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 1 5/4 Cedrick Bowers 0.2 2 2 2 0 2 2 21/12

Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Kevin Kouzmanoff (8) 9th 0-0 1 RF Cordero

CINCINNATI NOTES  The have now won a franchise-record-tying eight consecutive extra-inning road games dating back to June of last season, which is the longest streak in the Major Leagues since the Marlins won seven straight spanning the 2008-09 seasons…are 1-3 on this six-game road trip through Seattle (0-3) and Oakland (1-0).  Arthur Rhodes extended his scoreless innings streak to 29.0 innings, which is the longest by a Major League reliever this season…it is the longest by a Reds reliever since Ted Abernathy threw 30.0 consecutive scoreless innings from Aug. 19- Sept. 29, 1967.  Jordan Smith recorded his first Major League .  (2 for 5) and Scott Rolen (1 for 5) hit back-to-back home runs in the 10th…it is the fifth set of back-to-back homers by the Reds this season, the third by Votto and Rolen.  Dusty Baker won his 1,352nd career game, which ties him with Chuck Tanner for 26th all-time.

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Mike Leake 6.0 5 1 1 4 2 0 96/51 Nick Masset 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 23/15 Arthur Rhodes 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4/3 Francisco Cordero (W, 3-3) 1.0 1 3 3 3 1 1 33/16 Daniel Ray Herrera 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8/5 Jordan Smith (S, 1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 10/5

Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Ramon Hernandez (3) 10th 0-1 1 LF Wuertz Joey Votto (15) 10th 3-1 2 LCF Bowers Scott Rolen (15) 10th 2-1 1 LF Bowers

Time of Game ...... 3:05 Overall Record...... 34-38 Home/Road ...... 21-14/13-24 First Pitch...... 7:08 pm Streak ...... Lost 1 Day/Night ...... 17-9/17-29 Temperature ...... 63 degrees Homestand...... 0-1 April/May/June...... 12-12/16-12/6-14 Last Five...... 1-4 July/Aug./Sept...... 0-0/0-0/0-0 Attendance...... 11,088 Last 10...... 2-8 Total ...... 617,613 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7...... 10-6/24-32 Average (35 games) ...... 17,646 Series Record ...... 0-1 A’s/Opponents score first...... 28-13/6-25 Series First Game...... 9-15 Leading after 7th inn/8th inn...... 28-1/28-0 Win/Lose in Last At-Bat ...... 6-7 vs. AL West...... 13-12 Tied after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 5-5/4-7 Extra Innings ...... 3-2 vs. RHP/LHP ...... 24-27/10-11 Trailing after 7th inn/8th inn...... 1-32/2-31