POST GAME NOTES

Oakland Athletics Company • 510-638-4900 • athletics.com • A’s PR @AsMediaAlerts Thursday, September 20, 2018 - Oakland Coliseum

OAKLAND ATHLETICS (92-61) VS. (75-78) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Los Angeles 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 5 1 Oakland 0 0 5 7 0 6 3 0 X 21 22 0

Win: Edwin Jackson (6-3) Loss: Matt Shoemaker (2-2) OAKLAND NOTES LAST 5 GAMES • With the win, the Athletics improved their record to 58-25 dating back to June 16, which is the best record in the Major Leagues ver that span. 9/15 @TB L 5-7 9/16 @TB L 4-5 The A's lowered their magic number to five to clinch a wild card spot…currently have a 6.0 game • 9/18 LAA L 7-9 lead over the Tampa Bay Rays, who play tonight.they are currently 2.0 games out of the first AL Wild Card spot behind the Yankees, who play tonight. 9/19 LAA W 10-0 9/20 LAA W 21-2 • The A's accounted for 21 runs on the game, the most runs the A's have scored in a contest since June 18, 2000 at Kansas City.The 21 runs are tied for second in Oakland history. Time of Game...... 3:22 The 18- margin of victory was second largest in Oakland history • First Pitch...... 12:36 pm • This is the third time in Oakland history the Athletics have scored five or more runs in an Temperature...... 79 degrees three times in one game (June 14, 1969 at Boston; Sept. 30, 2000 vs. Texas). Today's Attendance...... 17,217 • Matt Chapman amassed his 24th of the second half, which is now tied with Rajai Davis Attendance Total...... 1,427,545 for the most doubles post all-star break in Oakland Athletics history. Average (76 games)...... 18,539 Streak...... W2 • Stephen Piscotty clubbed his seventh homer of the month and now has 22 RBI in the month of September.he recorded his 85th RBI of the season in the bottom of the fourth inning, matching Homestand...... 2-1 his career best. he leads the Majors in RBI for the month and is tied for first with seven homers. Last 5...... 2-3 Last 10...... 6-4 Marcus Semien tallied a career-high five RBI in the contest. • Home/Road...... 48-30/44-31 • Nick Martini clubbed his first career round-tripper in the seventh inning. Day/Night...... 38-21/54-40 HOME RUNS vs. RHS/LHS...... 62-36/30-25 March...... 1-2 Player Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Stephen Piscotty (26) 3 1-0 3 LF Shoemaker April...... 13-12 Nick Martini (1) 7 1-0 2 RF Arcia May...... 15-14 Chad Pinder (12) 7 0-1 1 LF Arcia June...... 17-10 LOS ANGELES NOTES July...... 17-8 • collected his 36th homer of the season in the top of the sixth inning.he now August...... 18-9 has 29 career homers against the A's. September...... 11-6 • Francisco Arcia is the first player in MLB history to pitch, catch and a homer in the same game. TOMORROW'S GAME • This is most runs Los Angeles (AL) have given up this season (previous was high was 11 on April 28 vs. NYY) • Today is just the eighth time in franchise history the Angels have allowed 18-or-more runs . VS. in a game…Last time they allowed 20+ was a 21-9 loss, Sept. 30, 2000 vs. Seattle.the 21 runs allowed ties a franchise record, also the most runs allowed against the A's (previous high was 18) TBA José BerrÍos HOME RUNS (11-11, 3.81) Player Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Mike Trout (36) 6 1-1 1 LF Jackson First Pitch: 7:05 Francisco Arcia (6) 9 3-2 1 RF Hatcher