For Immediate Release
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
OAKLAND ATHLETICS Post Game Notes Oakland Athletics Baseball Company 7000 Coliseum Way Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 Public Relations Facsimile 510-562-1633 www.oaklandathletics.com Minnesota Twins (65-90) at Oakland Athletics (93-63) Sunday, September 22, 2013 O.co Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Minnesota 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 12 0 7 Oakland 0 6 1 1 1 1 1 0 X 11 11 1 6 W — Gray (4-3) L — De Vries (0-1) S — None OAKLAND NOTES • The Oakland Athletics clinched their second-straight AL West division title…is the 17th postseason appearance in Oakland history and the 25th in Athletics franchise history…is the 16th division title in franchise history…only the Yankees (18) and Braves (17) have more…the A’s now trail Boston by 1.5 games for the best record in the AL and lead Detroit by two games for the second-best record. • The A’s outscored Minnesota 39-14 in this four-game series sweep…the 39 runs are tied for the most in a four-game series in Oakland history (August 22-25, 2003 at Toronto)…it was the A’s 12th sweep of the season…have been swept just three times. • Sonny Gray has allowed 20 of his 22 runs this year in the first three innings of a game…has a 5.66 ERA (17 er in 27.0 ip) in innings one through three and a 0.56 ERA (2 er in 32.0 ip) from the fourth inning on…improved to 3-1 in his last five starts after beginning the season 1-2 over his first four starts. • Daric Barton (3 for 3, 3 r, 2b, hr, rbi, bb) is hitting .319 (23 for 72) in 24 games since being selected from Triple-A on August 26…the A’s have gone 20-4 in games in which he has played since he was selected. • Coco Crisp (2 for 4, r, hr, 4 rbi, so) stole his 20th base of the season in the sixth inning…is now the 10th player (13th time) in Athletics history with 20 homers and 20 steals in a season…the last is Ruben Sierra in 1993. Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Sonny Gray (W, 4-3) 5.0 7 4 4 2 3 1 94/58 Brett Anderson 2.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 24/15 Ryan Cook 1.0 0 0 0 3 3 0 35/15 Evan Scribner 1.0 3 2 2 0 2 0 15/14 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Coco Crisp (22) 2nd 1-2 3 RF De Vries Daric Barton (3) 3rd 1-1 1 RF Martis Jed Lowrie (14) 4th 3-2 1 RF Martis MINNESOTA NOTES • The Minnesota Twins finished their seven-game road trip to Chicago (1-2) and Oakland (0-4) with a 1-6 record.…have lost 14 of their last 18 games dating back to September 4. • Cole De Vries started for the first time since September 8, 2012 vs. Cleveland…lasted two innings or fewer in a start for the second time in his career (1.1 ip, August 10, 2012 vs. Tampa Bay). • Oswaldo Arcia (3 for 4, r, hr, 6 rbi, bb) recorded a career-high five RBI…leads AL rookies with 33 extra-base hits and 14 home runs. Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Cole De Vries (L, 0-1) 2.0 4 6 6 3 1 1 56/29 Shairon Martis 2.0 2 2 2 0 1 2 30/20 Josh Roenicke 1.1 3 2 2 2 0 0 37/17 Brian Duensing 1.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 29/18 Caleb Thielbar 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12/7 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Oswaldo Arcia (14) 3rd 2-1 3 RF Gray Time of Game ................................................................................... 3:03 Overall Record ............................................ 9388-6362 Home/RoadHome/Road .........................................................5247-2928/41/41-3434 First Pitch ............................................................ 1:077:08 Streak .......................................................... WonLost 41 Day/Night .............................................................3836-25/524/525-3838 Temperature ............................................ 6358 degreesdegrees Homestand ...................................................... 50-21 April/May/June ......................................... 16-12/1612/16-12/1612/16-11 Last Five .......................................................... 4-1 July/Aug./Sept. .......................................... 15-10/10/1414-13/1613/11-54 Attendance ...................................................... 30,58914,629 Last 10 ............................................................. 8-2 Total ............................................................ 1,809,3021,665,761 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7 ..........39-16/5416/49-4746 Average (8175 games) ....................................... 22,33722,210 Series Record ................................................. 40-01 A’s/Opponents score first .................................6159-23/3223/29-4039 Series Firstst Game ....................................... 3231-1818 Leading after 7th inn/8th inn ................................... 7470-6/75/758-32 Win/Lose inin Last At-Bat ................................... 1917-1121 vs. AL West ................................................. 4041-2829 Tied after 7th inn/8th inn...................................................... 14 13-7/10-7/8-5 Extra Innings ......................................................... 7-65 vs. RHP/LHP ...................................... 6158-42/3242/30-2120 Trailing after 7th inn/8th inn .................................... 4-50/350/3-55 .