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OAKLAND ATHLETICS Game Information Oakland Athletics Baseball Company 7000 Coliseum Way Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 Public Relations Facsimile 510-562-1633 www.oaklandathletics.com A’s AT A GLANCE OAKLAND ATHLETICS (50-63) VS. TAMPA BAY RAYS (59-53) Season High 19-17/22-20 (May 9/May 17) SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 2011 – TROPICANA FIELD – 1:40 P.M. EDT Season Low -14 (last: August 5) RHP TREVOR CAHILL (9-10, 3.91) VS. LHP DAVID PRICE (9-10, 3.77) April 13-14 CSNCA – A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) May 14-15 June 9-17 July 13-13 ABOUT THE A’s August 0-4 September 0-0 ABOUT THE A’S: Applied the brakes to a four-game losing streak last night….however, have lost six of the last Home Series 9-7-2 nine games…are 11-10 (.500) since the All-Star Break after going 39-53 (.424) before the break…the A’s Road Series 3-11-4 record at the break was third worst in the AL and fifth worst in the majors…… went 13-13 in July, marking the Series Sweeps 3-7 first time the A’s did not have a losing record in a month since last July when they went 14-10…were in a tie for First Game of Series 13-24 first place in the AL West at the conclusion of play May 17 with a 22-20 record…however, have gone 28-43 Last Game of Series 19-17 A’s Score First 34-17 (.394) since then…have spent each of the last 15 days in third place in the AL West, the first time the A’s have Opponent Scores First 16-46 been alone in third since May 21…it follows a streak of 59 consecutive days with at least a share of last Leading After 7th 42-4 place…for the season, have spent one day tied for first, three days in second, eight days tied for second, 49 Leading After 8th 44-2 days in third, five days tied for third and 60 days in fourth…the A’s have a 22-16 (.579) record on the weekend Tied After 7th 2-8 th (11-9 on Saturday, 11-7 on Sunday) compared to 28-47 (.373) during the week…made a managerial change Tied After 8 2-10 June 9, replacing Bob Geren with new interim manager Bob Melvin. Trailing After 7th 6-51 th Trailing After 8 4-51 HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 1-4 on this nine-game, 11-day road trip to Seattle (0-3), Tampa Bay (1-1) and Commit No Errors 25-24 Toronto (three games)…went 2-3 on the last road trip and are 8-30 (.211) over the last 38 road games…are 0- Commit 1 or More Errors 25-39 9-3 over the last 12 road series and the 12 consecutive road series without winning a series matches the third More HR Than Opp. 21-10 Fewer HR Than Opp. 13-28 longest such streak in Oakland history…it is the longest since April 21-Aug. 3, 1986 when they went 0-13-2 over Same Total HR of Opp. 16-25 a 15-series stretch…the record is 21 straight from Sept. 11, 1978-July 26, 1979 (0-19-2)…are now 19-39 (.328) Starter Pitches 7 or More 26-17 on the road for the season, which is the second worst record in the American League (Baltimore, 17-37) and Starter Pitches Less Than 7 24-46 third worst mark in the majors…are 31-24 (.564) at home, which is tied for the fifth best home record in the When Scoring 4 or More 39-19 American League…went 5-2 on the last homestand against Tampa Bay (3-1) and Minnesota (2-1) and have When Scoring Less Than 4 11-44 won nine of the last 12 home games…the A’s are batting .260 (470 for 1810) with 237 runs scored in 55 home Last At Bat 8-17 games (4.31 per game) and .233 (463 for 1988) with 200 runs scored in 58 games on the road (3.45 per Different Lineups 93 game)…have the lowest road batting average in the AL and third lowest in the majors. A’s vs. RAYS OFFENSE: The A’s are batting a Major League-leading .300 (217 for 723) since the All-Star Break…also lead the majors in on-base percentage (.369) and slugging (.470), rank third in doubles (53) and runs scored (122), The A’s lead the season series, 4- 2…are 1-1 in Tampa Bay following and fifth in fewest strikeouts (130) and most walks (80)…are now batting .246 for the season, which is third last night’s win and 3-1 in lowest in the American League…have the second fewest runs scored (437), the second lowest slugging Oakland…have now won eight of percentage (.362) and the third lowest on-base percentage (.313)…have been shutout 11 times, which is tied the last 12 games from the with Tampa Bay, Cleveland and Los Angeles for the most in the AL…have been successful in just 83 of 118 Rays…lost the season series last (70.3%) stolen base attempts, which is the third lowest percentage in the AL, yet stole seven bags in seven year, 4-5…went 4-3 in Oakland attempts last night—the most steals by an Oakland team in 22 years (8 at Minnesota, July 29, 1989). but lost both games in Tampa Bay…the A’s have lost the season PITCHING: The A’s have compiled a 5.79 ERA (94 er in 146.0 ip) and .301 (180 for 598) opponents batting series in three of the previous four average over the last 17 games and are 8-9 over that span…had a 2.55 ERA and .210 opponents batting years and are 21-23 against the average over the previous 22 games but were 8-14 over that stretch…now have a 3.48 ERA overall, second Rays since 2007…all-time, the A’s are 80-48 (.625) against Tampa best in the American League…rank first in the AL in opponents slugging percentage (.363), second in pickoffs Bay…that is the second best (17), and fourth in strikeouts (800)…however, have issued 382 walks, tied for second most in the AL. record against the Rays by any American League team…are 46- STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are 8-12 with a 5.53 ERA (88 er in 143.1 ip) over the last 25 games 19 in Oakland and 34-29 at after posting a 1.86 ERA over the previous 20 contests…have a 3.58 ERA (275 er in 691.0 ip) for the season, Tropicana Field. which is fourth lowest in the AL…have the second fewest home runs allowed (60) and the second lowest opponents slugging percentage (.371) but have issued the second most walks (244). TODAY’S TIDBITS THE LONG BALL: The A’s have hit two home runs or fewer in each of the last 84 games, which is the third Coco Crisp stole a career-high longest such streak in Oakland history…it is the longest since an 86-game streak from July 5, 1978-April 10, four bases last night—one shy of 1979…the record is 91 from July 31, 1974-May 16, 1975…the A’s last three-homer game was May 2 vs. the Oakland mark (5, Campaneris Texas…have 70 home runs for the season, which is the second fewest in the American League and fourth and Henderson)—and now leads fewest in the majors…are on pace to hit 100 home runs…the Oakland record for fewest home runs in a season the American League with 37 is 94 in 1968…the pitching staff has surrendered just 81 home runs, which is the fewest in the AL and fourth stolen bases. fewest in the majors. Brian Fuentes made the 600th appearance of his career Monday DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have committed 18 errors in 21 games since the All-Star Break…have 90 errors night to become the 16th active overall, which is second most in the American League and third most in the majors…17 of the errors have been pitcher with 600 games pitched. committed by pitchers, which leads the majors and are the most by an A’s pitching staff since the 2001 club also had 17…the errors have led to 62 unearned runs, which is the most in the majors…are third in the AL in Hideki Matsui has a 14-game hitting streak (28 for 55, .509)…is double plays (113). batting a Major League-leading SCHEDULE NOTES: The total air mileage on this road trip to Seattle, Tampa Bay and Toronto is 6,544 .468 (36 for 77) since the All-Star Break to inflate his average 59 (source: travelmath.com)…it marks the first time in Oakland history the A’s have played in all domes on a three- points to a season-high .268. city road trip…the A’s have a 4-8 (.333) record in domes this year…this trip also begins a stretch where the A’s will play 19 of 29 games on the road from Aug. 1 to Sept. 1…after that, the A’s play 16 of their next 19 games in Josh Willingham hit his team- Oakland from Sept.