2010 Oakland A’s Expanded Game Notes includes: Traditional Game Notes Full Upcoming Probable Pitcher Pages Roster Supplemental Bios Expanded Game Notes with Clips Transactions Spring Training Statistics Monthly Statistics Please consider the environment before printing this document. To print traditional Game Notes, print from page 2 to roughly page 10 (may vary by one page from game to game). OAKLAND ATHLETICS Game Information Oakland Athletics Baseball Company h 7000 Coliseum Way h Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 h Public Relations Facsimile 510-562-1633 h www.oaklandathletics.com A’s AT A GLANCE OAKLAND ATHLETICS (39-41) VS. CLEVELAND INDIANS (31-47) Season High 9-4 (April 17) FRIDAY, JULY 2, 2010 – PROGRESSIVE FIELD – 7:05 P.M. EDT Season Low 34-40 (June 23) LHP GIO GONZALEZ (6-5, 3.74) VS. RHP MITCH TALBOT (8-6, 3.88) April 12-12 CSNCA – A’S RADIO NETWORK (XTRA SPORTS 860 AM) – ESPAÑOL (KDIA 1640 AM/KDYA 1190 AM) May 16-12 June 10-17 July 1-0 ABOUT THE A’s August 0-0 September 0-0 ABOUT THE A’S: Have won five of the last six games after going 2-10 over the previous 12 contests…are in Home Series 8-4-1 third place in the American League West and trail Texas by nine games…finished the month of May in first Road Series 4-9-0 place in the AL West and had a one-game lead with a 28-24 record…have gone 11-17 since then while Texas Series Sweeps 3-5 has logged a 21-7 record and Los Angeles 19-9…have lost 10 games in the standings over that 28-game First Game of Series 11-15 stretch…are 11-15 in the first game of a series, 10-16 in the second game and 15-8 in the third game…have 25 Last Game of Series 16-10 A’s Score First 30-13 days alone in first this year, eight days tied for first, 26 days in second, one day tied for second, 26 days in third Opponent Scores First 9-28 and one day in fourth…had their season high tying four-game winning streak snapped on Wednesday…swept a Leading After 7th 32-1 three-game series from Pittsburgh last weekend, their third sweep of the season and their first since May 21-23 Leading After 8th 33-0 against San Francisco. Tied After 7th 6-5 st Tied After 8th 4-7 THE HALF WAY MARK: The A’s will play their 81 game of the season tonight, which is the statistical half way Trailing After 7th 1-35 point of the season…are 39-41 which puts the A’s on pace for their best season over the last four years (went th Trailing After 8 2-34 75-87 last year, 75-86 in 2008 and 76-86 in 2007)…have 17 triples and are on pace for their most in a season Commit No Errors 29-16 since 1985 when they had 34…however, have just 51 home runs…in Oakland history, the A’s have hit fewer Commit 1 or More Errors 10-25 than 110 home runs just three times in a non-strike season (94 in 1968, 100 in 1978, 108 in 1979)…have More HR Than Opp. 12-7 Fewer HR Than Opp. 10-23 walked just 236 times and have walked fewer than 480 times in a non-strike season twice in Oakland history Same Total HR of Opp. 17-11 (433 in 1978 and 472 in 1968)…the defense has turned just 61 double plays and have not had fewer than 140 Starter Pitches 7 or More 12-7 in a non-strike season 1987 when they had 115…Kurt Suzuki leads the A’s with 10 home runs and the last time Starter Pitches Less Than 7 27-34 the A’s team leader finished with fewer than 22 home runs was in 1983 when Dwayne Murphy and Davey When Scoring 4 or More 34-8 Lopes had 17 each…Rajai Davis tops the club with 26 steals…five players in Oakland history have stolen 50 or When Scoring Less Than 4 5-33 more bases in a season but only one has done it since 1979 (Rickey Henderson…nine times, last in 1998 with Last At Bat 7-8 66)…Brad Ziegler leads the A’s with 39 games pitched…the only pitcher in Oakland history to pitch in more Different Lineups 63 than 78 games in a season is Billy Koch (84 in 2002). A’s vs. INDIANS HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 2-1 on this six-game road trip against Baltimore (2-1) and Cleveland after going 3-3 on the last homestand against Cincinnati (0-3) and Pittsburgh (3-0)…are now 15-25 (.375) on the The A’s lead the season series 2-1 after taking two of three in road and 24-16 (.600) at home…have a 5.06 ERA (193 er in 343.0 ip) on the road compared to 2.88 (117 er in Oakland in April…have won seven 365.0 ip) with six of their eight shutouts at home…have the third highest road ERA in the American League and of their last eight games against the lowest home ERA…have allowed 61 home runs on the road compared to 22 at home…have allowed the Cleveland…each team has won most road home runs in the AL and have yielded the fewest at home…starting pitchers are 10-16 with a 4.86 two seasons series over the ERA (120 er in 222.0 ip) on the road compared to 18-11 with a 2.83 ERA (78 er in 248.0 ip at home)…return previous four years and the A’s home following the game Sunday for a six-game homestand against New York (three games) and Los Angeles are 21-17 against Cleveland since (three games). 2006…since moving to Oakland in 1968, the A’s are 244-213 against NIGHT AND DAY: The A’s have an 18-10 (.643) record in day games compared to 21-31 (.404) at night…the the Indians…that includes 131-94 A’s day record is fourth best in the American League and the night record is second worst (Baltimore, 16- in Oakland and 113-119 in Cleveland…including 28-50 at 39)…have a 2.92 ERA (81 er in 249.2 ip) during the day and a 4.50 ERA (229 er in 458.1 ip) at night…have the Progressive Field…all-time, the lowest day ERA in the AL. A’s are 879-1006 against the Indians. CLOSE CALLS: The A’s improved to 13-7 (.650) in one-run games with the win last Sunday, which is the best record in the majors…however, have lost five of their last eight one-run decisions after winning 10 of their first 12…went 15-23 in one-run games last year, which was the second worst record in the AL…are 3-3 in extra TODAY’S TIDBITS inning games, which matches the A’s extra inning win total from last year…have four walk-off wins after tallying A’s second baseman have not just five in all of 2009. committed an error this year…that includes 42 games by Adam PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are 4-0 with a 2.33 ERA (10 er in 38.2 ip) and .204 (28 for 137) over the last six Rosales, 39 by Mark Ellis, five by games…now have a 3.79 ERA for the season, which ranks third in the American League…the A’s pitching staff Eric Patterson and one by Steve as a whole has a 3.00 ERA (30 er in 90.0 ip) and .233 (79 for 339) opponents average over the last 10 Tolleson. games…the A’s lead the American League in shutouts (8) and fewest hit batters (14) and are tied for the lead Coco Crisp is batting .407 (11 for with Chicago in pickoffs (15). 27) with 10 runs scored and six RBI in seven games since he was OFFENSE: The A’s have hit one home run or less in each of the last 16 games and have 51 for the season, reinstated from the disabled list which is second fewest in the American League (Seattle, 49)…have the third fewest extra base hits (204)…lead June 22. the AL in stolen base percentage (58 for 71, 81.7%), are tied for the lead in sacrifice hits (28) and tied for third in sacrifice flies (26)…the 28 sacrifice hits are the most by an A’s team before the All-Star Break since the 1998 Jack Cust is batting .339 (21 for club had 30. 62) over his last 21 games after hitting .229 over his first 15 IN THE PINCH: A’s pinch hitters are 11 for their last 29 (.379) with four walks, two home runs and nine contests. RBI…are batting .300 (15 for 50) with six walks, three home runs and 11 RBI for the season…lead the Cliff Pennington matched his American League in home runs, rank second in RBI and are third in batting average…the 15 pinch hits are career high with four hits last night already the A’s second best total over the last six seasons (had 16 in 2008)…the three home runs match their and is now batting .458 (27 for 59) combined total from 2005-09…A’s pinch hitters combined for a .173 average over the previous six seasons.