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OAKLAND ATHLETICS POST GAME NOTES Oakland Athletics Baseball Company • 510-638-4900 • athletics.com • A’s PR @AsMediaAlerts Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - Oakland Coliseum OAKLAND ATHLETICS (90-61) VS. LOS ANGELES ANGELS (75-76) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Los Angeles 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 2 0 9 9 0 Oakland 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 7 7 1 Win: Noé Ramirez (6-5, 4.81) Loss: Lou Trivino (8-3, 2.50) Save: Ty Buttrey (4) OAKLAND NOTES LAST 5 GAMES • Oakland fell to 90-61 with the loss today, which is the fourth best record in the majors... Despite the loss, the Athletics have the best record in the major leagues since since June 9/4 @BAL L 3-5 16 (56-25). 9/5 @TB W 2-1 (10) 9/7 @TB L 5-7 • With Tampa Bay winning, the A's still have a magic number of seven to clinch a playoff spot...with Houston winning, have a tragic number of seven to be eliminated from the 9/8 @TB L 4-5 AL West race. 9/9 LAA L 7-9 • Liam Hendriks turned in his fifth straight scoreless appearance as an "opener"...lowered his ERA as a starter to 2.70 (six starts). Time of Game ........................ 3:42 First Pitch ...........................7:07 pm • Jed Lowrie set a career high with his 74th walk of the season...the three walks in a game also tie a career best (nine times, last on 8/28/18 at Houston). Temperature ............... 58 degrees Today's Attendance ..........15,031 • Shawn Kelley's 14-game scoreless streak to start his Oakland career was snapped...it had Attendance Total.........1,393,903 been the second longest scoreless streak of his career, after a streak of 24 scoreless out- Average (75 games)..........18,585 ings from 9/22/15 to 5/20/16...Kelley's ERA with the A's is now 1.38. Streak ............................................L3 • With the loss, Oakland fell to 6-8 against Los Angeles-AL...the Angels have defeated the Homestand ...............................0-1 A's in each of the last four season series. Last 5 ...........................................1-4 HOME RUNS Last 10 ........................................6-4 Player Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Home/Road .............46-30/44-31 Day/Night ................37-21/53-40 LOS ANGELES NOTES vs. RHS/LHS .............60-36/30-25 March..........................................1-2 The Angels hit their 199th home run this season, second-most in team history (236 in • April ........................................13-12 2000). May ........................................15-14 • Tyler Skaggs made his first start since being placed on the disabled list on 8/12/18...he June ........................................17-10 pitched three no-hit innings, striking out three...it was his first appearance in which he July ........................................... 17-8 did not allow a hit since 7/31/14 at Baltimore...Skaggs now has 395 career strikeouts. August ..................................... 18-9 • Andrelton Simmons is batting .364 (16 for 44) over his last 11 games. September .................................9-6 • Mike Trout recorded his third season with 35 or more home runs, and first since 2015... TOMORROW'S GAME he is the first Angel with three seasons of 35+ home runs, passing Troy Glaus, who had two such seasons with the Halos in 2000 and 2001. • Trout is batting .424 (14 for 33) with two home runs and six RBI at the Coliseum in 2018. VS. • Kaleb Cowart hit his first career grand slam...it was the Angels' first grand slam since Cliff Pennington's on 8/30/17, also vs. the A's. Brett Felix Peña HOME RUNS Anderson (3-4, 3.75) Player Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher (3-5, 4.35) Mike Trout (35) 4 3-1 1 LF Mengden Kaleb Cowart (1) 6 1-0 4 RF Trivino First Pitch: 7:05.