OAKLAND ATHLETICS Post Game Notes

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Toronto Blue Jays (17-14) at Oakland Athletics (16-15) Wednesday, May 9, 2012 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Toronto 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 5 7 0 5 Oakland 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 7 0 10

W — Morrow (4-1) L — Ross (1-3) SV — Janssen (1)

OAKLAND NOTES  The Oakland Athletics had their season-high tying three-game winning streak snapped...are 7-8 at home for the season compared to 9-7 on the road…are 16-22 against the Blue Jays since 2008…are 1-1 on this six-game homestand against Toronto (1-1) and Detroit (four games).  The A’s stole two bases and now have 30 for the season, which is the most in the .  Tyson Ross allowed three runs in 5.2 innings…is now 0-3 with a 13.15 ERA (19 er in 13.0 ip) over his past three starts after going 1-0 with a 2.13 ERA in his first two starts…is 1-1 with a 2.92 ERA (4 er in 12.1 ip) in two starts at home and 0-2 with a 12.15 ERA (18 er in 13.1 ip) in three starts on the road.  Jonny Gomes (1 for 4) has hit safely in each of his last five games (7 for 15, .467).  Josh Reddick (1 for 4) is batting .306 (15 for 49) with seven walks and 11 RBI over his last 12 games.  Jemile Weeks (2 for 5) is 4 for 8 (.500) in two games on the homestand after going 2 for 24 (.083) on the road trip…is now batting .246 (16 for 65) at home compared to .135 (7 for 52) on the road.

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Tyson Ross (L, 1-3) 5.2 5 3 3 3 3 1 88/55 Pedro Figueroa 1.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20/12 Jerry Blevins 1.1 1 1 1 0 1 1 19/10 Jim Miller 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8/5

Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location None

TORONTO NOTES  The snapped their three-game losing streak…have now won seven of the last 11 games…are 3-3 on this 11-day, 10-game road trip to Los Angeles (2-2), Oakland (1-1) and Minnesota (four games).  had his career-high 23.2-inning scoreless streak snapped when Gomes hit a RBI single in the fifth inning…had his streak of 15.0 innings without a walk snapped when he walked two in the first inning…allowed a season-high four walks in total…also recorded a season-high 10 , his seventh career game of 10 or more strikeouts…is 4-0 with a 0.65 ERA (2 er in 27.2 ip) over his past four starts.  Blue Jays starting have tossed 5.0 or more innings in 33 consecutive games dating back to Sept. 27, 2011, which is the longest active streak in the majors…that is their longest such streak since Blue Jays starters went a Toronto record 43 games in a row with 5.0 or more innings from May 5-June 21, 1996.  Edwin Encarnacion (1 for 4) snapped his 0 for 21 streak with a home run in the eighth inning…the hitless streak was one at-bat away from tying his career-high.

Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Brandon Morrow (W, 4-1) 6.0 4 1 1 4 10 0 114/68 Luis Perez 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 23/12 Carlos Villanueva 1.2 1 0 0 0 3 0 22/14 Casey Janssen (SV, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15/10

Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Adam Lind (3) 4th 0-1 2 RF Ross J.P. Arencibia (3) 7th 2-2 1 LF Figueroa Edwin Encarnacion (10) 8th 1-0 1 LF Blevins

Time of Game ...... 3:01 Overall Record ...... 16-15 Home/Road ...... 7-8/9-7 First Pitch ...... 12:38 pm Streak ...... Lost 1 Day/Night ...... 4-3/13-12 Temperature ...... 63 degrees Homestand ...... 1-1 April/May/June ...... 10-12/5-2/0-0 Last Five ...... 3-2 July/Aug./Sept...... 0-0/0-0/0-0 Attendance ...... 14,815 Last 10 ...... 5-5 Total ...... 296,447 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7 ...... 7-5/9-10 Average (15 games) ...... 19,763 Series Record ...... 1-1 A’s/Opponents score first ...... 11-3/5-12 Series First Game ...... 4-7 Leading after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 11-1/13-1 Win/Lose in Last At-Bat ...... 4-1 vs. AL West ...... 5-6 Tied after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 4-1/3-1 Extra Innings ...... 3-1 vs. RHP/LHP ...... 9-11/7-4 Trailing after 7th inn/8th inn ...... 1-13/0-13