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Oakland Athletics Virtual Press OAKLAND ATHLETICS Post Game Notes Oakland Athletics Baseball Company w 7000 Coliseum Way w Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 w @Athletics w @AsMediaAlerts w athletics.com San Francisco Giants (49-41) at Oakland Athletics (57-33) Tuesday, July 8, 2014 w O.co Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB San Francisco 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 1 9 Oakland 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 X 6 11 0 6 W — Gray (9-3) L — Bumgarner (9-7) S — None OAKLAND NOTES • The Oakland Athletics have won a season-high tying six straight games (last: May 7-13)...recorded the 11th undefeated homestand of six or more games in Oakland history...the last was Sept. 28-Oct. 3, 2012 when the A’s went 6-0 against Seattle and Texas...are 9-1 in interleague play this season (Washington, 3-0; New York, 1-1; Miami, 3-0; San Francisco, 2-0)...have won 11 of their last 13 home contests against the Giants...the 57 wins are the most ever for the A’s before the All-Star Break...are a season-high 24 games over .500. • Sonny Gray has now tossed seven innings in three of his last four starts...recorded eight strikeouts for the first time since May 16 at Cleveland...A’s starters have now tossed six or more innings while allowing one run or fewer in six straight games, which is the longest such streak since at least 1914. • Yoenis Céspedes (1 for 3, r, rbi, bb, so) snapped his streak of nine consecutive games without an RBI, which was one short of his career high (July 2-12, 2013). • Alberto Callaspo (1 for 4, rbi) is batting .351 (13 for 37) in interleague play. • Coco Crisp (2 for 4, r, 2b, rbi) is batting .366 (41 for 112) with 25 runs, eight doubles, four home runs, 17 RBI and 19 walks over his last 32 games. • Craig Gentry (1 for 4, 2b, cs) was caught stealing in the fifth inning...that snapped a streak of 28 consecutive steals without a caught stealing dating back to Aug. 14 of last year...snapped a 40-game streak without an extra base hit, the longest such streak by an A’s player since Matt Alexander (55, 1975-1977). • Jed Lowrie (2 for 4, r) has collected multiple hits in four consecutive games, which is a new career high...has multiple hits in seven of his last 11 games, hitting .326 (15 for 46) over that span. Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Sonny Gray (W, 9-3) 7.0 6 1 1 1 8 1 98/64 Luke Gregerson 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 14/9 Ryan Cook 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12/7 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher None SAN FRANCISCO NOTES • The San Francisco Giants have lost 11 of their last 13 games in Oakland, and 13 of 15 road games against AL teams...are 7-20 in their last 27 games after going 42-21 in their first 63 games...went 2-3 on this five-game road trip to San Diego (2-1) and Oakland (0-2). • Madison Bumgarner is 1-5 with a 4.73 (21 er in 40.0 ip) over his last six starts. • Jean Machi was ejected from the game after the eighth inning by home plate umpire Angel Hernandez...it was Machi’s first ejection this season. • Tyler Colvin (2 for 2, r, hr, rbi) snapped his 0 for 13 hitless streak with a solo home run in the seventh inning. • Michael Morse (2 for 4, so) is 20 for 56 (.357) in 17 career games at O.co Coliseum. • Pablo Sandoval (1 for 4) returned to the lineup after leaving Saturday’s game in San Diego with a left elbow contusion...snapped his 0 for 12 streak with a single in the second inning. Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Madison Bumgarner (L, 9-7) 7.0 10 6 6 3 3 0 106/76 Jean Machi 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4/3 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Tyler Colvin (2) 7 2-0 1 RF Gray Time of Game ...................................................... 2:47 Overall Record................................................... 57-33 Home/Road ........................................... 30-15 / 27-18 First Pitch ....................................................... 7:07 pm Streak ............................................................... Won 6 Day/Night ............................................... 22-13 / 35-20 Temperature ............................................. 60 degrees Homestand ............................................................ 6-0 March/April/May/June ............0-1 / 18-9 / 16-12 / 17-9 Last 5 ..................................................................... 5-0 July/Aug./Sept. ......................................6-2 / 0-0 / 0-0 Today’s Attendance ......................................... 36,067 Last 10 ................................................................... 8-2 Attendance Total ......................................... 1,062,053 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7 ... 22-5 / 35-28 Average (44 games) ........................................ 24,137 Series Record ........................................................ 2-0 A’s/Opponents score first ......................... 38-9 / 19-24 Series First Game................................................ 17-9 Leading after 7th/8th inning ....................... 42-5 / 45-4 Win/Lose in Last AB .......................................... 16-10 vs. AL West ........................................................ 21-14 Tied After 7th/8th inning ................................. 6-5 / 8-3 Extra Innings........................................................ 10-5 vs. RHP/LHP ........................................... 39-25 / 18-8 Trailing After 7th/8th inning ........................ 9-23 / 4-26.
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