O AKLAND A THLETICS Game Information Company7000 Coliseum WayOakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900www.athletics.comA’s PR on @AsMedia Alerts OAKLAND ATHLETICS (55-73) VS. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (68-59) SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 2016 — BUSCH STADIUM — 6:15 P.M. CDT RHP ZACH NEAL (2-3, 5.49) VS. RHP ALEX REYES (1-0, 0.00) CSNCA — A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME)

ABOUT THE A’S: Have won two of the last three games after losing eight HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 0-1 on this six-game road trip to St. Louis of the previous nine…are now 8-18 (.308) over the last 26 games and 55- (0-1) and Houston (three games)…went 1-5 on the last road trip to Texas 73 (.430) for the season, which is the fourth worst record in the American (0-3) and Chicago-AL (1-2) and have lost 11 of their last 13 road games… League…it matches last year for the fi fth worst record in Oakland history are 25-37 (.403) on the road for the season…went 2-1 on the last homes- after 128 games…a loss tonight would also match last year for the fi fth tand against Cleveland and are 30-36 (.455) at home, which is the second worst record after 129 games…are in fourth place in the AL West and trail worst home record in the …have a 5.23 ERA (310 er in fi rst place Texas by 19½ games, which is a ½ game short of the season 533.2 ip) on the road compared to 3.93 (262 er in 600.0 ip) at home…the high (20 on Aug. 23)…have been in fourth or worse every day since June road ERA is second highest in the majors (Cincinnati, 5.32)…are batting 3…have spent one day in sole possession of fi rst place, fi ve days tied for .257 (561-for-2181) on the road compared to .242 (527-for-2178) at home. fi rst, four days in second, four days tied for second, 15 days in third, eight days tied for third, 58 days in fourth, 16 days tied for fourth and 30 days MARGIN OF VICTORY: Each of the A’s last three wins have been by four in fi fth. runs or more after each of their previous 17 were by three runs or fewer… have outscored their opponents by 21 runs in their last three wins after INTERLEAGUE PLAY: The A’s are 5-13 MLB BEST ALL-TIME winning by a combined 27 runs over their previous 17 victories…are 39-41 (.278) in interleague play, which is the worst INTERLEAGUE RECORDS (.488) in games decided by three runs or fewer compared to 16-32 (.333) record in the majors (Arizona, Cincinnati in games decided by four runs or more…the record in games decided by and San Diego are all 5-12)…will conclude W L PCT four or more is the worst in the American League and third worst in the New York (AL) 210 149 .585 the interleague portion of the schedule with majors…have a differential of -92, which is second worst in the AL Boston 209 151 .581 this three-game series at St. Louis…have Chicago (AL) 200 161 .554 (Minnesota, -119). clinched a losing record against the Na- Los Angeles (AL) 200 161 .554 CLOSE CALLS: The A’s have lost each of their last three one-run deci- tional League for the fi rst time since 2010 Detroit 197 163 .547 (8-10) and just the sixth time in 20 years of Oakland 196 166 .541 sions…are 19-20 (.487) in one-run games for the season and rank fourth interleague play…have clinched at best the in the American League in one-run games (39)…went 19-35 (.352) in one- second worst interleague mark in Oakland history…the worst is 5-13 (.278) run games last year, which was the second worst record in the majors… in 2009…have the fourth lowest interleague batting average (.235) and the A’s have six walk-off wins and eight walk-off losses…the eight walk-off on-base percentage (.293)…the lowest interleague on-base percentage in losses rank third in the majors and the 14 games are tied for fourth…all Oakland history is .298 in 2006…are 196-166 (.541) all-time in interleague eight losses have come against AL West competition. games, which is sixth best in Major League history. THE DISABLED LIST: The A’s have used the disabled list an Oakland HITTING: A’s pitchers are 0-for-17 with 11 and three record 27 times…the previous mark of 25 was set in 2008…the 27 players sacrifi ce hits this year and are 7-for-133 (.053) over the last seven years… have combined to miss 1361 games (50.4 games per stint) and the games have a .079 (29-for-366) average with four doubles, 11 RBI, 10 walks and missed will set an Oakland record on Monday…the current mark is 1397 173 strikeouts since interleague play began in 1997…the batting average in 2010…have a season-high 16 players on the DL, including 11 on the is the lowest in the majors over that span (New York-AL, .085)…the last 60-day DL…prior to this year, had not had more than 11 players on the DL triple by an A’s was by on Aug. 22, 1971 against at once…have had at least 11 players on the DL every day since July 4, at Boston…Odom also the last on Sept. 4, 1972 against Cali- least nine every day since May 6 and at least six all year. fornia…the last extra base hit was by Joe Kennedy, a double on June 12, THIS AND THAT: The A’s are 3-7 in this fi ve-series stretch where they 2007 at Houston. will play in fi ve different cities (Texas, Chicago, Oakland vs. Cleveland, St. IN AUGUST: The A’s are 8-15 (.348) in August, which is tied for the second Louis and Houston)…have made a total of 162 player moves in 146 days worst record in the majors to the Angels (7-16)…have clinched a losing dating back to Opening Day, April 4…have lost 16 of the last 20 games in record in August for the third consecutive season…the A’s are batting .245 which the opponent starts a left-handed pitcher…are 13-21 (.382) in those (190-for-774) with 82 runs scored…the runs are the fewest in the majors games for the season, which is the worst record in the American League… and the batting average is third lowest in the American League. are 37-44 (.457) in night games compared to 18-29 (.383) during the day… have the second worst day record in the AL (Minnesota, 18-30)…pinch hit- PITCHING: The A’s have a 3.55 ERA (62 er in 157.1 ip) over the last 18 ters are 2 for their last 22 (.091)…rank second in the AL in hits (19), RBI games…that has lowered the season ERA to 4.54, which is the lowest (13) and plate appearances (95). it has been since May 9 when it was 4.47…rank third in the American League in highest ERA, highest opponents batting average (.265) and A’s vs. CARDINALS: The A’s trail in the all-time series, 4-9…are 3-3 in most wild pitches (58)…allowed one run in all three games of the last se- Oakland and 1-6 in St. Louis…including 1-3 in the new Busch Stadium… ries against Cleveland but won just two of those games…it marked the last met in Oakland in 2013 when the A’s won two of three…last played in ninth time in Oakland history the A’s allowed exactly one run in three con- St. Louis in 2010 when Oakland lost two of three…the two franchises also secutive games and the fourth time they did not win all three games. met in back-to-back with the A’s winning in seven games in 1930 and the Cardinals winning in seven games in 1931. STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are 7-10 with a 3.79 ERA (47 TODAY’S TIDBITS er in 111.2 ip) over the last 19 games…have issued just 18 walks over that span (1.45 per nine )…are now 35-56 with a 5.02 ERA (389 er in CCocooco CCrisprisp iiss batting a Major League leading .431 with runners in scor- 697.0 ip) for the season…have the second highest ERA in the American ing position…started the season 0-for-9 with RISP but is 28-for-56 (.500) League, the second fewest wins, are tied for the second most losses and since then…Khris Davis hit his 33rd home run of the season Tuesday have the fourth fewest innings pitched. night, which ranks third in the AL and is the most by an Athletic since Jack Cust had 33 in 2008…Ryon Healy has a 12-game hitting streak OFFENSE: The A’s have walked 322 times, which is second fewest in (18-for-45, .400), which is the longest active hitting streak in the majors the majors (Kansas City, 299)…are on pace for 408 walks, which would and ties the A’s season high (Crisp)…Jake Smolinski extended his hit- break the Athletics record for fewest walks in a 162-game season (421 in ting streak to seven games on Wednesday, which matches his career 1966)…have a .303 on-base percentage, which is the lowest in the Ameri- high…is 9-for-28 (.321) during the streak can League and third lowest in the majors…have the second fewest runs scored in the AL (510), the second fewest strikeouts (885), the third lowest THIS DATE IN A’S HISTORY slugging percentage (.401), the fourth lowest batting average (.250) and the fourth fewest home runs (139). In 1982 steals four bases against the Milwaukee Brewers, breaking Lou Brock’s major league single season record of DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have committed one error in the last six 118…he would fi nish the season with 130 steals…in 2010 Brett Ander- games…have 22 in the last 55 games after making 53 over the fi rst 73 son allowed four runs in 2.0 innings, ending an Athletics record tying contests…A’s outfi elders have 20 assists, which is second fewest in the streak of 18 games with six or more innings and three earned runs or American League. fewer by A’s starting pitchers.

PITCHING PROBABLES Sun., Aug. 28 at St. Louis RHP Andrew Triggs (0-1, 4.38) vs. LHP Jaime Garcia (10-9, 4.37) 11:15 CSNCA/95.7 FM The Game

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FOR STARTERS: Is scheduled to make his 15th appearance and fi fth start to Lind in the second but the A’s came back to tie the game with a run in of the season and his career…was recalled from Nashville July 21 for his the bottom of the second…then allowed two runs in the third on a Seager fourth stint with the A’s this year and is 1-2 with a 3.80 ERA (10 er in 23.2 RBI double and a Cano RBI single, and another run in the fourth on an ip) and .242 (22-for-91) opponents batting average in six games, including O’Malley RBI single…was relieved by Coulombe after allowing a one-out three starts, since his return…was fi rst selected from Nashville May 11 and single to Zunino in the sixth and Coulombe allowed that run to score. made his Major League debut that night at Boston…was optioned back to the Sounds May 13…returned May 25 and made his fi rst ML start that day LAST START: He lost his second consecutive start in the A’s 4-2 loss at at Seattle, a loss…pitched once more in relief before he was optioned to Chicago (AL) last Sunday…matched his career high in strikeouts (2) and Nashville May 31…joined the A’s for a third time June 10 and compiled a hits (8)…allowed three runs in the fi rst on a RBI double by Morneau 4.70 ERA in fi ve relief appearances while recording his fi rst win and and a two-run single by Frazier…the A’s scored twice in the fourth to cut before he was optioned to Nashville June 30. the gap to 3-2 but he allowed a leaoff home run to Abreu in the bottom of the fourth…was relieved by Hendriks with two outs in the fi fth. STARTING AND RELIEVING: Is 1-3 with a 7.91 ERA (17 er in 19.1 ip) in NEAL’S 2016 APPEARANCES WITH OAKLAND his four starting assignments compared to 1-0 with a 3.15 ERA in 10 re- lief appearances…fi rst batters faced are 4-for-10 (.400)…has not inherited DDateate O Opponentpponent ScoreScore DecDec ERAERA IIPP H R EERR BBBB SSOO HHRR ##PITPIT any runners…has tossed at least one inning in nine of his 10 relief appear- **MayMay 1111 atat BostonBoston 3-133-13 – 9.009.00 3.03.0 4 3 3 0 2 1 5252 MMayay 2525 atat SeattleSeattle 3-133-13 L 12.8612.86 4.04.0 8 7 7 0 1 2 6060 ances, including a season-high 3.0 innings on four separate occasions. **MayMay 2828 DetroitDetroit 12-312-3 – 11.2511.25 1.01.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 LAST NINE, FIRST FIVE: Is 2-2 with a 3.62 ERA (11 er in 27.1 ip), .274 MMayay TotalsTotals (3(3 games,games, 1 start)start) 0-10-1 11.2511.25 8.08.0 1212 1010 1010 0 3 3 **JuneJune 1313 TexasTexas 14-514-5 S 9.009.00 3.03.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 3333 (29-for-106) opponents batting average and three home runs in 27.1 in- **JuneJune 1414 TexasTexas 6-106-10 – 9.759.75 1.01.0 4 2 2 0 1 0 2121 nings over his last nine games dating back to June 18…went 0-1 with a **JuneJune 1818 LosLos AngelesAngeles (AL)(AL) 1-71-7 – 8.368.36 2.02.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1313 save, a 9.75 ERA, .340 opponents batting average and four home runs in **JuneJune 2727 atat SanSan FranciscoFrancisco 8-38-3 – 8.598.59 0.20.2 3 1 1 0 0 0 1010 12.0 innings over his fi rst fi ve contests. **JuneJune 2828 atat SanSan FranciscoFrancisco 13-1113-11 W 8.048.04 1.01.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1212 JJuneune TotalsTotals (5(5 games,games, 0 starts)starts) 1-01-0 4.704.70 7.27.2 1313 4 4 0 2 1 DON’T WALK: Has issued just two walks in 39.1 innings, an average of **JulyJuly 2121 TampaTampa BayBay 3-73-7 – 6.756.75 3.03.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3939 0.46 walks per nine innings…that is the lowest mark in the majors among **JulyJuly 3030 atat ClevelandCleveland 3-63-6 – 5.825.82 3.03.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3737 pitchers with 30 or more innings pitched…has struck out just 14, an aver- JJulyuly TotalsTotals (2(2 games,games, 0 starts)starts) 0-00-0 0.000.00 6.06.0 2 0 0 1 3 0 age of 3.20 per nine innings, which is also the lowest in the majors us- **Aug.Aug. 4 atat LosLos AngelesAngeles (AL)(AL) 8-68-6 – 5.255.25 2.12.1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2727 ing the 30.0 innings minimum…issued his fi rst walk with two outs in the AAug.ug. 9 BaltimoreBaltimore 2-12-1 W 4.604.60 5.15.1 2 1 1 0 1 1 7272 AAug.ug. 1414 SeattleSeattle 4-84-8 L 5.195.19 5.15.1 8 5 5 1 1 1 7474 sixth inning on July 30 at Cleveland to snap a career-opening nine-game, AAug.ug. 2121 atat ChicagoChicago (AL)(AL) 2-42-4 L 5.495.49 4.24.2 8 4 4 0 2 1 6464 18.2-inning, 80-batter faced streak without a walk…the career-opening **indicatesindicates reliefrelief appearanceappearance streak of 18.2 innings without a walk was the longest such streak by an Athletics pitcher since at least 1913…the previous high was 15.1 by Paul NEAL vs. ST. LOUIS: Has never faced the Cardinals in his career. Lindblad (Sept. 15, 1965-April 28, 1966). NEAL’S CAREER MATCHUPS VS. ST. LOUIS INTERLEAGUE PLAY: Has made two interleague appearances, both in PPlayerlayer B Batat AABB H 22BB 33BB HHRR RRBIBI BBBB SSOO SSHH SSFF HHBPBP GGDPDP AAVGVG OOBPBP SSLGLG relief on consecutive days at San Francisco on June 27 and 28 (1.2 ip, 5 HHasas nono match-upsmatch-ups h, 1 r, 1 er, 0 bb, 0 so). WITH THE BAT: Has never batted as a professional. NASHVILLE: Went 7-2 with a 3.21 ERA in 11 starts with Triple-A Nash- ville…walked just eight batters in 61.2 innings, an average of 1.17 per nine OPPONENTS BATTING: Opponents are batting .405 (15-for-37) with run- innings…had fi ve starts with no walks, four with one walk and two with two ners in scoring position, including .529 (9-for-17) with RISP and two outs… walks…took the loss in his fi rst start but then went 6-0 with a 2.95 ERA has yielded a .257 (26-for-101) batting average with the bases empty, over his next seven starts…went 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA over his fi nal three .362 (21-for-58) with runners on…opponents are 15-for-41 (.366) with fi ve starts…posted a 3-0 record and a 0.84 ERA in three starts in May…issued doubles and four home runs (.780 slugging percentage) when leading off just one walk in 21.1 May innings. an inning…has yielded fi ve of his seven home runs and issued his only two walks to left-handed hitters…fi ve of his seven home runs have been OPPONENTS BATTING: Allowed a .259 opponents batting average, in- solo shots. cluding .233 (24-for-103) against left-handed hitters compared to .279 (38- for-136) against right-handers…surrendered all fi ve of his home runs to HOME AND AWAY: Is 1-1 with a 3.92 ERA (9 er in 20.2 ip) and .238 (19- right-handed hitters…had a .551 OPS against lefties, .735 against right- for-80) opponents batting average in seven games at home compared to handers…opponents were 12-for-63 (.190) with one walk (.203 on-base 1-2 with a 7.23 ERA (15 er in 18.2 ip) and .354 (28-for-79) opponents aver- percentage) when leading off an inning…opponents hit .318 with runners age in seven games on the road. in scoring position. 2016 IN RELIEF: Made his Major League debut May 11 at Boston, tossing NEAL’S 2016 STARTS WITH NASHVILLE three innings of relief in the A’s 13-3 loss…entered the game to start the DDateate O Opponentpponent ScoreScore DecDec ERAERA IIPP H R EERR BBBB SSOO HHRR ##PITPIT sixth inning with the A’s trailing 10-3…fanned Bradley, Jr. with one out in AAprilpril 1010 OklahomaOklahoma CityCity 1-31-3 L 1.801.80 5.05.0 4 1 1 0 3 0 5858 the sixth inning for his fi rst Major League …struck out a career- AAprilpril 1515 atat OklahomaOklahoma CityCity 5-35-3 W 0.900.90 5.05.0 6 3 0 0 3 0 8080 high two batters in his debut…picked up his fi rst Major League save June AAprilpril 2121 atat Col.Col. SpringsSprings 9-89-8 W 3.523.52 5.15.1 9 6 5 1 4 1 100100 13 against Texas when he tossed the fi nal three innings of the A’s 14-5 AAprilpril 2626 NewNew OrleansOrleans 7-67-6 – 4.224.22 6.06.0 6 4 4 2 5 1 104104 win…was credited with his fi rst Major League win June 28 at San Fran- MMayay 1 atat RoundRound RockRock 3-03-0 W 3.143.14 7.17.1 5 0 0 0 1 0 7272 cisco when he tossed a scoreless seventh inning in the A’s 13-11 win… MMayay 7 MemphisMemphis 2-12-1 W 2.702.70 8.08.0 3 1 1 0 4 0 9393 MMayay 1616 FresnoFresno 4-14-1 W 2.532.53 6.06.0 3 1 1 1 1 1 7676 did not allow a run over his fi nal four relief appearances from June 28 to JJuneune 2 RoundRound RockRock 8-58-5 W 2.832.83 5.05.0 9 3 3 1 2 0 8686 Aug. 4 (9.1 ip). JJulyuly 3 OklahomaOklahoma CityCity 1-41-4 – 2.612.61 4.04.0 2 0 0 1 3 0 4747 JJulyuly 8 NewNew OrleansOrleans 1-51-5 L 3.023.02 5.05.0 7 5 4 0 3 2 7070 FIRST START: He was the losing pitcher in the A’s 13-3 loss at Seattle May JJulyuly 1616 atat ElEl PasoPaso 19-519-5 W 3.213.21 5.05.0 8 3 3 2 3 0 7878 25…allowed a career high seven runs…retired the fi rst fi ve batters before NNashvilleashville TotalsTotals (11(11 G,G, 1111 GS)GS) 7-27-2 3.213.21 61.261.2 6262 2727 2222 8 3232 5 Lind homered in the second inning…the scored was tied at 1-1 when he allowed six runs in the bottom of the third…Martin, Smith and Seager had CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Was originally selected by the Florida organiza- RBI singles and Lind capped the scoring with a three-run home run…re- tion in the 17th round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft and was 17-14 tired the side in order in the fourth and was relieved by Rzepczynski to with a 3.24 ERA in 59 games, including 46 starts, in three seasons in the start the fi fth. Marlins farm system…was released March 26, 2013 and signed with the SECOND START: He was the winning pitcher in the A’s 2-1 win over Bal- Oakland organization two days later…is 34-34 with a 3.93 ERA (243 er in timore last Tuesday in Oakland…tossed a career high 5.1 innings…retired 556.0 ip) in 93 games, including 91 starts, in four seasons in the A’s farm each of the fi rst nine batters he faced and had a 2-0 lead when he allowed system…is 51-48 with a 3.71 ERA (338 er in 819.2 ip) in 152 games, 137 a leadoff home run to Jones in the fourth…then retired seven of his fi nal starts, in seven seasons in the minors overall…has issued just 164 walks eight batters, yielding a leadoff double to Schoop in the sixth. in 819.2 innings, an average of 1.80 per nine innings. THIRD START: He was the losing pitcher in the A’s 8-4 loss to Seattle on August 14 in Oakland…tossed a career-high 74 pitches and matched his career highs in innings (5.1) and hits (8)…allowed a lead off home run

NEAL BY THE NUMBERS NEAL’S CAREER HIGHS TOMORROW’S PROBABLE STARTING PITCHER W L ERA G IP ER LLowow HitHit CCG:G: NoneNone RRHPHP AndrewAndrew TriggsTriggs ((0-1,0-1, 44.38.38 EERA):RA): IIs scheduled to make his 23rd ap- 2016 2 3 5.49 14 39.1 24 IIP:P: 5 5.1.1 (twice),(twice), last:last: 8/14/168/14/16 vs.vs. SEASEA pearance and fi fth start of the season and his career…was recalled from 2015 0 0 — 0 0.0 0 FFewestewest IP,IP, GS:GS: 4.0,4.0, 5/25/165/25/16 atat SEASEA Triple-A Nashville August 5 for his eighth stint with the A’s this year…that is Career 2 3 5.49 14 39.1 24 HH:: 8 (three),(three), last:last: 8/21/168/21/16 atat CWSCWS RR:: 7 7,, 5/25/165/25/16 atat SEASEA believed to be the most stints in one season in Oakland history…is 0-1 with Home 1 1 3.92 7 20.2 9 EER:R: 7,7, 5/25/165/25/16 atat SEASEA a 2.55 ERA in fi ve games, including three starts, during his most recent Road 1 2 7.23 7 18.2 15 BBB:B: 1 (twice),(twice), last:last: 8/14/168/14/16 vs.vs. SEASEA stay…is 0-1 with a 2.41 ERA and .191 opponents batting average in four Day 0 2 5.28 5 15.1 9 SSO:O: 2 (four(four times),times), last:last: 8/21/168/21/16 atat CWSCWS starts compared to 0-0 with a 5.58 ERA and .302 opponents batting aver- Night 2 1 5.63 9 24.0 15 HHR:R: 2 2,, 5/25/165/25/16 atat SEASEA age in 18 relief appearances…has walked just one batter in 18.2 innings Pre-ASB 1 1 8.04 8 15.2 14 PPitches:itches: 7 74,4, 8/14/168/14/16 vs.vs. SEASEA as a starter…has not allowed an earned run over innings one through Post-ASB 1 2 3.80 6 23.2 10 WWinin SStreak:treak: 2,2, 6/28/166/28/16 toto 8/9/168/9/16 three (15.1 ip) and opponents are batting .167…has a 6.35 ERA and .300 LLossoss Streak:Streak: 2,2, 8/14/168/14/16 toto presentpresent AVG. AB H SScorelesscoreless Streak:Streak: 1 12.1,2.1, 6/28/166/28/16 toto 8/9/168/9/16 opponents batting average from the fourth inning on…had a no decision in vs. LHH .291 86 25 CCompleteomplete GGames:ames: NoneNone his last start, a 1-0 A’s loss to Cleveland last Monday (6.0 ip, 3 h, 1 bb, 6 vs. RHH .301 73 22 SShutouts:hutouts: NoneNone so)…has never faced the Cardinals in his career. ATHLETICS BRIEFS

TEAM 31 RHP LIAM HENDRIKS 220-17,0-17, 3.773.77 ERAERA (183(183 erer inin 436.2436.2 ip)ip) LLastast OOuting:uting: 88/22/22 vvs.s. CClevelandleveland (ND,(ND, 1.01.0 ip,ip, 2 hh,, 0 rr,, 0 eer,r, 0 bbb,b, 2 sso)o) SSaves/Opportunities:aves/Opportunities: 334-for-514-for-51 (66.7%)(66.7%) SSaves/Opportunities:aves/Opportunities: 00-0-0 The A’s bullpen has compiled a 2.54 ERA (37 er in 131.0 ip) and .199 IInheritednherited RRunners/Scored:unners/Scored: 331/51/5 • FFirstirst HHitters:itters: 110-37,0-37, bbbb (94-for-472) opponents batting average since the All-Star Break after logging a 4.30 ERA and .258 opponents average before the break. • Has not allowed a run in seven of his last eight games for a 1.04 ERA • Has tossed 436.2 innings, which is the third most in the American (1 er in 8.2 ip). League. • Has allowed 5-of-31 (16.1%) inherited runners to score, which is the fi fth • Has allowed 50-of-208 (24.0%) inherited runners to score, which is the best percentage in the American League. best percentage in the AL and second best in the majors (San Fran- • Opponents are batting .284...that includes .224 (17-for-76) against left- cisco, 21.5%). handed hitters, .322 (38-for-118) against right-handers. • Ranks fourth in the AL in strikeouts (411), tied for fourth in opponents • Has a 1.91 ERA (7 er in 33.0 ip) in 24 games at night, an 8.44 ERA (15 grounded into double plays (41), fi fth in on-base percentage (.307) and er in 16.0 ip) in 14 games during the day. tied for fi fth in fewest losses (17)...ranks third in most wild pitches (26) • Has a 1.93 ERA (7 er in 32.2 ip) and .220 (27-for-123) opponents batting and tied for third in blown saves (17) and walks (152). average in 27 games since he was reinstated from the 15-day disabled • First batters faced are 83-for-365 (.227) with 30 walks (.284 on-base list on June 19...logged an 8.27 ERA and .394 opponents average in percentage)...ranks second in the AL in fi rst batter slugging percentage 11 games before he was placed on the DL with a strained right triceps. (.321) and third in batting average and on-base percentage. • Has not faced St. Louis in his career. Last Year: Pitched exclusively in relief for the fi rst time in his career and was 5-0 61 RHP JOHN AXFORD with a 2.92 ERA in 58 games with Toronto…had career highs in games and strike- LLastast OOuting:uting: 88/26/26 aatt SSt.t. LLouisouis ((ND,ND, 11.0.0 iip,p, 0 hh,, 0 rr,, 0 eer,r, 1 bbb,b, 2 sso)o) outs (71) and career lows in ERA and opponents batting average (.240). SSaves/Opportunities:aves/Opportunities: 22-8-8 IInheritednherited RRunners/Scored:unners/Scored: 114/74/7 44 RHP RYAN MADSON FFirstirst HHitters:itters: 112-53,2-53, 3 bbbb LLastast Outing:Outing: 88/24/24 vs.vs. CClevelandleveland (ND,(ND, 1.01.0 ip,ip, 2 h,h, 0 r,r, 0 eer,r, 0 bbb,b, 1 sso)o) • Has not allowed an earned run in 11 of his last 12 games for a 2.45 SSaves/Opportunities:aves/Opportunities: 225-315-31 ERA (3 er in 11.0 ip)...however, has a 6.39 ERA (18 er in 25.1 ip) over IInheritednherited RRunners/Scored:unners/Scored: 66/0/0 his last 30 games (since June 15) after logging a 2.70 ERA over his fi rst FFirstirst HHitters:itters: 111-48,1-48, 4 bbbb 26 contests. • Has not allowed a run in seven games and 8.2 innings in August and is • Is tied for eighth among American League relievers in games pitched a perfect 3-for-3 in save opportunities...his ERA increased in each of the (56)...is tied for third in most blown saves (6) and walks (26). fi rst four months as he had a 1.42 ERA in April, 3.72 ERA in May, 4.22 • Has allowed nine of his 27 runs in sixth inning (2.2 ip, 30.38 ERA)…has ERA in June and 6.55 ERA in July. a 3.10 ERA (17 er in 49.1 ip) from the seventh inning on. • Compiled a 1.02 ERA and was a perfect 11-for-11 in save opportuni- • Has a .357 (15-for-42) opponents batting average with runners in scor- ties over his fi rst 18 games but has a 4.37 ERA (17 er in 35.0 ip) and ing position, including .429 (9-for-21) with RISP and two outs. converted 14-of-20 (70.0%) save opportunities over his last 34 games • Is 2-3 with a 3.27 ERA (12 er in 33.0 ip) and has converted 12-of-14 (since May 17). (85.7%) save opportunities in 35 games in his career against the Cardi- • Is tied for seventh among American League relievers in saves (25)... nals...spent part of the 2013 season with St. Louis and went 1-0 with a however, is tied for third in most blown saves (6). 1.74 ERA in 13 games. • Has a 5.40 ERA (15 er in 25.0 ip) in 25 games against AL West teams, Last Year: Was 4-5 with a 4.20 ERA and a team-leading 25 saves in 60 relief ap- a 1.30 ERA (4 er in 27.2 ip) in 27 games against all other opponents. pearances with Colorado…had a 2.70 ERA and .216 opponents average on the • Has a 1.42 ERA (3 er in 19.0 ip) in 19 games during the day and 1.91 road, a 5.59 ERA and .298 opponents average at Coors Field. ERA (6 er in 28.1 ip) in 28 games at home. • Is 1-1 with a 1.65 ERA (6 er in 32.2 ip) in 24 games in his career against 57 LHP DANIEL COULOMBE the Cardinals. LLastast Outing:Outing: 88/21/21 atat CChicagohicago (ND,(ND, 1.01.0 ip,ip, 1 h,h, 0 r,r, 0 er,er, 0 bb,bb, 0 so)so) Last Year: Returned to the majors for the fi rst time since 2011 and was 1-2 with SSaves/Opportunities:aves/Opportunities: 00-1-1 three saves and a career-low 2.13 ERA in 68 appearances with Kansas City…also IInheritednherited RRunners/Scored:unners/Scored: 110/20/2 had career lows in opponents batting (.205) and on-base percentage (.254). FFirstirst HHitters:itters: 22-21,-21, bbbb 56 RHP CHRIS SMITH • Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville on July 19 for his fi fth stint with the A’s this year and has a 4.24 ERA (8 er in 17.0 ip) in 10 games since then. LLastast OOuting:uting: 88/23/23 vs.vs. CClevelandleveland (ND,(ND, 1.01.0 ip,ip, 0 h,h, 0 r,r, 0 er,er, 0 bb,bb, 1 so)so) • Opponents are batting .216...that includes a .176 (13-for-74) average SSaves/Opportunities:aves/Opportunities: 00-0-0 against right-handed hitters, .275 (14-for-51) against left-handers. IInheritednherited RRunners/Scored:unners/Scored: 00/0/0 • Faced St. Louis for the only time in his career on June 4, 2015 (2.1 ip, 2 FFirstirst HHitters:itters: 00-3,-3, 2 bbbb h, 2 r, 2 er, 2 bb, 4 so). • Was selected from Triple-A Nashville on Aug. 7 for his fi rst stint with the • Was with Oakland for the fi rst time for a one-day stint on May 10... A’s this year and has a 2.57 ERA (2 er in 7.0 ip) in fi ve games since then. pitched twice during his second stint from May 22-25...logged a 4.50 • Has a 4.00 ERA (4 er in 9.0 ip) in six games in his career against St. ERA in seven outings during his third stint from June 4-21...appeared in Louis...has not faced the Cardinals since Oct. 4, 2009. three games during his fourth stint from June 30-July 3. • This is his fi rst stint in the majors since 2010 when he logged a 5.40 ERA • Had two scoreless outings with Nashville following his most recent op- in three relief appearances with Milwaukee. tion on July 4...has a .200 opponents batting average overall and has • Was 1-5 with a 5.21 ERA over his fi rst seven starts with Nashville not allowed a home run...his complete 2016 minor league stats: through May 9, but is 5-3 with a 3.40 ERA in 15 starts since then...his W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO complete 2016 minor league stats: Nashville (AAA) 0 0 1.08 20 0 0 0 0 25.0 18 4 3 6 35 W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO Last Year: Had no decisions and a 5.63 ERA in 14 relief appearances with the Nashville (AAA) 6 8 3.93 22 22 0 0 0 130.2 120 64 57 45 121 Dodgers and A’s...spent the balance of the season at Triple-A Oklahoma City in the Last Year: Spent most of the year at Triple-A El Paso where he went 5-7 with a 3.60 Dodgers farm system where he went 3-1 with a save and a 3.27 ERA in 38 games. ERA in 22 starts...also had no decisions and a 0.90 ERA in two starts for Double-A San Antonio...had minor league career highs in strikeouts (132) and walks (44). 66 RHP RYAN DULL LLastast OOuting:uting: 88/26/26 aatt SSt.t. LLouisouis ((ND,ND, 00.2.2 iip,p, 0 hh,, 0 rr,, 0 eer,r, 0 bbb,b, 0 sso)o) 64 RHP J.B. WENDELKEN SSaves/Opportunities:aves/Opportunities: 22-4-4 LLastast OOuting:uting: 88/26/26 aatt SSt.t. LLouisouis ((ND,ND, 11.0.0 iip,p, 0 hh,, 0 rr,, 0 eer,r, 1 bbb,b, 0 sso)o) IInheritednherited RRunners/Scored:unners/Scored: 448/78/7 SSaves/Opportunities:aves/Opportunities: 00-0-0 FFirstirst HHitters:itters: 77-55,-55, 2 bbbb IInheritednherited RRunners/Scored:unners/Scored: 00/0/0 • Has a 3.38 ERA (6 er in 16.0 ip) over his last 17 games (since July 18) FFirstirst HHitters:itters: 11-4-4 after compiling a 0.38 ERA over his previous 23 games. • Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville on Wednesday for his fourth stint • Has allowed 7 of his last 12 (58.3%) inherited runners to score after with the A’s this year and has pitched once since then (1.0 ip, 1 bb). stranding each of his fi rst 36 inherited runners, which was the longest • His appearance last night was the fi rst of his career against the Cardi- streak by any pitcher in the expansion era...has allowed 7-of-48 (14.6%) nals. inherited runners to score for the season, which is the third best percent- • Made his Major League debut with two appearances during his fi rst stay age in the American League. from May 8-9, did not pitch during his second stay from June 3-4 and • Ranks second in the AL in opponents on-base percentage (.213), fourth tossed 3.0 scoreless innings in his only outing during his third stint (July in innings (63.1), sixth in batting average (.176) and tied for ninth in wins 26-Aug. 1) on July 31 at Cleveland. (5)...is tied for eighth in most home runs allowed (9). • Logged a 1.93 ERA in six relief appearances with Nashville following his • Leads AL rookies and is tied for fourth among all AL pitchers in games last option on Aug. 2...has 65 strikeouts in 46.0 innings overall, an aver- pitched (59). age of 12.72 per nine innings...his complete 2016 minor league stats: • Opponents are 5-for-62 (.081) with runners in scoring position, including W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 3-for-35 (.086) with RISP and two outs. Nashville (AAA) 1 4 4.11 39 0 0 0 5 46.0 48 25 21 26 65 • His appearance last night was the fi rst of his career against the Cardi- Last Year: Began the season at Double-A Birmingham and was 6-2 with fi ve saves nals. and a 2.72 ERA in 27 games when he was promoted to Triple-A Charlotte July 25... Last Year: Was named the A’s Organizational Pitcher of the Year after going 3-2 had no decisions and a 4.50 ERA in 12 games with the Knights. with 12 saves and a 0.74 ERA in 47 games with Midland and Nashville…made his ML debut in September and went 1-2 with a save and a 4.24 ERA in 13 games. ATHLETICS BATTING NOTES

30 ARISMENDY ALCANTARA • Had his fourth career four-strikeout game Monday night against Cleve- land (last: July 26, 2015 at Arizona). CCurrenturrent Streak:Streak: 1 ggameame (1(1 forfor 22)) Has career highs in home runs (33), RBI (82) and strikeouts (129) and CClevelandleveland SSeries:eries: DDNPNP • has matched his best in triples (2)…his 67 runs scored are three shy of LLastast HHomestand:omestand: DDNPNP his best of 70 in 2014. • Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville Monday for his third stint with the Last Year: Batted .247 with 27 home runs and 66 RBI in 121 games with Milwau- A’s this year but has not played. kee…had career highs in walks (44) and stolen bases (6) and matched his best in • Went 2-for-8 (.250) with two stolen bases in three games during his triples (2)…led the Brewers and tied for 10th in the National League in home runs. fi rst stint from June 21 to 28 and 1-for-5 (.200) in two games during his second stay from July 20 to 23. 39 • Has made three starts at second base and one at …has also appeared in one game in right fi eld. CCurrenturrent Streak:Streak: 1 ggameame (1(1 forfor 44)) • Is 4-for-42 (.095) in his career against St. Louis but two of the hits are SSt.t. LLouisouis SSeries:eries: 00-0,-0, bbbb home runs…is 2-for-16 (.125) with two home runs at Busch Stadium. LLastast HHomestand:omestand: 11-7-7 • Was acquired from the Chicago Cubs on June 9 for Chris Coghlan and • Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville August 5 and is 5-for-30 (.167) in was assigned to Nashville. 16 games…two of the fi ve hits are home runs. • Hit .284 with fi ve doubles, four triples, four home runs and 15 RBI in 25 • Has made eight starts with the A’s (seven in right fi eld, one in left fi eld) games with Nashville following his July 24 option…was tied for second and 26 overall (16 in right fi eld, 10 in left fi eld). in the Pacifi c Coast League in triples (10) and ranked third in stolen • Is 6-for-52 (.115) in 23 games since the All-Star Break after hitting .304 bases (32) at the time of his promotion…appeared in 56 games at sec- in 19 contests before the break. ond base, 14 in center fi eld, 12 at shortstop and nine in left fi eld…his • Is hitting .171 (12-for-70) at night, .289 (11-for-38) during the day. complete 2016 minor league stats: • Made his Major League debut with Kansas City earlier this year and hit AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBP .231 with three home runs and 10 RBI in 26 games over two stints… Iowa (AAA) .263 54 198 32 52 9 5 5 21 15 61 21 0 .434 .313 was traded to the A’s on July 30 for Billy Burns but reported to Nashville. Nashville (AAA) .290 48 200 28 58 10 5 6 27 14 57 11 6 .480 .336 Combined to hit .289 with 12 home runs and 34 RBI in 54 games overall TRIPLE-A .276 102 398 60 110 19 10 11 48 29 118 32 6 .457 .325 • at Triple-A…appeared in 37 games in center fi eld, 12 in right fi eld and Last Year: Began the season with Chicago (NL) and hit .077 with a RBI in 11 three in left fi eld…his complete 2016 minor league statistics: games before he was optioned to Triple-A Iowa April 20…. batted .231 with 12 HR, AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBP 36 RBI and 16 steals in 120 games with Iowa…led the PCL in triples (10). Omaha (AAA) .288 50 184 37 53 7 1 11 32 30 48 5 1 .516 .385 Nashville (AAA) .308 4 13 4 4 2 0 1 2 5 6 0 0 .692 .500 17 YONDER ALONSO Last Year: Spent the entire season at Triple-A Omaha where he batted .303 with 19 CCurrenturrent Streak:Streak: 2 ggamesames (3(3 forfor 66)) home runs and 81 RBI in 103 games…ranked ninth in the Pacifi c Coast League in RBI, slugging percentage (.514) and OPS (.878)…hit .348 with RISP. SSt.t. LLouisouis SSeries:eries: 22-4,-4, rr,, hhr,r, rrbibi LLastast HHomestand:omestand: 11-8,-8, rr,, rrbi,bi, 2 bbb,b, sso,o, ssff 48 RYON HEALY • Is 6-for-36 (.167) with four walks and fi ve RBI over his last 11 games. • Is batting .294 (60-for-204) on the road compared to .206 (37-for-180) CCurrenturrent Streak:Streak: 1122 ggamesames (18(18 forfor 45)45) at home…however, has 26 RBI at home compared to 18 on the road. SSt.t. LLouisouis SSeries:eries: 11-4,-4, ggidpidp • Is hitting .315 (17-for-54) in interleague play. LLastast HHomestand:omestand: 66-10,-10, 2 rr,, 2 22b,b, 2 rrbi,bi, bbb,b, ssoo • Is a .312 (29-for-93) career hitter against St. Louis, including .365 (19- • Has a 12-game hitting streak, which is the longest active hitting streak for-52) at Busch Stadium. in the majors and ties the A’s season high (Crisp)…is 18-for-45 (.400) • Has six home runs and 26 RBI over his last 50 games after tallying one with two doubles, two home runs and fi ve multiple hit games during the home run and 18 RBI over his fi rst 74 contests. streak, which is an on-going career high. • Six of his seven home runs this year and 19 of his 39 career home runs • Is batting .310 (31-for-100) against right-handed pitchers, .200 (7-for- have come with runners on base. 35) against left-handers. Last Year: Batted .282 with fi ve home runs and 31 RBI in 103 games in a season • Is 9-for-27 (.333) with runners in scoring position. shortened by two stints on the disabled list…the batting average was his best in his • Is hitting .364 (16-for-44) in the seventh inning or later. four seasons with San Diego, as was his .361 on-base percentage and .742 OPS. • Was selected from Triple-A Nashville July 15 (fi rst day after the All-Star Break) and has started 38 of the A’s 39 games since then at third base. 4 COCO CRISP • Has made both his Major League and Triple-A debut this year…hit .338 CCurrenturrent Streak:Streak: 4 ggamesames (5(5 forfor 118)8) at Double-A Midland and was promoted to Nashville May 17…batted SSt.t. LLouisouis SSeries:eries: 11-4,-4, ssoo .318 with the Sounds and combined to hit .326 with 14 home runs and LLastast HHomestand:omestand: 33-9,-9, 22b,b, sso,o, ccss 64 RBI in 85 games…was tied for fi fth in all of minor league baseball in extra base hits (46) at the time of his promotion. Is 12-for-60 (.200) over his last 14 games and is now batting .221 (25- • Last Year: Spent the entire season at Midland in his Double-A debut and was for-113) since the All-Star Break. named to the Texas League Postseason All-Star Team after hitting .302 with 10 • Is batting a Major League leading .431 with runners in scoring position… home runs and 62 RBI in 124 games. started the season 0-for-9 with RISP but is 28-for-56 (.500) since then. Is hitting .157 (11-for-70) when leading off a game, which is the lowest • 63 BRUCE MAXWELL mark in the majors (min. 40 plate appearances). • Is batting .269 (52-for-193) on the road, .205 (40-for-195) at home. CCurrenturrent Streak:Streak: 1 ggameame (1(1 forfor 44)) • Has not been hit by a pitch since May 9, 2011 (C.J. Wilson) and his CClevelandleveland SSeries:eries: 11-4,-4, rr,, 22b,b, 2 rrbi,bi, ssoo streak of 620 consecutive games without being hit is the longest active LLastast HHomestand:omestand: 11-4,-4, rr,, 22b,b, 2 rrbi,bi, ssoo streak in the majors and the longest in Athletics history. • Was selected from Triple-A Nashville July 23 and has appeared in 10 Last Year: Was limited to just 44 games due to two stints on the DL and batted a games since then, including eight starts at catcher…is 3-for-27 (.111). career-low .175…also had the lowest on-base percentage (.252) and slugging per- • Had a two-run double in the eighth inning Tuesday night for the fi rst RBI centage (.222) of his career and his games played were his fewest since 2002 (32). of his career…two of his three career hits are doubles (was thrown out trying to stretch a single into a double for his fi rst career hit). 2 KHRIS DAVIS • Opponents have been successful in each of their fi ve at- CCurrenturrent Streak:Streak: 0 fforor 4 tempts off him…tossed out 30-of-77 (39.0%) at Nashville. SSt.t. LLouisouis SSeries:eries: 00-4,-4, 2 ssoo • Had not played above Double-A prior to this year…his 10 home runs LLastast HHomestand:omestand: 44-12,-12, 4 rr,, 22b,b, 33b,b, hhr,r, 3 rrbi,bi, bbb,b, 6 ssoo with Nashville are a career-high…hit safely in each of his fi nal eight games with the Sounds, going 18-for-28 (.643) with 11 runs, fi ve home • Is batting .327 (17-for-52) with four doubles, one triple, six home runs runs and 16 RBI…made all 60 of his appearances at catcher…his com- (.788 slugging percentage) and 12 RBI over his last 14 games. plete 2016 stats with Nashville: • Ranks third in the American League in home runs (33), tied for eighth AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBP in grounded into double plays (16) and tied for 10th in hit by pitches (8) Nashville (AAA) .321 60 193 27 62 12 0 10 41 24 38 1 0 .539 .393 • Has 14 home runs since the All-Star Break, which is third most in the Last Year: Spent the entire season at Double-A Midland where he batted .243 majors (Dozier, MIN 16; Gyorko, STL 15). with two home runs and 48 RBI in 96 games…led Texas League catchers with a • His 33 home runs are the most by an Athletic since Jack Cust had 33 .997 fi elding percentage and tossed out 19-of-86 (22.1%) attempted base stealers. in 2008…the last time an Athletic had more than 33 home runs was in 2006 when Frank Thomas (39) and Nick Swisher (35) did it…Thomas is the only other A’s right-handed hitter to hit 30 home runs over the last 14 years. • Is hitting .285 (84-for-295) with 26 of his 33 home runs at night com- pared to .203 (31-for-153) during the day…leads the majors in night home runs and ranks sixth in RBI (65)…has the most night home runs by an Athletic since Jason Giambi had 26 in 2000. • Has eight career home runs against St. Louis, which match his most against any team (Cubs, Reds, Rangers). • Has hit 20 of his home runs as a left fi elder, which are the most among AL left fi elders and third most in the majors. • Has hit 18 home runs at home, which match the most by an Athletic in the Coliseum over the last eight years (Josh Reddick, 2012). 12 MAX MUNCY • Has committed eight errors in his last 37 games after making eight in his fi rst 88 contests…has 16 errors for the season, which is the most among CCurrenturrent Streak:Streak: 0 fforor 4 AL and tied for second most in the majors (Villar, MIL 17). SSt.t. LLouisouis SSeries:eries: 00-2,-2, bbb,b, ssoo LLastast HHomestand:omestand: 22-8,-8, 2 rr,, rrbi,bi, 3 bbb,b, 2 ssoo Last Year: Batted .257 with 15 home runs and 45 RBI in a team-leading 155 games in his fi rst full season in the majors…committed a Major League leading and Oak- • Has made each of his last 15 starts at second base and is 7-for-46 land record 35 errors…tied for second among AL shortstops in home runs. (.152) in 17 games total over that span (dating back to Aug. 4). • Has made each of his 29 starts this year and all 56 in his career against 5 JAKE SMOLINSKI right-handed pitchers…is 0-for-2 against left-handed pitchers this year CCurrenturrent Streak:Streak: 7 ggamesames (9(9 forfor 228)8) and 0-for-3 with a walk in his career. CClevelandleveland SSeries:eries: 44-14,-14, 2 rr,, rrbi,bi, 4 sso,o, ggidpidp Has made 16 starts at second base, 11 in right fi eld and one at third • LLastast HHomestand:omestand: 44-14,-14, 2 rr,, rrbi,bi, 4 sso,o, ggidpidp base…had never played right or second in the majors prior to this year. • Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville July 25 for his third stint with the • Extended his hitting streak to seven games on Wednesday, which A’s this year and is 9-for-54 (.167) in 21 games, including 17 starts (16 matches his career high (June 8-17, 2016 and July 17-24, 2016)…is at second base, one in right fi eld), since his return. 9-for-28 (.321) during his current streak. • Hit .251 with eight home runs and 26 RBI in 64 games with the Sounds… • Hit leadoff for the fi rst time in his career Wednesday and went 2-for-5. also had 35 walks for a .360 on-base percentage…appeared in 28 • Is batting .205 (18-for-88) over his last 25 games after hitting .333 over games in left fi eld, 13 at third base, eight in right fi eld, three at fi rst base his fi rst 45 contests. and three at second base. • Is hitting .347 (26-for-75) with fi ve of his seven home runs against left- Last Year: Made both his Triple-A and Major League debut in his fourth profes- handed pitchers compared to .234 (29-for-124) against right-handers… sional season…batted .206 with 3 HR and 9 RBI in 45 games over four stints with has hit 11 of his 16 career home runs off lefties. Oakland and .274 with 4 HR and 35 RBI in 60 games with Nashville. • Has started 33 of the A’s 39 games since the All-Star Break (31 in center fi eld, two in right fi eld). 18 CHAD PINDER • Is 4-for-11 (.364) with a home run and three RBI as a pinch hitter…is tied for fourth in the American League in pinch hits. CCurrenturrent Streak:Streak: 2 ggamesames (2(2 forfor 77)) Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville May 20 for his fi rst stint with the A’s CClevelandleveland SSeries:eries: 22-10,-10, 2 rrbi,bi, 3 sso,o, ssff • this year…hit .248 with 3 HR and 15 RBI in 39 games with the Sounds. LLastast HHomestand:omestand: 22-10,-10, 2 rrbi,bi, 3 sso,o, ssff Last Year: Split the season between Triple-A and the majors for both Texas and • Was selected from Triple-A Nashville August 19 and has started fi ve of Oakland...combined to hit .374 with nine home runs and 31 RBI in 37 games be- the A’s last six games (three at shortstop, two at second base). tween Round Rock and Nashville...appeared in 76 combined Major League games. • Went 0-for-4 in his Major League debut last Saturday at Chicago, sin- gled off Jose Quintana in the seventh inning Sunday for his fi rst Major 26 DANNY VALENCIA League hit and had a RBI single in the third inning Tuesday night against Cleveland for his fi rst RBI. CCurrenturrent Streak:Streak: 0 fforor 3 • Was selected by the A’s in the Competitive Balance Round B of the 2013 SSt.t. LLouisouis SSeries:eries: 00-3,-3, bbbb First-Year Player Draft and is a .280 career hitter with 45 home runs and LLastast HHomestand:omestand: 33-10,-10, 2 rr,, 22b,b, ssoo 200 RBI in 360 minor league games over four professional seasons. • Is 15-for-38 (.395) over his last 10 games and is batting .299 (26-for-87) • Had spent the entire season at Nashville where he was making his Tri- over his last 25 contests. ple-A debut…was leading the Sounds in runs scored (72) at the time of • Was held to one hit Wednesday, snapping a streak of seven consecutive his promotion… appeared in 98 games at shortstop and four at second starts with a multiple hit game…that was the longest such streak by an base…his complete 2016 statistics with Nashville follow: Athletic since Randy Velarde also had a seven-start streak from Aug. AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBP 10-17, 1999. Nashville (AAA) .258 107 426 72 110 23 3 14 51 25 108 5 1 .425 .310 • Had his streak of six consecutive multiple hit games on the road snapped Last Year: Was named Texas League Player of the Year and A’s Organizational last night, which was tied for the third longest such streak in Oakland Player of the Year…spent the entire season at Double-A Midland, hitting .317 with history...was 12-for-26 (.462) during the streak…is now batting .340 (54- 15 home runs and 86 RBI in 117 games. for-159) with 12 of his 15 home runs on the road…has the third best road batting average in the American League. 10 MARCUS SEMIEN • Is 11-for-62 (.177) in interleague play this year but has a .302 (73-for- CCurrenturrent Streak:Streak: 2 ggamesames (3(3 forfor 8)8) 242) career average in interleague games. SSt.t. LLouisouis SSeries:eries: 11-4,-4, 22b,b, ssoo • Played against the Cardinals last night for the fi rst time in his career and LLastast HHomestand:omestand: DDNPNP has now played against every team. • Has three assists in 15 games as an outfi elder. • Was reinstated from the paternity list yesterday MOST HOME RUNS, • Has started games at four positions since the All-Star Break (15 in right after going on the PL on Wednesday…missed ATHLETICS SHORTSTOP fi eld, nine at fi rst base, four at designated hitter, one at third base)… three games for the birth of his son, Isaiah…that made all 66 of his starts on defense before the break at third base. snapped his consecutive games played streak 34 , 2002 31 Miguel Tejada, 2001 Last Year: Began the season with Toronto and was claimed off waivers by Oakland at 126, which was the longest by an Athletic 30 Miguel Tejada, 2000 Aug. 3…hit .284 with 11 HR and 37 RBI in 47 games with the A’s…combined for a since Miguel Tejada set the Athletics record with 27 Miguel Tejada, 2003 .290 average, a career-high 18 HR and 66 RBI in 105 games overall. a 594-game streak from June 2, 2000-Sept. 28, 23 Marcus Semien, 2016 2003. 23 Eddie Joost, 1949 21 STEPHEN VOGT • Made his fi rst career start batting third last Sun- day at Chicago (AL) and went 2-for-4…has started games at every spot CCurrenturrent Streak:Streak: 0 fforor 1177 in the order this year except clean-up. SSt.t. LLouisouis SSeries:eries: 00-4,-4, 2 ssoo • Is 7-for-36 (.194) over his last nine games. LLastast HHomestand:omestand: 00-7,-7, 3 sso,o, ggidpidp • Has career highs in home runs (23) and RBI (55)…his 39 walks are • Is batting .174 (16-for-92) over his last 26 games. three short of his high of 42 from last year. • All 10 of his home runs have been solo shots off right-handed pitchers. • Ranks second among ML shortstops with 23 home runs (Story, COL • Has a career-high 23 doubles. 27)…is tied for second in the AL with 10 home runs against left-handed • Has six errors, which is an on-going career high and tied for second pitching (Cruz, SEA 14)…leads the majors with nine home runs bat- most among American League catchers (Navarro, CWS 8). ting ninth, which ties the Athletics franchise record (Hernandez, 2000)… • Has tossed out 4 of the last 9 (44.4%) attempted base stealers and 10- ranks fi fth in the AL in home runs in the seven inning or later (10). of-50 (20.0%) for the season. • Is batting .290 (51-for-176) with runners on base compared to .208 (55- • Was named to his second consecutive AL All-Star team but did not play for-265) with 17 of his 23 home runs with the bases empty. in the game. • Is batting .279 (19-for-68) with fi ve home runs and 15 RBI in 18 inter- league games compared to .233 with 18 home runs and 40 RBI in 107 Last Year: Was named to his fi rst AL All-Star team…hit .261 with 18 HR and 71 RBI…hit .308 with 13 HR and 53 RBI over his fi rst 70 games, .214 with 5 HR and games against the AL. 18 RBI over his fi nal 66 contests.…led the A’s in walks (56) and on-base pct. (.341).

A’S HITTING VS. ST. LOUIS A’S CAREER HITTING VS. REYES

2016 CAREER PLAYER BAT AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SH SF HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG AVG. AB H HR RBI PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Has no match-ups #DIV/0! 0 0 0 0 Alcantara .095 42 4 2 2 .500 4 2 1 1 Alonso .312 93 29 7 11 .250 4 1 0 0 Crisp .219 32 7 0 4 .000 4 0 0 0 Davis .237 131 31 8 21 .000 2 0 0 0 Eibner .000 2 0 0 0 .250 4 1 0 0 Healy .250 4 1 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 0 0 0 Maxwell #DIV/0! 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 Muncy .000 2 0 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 0 0 0 Pinder #DIV/0! 0 0 0 0 .250 4 1 0 0 Semien .250 4 1 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 0 0 0 Smolinski #DIV/0! 0 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 Valencia .000 3 0 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 Vogt .182 11 2 1 1 .000 1 0 0 0 pitchers .167 30 5 1 1 TOTALS HIGHS AND LOWS

CLUB INDIVIDUAL Longest Winning Streak ...... 6, April 16 to 22 Grand Slams ...... Coco Crisp, June 26 at Los Angeles-AL (Hector Santiago) Longest Winning Streak, Home ...... 6, May 28 to June 13 ...... Khris Davis, May 17 vs. Texas (Shawn Tolleson) Longest Winning Streak, Road ...... 7, April 8 to 22 Pinch Hit Home Runs ...... Jake Smolinski, June 28 at San Francisco (Javier Lopez) Longest Losing Streak ...... 7, June 3 to 11 ...... Chris Coghlan, May 15 at Tampa Bay (Erasmo Ramirez) Longest Losing Streak, Home ...... 5, May 19 to 27 Lead Off Home Runs ...... Coco Crisp, August 17 at Texas (Yu Darvish) ...... 5, April 7 to 15 ...... Coco Crisp, May 30 vs. Minnesota (Ervin Santana) Longest Losing Streak, Road ...... 9, May 24 to June 11 Inside-The-Park Home Runs ...... None Most Runs, Game, A’s ...... 14, June 13 vs. Texas Game Ending Home Runs ...... Ryon Healy, July 23 vs. Tampa Bay (Alex Colome) Most Runs, Game, Opponents ...... 14, May 9 at Boston ...... Khris Davis, May 17 vs. Texas (Shawn Tolleson) Most Runs, Inning, A’s ...... 6, May 4 vs. Seattle (5th) ...... Yonder Alonso, April 29 vs. Houston (Pat Neshek) Most Runs, Inning, Opponents ...... 7, June 3 at Houston (1st) Back-to-Back Home Runs ...... Josh Reddick and Khris Davis, July 29 at Cleveland Largest Margin, Victory ...... 9, August 19 at Chicago-AL (9-0) ...... Khris Davis and Stephen Vogt, July 15 vs. Toronto ...... 9, June 13 vs. Texas (14-5) ...... Coco Crisp and Marcus Semien, June 26 at Los Angeles (AL) ...... 9, May 28 vs. Detroit (12-3) ...... Danny Valencia and Khris Davis, May 17 vs. Texas Largest Margin, Loss ...... 10, June 3 at Houston (2-12) ...... Khris Davis and Coco Crisp, April 21 at New York (AL) ...... 10, May 25 at Seattle (3-13) Longest Hitting Streak ...... 12, Ryon Healy, August 13 to present ...... 10, May 11 at Boston (3-13) ...... 12, Coco Crisp, June 22 to July 5 Most Hits, Game, A’s ...... 17, June 13 vs. Texas Most Runs, Game ...... 4, Khris Davis, August 19 at Chicago (AL) ...... 17, May 28 vs. Detroit ...... 4, Josh Reddick, July 15 vs. Toronto Most Hits, Game, Opponents ...... 18, June 28 at San Francisco ...... 4, Coco Crisp, June 25 at Los Angeles (AL) Most Hits, Inning, A’s ...... 7, June 23 at Los Angeles-AL (2nd) Most Hits, Game ...... 4 (four times), last: Marcus Semien, August 12 vs. Seattle Most Hits, Inning, Opponents ...... 7, June 3 at Houston (1st) Most Doubles, Game ...... 2 (17 times), last: Ryon Healy, August 23 vs. Cleveland ...... 7, May 25 at Seattle (3rd) Most Triples, Game ...... 1 (18 times), last: Khris Davis, August 24 vs. Cleveland ...... 7, May 9 at Boston (4th) Most Home Runs, Game ...... 3, Khris Davis, May 17 vs. Texas Most Home Runs, Game, A’s...... 4 (four times), last: May 17 vs. Texas ...... 3, Danny Valencia, May 15 at Tampa Bay Most Home Runs, Game, Opponents ...... 6, May 8 at Baltimore Most Runs Batted In, Game ...... 6, Khris Davis, May 17 vs. Texas Most Doubles, Game, A’s ...... 5, August 23 vs. Cleveland Most Walks, Game ...... 3, Yonder Alonso, May 7 at Baltimore (Day) ...... 5, July 19 vs. Houston Most Strikeouts, Game ...... 4, Khris Davis, August 22 vs. Cleveland Most Doubles, Game, Opponents ...... 6, May 31 vs. Minnesota ...... 4, Mark Canha, April 24 at Toronto ...... 6, May 9 at Boston Most Stolen Bases, Game ...... 2 (fi ve times), last: Marcus Semien, July 19 vs. Houston Most Triples, Game, A’s ...... 2, June 29 vs. San Francisco Longest Winning Streak ...... 6, Rich Hill, May 7 to present ...... 2, June 21 vs. Milwaukee ...... 6, , May 30 to July 23 ...... 2, April 19 at New York (AL) Longest Losing Streak ...... 7, Sonny Gray, April 27 to July 6 Most Triples, Game, Opponents ...... 2 (three times), last: June 3 at Houston Most Strikeouts, Game ...... 10 (three times), last: Rich Hill, July 7 at Houston Most Stolen Bases, Game, A’s ...... 3, May 13 at Tampa Bay Most Walks, Game ...... 5, Daniel Mengden, July 20 vs. Houston ...... 3, April 28 at Detroit ...... 5, Fernando Rodriguez, June 30 vs. San Francisco ...... 3, April 21 at New York (AL) ...... 5, Chris Bassitt, April 10 at Seattle Most Stolen Bases, Game, Opponents ...... 4, July 2 vs. Pittsburgh Most Innings, Game, Starter ...... 9.0, Kendall Graveman, August 19 at Chicago (AL) Most Strikeouts, A’s Pitchers ...... 14, April 21 at New York (AL) ...... 9.0, Kendall Graveman, July 23 vs. Tampa Bay Most Strikeouts, Opponents Pitchers ...... 13, August 17 at Texas Most Innings, Game, Reliever ...... 5.0, Sean Manaea, July 17 vs. Toronto Most Walks, A’s Pitchers ...... 11, June 30 vs. San Francisco Low Hit ...... 2, Kendall Graveman, August 19 at Chicago (AL) Most Walks, Opponents Pitchers...... 9, April 28 at Detroit Most Consecutive Scoreless Innings ...... 16.0, Kendall Graveman, August 13 to 24 Fewest Hits Allowed, A’s Pitchers ...... 2, August 19 at Chicago (AL) Most Consecutive Batters Retired ...... 21, Ryan Dull, June 24 to July 9 ...... 2, May 1 vs. Houston Fewest Hits Allowed, Opponents Pitchers ...... 2, July 6 at Minnesota GENERAL ...... 2, June 16 vs. Texas Longest Game, Innings ...... 13, July 22 vs. Tampa Bay ...... 2, May 14 at Tampa Bay Longest Game, Time, Nine Innings ...... 3:53, June 28 at San Francisco Most Left on Base, Nine Inning Game ...... 12, June 21 vs. Milwaukee Longest Game, Time, Extra Innings ...... 4:07, June 4 at Houston (12) Most Left on Base, Extra Inning Game ...... 14, August 16 at Texas (10) Shortest Game, Time...... 2:19, August 12 vs. Seattle Fewest Left on Base, Game ...... 1, July 6 at Minnesota ...... 2:19, June 19 vs. Los Angeles (AL) Most Errors, Game ...... 3 (fi ve times), last: July 10 at Houston Largest Crowd, Home ...... 36,067, June 30 vs. San Francisco Largest Comeback in Win ...... 4, July 15 vs. Toronto Smallest Crowd, Home ...... 10,068, May 16 vs. Texas ...... 4, May 15 at Tampa Bay Largest Crowd, Road ...... 47,065, April 8 at Seattle Largest Lead Surrendered in Loss ...... 5, June 15 vs. Texas Smallest Crowd, Road ...... 14,604, May 13 at Tampa Bay Postponement, Rain, Home ...... None Postponement, Rain, Road ...... May 6 at Baltimore

MULTIPLE HIT GAMES MULTIPLE RBI GAMES GAME TYING/GO-AHEAD RBI

PLAYER 2345TOTPLAYER 23456TOTPLAYER GT GA TOT Alonso 20 2 0 0 22 Alonso 12 2000 14Alonso 4 11 15 Burns 16 1 0 0 17 Burns 3 0000 3Burns 2 5 7 Butler 10 4 0 0 14 Butler 4 2000 6Butler 3 8 11 Coghlan 4000 4Canha 1 0000 1Canha 1 2 3 Crisp 22 4 0 0 26 Coghlan 3 1000 4Coghlan 1 3 4 Davis 29 5 0 0 34 Crisp 8 1100 10Crisp 5 13 18 Healy 8100 9Davis 10 7011 19Davis 5 19 24 Lowrie 20 4 1 0 25 Healy 3 1000 4Healy 2 5 7 Muncy 1000 1Lowrie 5 0000 5Lowrie 4 5 9 McBride 2000 2Maxwell 1 0000 1McBride 0 1 1 Phegley 3100 4Phegley 1 1000 2Muncy 0 2 2 Reddick 15 3 2 0 20 Reddick 3 2000 5Phegley 0 0 0 Semien 19 3 1 0 23 Semien 6 3100 10Reddick 3 8 11 Smolinski 7300 10Smolinski 5 2000 7Semien 4 10 14 Valencia 25 7 0 0 32 Valencia 5 4010 10Smolinski 3 4 7 Vogt 19 8 0 0 27 Vogt 62000 8Valencia 3 15 18 Vogt 6 11 17 STARTS IN THE BATTING ORDER GAMES BY POSITION

Player 123456789 C1B2B3BSSLFCFRFDH Alcantara ------4Player G GS G GS G GS G GS G GS G GS G GS G GS G GS Alonso - 2 1 - 14 23 28 35 3 Alcantara - - - - 3 3 - - 1 1 ----1--- Burns 36 17 -----212Alonso - - 115 102 - - 7 4 ------4- Butler - - - 1 21 30 4 - - Burns ------69 63 4 4 - - Canha - 4 - - - 1 3 1 - Butler - - 21 14 ------4742 Coghlan - 10 - - 2 8 7 12 7 Canha - - 5 3 - - 3 1 - - 3 2 - - 3211 Crisp 78 6 - - - 6 2 1 1 Coghlan - - - - 20 16 17 15 - - 4 2 - - 12 11 2 2 Davis - 2 1 56 40 6 10 - - Crisp ------56 50 36 34 - - 12 10 Eibner -----161-Davis ------69 69 ----4646 Healy ----2751015Eibner ------1 1 - - 10 7 1 - Ladendorf ------211Healy ------38 38 ------Lowrie 7 48 855911 -Ladendorf - - - - 30 11 3 2 - - - - 1 - 1 - - - Maxwell ------17Lowrie - - - - 82 80 - - 2 ------54 McBride ------48Maxwell 10 8 ------Muncy - 6 ----31010McBride 12 11 ------1-21 Phegley - 1 - - - 6 5 8 3 Muncy - - - - 18 16 1 1 ------121121 Pinder ------22Phegley 25 23 ------Reddick - 1 62 ------Pinder - - - - 2 2 - - 3 3 ------Semien 6 15 1 - 1 7 41 22 31 Reddick ------686221 Smolinski 1 11 - - - 7 12 14 6 Semien ------125 124 ------Valencia - 5 19 60 7 5 - 0 - Smolinski ------9 4 31 31 24 16 1 - Vogt - - 36 6 36 12 1 2 - Valencia - - 10 9 - - 68 67 ------151565 Vogt 93861------87 HOME RUN BREAKDOWN A’S AT A GLANCE

2016 HOME RUNS LAST REGULAR SEASON HOME RUN Season High ...... 10-7 (April 22) Player Solo 2R 3R GS Tot. Date Opponent Pitcher GP Since Season Low...... 53-72 (August 22) Alcantara 0 0 0 0 0 September 20, 2014 Los Angeles (NL) Howell 22 April ...... 13-12 Alonso 1 5 1 0 7 August 26, 2016 at St. Louis Weaver -- May ...... 11-17 Butler 3 1 0 0 4 July 30, 2016 at Cleveland Tomlin 11 June ...... 11-15 Crisp 8 2 0 1 11 August 17, 2016 at Texas Darvish 5 July ...... 12-14 August ...... 8-15 Davis 20 7 5 1 33 August 23, 2016 Cleveland Salazar 2 September ...... 0-0 Eibner 5 0 0 0 5 August 14, 2016 Seattle Storen 7 Home Series ...... 10-9-2 Healy 4 1 1 0 6 August 15, 2016 at Texas Perez 9 Road Series ...... 6-13-1 Ladendorf 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 32 Series Sweeps ...... 5-10 Maxwell 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 9 First Game of Series ...... 22-20 Muncy 2 0 0 0 2 August 11, 2016 Baltimore Ondrusek 11 Last Game of Series ...... 13-28 Phegley 0 0 1 0 1 June 13, 2016 Texas Wilhelmsen 8 A’s Score First ...... 38-36 Pinder 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 5 Opponent Scores First ...... 17-37 Semien 17 4 2 0 23 August 7, 2016 Chicago (NL) Hendricks 14 Leading After 7th ...... 43-5 Smolinski 2 3 2 0 7 August 17, 2016 at Texas Darvish 6 Leading After 8th ...... 46-4 Valencia 9 5 1 0 15 August 20, 2016 at Chicago (AL) Jones 4 Tied After 7th ...... 5-3 Tied After 8th ...... 6-4 Vogt 10 0 0 0 10 August 19, 2016 at Chicago (AL) Shields 5 Trailing After 7th ...... 7-65 others 12 4 2 0 18 Trailing After 8th ...... 3-65 Team 90 32 15 2 139 Commit No Errors ...... 33-43 Commit 1 or More Errors ...... 22-30 More HR Than Opp...... 31-11 MILESTONES Fewer HR Than Opp...... 7-39 Same Total HR of Opp...... 17-23 Player Category No. Needs Starter Pitches 7 or More ...... 17-4 Alvarez, H Games 92 8 for 100 Starter Pitches Less Than 7 ...... 38-69 Games Started 92 8 for 100 When Scoring 4 or More ...... 38-22 Butler Hits 1468 32 for 1500 When Scoring Less Than 4 ...... 17-51 Walks 496 4 for 500 Last ...... 13-12 Crisp Games as OF (w/OAK) 664 15 for 679 (ties Armas for 7th in Oakland history) Replay Challenges ...... 18-10 Steals (w/OAK) 169 3 for 172 (ties Baker for 9th in Athletics history) Different Lineups ...... 113 Davis Doubles 82 18 for 100 Home Runs 93 7 for 100 Doolittle Saves 33 11 for 44 (ties Koch and Foulke for 9th in Athletics history) WALK-OFF WINS (6) Gray Wins 38 12 for 50 Games 96 4 for 100 Yonder Alonso, April 29 vs. Houston (home run) Games Started 94 6 for 100 Khris Davis, May 17 vs. Texas (grand slam) Billy Burns, June 17 vs. Los Angeles-AL (single) Josh Reddick, July 19 vs. Houston (single) Coco Crisp, July 22 vs. Tampa Bay (single) Ryon Healy, July 23 vs. Tampa Bay (home run) DISABLED LIST

Player Injury Dates Games Missed Player Injury Dates Games Missed Alvarez, H. Right shoulder surgery March 25-present (eligible May 27) 128 Ladendorf Left wrist sprain August 17-present (eligible September 1) 8 Alvarez, R.J. Right elbow surgery March 25-June 11 61 Lambo Testicular cancer surgery July 4-present 46 Bassitt Strained right elbow April 29-present 105 Lowrie Right shin contusion May 10-May 24 14 Butler Concussion August 22-present (eligible August 29) 4 Lowrie Bunion on his left foot August 4-present 21 Canha Back strain May 9-present 96 Manaea Left pronator strain June 14-28 14 Doolittle Strained left shoulder June 26-present (eligible July 11) 54 Parker Fractured right medial epicondyle March 13-present 128 Doubront Sprained left elbow April 4-present 128 Phegley Strained right knee May 10-May 26 15 Fuld Strained left shoulder March 25-present 128 Phegley Strained right knee July 2-present (eligible August 31) 48 Gray Strained right trapezius May 21-June 4 13 Reddick Fractured left thumb May 20-June 27 34 Gray Strained right forearm August 7-present (eligible August 22) 18 Rodriguez Strained right shoulder July 4-present (eligible September 3) 46 Hahn Strained right shoulder August 5-present (eligible August 20) 20 Sogard Cervical strain March 28-present (eligible May 27) 128 Hendriks Right triceps strain May 8-June 18 37 Triggs Left shin contusion July 18-August 1 13 Hill Left groin strain May 30-July 1 29 Valencia Strained left hamstring April 21-May 5 14 Hill Left middle fi nger blister July 20-31 11 The A’s have used the disabled list an Oakland record 27 times this season…used the DL 23 times in 2015 RECENT TRANSACTIONS

June 25 Dillon Overton selected from Nashville; Eric July 18 Nick Tepesch claimed off waivers by Kansas City Aug. 4 Jesse Hahn recalled from Nashville; Andrew Surkamp optioned to Nashville; Henderson Alva- July 19 Daniel Coulombe and Dillon Overton recalled Triggs optioned to Nashville rez transferred to the 60-day disabled list from Nashville; Tyler Ladendorf optioned to Aug. 5 Brett Eibner and Andrew Triggs recalled from June 27 Nick Tepesch claimed off waivers from the Los Nashville; Andrew Triggs placed on the 15-day Nashville; Jed Lowrie placed on the 15-day dis- Angeles Dodgers; Eric Surkamp designated for disabled list retroactive to July 18 (left shin contu- abled list retroactive to August 4 (bunion on his assignment; Rich Hill sent to Stockton on a rehab sion) left foot); Jesse Hahn placed on the 15-day dis- assignment July 20 Arismendy Alcantara recalled from Nashville; Dil- abled list (strained right shoulder) June 28 Josh Reddick reinstated from the disabled list; lon Overton optioned to Nashville Aug. 6 Patrick Schuster recalled from Nashville; Dillon Max Muncy optioned to Nashville July 21 Zach Neal recalled from Nashville; Patrick Schus- Overton optioned to Nashville June 29 Eric Surkamp claimed off waivers by Texas; Sean ter optioned to Nashville Aug. 7 Chris Smith selected from Nashville; Sonny Gray Manaea reinstated from the disabled list; Aris- July 23 Bruce Maxwell selected from Nashville; Stephen placed on the 15-day disabled list (strained right mendy Alcantara and Nick Tepesch optioned to Vogt placed on family medical leave list; Fernan- forearm); Josh Phegley transferred to the 60-day Nashville do Rodriguez transferred to the 60-day disabled DL June 30 Daniel Coulombe and Andrew Triggs recalled list Aug. 10 Ross Detwiler selected from Nashville; Patrick from Nashville; Sean Doolittle placed on the 15- July 24 Jesse Hahn recalled from Nashville; Arismendy Schuster designated for assignment day disabled list retroactive to June 26 (strained Alcantara optioned to Nashville Aug. 12 Patrick Schuster claimed off waivers by Philadel- left shoulder; Zach Neal optioned to Nashville July 25 Max Muncy recalled from Nashville; Jesse Hahn phia July 1 Tyler Ladendorf recalled from Nashville; Dillon optioned to Nashville Aug. 15 Sean Doolittle sent to Nashville on a rehab as- Overton optioned to Nashville July 26 Stephen Vogt reinstated from the family medical signment July 2 Rich Hill reinstated from the disabled list; Andrew leave list; J.B. Wendelken recalled from Nash- Aug. 16 Jesse Hahn sent to Nashville on a rehab assign- Triggs optioned to Nashville ville; Matt McBride and Daniel Mengden optioned ment July 3 Josh Phegley placed on the 15-day disabled list to Nashville; Andrew Triggs sent to Nashville on a Aug. 17 Chad Pinder selected from Nashville; Tyler retroactive to July 2 (strained right knee); Matt rehab assignment Ladendorf placed on the 15-day disabled list McBride recalled from Nashville July 30 Dillon Overton recalled from Nashville; Rich Hill (sprained left wrist); Jed Lowrie transferred to the July 4 Andrew Triggs recalled from Nashville; Patrick placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive 60-day DL Schuster selected from Nashville; Daniel Cou- to July 20 (left middle fi nger blister); Billy Burns Aug. 22 Billy Butler placed on the 7-day concussion dis- lombe optioned to Nashville; Fernando Rodri- traded to the for Brett Eibner abled list; Arismendy Alcantara recalled from guez placed on the 15-day disabled list (right Aug. 1 Rich Hill and Josh Reddick traded to the Los An- Nashville shoulder strain); Andrew Lambo recalled from geles Dodgers for Jharel Cotton, Frankie Montas Aug. 24 Marcus Semien placed on paternity list; J.B. Nashville and placed on the 60-day disabled list and minor leaguer Grant Holmes Wendelken recalled from Nashville. (cancer surgery) Aug. 2 Tyler Ladendorf recalled from Nashville; Andrew Aug. 25 Marc Rzepczynski and cash traded to Washing- July 15 Ryon Healy selected from Nashville; Billy Burns Triggs reinstated from the disabled list; J.B. Wen- ton for minor leaguer Max Schrock optioned to Nashville; Nick Tepesch designated delken optioned to Nashville Aug. 26 Marcus Semien reinstated from the paternity list for assignment 2016 OAKLAND ATHLETICS SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

GA/ LEADER CUM. GA/ LEADER CUM. DATE G OPP W-L SCORE REC POS GB AND LEAD WINNER LOSER SAVE ATT. ATT. DATE G OPP W-L SCORE REC POS GB AND LEAD WINNER LOSER SAVE ATT. ATT. 4/4 1 CWS L 3-4 0-1 t3 -1 TEX ½ Sale Hill Robertson 35,067* 35,067 7/4 83 at MIN W 3-1 36-47 4 -15½ TEX 7½ Graveman Nolasco Madson 23,100 1,213,652 4/5 2 CWS L 4-5 0-2 t4 -1½ HOU ½ Jones Doolittle Robertson 10,478 45,545 7/5 84 at MIN L 4-11 36-48 4 -16½ TEX 7½ Milone Manaea 16,938 1,230,590 4/6 3 CWS W 2-1 1-2 t3 -1 SEA ½ Gray Rodon Madson 16,468 62,013 7/6 85 at MIN L 0-4 36-49 4 -16½ TEX 6½ SANTANA Gray 27,657 1,258,247 4/7 4 CWS L 1-6 1-3 t4 -1½ SEA 1 Latos Graveman 12,577 74,590 7/7 86 at HOU W 3-1 37-49 4 -15½ TEX 6½ Hill Fister Madson 20,933 1,279,180 (4 dates) 7/8 87 at HOU L 9-10 37-50 t4 -16½ TEX 6½ Feliz Madson 31,438 1,310,618 4/8 5 at SEA W 3-2 2-3 t2 -½ SEA ½ Doolittle Cishek Madson 47,065 47,065 7/9 88 at HOU W 3-2 38-50 4 -15½ TEX 6½ Graveman McCullers Dull 35,312 1,345,930 4/9 6 at SEA W 6-1 3-3 t1 – OAK/TEX – Hill Karns 36,424 83,489 7/10 89 at HOU L 1-2 (10) 38-51 4 -15½ TEX 5½ Harris Hendriks 28,119 1,374,049 4/10 7 at SEA W 2-1 (10) 4-3 1 +1 OAK 1 Axford Vincent Doolittle 30,834 114,323 (46 dates) (3 dates) 7/11-14 ALL-STAR BREAK 4 -15½ TEX 5½ 4/11 8 LAA L 1-4 4-4 t1 – OAK/TEX – Tropeano Gray Street 13,371 87,961 7/15 90 TOR W 8-7 39-51 4 -14½ TEX 4½ Dull Cecil Madson 19,192 843,286 4/12 9 LAA L 4-5 4-5 3 -1 TEX ½ Morin Doolittle Street 13,492 101,453 7/16 91 TOR W 5-4 40-51 4 -13½ TEX 4½ Gray Dickey Madson 27,510 870,796 4/13 10 LAA L 1-5 4-6 3 -1½ LAA ½ Shoemaker Surkamp 11,216 112,669 7/17 92 TOR L 3-5 40-52 t4 -14½ TEX 4½ Grilli Axford Osuna 21,626 892,422 4/14 OFF DAY 3 -1½ LAA/TEX – 7/18 93 HOU W 7-4 41-52 t4 -13½ TEX 4½ Graveman Fiers Madson 10,651 903,073 4/15 11 KC L 2-4 4-7 t4 -1½ LAA/TEX – Volquez Hill Davis 19,451 132,120 7/19 94 HOU W 4-3 (10) 42-52 t4 -12½ TEX 4½ Rzepczynski Neshek 15,143 918,216 4/16 12 KC W 5-3 5-7 4 -1½ TEX 1 Gray Young Madson 25,564 157,684 7/20 95 HOU L 0-7 42-53 5 -12½ TEX 3½ Fister Mengden 20,231 938,447 4/17 13 KC W 3-2 6-7 2 -1 TEX 1 Axford Soria Madson 29,668 187,352 7/21 96 TB L 3-7 42-54 5 -13 TEX 3½ Moore Gray Colome 14,412 952,859 (10 dates) 7/22 97 TB W 1-0 (13) 43-54 5 -12 TEX 2½ Axford Floro 15,250 968,109 4/18 OFF DAY t2 -1 TEX 1 7/23 98 TB W 4-3 44-54 4 -12 TEX 2½ GRAVEMAN Colome 30,436 998,545 4/19 14 at NYY W 3-2 (11) 7-7 2 -1 TEX 1 Rodriguez Barbato Madson 31,952 146,275 7/24 99 TB W 3-2 45-54 4 -12 TEX 2½ Dull Ramirez Madson 17,642 1,016,187 4/20 15 at NYY W 5-2 8-7 2 -1 TEX 1 Graveman Eovaldi Doolittle 37,396 183,671 (53 dates) 4/21 16 at NYY W 7-3 9-7 2 -1 TEX 1 Hill Shreve Madson 33,818 217,489 7/25 100 at TEX L 6-7 45-55 4 -13 TEX 3½ Diekman Madson 27,292 1,401,341 4/22 17 at TOR W 8-5 10-7 t1 -- OAK/TEX -- Gray Sanchez Madson 34,251 251,740 7/26 101 at TEX W 6-3 46-55 4 -12 TEX 3½ Gray Martinez 25,272 1,426,613 4/23 18 at TOR L 3-9 10-8 t1 -- OAK/TEX -- Happ Bassitt 46,334 298,074 7/27 102 at TEX W 6-4 47-55 4 -11 TEX 2½ Dull Bush Madson 29,630 1,456,243 4/24 19 at TOR L 3-6 10-9 t1 -- OAK/TEX -- Hutchison Surkamp Osuna 46,300 344,374 7/28 OFF DAY 4 -11½ TEX 3 4/25 20 at DET L 3-7 10-10 t2 -½ SEA ½ Zimmerman Graveman 21,671 366,045 7/29 103 at CLE L 3-5 47-56 4 -12½ TEX 4 Anderson Graveman Allen 33,134 1,489,377 4/26 21 at DET W 5-1 11-10 t2 -½ SEA ½ Hill Pelfrey 22,256 388,301 7/30 104 at CLE L 3-6 47-57 t4 -13½ TEX 5 Tomlin Overton 32,850 1,522,227 4/27 22 at DET L 4-9 11-11 t3 -1 TEX -½ Verlander Gray 22,636 410,937 7/31 105 at CLE L 0-8 47-58 t4 -14½ TEX 6 Kluber Gray 23,739 1,545,966 4/28 23 at DET L 3-7 11-12 4 -1½ TEX ½ Sanchez Bassitt Rodriguez 26,200 437,137 8/1 OFF DAY t4 -14½ TEX 5½ (13 dates) 8/2 106 at LAA L 4-5 47-59 5 -14½ TEX 5½ Shoemarker Manaea Bedrosian 36,052 1,582,018 4/29 24 HOU W 7-4 12-12 3 -1½ TEX ½ Madson Sipp 20,159 207,511 8/3 107 at LAA L 6-8 47-60 5 -14½ TEX 5½ Morin Dull 37,306 1,619,324 4/30 25 HOU W 2-0 13-12 3 -1½ TEX ½ Hahn Devenski Madson 23,084 230,595 8/4 108 at LAA W 8-6 (10) 48-60 5 -14½ TEX 6½ Madson Morin Dull 34,196 1,653,520 5/1 26 HOU L 1-2 13-13 3 -1½ TEX ½ Fister Hill Gregerson 24,135 254,730 (55 dates) 5/2 27 SEA L 3-4 13-14 3 -2½ TEX ½ Karns Graveman Cishek 10,535 265,265 8/5 109 CHI L 2-7 48-61 5 -14½ TEX 5½ Lester Overton 25,182 1,041,369 5/3 28 SEA L 2-8 13-15 3 -3 SEA ½ Iwakuma Gray 12,584 277,849 8/6 110 CHI L 0-4 48-62 5 -15½ TEX 6½ Arrieta Gray 32,358 1,073,727 5/4 29 SEA L 8-9 13-16 4 -4 SEA 1½ Montgomery Axford Cishek 16,238 294,087 8/7 111 CHI L 1-3 48-63 5 -16½ TEX 7 Hendricks Manaea Chapman 23,450 1,097,177 (16 dates) 8/8 112 BAL W 3-2 49-63 5 -16½ TEX 7 Graveman Gausman Madson 10,407 1,107,584 5/5 OFF DAY 4 -4½ SEA 2½ 8/9 113 BAL W 2-1 50-63 4 -16½ TEX 7 Neal Miley Madson 13,573 1,121,157 5/6 at BAL PPD, Rain t3 -4 SEA 1½ 8/10 114 BAL W 1-0 51-63 4 -16½ TEX 7 Detwiler Gallardo Axford 13,481 1,134,638 5/7 30 at BAL (D) W 8-4 14-16 Hill Wright 15,110 452,247 8/11 115 BAL L 6-9 51-64 4 -16½ TEX 6½ Tillman Triggs Britton 16,610 1,151,248 31 at BAL (N) L 2-5 14-17 3 -4½ SEA 1½ Jimenez Hahn Britton 29,862 482,109 8/12 116 SEA W 6-3 52-64 4 -16½ TEX 7½ Manaea Wieland Madson 14,073 1,165,321 5/8 32 at BAL L 3-11 14-18 3 -4½ SEA ½ Tillman Graveman 43,690 525,799 8/13 117 SEA L 3-4 52-65 4 -16½ TEX 6½ Iwakuma Graveman Diaz 35,067* 1,200,388 5/9 33 at BOS L 7-14 14-19 t3 -5½ SEA 1½ Buchholz Gray 35,227 561,026 8/14 118 SEA L 4-8 52-66 4 -16½ TEX 5½ LeBlanc Neal 21,203 1,221,591 5/10 34 at BOS L 5-13 14-20 t3 -6½ SEA 1½ O’Sullivan Manaea 32,167 593,193 (63 dates) 5/11 35 at BOS L 3-13 14-21 t3 -7½ SEA 1½ Porcello Surkamp 33,283 626,476 8/15 119 at TEX L 2-5 52-67 4 -17½ TEX 5½ Perez Detwiler Dyson 22,845 1,676,365 5/12 OFF DAY 3 -7½ SEA 1½ 8/16 120 at TEX L 4-5 (10) 52-68 4 -18½ TEX 6½ Kela Axford 21,877 1,698,242 5/13 36 at TB W 6-3 15-21 3 -6½ SEA 1½ Hill Odorizzi Madson 14,604 641,080 8/17 121 at TEX L 2-6 52-69 4 -19½ TEX 6½ Darvish Manaea 26,743 1,724,985 5/14 37 at TB L 0-6 15-22 4 -6½ SEA ½ ANDRIESE Graveman 28,158 669,238 8/18 OFF DAY 4 -19½ TEX 7 5/15 38 at TB W 7-6 16-22 4 -6 TEX ½ Axford Geltz Madson 19,545 688,783 8/19 122 at CWS W 9-0 53-69 4 -19½ TEX 7 GRAVEMAN Shields 20,011 1,744,996 (22 dates) 8/20 123 at CWS L 2-6 53-70 4 -19½ TEX 6 Sale Detwiler Robertson 21,178 1,766,174 5/16 39 TEX W 3-1 17-22 4 -5 TEX/SEA – Manaea Holland Madson 10,068 304,155 8/21 124 at CWS L 2-4 53-71 4 -19½ TEX 6 Quintana Neal Robertson 23,030 1,789,204 5/17 40 TEX W 8-5 18-22 3 -5 SEA 1 Madson Tolleson 12,718 316,873 (61 dates) 5/18 41 TEX W 8-1 19-22 3 -4 SEA 1 Hill Perez 14,323 331,196 8/22 125 CLE L 0-1 53-72 4 -20 TEX 5½ Carrasco Dull Miller 10,114 1,231,705 5/19 42 NYY L 1-4 19-23 4 -5 SEA 1½ Nova Graveman Chapman 17,456 348,652 8/23 126 CLE W 9-1 54-72 4 -19 TEX 5½ Manaea Salazar 13,141 1,244,846 5/20 43 NYY L 3-8 19-24 4 -6 SEA 1½ Sabathia Gray 28,235 376,887 8/24 127 CLE W 5-1 55-72 4 -19 TEX 6½ Graveman Bauer 12,795 1,257,641 5/21 44 NYY L 1-5 19-25 4 -7 SEA 1½ Tanaka Manaea 26,356 403,243 (66 dates) 5/22 45 NYY L 4-5 19-26 4 -8 SEA 1½ Pineda Hahn Chapman 25,237 428,480 8/25 OFF DAY 4 -19½ TEX 7½ (23 dates) 8/26 128 at STL L 1-3 55-73 4 -19½ TEX 6½ Weaver Detwiler Oh 40,221 1,829,425 5/23 46 at SEA W 5-0 20-26 4 -7 SEA 1½ Hill Walker 16,370 705,153 5/24 47 at SEA L 5-6 20-27 4 -8 SEA 1½ Montgomery Madson 17,471 722,624 * indicates sellout. CAPS indicates complete game. 5/25 48 at SEA L 3-13 20-28 4 -9 SEA 1½ Iwakuma Neal 19,227 741,851 (25 dates) DATE G OPP TIME TV PROMOTION 5/26 OFF DAY t4 -9 SEA 1½ 8/27 129 at STL 4:15 CSNCA 5/27 49 DET L 1-4 20-29 t4 -9 SEA 1½ Fulmer Manaea 22,498 450,978 8/28 130 at STL 11:15 CSNCA 5/28 50 DET W 12-3 21-29 t4 -8 SEA ½ Hahn Saupold 24,154 475,132 8/29 131 at HOU 5:10 CSNCA 5/29 51 DET W 4-2 22-29 t4 -7½ TEX ½ Hill Pelfrey Doolittle 20,522 495,654 8/30 132 at HOU 5:10 CSNCA 5/30 52 MIN W 3-2 23-29 t4 -7½ TEX ½ Graveman Santana Madson 17,248 512,902 8/31 133 at HOU 11:10 MLBN 5/31 53 MIN W 7-4 24-29 t4 -7½ TEX ½ Dull Duffey Axford 12,767 525,669 9/1 OFF DAY 6/1 54 MIN W 5-1 25-29 t3 -6½ TEX ½ Manaea Dean 11,345 537,014 9/2 134 BOS 7:05 CSNCA (29 dates) 9/3 135 BOS 6:05 CSNCA Kelly-Moore Paints Jose Canseco Rookie of the Year Bobblehead (15,000 fans) 6/2 OFF DAY 3 -6½ TEX/SEA – 9/4 136 BOS 1:05 CSNCA Breast Cancer Awareness Day/Zevia Wristbands (10,000 fans) 6/3 55 at HOU L 2-12 25-30 5 -7½ TEX 1 Fister Hahn 26,458 768,309 9/5 137 LAA 1:05 CSNCA XFINITY Fleece Blanket (15,000 fans) 6/4 56 at HOU L 5-6 (12) 25-31 5 -8½ TEX 2 Feldman Madson 37,223 805,532 9/6 138 LAA 7:05 CSNCA 6/5 57 at HOU L 2-5 25-32 5 -9½ TEX 3 McCullers Dull Harris 30,817 836,349 9/7 139 LAA 12:35 MLBN 6/6 OFF DAY 5 -10 TEX 4 9/8 OFF DAY 6/7 58 at MIL L 4-5 25-33 5 -11 TEX 4 Davies Manaea Jeffress 19,283 855,632 9/9 140 SEA 7:05 CSNCA 6/8 59 at MIL L 0-4 25-34 5 -11 TEX 3 Anderson Hahn 18,188 873,820 9/10 141 SEA 1:05 CSNCA 6/9 OFF DAY 5 -11½ TEX 4 9/11 142 SEA 1:05 CSNCA 6/10 60 at CIN L 1-2 25-35 5 -11½ TEX 3 Wood Gray Cingrani 21,520 895,340 9/12 143 at KC 4:15 CSNCA 6/11 61 at CIN L 1-2 25-36 5 -12½ TEX 4 Straily Mengden Ohlendorf 32,034 927,374 9/13 144 at KC 4:15 CSNCA 6/12 62 at CIN W 6-1 26-36 5 -12½ TEX 5 Rodriguez Lamb 24,880 952,254 9/14 145 at KC 4:15 CSNCA (33 dates) 9/15 146 at KC 4:15 CSNCA 6/13 63 TEX W 14-5 27-36 4 -11½ TEX 4½ Coulombe Ramos Neal 13,453 550,467 9/16 147 at TEX 5:05 CSNCA 6/14 64 TEX L 6-10 27-37 5 -12½ TEX 5½ Perez Surkamp 13,101 563,568 9/17 148 at TEX 5:05 CSNCA 6/15 65 TEX L 5-7 27-38 5 -13½ TEX 6½ Martinez Axford Dyson 10,115 573,683 9/18 149 at TEX 12:05 CSNCA 6/16 66 TEX L 1-5 27-39 5 -14½ TEX 6½ LEWIS Mengden 14,236 587,919 9/19 150 HOU 7:05 CSNCA 6/17 67 LAA W 3-2 28-39 5 -14½ TEX 6½ Madson Salas 24,591 612,510 9/20 151 HOU 7:05 CSNCA 6/18 68 LAA L 1-7 28-40 5 -15½ TEX 7½ Lincecum Dull 25,078 637,588 9/21 152 HOU 12:35 MLBN 6/19 69 LAA L 0-2 28-41 5 -16½ TEX 8½ WEAVER Surkamp 22,846 660,434 9/22 OFF DAY 6/20 OFF DAY 5 -17 TEX 9½ 9/23 153 TEX 6:35 CSNCA Fireworks 6/21 70 MIL W 5-3 29-41 5 -16 TEX 9½ Doolittle Smith Madson 14,810 675,244 9/24 154 TEX 1:05 CSNCA 6/22 71 MIL L 2-4 29-42 5 -17 TEX 10 Guerra Mengden Thornburg 13,586 688,830 9/25 155 TEX 1:05 CSNCA Team Photo (10,000 fans) (38 dates) 9/26 156 at LAA 7:05 CSNCA 6/23 72 at LAA W 5-4 30-42 5 -16½ TEX 10 Graveman Lincecum Doolittle 36,412 988,666 9/27 157 at LAA 7:05 CSNCA 6/24 73 at LAA W 7-4 31-42 4 -15½ TEX 9 Dull Salas Madson 41,356 1,030,022 9/28 158 at LAA 7:05 CSNCA 6/25 74 at LAA W 7-3 32-42 4 -15½ TEX 9 Overton Chacin 40,643 1,070,665 9/29 159 at SEA 7:10 CSNCA 6/26 75 at LAA L 6-7 32-43 4 -16½ TEX 10 Street Hendriks 36,715 1,107,380 9/30 160 at SEA 7:10 CSNCA 6/27 76 at SF W 8-3 33-43 4 -16½ TEX 10 Mengden Samardzija 41,442 1,148,822 10/1 161 at SEA 6:10 CSNCA 6/28 77 at SF W 13-11 34-43 4 -16½ TEX 10 Neal Lopez Madson 41,730 1,190,552 10/2 162 at SEA 12:10 CSNCA (39 dates) 6/29 78 SF W 7-1 35-43 4 -15½ TEX 9 Manaea Peavy 32,810 721,640 6/30 79 SF L 6-12 35-44 4 -15½ TEX 8½ Bumgarner Overton 36,067* 757,707 7/1 80 PIT L 3-7 35-45 4 -16½ TEX 8½ Locke Gray 15,710 773,417 7/2 81 PIT L 2-4 (10) 35-46 4 -16½ TEX 8½ Nicasio Coulombe Melancon 28,846 802,263 7/3 82 PIT L 3-6 35-47 4 -16½ TEX 8½ Liriano Mengden Melancon 21,831 824,094 (43 dates)