OAKLAND ATHLETICS Game Information Oakland Athletics Baseball Company 7000 Coliseum Way Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 www.athletics.com A’s PR on Twitter @AsMediaAlerts OAKLAND ATHLETICS (36-22) VS. NEW YORK YANKEES (29-28) WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2014 – YANKEE STADIUM – 7:05 P.M. EDT RHP JESSE CHAVEZ (4-3, 2.78) VS. LHP VIDAL NUNO (1-2, 5.48) ESPN – A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) ABOUT THE A’S: Have won four MLB BEST RECORDS SINCE 2012 HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 1-0 on this nine-game road trip to straight and six of the last eight games New York-AL (1-0), Baltimore (three games) and Los Angeles-AL W L PCT after a season-high four-game losing Oakland 226 156 .592 (three games)…last night’s win snapped the A’s season-high four streak…are now 17-7 over the last 24 Atlanta 221 160 .580 game road losing streak…are now 19-10 (.655) on the road for the contests and a season-high tying 14 Cincinnati 214 166 .563 season, which is the best road record in the majors (Los Angeles-NL, games over .500 at 36-22 for the St. Louis 215 168 .561 18-11)…went 5-2 on the last homestand against Detroit (2-2) and Los Detroit 212 166 .561 season (also: May 21, 30-16)…that is Angeles-AL (3-0)…those were the A’s only seven home games over a the second best record in the majors 25-game stretch from May 16 to June 11…have won 11 of the last 14 (San Francisco, 37-21) and the A’s best record after 58 games since home games after losing six straight and are 17-12 (.586) at home for 1991 club also started the year 35-23 (won game 59)…are in sole the season, which is the second best home record in the AL possession of first place in the American League West for the 37th (Cleveland, 20-11). consecutive day and have held at least a share of first for 41 consecutive days and 54 of the last 56…this is the A’s longest stretch ON THE BASES: The A’s are 32 for 39 (82.1%) in stolen base of consecutive days in first place since spending the final 65 days of attempts, which is the third best percentage in the majors…opponents the 2006 season in first…have a season-high 5½ game lead in the have been successful in 36 of their 40 (90.0%) attempts, which is the West, which is the A’s largest lead before the All-Star Break since third highest percentage in the majors…the A’s are the only Major 1990 when they also led by 5½ games as early as May 9…have 50 League team without a pickoff. days in sole possession of first this year, four days tied for first, four DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have committed 38 errors, which is days in second, three days tied for second, one day tied for third and fourth most in the American League…the errors have led to just 12 three days in fourth. unearned runs, which is tied for second fewest in the AL…are 20-9 THE LONG BALL: Brandon Moss hit two home runs last night and the when committing at least one error compared to 16-13 when going A’s have now homered in 11 consecutive games (19 home runs errorless…are tied for second in the AL with 14 outfield assists. total)…now have 68 home runs for the season, which ranks second in IN THE PINCH: A’s pinch hitters have 12 walks, which is five more the AL and third in the majors…37 of the home runs have come with than any other AL team and second most in the majors (Washington, runners on base, which is tied with Toronto for the most in the 16)…are tied for the AL lead in home runs (1), are second in plate majors…are tied with Boston and Chicago (AL) for the Major League th appearances (63), on-base percentage (.397) and extra base hits (4) lead in grand slams (3)…Yoenis Céspedes hit his 10 home run of the and third in hits (12) and RBI (8). season Saturday and the A’s are one of two teams with three players with 10 or more home runs (Colorado)…this marks the third time in THIS AND THAT: The A’s are 22-3 when scoring first, which is the Oakland history the A’s had three players with 10 or more home runs best record in the majors…have recorded a Major League leading six by the end of May…also did it in 1997 (Berroa, Canseco, McGwire) series sweeps…are the only Major League team that has not used a and 2006 (Chavez, Swisher and Thomas)…the pitching staff has rookie in 2014…the streak of 58 consecutive games without playing a allowed 46 home runs, which is tied for second fewest in the AL…only rookie is the longest by an A’s team since they began the 1984 season 14 of those have come with runners on base, which is the fewest in the with an Oakland single-season record 73-game streak from April 4 AL and tied for fewest in the majors. through the first game of a June 26 doubleheader PITCHING: The A’s have a 2.41 ERA (58 er in 216.2 ip) over the last THE DISABLED LIST: The A’s have five players on the disabled list 24 games…lead the majors in ERA (2.91), opponents batting average (Elmore, Griffin, O’Flaherty, Parker, Reddick)…Elmore, Griffin, (.222), on-base percentage (.285) and slugging percentage O’Flaherty and Parker are on the 60-day DL…have used the DL nine (.334)…also lead the majors with a .190 (81 for 426) opponents batting times this year…used it just 13 times all last year, which was the average with runners in scoring position…are tied for the second fewest since 2005 when they used it eight times. fewest walks issued (161) in the AL and are third in shutouts (7). A’s vs. YANKEES: The A’s won the first meeting of 2014 last STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are 13-4 with a 2.54 ERA night…all six meetings will take place between June 3-15…the A’s won (41 er in 145.1 ip) over the last 24 games…are now 24-12 with a 3.00 the season series last year, 5-1…went 3-0 in Oakland and 2-1 in New ERA (117 er in 351.0 ip) for the season…the losses are the fewest in York…it was the A’s first season series win over the Yankees since the majors and the ERA is second lowest (Atlanta, 2.95)…are tied for 2007…went 7-27 (.206) against the Yankees from 2008-11 before the AL lead in complete games (2) and rank fourth in innings pitched splitting the 10-game season series in 2012…six of the last 10 series (351.0). between the two teams have ended in sweeps…the A’s swept a three- game home series in 2013 and a four-game road series in 2012…New OFFENSE: The A’s batted .278 with 48 runs scored and 14 home runs York won 11 straight games against Oakland July 5, 2010-July 22, in seven games on the last homestand after hitting .216 with 43 runs 2011…also swept a three-game series over the A’s in New York in scored and nine home runs in nine games on the last road trip…for the May, 2012…since moving to Oakland in 1968, the A’s are 232-267 season, the A’s are hitting .261 with 41 home runs in 29 games in against the Yankees…that includes 127-121 in Oakland and 105-146 Oakland compared to .242 (250 for 1034) with 27 home runs in 29 in New York…all-time, the A’s are 773-1133-9 against the Yankees. games on the road…overall, the A’s lead the majors in runs (301), walks (254) and on-base percentage (.339), rank third in home runs TODAY’S TIDBITS (68), tied for fourth in triples (14), fifth in slugging (.417) and fewest strikeouts (405) and tied for fifth in extra base hits (184). Josh Donaldson leads the majors with 48 runs scored…Sean Doolittle extended his scoreless streak to 15.1 innings last night, CLOSE CALLS: The A’s are now 6-3 in extra inning games following which is an ongoing career-high (previous: 13.2, April 29-May 29, last night’s win…lead the AL in extra inning games and wins and are 2013)...Brandon Moss hit a career-high tying two home runs last night tied for the third best record…are 11-15 in games decided by two runs for the sixth time in his career and second time this season (also: May or fewer and 25-7 in games decided by three runs or more…lead the 13 vs. Chicago-AL). majors in wins when trailing after seven innings (7) and are tied with Milwaukee for the lead in wins when trailing after eight innings (4)…are THIS DATE IN A’s HISTORY 10-7 in games decided in the last at bat.