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GAME NOTES Oakland Athletics Baseball Company 510-638-4900 | athletics.com | @athletics OAKLAND ATHLETICS (0-5) VS. LOS ANGELES DODGERS (4-1) TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2021 — OAKLAND COLISEUM — 6:40 PDT RHP CHRIS BASSITT (0-1, 5.06) VS. LHP CLAYTON KERSHAW (0-1, 7.94) NBCSCA — A’S CAST ON IHEART RADIO — A’S RADIO NETWORK (960 AM, 103.7 FM HD2, 1140 AM) — EN ESPAÑOL (KIQI 1010 AM, KATD 990 AM) ABOUT THE A’S: Have started the season 0-5, which matches the worst start outscored 45-12 and the minus 33 run diff erential is fi fth worst in Oakland in Oakland history…the 1979 and 1987 A’s also started the year 0-5 before history over a fi ve game stretch…it is the worst since Oakland was outscored winning the sixth game of the season…the worst start in Athletics history is by 36 runs from May 7-11, 2016…the A’s bullpen has allowed 11 runs in the 0-6 by the 1916 Philadelphia A’s…the last Major League teams to start the ninth inning over the fi rst fi ve games…allowed just nine runs in the ninth year 0-5 were Atlanta and Minnesota in 2016 (both lost their sixth game)… inning all last year…fi rst batters faced are 11-for-17 (.647) with four walks, the A’s never lost more than three straight games all last year and the current three doubles and three home runs against the A’s bullpen. fi ve-game losing streak is their longest since May 28-June 2, 2019 when they ROSTER NOTES: also lost fi ve in a row…have not lost more than fi ve straight since losing six The average age on the A’s Opening Day roster was 29.92 in a row from April 26-May 1, 2019…are fi ve games under .500 for the fi rst years, which is the oldest A’s Opening Day roster since 2004 (30.16)…Jesús time since May 16, 2019 when they were 21-26…are four games out of fi rst Luzardo, who was 23 years and 183 days on April 1, is the youngest…Sergio place in the American League West…never trailed by more than one game Romo was the oldest at 38 years, 29 days…had two rookies on the Opening last year…were swept in a four-game series by Houston to start the season, Day roster (Garcia, Tom) after opening with fi ve last year…added a third rook- which was the fi rst time the A’s were swept in a four-game series since July ie yesterday (Puk)…six players had six or more years of service (Romo, Lowrie, 24-27, 2017 at Toronto…it was the fi rst time it happened in Oakland since Andrus, Moreland, Petit and Diekman)…17 players returned from last years June 19-22, 2017 by Houston…this is the A’s 54th season in Oakland where Opening Day roster, which matches the total from last year when Opening they have won 17 American League West titles, four AL Wild Cards, six AL Day rosters were at 30…from 1992-2019, when rosters were 25 men, the pennants and four World Championships in the previous 53 years in Oak- most returning players from the previous years Opening Day roster was 16 land…only the Atlanta Braves (20), New York Yankees (19) and Los Angeles in 2007…only Mark Canha has played for Oakland in each of the last seven Dodgers (19) have more division titles than the A’s…since the A’s moved to seasons and only fi ve players have been on each of the last four Opening Oakland in 1968, only the Yankees (11), Cardinals (8) and Dodgers (8) have Day rosters (Chapman, Olson, Petit, Pinder, Piscotty)…Matt Olson, who was more league championships and only the Yankees have more world champi- drafted on June 4, 2012, has the longest uninterrupted tenure in the A’s or- onships (7)…have a 4349-4004 (.521) record over the previous 53 seasons in ganization…opened the season with 13 pitchers and 13 position players. Oakland…only four teams have won more games over that span (New York THE INJURED LIST: The A’s have three players on the injured list (Fiers, Pinder, Yankees, Boston, Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis)…this is the Athletics fran- Rosenthal)…have used the IL four times this year as Frankie Montas began chise 121st season in the American League…since 1901, the A’s have 17 AL the spring on the Covid related IL before he was reinstated March 15…used West titles plus 15 AL pennants and nine World Championships…only the the IL eight times last year, which was second fewest in the majors to Cleve- Yankees (27) and Cardinals (11) have won more World Championships. land (4)…used it 18 times in 2019, which tied for second fewest. INTERLEAGUE PLAY: The A’s begin interleague MLB BEST ALL-TIME DURING THE SPRING: The A’s posted a winning record for the third consecu- play with this three-game series against the INTERLEAGUE RECORDS tive spring as they fi nished 16-10-2…the wins tied with Kansas City, Toronto Dodgers…it marks the second time in Oak- and Boston for the most in the majors and matched the most by an A’s team W L PCT land history the A’s have faced a National over the last six springs (also 2017)…compiled a 4.17 ERA, which was the League team in April…the other time was in Boston 263 180 .594 New York (AL) 259 183 .586 lowest in the Cactus League and fi fth lowest in the majors…also had the low- 2018 when they played Los Angeles on April Los Angeles (AL) 243 201 .547 est opponents batting average (.228), on-base percentage (.312) and OPS 10 and 11 in their 12th and 13th games of Oakland 238 207 .535 (.714) in the CL and the third lowest slugging percentage (.402)…had the the season…will also host Arizona (June 8-9), Minnesota 234 211 .526 third fewest walks (90) and the fourth fewest home runs (27) but fi nished San Diego (Aug. 3-4) and San Francisco (Aug. with the third fewest strikeouts (229)…off ensively, the A’s led the majors in 20-22) and play at Arizona (April 12-13), on-base percentage (.357), OPS (.833), runs (161), doubles (67) and sacrifi ce Colorado (June 4-6), San Francisco (June 25-27) and San Diego (June 27-28)… fl ies (13)…topped the CL in fewest strikeouts (220), ranked second in batting went 10-10 (.500) in interleague play last year and fi nished with a .500 re- (.267) and extra base hits (107) and fourth in slugging (.476)…were 9-for-11 cord or better against the National League for the third consecutive season (81.8%) in stolen base attempts…had the second fewest steals in the CL but and 17th time in 24 years of interleague play…are 238-207 (.535) all-time in the third best percentage…opponents were successful in just 6-of-17 (35.3%) interleague play, which is fourth best in Major League history. stolen base attempts, which was the lowest mark in the majors…played all HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 0-5 on this season-opening seven-game home- 28 games in Arizona, marking just the second time in Oakland history the A’s stand against Houston (0-4) and Los Angeles-NL (0-1)…did not lose more have not played a Spring Training game outside the state of Arizona (1981). than two straight home games all last year and this is the A’s longest home A’s vs. DODGERS: The A’s lost the fi rst meeting of 2021 last night…lost the losing streak since dropping six in a row from May 28-June 14, 2019…went season series last year as they dropped two of three games at Los Angeles, 22-10 (.688) in Oakland last year, which was the sixth best home record in Sept. 22-24…returned to Dodger Stadium two weeks later to face Houston the majors and the second best home winning percentage in Oakland histo- in the ALDS (lost three of four)…have won nine of the last 11 games in Oak- ry…leave following the game tomorrow for their fi rst road trip of the season, land…are 22-15 (.595) all-time against the Dodgers during the regular sea- a fi ve-game trip to Houston (three games) and Arizona (two games)…were son…that is the best record by any team against the Dodgers (White Sox, 14-14 (.500) on the road in 2020. 14-11, .560)…are 15-4 in Oakland and 7-11 in Los Angeles. THE FIRST 10: The A’s begin the season with 10 games in 10 days against TODAY’S TIDBITS two 2020 playoff teams…began the season with a four-game series with the Mark Canha has reached base safely in each of the fi rst fi ve games, all Astros and host this three-game series with the defending World Champion batting leadoff …had never started a game in the leadoff spot prior to this Los Angeles Dodgers before traveling to Houston for a three-game series… year…has a .394 on-base percentage over the last three years, which is then have two off days over a four-day stretch (April 11 and 14)…the April 11 eighth best in the majors…Mitch Moreland has started each of the A’s fi rst off day is the A’s fi rst scheduled Sunday off day since Aug.