OAKLAND ATHLETICS GAME INFORMATION Oakland Athletics Baseball Company • 510-638-4900 • athletics.com • A’s PR @AsMediaAlerts Get the latest A’s notes, full stat packets, clips, press releases, roster, updated media guide and more at pressbox.athletics.com OAKLAND ATHLETICS (61-43) VS. COLORADO ROCKIES (54-47) FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2018 — COORS FIELD — 6:40 P.M. MDT LHP SEAN MANAEA (9-6, 3.38) VS. LHP KYLE FREELAND (8-6,3.28) NBCSCA — A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) ABOUT THE A’S: Have a season-high tying six-game winning streak (June (13) and 1969 (12)…are tied for second with four wins when trailing after 25-30) after losing the fi rst game after the All-Star Break…are 61-43 (.587), eight innings (New York-AL, 5)…are 41-0 when leading after seven innings which is the third best record in the American League West, the fi fth best and are the only team in the majors that has not lost a game when leading record in the AL and the sixth best record in the majors…are 18 games over after seven…are 49-0 when leading after eight innings and are one of three .500 for the fi rst time since Sept. 9, 2014 when they were 81-63…have not teams without a loss in those games (New York, Seattle)…are batting a ML been 19 games over .500 since September 6, 2014 when they were 80-61… leading .271 (337-for-1242) in the seventh inning or later compared to .236 are six games behind Houston in the West, which is the closest they have (554-for-2349) in innings 1-6, which is fi fth lowest…have compiled a 3.38 been to fi rst place since May 27 when they were 5½ back…are one game ERA (120 er in 320.0 ip) in the seventh inning or later, which is third lowest behind the second Wild Card team (Seattle), which is the closest the A’s have in the American League. been to a playoff spot since the fi fth game of the season. COMEBACKS: The A’s have overcome defi cits of four or more runs to win eight THE LAST 34 GAMES: The A’s are 27-7 (.794) MLB BEST RECORDS, times this year (eight runs once, six runs once, fi ve runs twice and four runs dating back to June 16, which is the best re- JUNE 16-PRESENT four times), which are the most such wins in one season by an A’s team since cord in the majors over that span…it is the best the 1949 Philadelphia A’s also had eight (the most since 1907 is 10 in 1939)… 34-game stretch in the majors this year and is W L PCT have 29 come from behind wins for the season, which is third most in the Oakland’s best record over a 34-game stretch Oakland 27 7 .794 majors (Chicago-NL 33, Philadelphia 31). Boston 23 10 .697 since July 26-Sept. 1, 2006 when they were Philadelphia 23 12 .657 ONE-RUN GAMES AND OTHER CLOSE CALLS: Four of the A’s six wins since also 27-7…have come from behind in 17 of the Houston 21 12 .636 the All-Star Break have been one-run victories and Oakland is now a Major 27 wins (eight runs once, six runs once, fi ve Colorado 20 12 .625 League best 19-8 (.704) in one-run games for the season…have the best re- runs once, four runs twice, three runs three cord in games decided in the last at bat (17-6, .739), the second best record times, two runs four times and one run fi ve in games decided by two runs or fewer (32-14, .696) and the third best record times)…have scored the winning run in the eighth inning or later in 12 of the in extra inning games (9-4, .692). victories (eighth inning three times, ninth inning three times, 10th inning three times, 11th inning three times)…have not lost back-to-back games dur- HOMESTANDS AND ROAD TRIPS: The A’s are 4-0 on this seven-game road ing this stretch. trip to Texas (4-0) and Colorado (three games) and now have a season-high six-game road winning streak…have won each of their last fi ve road series, SERIES NOTES: The A’s swept a four-game series at Texas to start the week which is their longest streak since winning seven straight from July 8-Aug. for their third four-game series sweep of the season (May 17-20 at Toronto 29, 2005…are 15-3 over that span…are 6-0-1 over their last seven road series and June 25-28 at Detroit)…it marks the second time in Oakland history the and are 19-5 over that stretch…the seven-series unbeaten streak on the road A’s have swept three four-game series in one season (1981) but it is the fi rst is their longest since the 2005 streak when they won seven straight…have time they have swept three four-game series on the road since 1928…have not had a longer streak since they went 7-0-1 over an eight series stretch now won eight consecutive series, which is their longest such streak since from May 30-July 27, 1994…have not lost a road series since they were swept July 8-Aug, 11, 2005 when they won nine straight…are 10-0-1 over the last in a two-game set at Texas, June 5-6…this trip concludes a stretch where the 11 series, which is their longest series unbeaten streak since July 28-Sept. 3, A’s will play 27 of 35 games on the road from June 19 to July 29…return home 2006 when they also went 10-0-1 over an 11 series stretch…the last longer following the game Sunday for an eight-game homestand against Toronto streak was in 1989 when they went 9-0-4 over a 13-series stretch from April (three games), Detroit (three games) and Los Angeles-NL (two games)…that 10-May 21. begins a stretch where the A’s will play 17 of their next 20 games at home with all 20 coming in California (three games at Los Angeles-AL)…are 35-21 INTERLEAGUE PLAY: The A’s are 11-4 (.733) in interleague play and have (.618) on the road, which is the third best road record in the majors, com- clinched a winning record against the National League for the fi rst time pared to 26-22 (.542) at home. since 2015 (11-9) and the 13th time in 22 seasons of interleague play…have the fourth best interleague record in the majors (Bos, 7-1; Pit, 12-3; Cin, 10- MONTH BY MONTH: The A’s have clinched a winning record in the month of 3)…rank seventh in ERA (3.35)…have hit 24 home runs, which ranks third… July as they are 15-5 (.750) with fi ve games remaining…went 13-12 in April, after this three-game series with Colorado, the A’s conclude interleague play 15-14 in May and 17-10 in June…this is the eighth season in Oakland history with a two-game set against Los Angeles on the next homestand (Aug. 7-8)… in which the A’s have posted a winning record in April, May, June and July are 216-183 (.541) all-time in interleague play, which is fourth best in Major (1971, 1972, 1975, 1990, 2003, 2013, 2014)…are tied with Boston for the League history…have a 42-17 (.712) record in interdivision play compared to best record in the majors this month…over the last 13 years, the only time 19-26 (.422) against the American League West. the A’s have won more than 15 games in July was in 2012 (19-5). PITCHERS HITTING: A’s pitchers are 2-for-15 (.133) with a run, RBI and four A’s vs. ROCKIES: This is the fi rst meeting between the A’s and Rockies since strikeouts this year…they are batting .0821 (33-for-402) with four doubles, 2015 when the A’s won two of three in Oakland, June 29-July 1…it is their 12 RBI, 12 walks and 189 strikeouts since interleague play began in 1997… fi rst meeting in Denver since June 12-14, 2012 when the A’s swept a three- the batting average is the lowest in the majors over that span (New York-AL, game series…have won fi ve of the last six games, including four straight at .0824)…the last home run by an A’s pitcher was by Blue Moon Odom on Sept. Coors Field…lead the all-time series, 15-13…are 9-5 in Oakland and 6-8 in 4, 1972 against California…Odom also had the last triple on Aug. 22, 1971 Denver…have won four of their nine season series with the Rockies, includ- against Boston…the last extra base hit was by Joe Kennedy, a double on June ing three 3-0 sweeps. 12, 2007 at Houston. TODAY’S TIDBITS EXTRA BASE HITS: The A’s set an Oakland record with four triples yesterday… MMattatt CChapmanhapman ttiedied anan OOaklandakland single-gamesingle-game rrecordecord wwithith twotwo ttriplesriples llastast the last time an A’s team had four triples was Aug.