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Oakland Athletics Virtual Press OAKLAND ATHLETICS Post Game Notes Oakland Athletics Baseball Company 7000 Coliseum Way Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 Public Relations Facsimile 510-562-1633 www.oaklandathletics.com San Francisco Giants (40-33) at Oakland Athletics (35-38) Sunday, June 24, 2012 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB San Francisco 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 4 Oakland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 7 0 5 W — Miller (2-0) L — Casilla (1-3) S — None OAKLAND NOTES The Oakland Athletics recorded their fifth walk-off win of the season, which is two more than their total for all of last season…are now 11-8 in games decided in the seventh inning or later, including 9-7 in the last at bat… are 9-3 over the last 12 games and 13-8 over the last 21 contests…went 10-8 in interleague play, their best record against the National League since going 10-8 in 2008…went 6-3 on this nine-game homestand against San Diego (2- 1), Los Angeles (3-0) and San Francisco (1-2)…begin a seven-game road trip against Seattle (three games) and Texas (four games) tomorrow. A.J. Griffin was selected from Triple-A Sacramento and made his Major League debut…is the 43rd pitcher in Oakland history to start in his Major League debut, the first since Graham Godfrey on June 10, 2011 at Chicago (AL)…retired 16 of the final 18 batters he faced (one single, one walk) after allowing a home run to Posey in the first inning. A’s starting pitchers have allowed four hits or fewer in each of the last eight games, which is the longest such streak in Oakland history…opponents are batting .126 (21 for 167) over that span. Yoenis Cespedes (1 for 3) is batting .342 (26 for 76) at home compared to .197 (15 for 76) on the road…the A’s are 23-18 with him in the lineup and 12- 20 when he does not play. Coco Crisp (1 for 3) has batted leadoff in each of his last 10 games and is 14 for 37 (.378) over that span…batted .321 (17 for 53) in 15 interleague games and has a .313 (45 for 144) interleague average in three seasons with the A’s. Derek Norris (1 for 4) hit a walk-off home run with two outs in the ninth inning, his first Major League home run. Josh Reddick (1 for 4) went 7 for 22 (.318) in six games against San Francisco. Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes A.J. Griffin 6.0 3 2 2 1 4 1 104/73 Sean Doolittle 1.2 2 0 0 0 3 0 29/22 Jim Miller (W, 2-0) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 14/10 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Derek Norris (1) 9th 3-2 3 LF Casilla SAN FRANCISCO NOTES The San Francisco Giants went 4-5 on this nine-game road trip against Seattle (1-2), Los Angeles (1-2) and Oakland (2-1)…begin a seven-game homestand against Los Angeles (three games) and Cincinnati (four games) tomorrow. Matt Cain did not factor in the decision…had won his last eight starts, which was a career-high and the longest such streak by a Giant since Rick Reuschel also won eight consecutive starts in 1989…is 3-5 with a 2.11 ERA (17 er in 72.2 ip) in 10 career starts against the A’s. Santiago Casilla allowed a three-run walk-off home run to Norris for a blown save…had converted his past 15 save opportunities. Brandon Belt (0 for 3) had his career-high 11-game hitting streak snapped…batted .441 (15 for 34) with four home runs and 12 RBI over that span. Brandon Crawford (0 for 3) is 0 for his last 10 and 3 for his past 20 (.150). Angel Pagan (0 for 4) is 7 for 43 (.163) over his last 11 games. Buster Posey (1 for 3) hit a two-run home run in the first inning and has now homered in back-to-back games…has a team-leading 10 home runs for the season. Ryan Theriot (2 for 4) is batting .318 (34 for 107) in 26 games since being reinstated from the disabled list May 24. Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Matt Cain 7.0 3 1 1 2 7 0 112/80 Jeremy Affeldt 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12/6 Santiago Casilla (L, 1-3) 0.2 3 3 3 0 2 1 19/15 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Buster Posey (10) 1st 1-2 2 LF Griffin Time of Game ................................................... 2:52 Overall Record .......................................... 35-38 Home/Road ....................................................... 19-19/16-19 First Pitch .................................................... 1:08 pm Streak ........................................................ Won 1 Day/Night .......................................................... 12-15/23-23 Temperature .......................................... 63 degrees Homestand .................................................... 6-3 April/May/June ......................................... 10-12/11-16/13-9 Last Five ........................................................ 3-2 July/Aug./Sept. ................................................... 0-0/0-0/0-0 Attendance ..................................................... 36,067 Last 10 ........................................................... 7-3 Total ............................................................. 796,720 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7 ............ 17-9/18-29 Average (38 games) ...................................... 20,966 Series Record ................................................ 1-2 A’s/Opponents score first ............................... 24-10/11-28 Series First Game ..................................... 10-15 Leading after 7th inn/8th inn ................................. 26-4/28-4 Win/Lose in Last At-Bat ..................................... 9-7 vs. AL West ............................................... 11-11 Tied after 7th inn/8th inn ............................................ 6-3/5-2 Extra Innings ...................................................... 4-2 vs. RHP/LHP .................................... 25-25/10-13 Trailing after 7th inn/8th inn .................................. 3-31/2-32 .
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