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2018 Oakland A's Expanded Game Notes 2018 Oakland A’s Expanded Game Notes includes: Traditional Game Notes Full Upcoming Probable Pitcher Pages Expanded Game Notes Complete Transactions Spring Training Statistics Monthly Statistics Please consider the environment before printing this document. To print traditional Game Notes, print from page 2 to 9. 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 (26-24) VS. ARIZOZNA DIAMONDBACKS (25-24) FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2018 — OAKLAND COLISEUM — 6:35 P.M. PDT LHP SEAN MANAEA (5-4, 2.71) VS. LHP PATRICK CORBIN (4-1, 2.60) NBCSCA — A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) — EN ESPAÑOL (KIQI 1010 AM) ABOUT THE A’S: Lost two of three to Seattle MLB BEST RECORDS, ON THE BASES: The A’s are 5-for-13 (38.5%) in stolen base attempts in May to start the homestand but have won seven APRIL 15-PRESENT after going 6-for-8 (75.0%) in April…are 11-for-21 (52.4%) for the season and of the last 10 games…are 21-14 (.600) over the stolen base percentage is the lowest in the majors…have the second few- the last 35 games after starting the year 5-10 W L PCT est stolen bases (Miami, 10) and are tied for the second fewest attempts (.333)…the A’s .600 winning percentage dating New York (AL) 24 8 .750 (Miami, 18)…opponents have stolen 38 bases, which is second most in the back to April 15 is fourth best in the American Houston 23 13 .639 American League (Toronto, 40), but they have been caught stealing 14 times, Milwaukee 23 13 .639 League and sixth best in the majors…are 10-19 Atlanta 21 13 .618 which is tied for third most. (.345) against the AL West compared to 16-5 Boston 22 14 .611 PITCHING: The A’s have compiled a 3.55 ERA (86 er in 218.0 ip) at home com- (.762) against all other teams…are in fourth Oakland 21 14 .600 place in the AL West for the 30th consecutive pared to 4.64 on the road…have the third lowest home ERA in the American day and trail first place Houston by 6½ games League…overall, Oakland is averaging 2.86 walks per nine innings, which for the second consecutive day…the season high is 7½ games on April 14… is fourth fewest in the majors, but are averaging 7.55 strikeouts per nine have spent one day tied for first, one day tied for second, two days tied for innings, which is also fourth fewest…have a Major League leading 35 wild third, 45 days in fourth and seven days tied for fourth. pitches…set an Athletics franchise record with 84 wild pitches last year. STARTING PITCHING: Yesterday, Josh Lucas became the eighth pitcher to INTERLEAGUE PLAY: The A’s are 1-1 in inter- MLB BEST ALL-TIME start a game for the A’s, which is tied for third most in the American League league play after splitting a two-game se- INTERLEAGUE RECORDS ries with the Dodgers at Los Angeles, April (Tampa Bay and Los Angeles, 9)…he tossed 2.0 innings, which marks the third 10-11…in addition to this three games series W L PCT time in the last seven games the A’s starter has pitched fewer than three with Arizona, Oakland will also host San Di- Boston 229 156 .595 innings…A’s starting pitchers are 1-1 with a 2.79 ERA (9 er in 29.0 ip) and .198 New York (AL) 227 157 .591 ego (July 3-4), San Francisco (July 20-22) and (20-for-101) opponents batting average over the last six games…have issued Los Angeles (AL) 216 173 .555 the Dodgers (Aug. 7-8) and play at San Diego two free passes or fewer in 43 of the 50 games this year and are second in Texas 207 177 .539 the majors in fewest walks per nine innings (2.36) to Cleveland (2.22). (June 19-20), San Francisco (July 13-15) and Oakland 206 180 .534 Colorado (July 27-29)…went 7-13 (.350) in HOME AND AWAY: The A’s snapped their season-high five-game home losing interleague play last year, which tied for the streak yesterday…are 1-2 on this 10-game homestand against Seattle (1-2), fifth worst record in the majors…it matched the 2016 club for the second Arizona (three games) and Tampa Bay (four games) after going 3-3 on the worst interleague mark in Oakland history (5-13 in 2009)…finished with a last homestand against Baltimore (3-0) and Houston (0-3)…this is the first losing record against the National League for the second consecutive season of three 10-game homestands this year and it begins a stretch where the A’s and seventh time in 21 seasons. will play 20 of 25 games at home through June 17…went 7-3 on the last road HOME RUNS: The A’s have gone homerless in each of their last seven home trip to New York-AL (1-2), Boston (2-1) and Toronto (4-0)…it was the A’s first games, which matches the longest such streak in Oakland history (April seven-win trip since April 7-16, 2014 (7-2)…are now 12-11 (.522) at home 2-19, 2011; Sept. 8-19, 1976, April 18-24, 1968)…however, have homered in and 14-13 (.519) on the road. each of their last 14 games on the road…have hit just 14 home runs in 23 THE SEVENTH INNING OR LATER: The A’s have compiled a 3.29 ERA (55 er in games in Oakland compared to 47 home runs in 27 games on the road…have 150.2 ip) in the seventh inning or later, which is second lowest in the Ameri- the fewest home runs at home in the majors and the most home runs on can League (Houston, 2.93)…have a 4.53 ERA (151 er in 300.0 ip) over innings the road…have nine games with three or more home runs, all of which have one through six…the A’s are 19-0 when leading after seven innings and are come on the road…25 of the A’s 61 home runs have given Oakland the lead one of two AL teams that has not lost a game when leading after seven and the A’s have the most go-ahead home runs in the majors…the pitching (Cleveland, 22-0). staff leads the majors with 40 home runs allowed on the road and are tied for the fifth fewest home runs at home (21)…the A’s are 23-13 when homer- A’s ON RADIO: 95.7 FM The Game is in its eighth season as flagship of the A’s ing, 3-11 when going homerless…the mark when hitting no home runs is Radio Network…due to conflicts with the Warriors, the following game will fourth worst in the American League. air in the Bay Area on 1550 AM: Saturday against Arizona…additional radio updates will be announced based on the Warriors postseason schedule. ONE-RUN GAMES AND OTHER CLOSE CALLS: All three games in the Seattle series were decided by one run and the A’s are now 9-4 (.692) in one-run THE DISABLED LIST: The A’s have a season-high eight players on the disabled decisions, which is the second best record in the American League to New list (Anderson, Blackburn, Buchter, Cotton, Davis, Hendriks, Powell, Triggs)… York (8-3, .727)…are tied for fourth in one-run wins…are 3-2 in extra inning Blackburn and Cotton are on the 60-day DL…have now used the DL 13 times games…the five extra inning games are tied for second most in the AL and this year…have had at least four players on the DL every day since Aug. 24, the wins are tied for fourth…are 6-2 in games decided in the last at bat…the 2015, at least three every day since July 30, 2011 and have not had fewer two losses are second fewest in the AL and the six wins are tied for third than two players on DL since end of 2006 season (1). most…have three walk-off wins, which is tied for third in the AL. A’s vs. DIAMONDBACKS: The A’s and Diamondbacks are meeting for the first OFFENSE: The A’s scored four runs yesterday, snapping a streak where they time since 2015 when Oakland won two of three in Phoenix…last met in the scored two runs or fewer in seven consecutive home games…that tied for Coliseum in 2011 when the A’s won two of three…Oakland has won six of the second longest such streak in Athletics history and was the longest the previous 10 season series and is 15-15 all-time against Arizona…are 7-8 since Sept. 4-11, 1917 (eight games)…are averaging 3.83 runs per games at in Oakland and 8-7 in Arizona. home (88 runs in 23 games) compared to 5.19 on the road…rank fourth in TODAY’S TIDBITS the American League in extra base hits (166), tied for fourth in doubles (98) and fifth in slugging (.317)…have the third most strikeouts (450)…are bat- Jed Lowrie is tied for third in the American League in RBI (38), tied for ting .226 (170-for-752) in May after hitting .265 in April…the May batting fourth multiple hit games (19), ranks seventh in hits (60) and ninth in bat- average is second lowest in the AL (Texas, .215)…are hitting .221 (34-for-154) ting (.314)…Blake Treinen has converted each of his eight save opportuni- with runners in scoring position in May after batting .271 with RISP in April… ties in May and has a 0.69 ERA (1 er in 13.0 ip) in 11 games this month…the the A’s eight hitter in the batting order is batting .290 (51-for-176), which is A’s record for saves in the month of May is 10 by Dennis Eckersley (1992)… the best mark in the majors (Chicago-NL, .288).
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