OAKLAND ATHLETICS Post Game Notes Oakland Athletics Baseball Company w 7000 Coliseum Way w Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 w @Athletics w @AsMediaAlerts w athletics.com Minnesota Twins (15-37) at Oakland Athletics (25-29) Wednesday, June 1, 2016 w Oakland Alameda Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 9 Oakland 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 x 5 11 0 6 W — Manaea (2-3) L — Dean (1-2) S — None OAKLAND NOTES • The Oakland A’s have won five consecutive games, which is one short of their longest winning streak of the season...recorded their fourth series sweep of the season...are 6-3 over the last 9 contests and 9-7 over the last 16 ...won their season-high fifth straight home game and are now 13-16 at the home... are now 25-29 at the one-third mark of the season...have beaten the Twins at the Coliseum 16 of the last 19 meetings...are 23-10 against Minnesota dating back to the start of the 2012 season...finished 5-1 on this six-game homestand against Detroit (2-1) and Minnesota (3-0)...will travelThursday to begin an eight- game road trip against Houston (three games), Milwaukee (two games) and Cincinnati (three games). • Sean Manaea struck out a career-high eight batters to win his second career game in his seventh start since being selected from Triple-A Nashville April 29... improved to 2-3 with a 6.16 ERA (26 er in 38 ip)...has allowed just one home run over his last four starts after surrendering four over his first three. • Billy Butler (2-for-3, r, rbi, 2b, bb) is batting .297 (11-for-37) with nine RBI over his last 15 games after hitting .186 with three RBI over his first 18 contests. • Jake Smolinski (1-for-3, hr, rbi, r, bb) hit his first homer of the season in his 11th game (fifth start in right field) since being recalled from Nashville May 20. • Danny Valencia (3-for-4, 2 2b, so) extended his hitting streak to five games (12-for-18, .667)...is now batting .378 (31-for-82) with 18 runs, eight home runs and 19 RBI in 22 games since being reinstated from the 15-day disabled list May 6...recorded his team-high tying 13th multi-hit game of the season...is hitting a team-high .346. Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Sean Manaea (W, 2-3) 6.0 5 1 1 3 8 0 87/55 Ryan Dull 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 17/11 Sean Doolittle 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11/9 Ryan Madson 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Jake Smolinski (1) 4th 0-0 1 LF Dean MINNESOTA NOTES • The Minnesota Twins have lost three consecutive games after winning a season-high tying four straight...suffered their ninth sweep of the season and fell to 7-22 on the road...are 2-14 at the Coliseum dating back to Aug. 21, 2012...finihsed 3-3 on this six-game road trip against Seattle (3-0) and Oakland (0-3)... return to Minnesota to begin a 10-game homestant against Tampa Bay (four games), Miami (three games) and Boston (three games). • Pat Dean gave up four earned runs to fall to 1-2 in his sixth career appearance (fourth start) since making his debut vs Baltimore May11. • Robbie Grossman (1-for-3, bb, so) has hit safely in eight of 12 games (14-for-39, .359)...leads the Twins in doubles since May 20 with six. • Eduardo Nunez (0-for-5, so) had his hitting streak snapped at seven (was .469, 15-for-32 in that span)...is batting .316 (50-for-158) with 22 runs and 19 RBI over his last 38 games...is hitting .378 (34-for-90) in 24 road games this season. Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Pat Dean (L, 1-2) 5.0 9 4 4 2 3 1 81/49 Ryan Pressly 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 22/13 Trevor May 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14/10 Michael Tonkin 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21/14 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher None Time of Game ...................................................... 2:33 Overall Record................................................... 25-29 Home/Road ........................................... 13-16 / 12-13 First Pitch ..................................................... 12:37 pm Streak .................................................................... W5 Day/Night ............................................... 11-10 / 14-19 Temperature ............................................. 69 degrees Homestand ............................................................ 5-1 April/May/June ............................... 13-12 / 11-17 / 1-0 Last 5 ..................................................................... 5-0 July/Aug./Sept. ......................................0-0 / 0-0 / 0-0 Today’s Attendance ..........................................11,345 Last 10 ................................................................... 6-4 Attendance Total ............................................ 537,014 Series Record ........................................................ 3-0 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7 ..... 6-1 / 19-28 Average (29 games) ........................................ 18,518 Series First Game.................................................. 9-8 A’s/Opponents score first ......................... 16-13 / 9-16 Leading after 7th/8th inning ....................... 19-2 / 20-2 Win/Lose in Last AB ............................................. 7-3 vs. AL West ............................................................ 9-9 Tied After 7th/8th inning ................................. 3-0 / 4-1 Extra Innings.......................................................... 2-0 vs. RHP/LHP ............................................. 18-24 / 7-5 Trailing After 7th/8th inning ........................ 3-27 / 1-26.