GAME NOTES Oakland Athletics Baseball Company 510-638-4900 | athletics.com | @athletics OAKLAND ATHLETICS (36-26) VS. ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS (20-42) WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 2021 — OAKLAND COLISEUM — 12:37 PDT LHP SEAN MANAEA (4-2, 3.36) VS. RHP MATT PEACOCK (2-2, 4.68) NBCSCA — A’S CAST ON IHEART RADIO — A’S RADIO NETWORK (960 AM, 103.7 FM HD2, 1140 AM) ABOUT THE A’S: Have won five of the last six games and eight of the last 12 which is the fifth highest percentage in the AL…has the highest batting aver- and are a season-high tying 10 games over .500 for the second time this year age (.288) and slugging percentage (.494) against first batters faced in the AL (35-25 on June 5)…are 22-19 dating back to April 25 after starting the year and the second highest on-base percentage (.370). 14-7…are 36-26 (.581) overall, which is the fourth best record in the Ameri- can League…are in first place in the AL West for the 19th consecutive day and DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have the fourth fewest errors in the American have held at least a share of first for 49 of the last 50 days…have a one-game League (31)…are tied for third in fewest double plays (45)…A’s outfielders lead over second place Houston…have spent 47 days alone in first place, two have four assists, which is tied for second fewest. days tied for first, one day in second, one day tied for second, three days in CLOSE CALLS (AND NOT SO CLOSE): The A’s are 22-11 (.667) in games decided third, two days in fourth, three days tied for fourth and 10 days in fifth. by three runs or fewer, which is the best record in the majors…however, are 14-15 (.483) in games decided by four runs or more…have lost each of their INTERLEAGUE PLAY: The A’s are 6-3 (.667) in MLB BEST ALL-TIME last three one-run games but are 11-7 (.611) for the season, which is the interleague play, which is the seventh best INTERLEAGUE RECORDS record in the majors…have 10 games re- fourth best record in the American League…have five walk-off wins, which is maining after today…will travel to San Fran- W L PCT tied with the Rockies and the Yankees for the most in the majors…are 8-3 in cisco (June 25-27) and San Diego (July 27- Boston 271 182 .598 games decided in the last at bat…are 2-1 in extra inning games and are now New York (AL) 262 185 .586 28) and host San Diego (Aug. 3-4) and San 8-2 in extra innings over the last two years…are tied for the Major League Los Angeles (AL) 246 203 .548 lead in wins when trailing after six innings (6) and seven innings (4). Francisco (Aug. 20-22)…went 10-10 (.500) in Oakland 244 209 .539 interleague play last year and finished with Minnesota 235 213 .525 THIS AND THAT: The A’s have used a different lineup in each of the last 36 a .500 record or better against the National games and 60 of 62 games this year…have out-scored the opposition 39- League for the third consecutive season and 19 (+20) in June after being outscored 242-231 (-11) in April and May…are 17th time in 24 years of interleague play…are 244-209 (.539) all-time in in- 16-8 (.667) in games in which the opponent starts a left-handed pitcher, terleague games, which is fourth best in Major League history. which is the second best record in the American League…are 20-18 (.526) HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 18-17 (.514) at home compared to 18-9 (.667) when the opponent starts a right-hander…are 24-13 (.649) at night, which on the road…are tied for the second best road record in the majors…the 35 is second best in the AL, compared to 12-13 (.480) during the day…are 27-8 home games are the most in the majors…are 1-0 on this nine-game home- (.771) when scoring first, which is second best in the AL…are 27-5 when out- stand against Arizona (1-0), Kansas City (four games) and Los Angeles-AL homering the opposition, 4-16 when they are out-homered…are 8-0 follow- (three games) after going 3-4 on the last homestand against Seattle (1-2) ing a day off and are the only undefeated team in the majors following a day and Los Angeles-AL (2-2)…went 4-2 on the last road trip to Seattle (2-1) off…have a 14-6 record in the first game of a series. and Colorado (2-1) and have now won eight road series, lost none and split THE INJURED LIST: The A’s have used the injured list 14 times this year…used one…the season-opening streak of nine consecutive road series without a it just eight times last year, which was second fewest in the majors to Cleve- loss is the longest such streak in Athletics history (previous: won the first land (4), and 18 times in 2019, which tied for second fewest…currently have eight road series in 1988)…are batting .213 (230-for-1081) with a .683 OPS at four players on the IL (Fiers, Laureano Rosenthal, Wendelken)…began the home where they are averaging 3.9 runs per game (137 r in 35 g)…are hitting year with two players on the IL but have had at least four every day since the .255 with a .771 OPS and are averaging 4.9 runs per game on the road…have fifth game of the season. the second lowest home batting average in the American League and the second highest road batting average…have a 4.23 ERA (147 er in 313.0 ip) at A’s IN MAY: The A’s finished May with a 15-14 record, which marked their home, 3.55 on the road…have the lowest road ERA in the AL. third consecutive winning May (16-10 in 2019, 15-14 in 2018)…it was the A’s ninth consecutive month with a winning record (min. 10 games)…batted OFFENSE: The A’s are batting .289 (61-for-211) with 16 doubles, a triple, .237 with a .741 OPS in May after hitting .214 with a .679 OPS in April…tied seven home runs and 39 runs scored over the first six games of June (6.5 for third in the American League in doubles (55) and hit by pitches (12) in runs per game)…are 4-for-9 (.444) with two walks and eight RBI with the May, ranked fourth in walks (108) and fifth in home runs (37)…A’s pitchers bases loaded this month after hitting .167 with four walks and 22 RBI with had the fewest walks in the AL in May (75), tied for third in fewest home the bases loaded over the first two months of the season…rank last in the runs (25) and ranked fourth in opponents OPS (.675) and on-base percentage American League with a .231 (9-for-39) average with the bases loaded for (.300)…the strikeouts set an Oakland record for the month of May. the season…are 23-for-61 (.377) with runners in scoring position in June and are batting .260 (115-for-442) for the season, which is fourth best in the AL… A’s vs. DIAMONDBACKS: The A’s lead the season series 3-0…won the first game lead the AL in hit by pitches (33), rank third in sacrifice flies (20), tied for third in Oakland last night after sweeping a two-game series in Arizona, April 12- in extra base hits (190), fourth in home runs (77) and walks (221) and tied 13…have swept the season series from the Diamondbacks once and that was for fifth in triples (9)…A’s pinch hitters lead the AL in hits (13) and plate ap- in 2001 when they went 3-0…split four games last year with the A’s losing pearances (57), are tied for the lead in home runs (2) and RBI (10), rank third both games in Phoenix on Aug. 17 and 18 and then winning two straight in in extra base hits (3) and tied for fourth in walks (5). Oakland on Aug. 19 and 20…have a five-game winning streak, which is their longest ever against the Diamondbacks…have won five straight and eight PITCHING: The A’s have compiled a 2.55 ERA (28 er in 98.2 ip) over the last 11 of the last 10 in Oakland…the A’s are 22-18 all-time against the Diamond- games, which has dropped the overall ERA to a season-low 3.94…have issued backs…are 12-9 in Oakland and 10-9 in Arizona. the fewest walks in the American League (166) and have the second fewest home runs (61), but have yielded the second most hits (531)…rank third in TODAY’S TIDBITS shutouts (6) and fewest pitches per inning (16.1)…are tied for the third most Elvis Andrus is batting .298 (25-for-84) over his last 28 games dating back wild pitches (33). to May 7 after hitting .143 over his first 31 contests…Mark Canha leads the majors in hit by pitches (12)…leads the American League in runs scored STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are 6-3 with a 2.43 ERA (20 er in (47), is tied for seventh in games (60), ranks eighth in on-base percent- 74.0 ip) over the last 12 games…have surrendered just four home runs while age (.382) and 10th in walks (34)…Sean Murphy has 30 RBI as a catcher, tossing a pair of shutouts over that span…are 23-22 with a 3.99 ERA (154 which are the most among Major League catchers…Matt Olson ranks third er in 347.1 ip) for the season…the wins are tied for third most in the Ameri- in the American League in slugging (.567), tied for fourth in home runs can league and the losses are tied for fourth most…lead the majors in in- (15), sixth in OPS (.930), tied for sixth in extra base hits (29) and tied for nings pitched (347.1) and are tied with the White Sox for the most complete 10th in RBI (40)…Lou Trivino has not allowed an earned run in his last 10 games (3)…the complete games are the most by an A’s team since 2015 (5).