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 Texas Rangers (35-36) at Oakland Athletics (43-28) Tuesday, June 17, 2014 w O.co Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Texas 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 6 8 2 4 Oakland 0 2 1 1 1 3 0 2 X 10 13 1 7 W — Milone (5-3) L — Darvish (7-3) S — None OAKLAND NOTES • The Oakland Athletics have won 14 of their last 19 home games after losing six straight...tonight’s win evens the A’s season series against Texas (4-4), and was their first win at home against Texas in 2014...are 3-2 on this 10-game homestand against New York-AL (2-1), Texas (1-1) and Boston (four games). • Tommy Milone is 5-0 with a 2.33 ERA (13 er in 50.2 ip) over his last eight starts...the five-game winning streak ties a career-high (Sept. 19, 2012-April 15, 2013)...has 33 strikeouts and ten walks over his last eight starts after tallying 16 strikeouts and 12 walks over his first five starts. • Sean Doolittle has a 21.1 innings scoreless streak, which is a career-high. • Alberto Callaspo (2 for 2, rbi, 2 bb) is 6 for 7 (.857) with a run, a double, an RBI and two walks since being reinstated from the paternity list yesterday...was 1 for 28 over his final nine games before going on the PL last friday. • Derek Norris (2 for 2, r, 2b, hr, 5 rbi) hit his fourth-career pinch-hit home run in the 6th inning (previous: Sept. 27, 2013 at Seattle)...recorded five or more RBIs for the second time in his career (six, May 11, 2014 against Washington)...was the fourth A’s player to have 5 RBIs off the bench since 1914. • Stephen Vogt (3 for 3, r, 2 rbi) collected a career-high tying three hits (second time, also: Sept. 11 2013 at Minnesota)...has a six-game hitting streak, and is batting .450 (9 for 20) in those six contests. Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Tommy Milone (W, 4-3) 5.2 5 3 3 1 3 1 87/53 Dan Otero 0.2 3 3 2 0 0 0 16/13 Fernando Abad 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4/3 Luke Gregerson 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13/9 Sean Doolittle 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12/8 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Derek Norris (8) 6 2-0 3 LF Tolleson TEXAS NOTES • The Texas Rangers lost at O.co for the first time this season...team is 3-2 on their three-city, nine-game trip to Seattle (2-1), Oakland (1-1) and Anaheim (three games)...are 4-4 vs. the A’s this season. • Yu Darvish is 0-2 with a 7.02 ERA (11 er in 14.1 ip) in three starts vs. the A’s this season and is 1-8 with a 4.95 ERA (32 er in 58.1 ip) in ten career starts against Oakland...was 6-1 with a 1.83 ERA (11 er in 54 ip) in his last seven starts prior to tonight...struck out Yoenis Cespedes in the first inning to collect his 600th career strikeout. • Shin-Soo Choo (0 for 4, so) is hitless in last 13 at-bats and is 5 for 49 (.102) with 11 walks in his last 15 games. • Rougned Odor (2 for 4, 2 r, 3b, hr, 3 rbi, so) is batting .369 (24 for 65) with 15 RBI in last 20 games. Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Yu Darvish (L, 7-3) 5.0 8 7 4 5 8 0 99/56 Aaron Poreda 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/6 Shawn Tolleson 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 1 8/5 Neal Cotts 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 18/10 Jason Frasor 0.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 11/7 Scott Baker 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12/9 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Rougned Odor (3) 5 0-0 1 RF Milone Time of Game ...................................................... 3:28 Overall Record................................................... 43-28 Home/Road ........................................... 20-14 / 23-14 First Pitch ....................................................... 7:08 pm Streak ............................................................... Won 1 Day/Night ............................................... 16-11 / 27-17 Temperature ............................................. 67 degrees Homestand ............................................................ 3-2 March/April/May/June ..............0-1 / 18-9 / 16-12 / 9-6 Last 5 ..................................................................... 3-2 July/Aug./Sept. ......................................0-0 / 0-0 / 0-0 Today’s Attendance ......................................... 21,288 Last 10 ................................................................... 5-5 Attendance Total ............................................ 746,463 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7 ... 14-5 / 29-23 Average (33 games) ........................................ 22,620 Series Record ........................................................ 1-1 A’s/Opponents score first ......................... 27-6 / 16-22 Series First Game................................................ 14-9 Leading after 7th/8th inning ....................... 32-5 / 34-3 Win/Lose in Last AB .............................................11-8 vs. AL West ........................................................ 20-14 Tied After 7th/8th inning ................................. 3-4 / 5-3 Extra Innings.......................................................... 7-4 vs. RHP/LHP ........................................... 29-21 / 14-7 Trailing After 7th/8th inning ........................ 8-19 / 4-22 Wednesday’s Pre-Game Schedule: Clubhouse opens: 9:00 a.m. w Bob Melvin availability: 11:00 a.m. w BP: None.