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 New York Yankees (10-3) at Oakland Athletics (9-6) Tuesday, April 20, 2010 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, Calif. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB New York 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 7 5 0 8 Oakland 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 8 0 7 WP — Vazquez (1-2). LP — Gonzalez (1-1). SV — None. OAKLAND NOTES The Oakland Athletics have lost 13 of their past 16 against the Yankees…are 3-2 on this 10-game homestand against Baltimore (3-1), New York (0-1) and Cleveland (three games). Daric Barton (1 for 2, 2 bb) has reached base safely via a hit, walk or hit by pitch in 14 of his 15 games. Kurt Suzuki (2 for 4, 1 r, 2 rbi) has an 11-game hitting streak against New York dating back to July 18, 2008 (.426, 20 for 47)…is a .403 career hitter (25 for 62) against the Yankees, his best against any American League team. Ryan Sweeney (0 for 3, bb) had his 13-game hitting streak snapped and is now batting .302 (16 for 53) in 14 games…the hitting streak matched a career-high and is tied for the second-longest season-opening streak in Oakland history (record: Stan Javier, 17, in 1994). Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Gio Gonzalez (L, 1-1) 4.1 3 5 5 5 5 0 97/53 Craig Breslow 1.2 2 1 1 0 2 1 29/20 Edwar Ramirez 2.0 0 1 1 4 2 0 46/24 Brad Ziegler 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 18/10 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Travis Buck (1) 5th 3-2 1 RF Vazquez Kurt Suzuki (2) 6th 0-2 2 LF Vazquez NEW YORK NOTES The New York Yankees are on a season-high five-game winning streak and have won eight of their past nine…are 8-0 when leading after six innings…are 1-0 on this nine-game road trip through Oakland (1-0), Los Angeles (three games) and Texas (three games). The Yankees have not committed an error in their past 11 games…it is the longest April errorless streak in franchise history. Derek Jeter (0 for 5) had his 11-game hitting streak to start the season snapped and is now hitting .345 (19 for 55) through 12 games…is a career .311 hitter (159 for 512) against the A’s…has a .358 average (86 for 240) at the Coliseum. Alex Rodriguez (1 for 1, 2 r, 3 bb) hit his 585th career home run…is one homer away from tying Frank Robinson for seventh place on the all-time list. Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Javier Vazquez (W, 1-2) 5.1 6 3 3 3 6 2 107/72 Boone Logan 1.1 2 0 0 1 1 0 32/17 Joba Chamberlain 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 18/14 Damaso Marte 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5/1 Mariano Rivera 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Alex Rodriguez (2) 5th 2-1 3 LCF Breslow Note Ron Kulpa replaced Ed Rapuano behind the plate in the sixth inning due to injury…there was a 13-minute delay because of this replacement…transported by ambulance to Summit Hospital for a CT scan, was alert. Time of Game ....................................................3:21 Overall Record...............................................9-6 Home/Road...............................................................6-3/3-4 First Pitch ................................................... 7:09 pm Streak ....................................................... Lost 2 Day/Night..................................................................4-1/5-5 Temperature .......................................... 50 degrees Homestand.....................................................2-3 April/May/June...................................................9-6/0-0/0-0 Last Five.........................................................3-2 July/Aug./Sept....................................................0-0/0-0/0-0 Attendance ....................................................19,849 Last 10............................................................5-5 Total .............................................................150,413 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7..................3-0/6-6 Average (9 games) ........................................16,713 Series Record ................................................0-1 A’s/Opponents score first.......................................5-1/3-5 Series First Game..........................................3-2 Leading after 7th inn/8th inn .....................................6-0/6-0 Win/Lose in Last At-Bat......................................3-3 vs. AL West....................................................6-4 Tied after 7th inn/8th inn............................................3-2/2-2 Extra Innings .......................................................1-0 vs. RHP/LHP............................................ 6-4/3-2 Trailing after 7th inn/8th inn......................................0-4/1-4 .