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 (34-32) VS. HOUSTON ASTROS (42-25) TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2018 — OAKLAND COLISEUM — 7:05 P.M. PDT RHP DANIEL MENGDEN (6-5, 3.45) VS. RHP LANCE MCCULLERS JR. (7-3, 3.94) NBCSCA — A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) — EN ESPAÑOL (KIQI 1010 AM) ABOUT THE A’S: Won three of four from Kansas City and are 6-4 over the DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have committed four errors in the last three last 10 games…are 34-32 for the season and the two games over .500 is one games after putting together a season-high seven-game errorless streak… short of the season high of three (twice, last: 28-25 on May 27)…went 5-10 have 42 errors for the season, which is third most in the American League… (.333) over the first 15 games, 20-12 (.625) over a 32-game stretch from April lead the majors with 687 assists…A’s outfielders have five assists, which is 15-May 20, and are 9-10 (.474) in 19 games since then…are in fourth place four fewer than any other AL team and tied for second fewest in the majors in the American League West and are a season-high eight games out of first (Washington, 4). place…have been alone in fourth every day dating back to April 25 and have spent 64 of 75 days this year in fourth…also have one day tied for first, one ON THE BASES: The A’s are 12-for-25 (48.0%) in stolen base attempts…have day tied for second, two days tied for third and seven days tied for fourth. the lowest stolen base percentage in the majors, the fewest stolen bases and are tied with Miami for the fewest attempts…opponents have stolen 46 THE WEST AND THE REST: The A’s have lost eight of their last nine games bases, which is second most in the American League (Toronto, 51), but they against American League West teams…are 10-21 (.323) against the West have been caught stealing 18 times, which is tied for second most (Toronto, for the season compared to 24-11 (.686) against all other teams…have the 20). second worst intradivision record in the AL (Baltimore 9-21, .300)…are 4-10 against the West at home…beginning tonight, the A’s will play six consecu- HOMESTANDS AND ROAD TRIPS: The A’s are 3-1 on this 10-game homestand tive games against division opponents…then face non AL West teams in 35 against Kansas City (3-1), Houston (three games) and Los Angeles-AL (three of 43 games from June 19-Aug. 8…are batting .232 (238-for-1028) and are games)…it is the second of three 10-game homestands this year and it con- averaging 3.48 runs per game (108 runs in 31 games) against the AL West, cludes a stretch where Oakland will play 20 of 25 games at home…went 4-6 .250 (309-for-1234) with an average of 5.17 runs per game (181 runs in on the last homestand and are 18-16 at home for the season…went 2-3 on 35 games) against everyone else…the pitching staff has a 4.85 ERA (146 er the last road trip to Kansas City (2-1) and Texas (0-2) and are 16-16 on the in 271.0 ip) against the AL West, 3.05 (110 er in 324.2 ip) against all other road. teams. ONE-RUN GAMES AND OTHER CLOSE CALLS: The A’s improved to 11-7 (.611) LEFT AND RIGHT: The A’s are 26-18 (.591) in games started by right-handed in one-run games on Sunday, which is the fifth best record in the American pitchers compared to 8-14 (.364) in games started by left-handers…the re- League…also improved to 7-5 in games decided in the last at bat and the 12 cord against lefties is tied with Baltimore for second worst in the American last at bat games are tied for third fewest in the AL…are 3-3 in extra inning League (Toronto, 8-18) and the 22 games are tied for fourth most…have lost games…have three walk-off wins. each of their last six games against southpaws but are 13-5 against righties THE SEVENTH INNING OR LATER: The A’s have compiled a 3.34 ERA (74 er in over that stretch, which dates back to May 16…are 2-9 against left-handed 199.2 ip) in the seventh inning or later, which is fourth lowest in the Ameri- starters at home. can League…have a 4.14 ERA (182 er in 396.0 ip) over innings one through HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are batting .225 (256-for-1139) and are averaging six…are 25-0 when leading after seven innings and are the only team in the 3.47 runs per game at home (118 runs in 34 games) compared to .259 and majors that has not lost a game when leading after seven innings. 5.34 runs per game on the road…rank last in the American League in batting TIME OF GAME: All four games of the Kansas City series were played in 2:32 average and runs per game at home but are second in runs per game and or less…the A’s now have an average time of game of 2:45 over the last 19 fourth in batting on the road…have hit 27 home runs at home compared to games after averaging 3:07 over the first 47 contests…are averaging 3:01 for 55 on the road…lead the majors in home runs on the road and are tied for the the season, which is third fastest in the American League. sixth fewest at home…have homered in 19 consecutive road games, which is two short of the Athletics record (21, July 21-Sept. 13, 2013)…have a 3.22 ERA THE DISABLED LIST: The A’s have seven players on the disabled list (Anderson, (115 er in 321.0 ip) at home compared to 4.62 on the road…have the second Buchter, Cotton, Gossett, Joyce, Powell, Triggs)…Cotton and Powell are on the lowest home ERA in the AL (Houston, 3.06) and the fifth highest road ERA… 60-day DL…Buchter and Powell are on rehab assignments…have used the DL have allowed 32 home runs at home, which is sixth fewest in the majors, 16 times this year…have had at least four players on the DL every day since compared to 51 on the road, which is the most in the majors. Aug. 24, 2015, at least three every day since July 30, 2011 and have not had fewer than two players on DL since end of 2006 season (1). PITCHING: The A’s allowed two runs or fewer in each of the four games against Kansas City and yielded seven runs total (36.0 ip, 1.75 ERA)…had a A’s vs. ASTROS: The A’s are 1-5 against the Astros…lost two of three in Hous- 5.05 ERA and .287 opponents batting average over the first 15 games this ton April 27-29 and were swept in a three-game series in Oakland May 7-9… year, a 4.03 ERA and .246 opponents average over a 29-game stretch from defeated the Astros 8-1 in the first game this year but have been out-scored April 15 to May 17, and currently have a 2.88 ERA (64 er in 200.0 ip) and .201 43-9 over the last five contests…the five-game losing streak matches the sec- (145-for-720) opponents batting average over the last 22 contests…overall, ond longest in Oakland history against Houston (10, July 20, 2016-April 28, have the fourth fewest walks per nine innings in the American League (2.72) 2017)…have lost 24 of the last 32 games to the Astros…have dropped 13 of and the second fewest strikeouts per nine innings (7.37)…are tied with Pitts- the last 17 in Oakland and 18 of the last 24 in Houston…have lost each of burgh for the most wild pitches in the majors (42). the previous three season series and are 23-40 (.365) against the Astros over the last four years after winning each of their first four season series against STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are 6-4 with a 2.81 ERA (30 er in Houston (31-13, .705)…the A’s lead the all-time series 54-53…are 29-25 in 96.0 ip) and .204 (71-for-348) opponents batting average over the last 15 Oakland and 25-28 in Houston. games…have allowed one run or fewer seven times over that stretch and two runs or fewer 10 times…have issued two free passes or fewer in 57 of TODAY’S TIDBITS the 66 games this year and are second in the majors in fewest walks per Khris Davis leads designated hitters in home runs (16) and RBI (44)…Jed nine innings (2.26) to Cleveland (2.17)…the A’s have used 11 different start- Lowrie is tied for seventh in the AL in multiple hit games (23) and tied ing pitchers, which is tied with the Dodgers for second most in the majors for ninth in RBI (42)…Blake Treinen has converted each of his last 11 save (Tampa Bay, 13)…this marks the fifth consecutive season the A’s have used opportunities and has a 0.53 ERA (1 er in 17.0 ip) in 16 games total over 11 or more starters.