2018 Oakland A’s Expanded Game Notes includes: Traditional Game Notes Roster Supplemental Bios 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 (71-48) VS. SEATTLE MARINERS (69-51) TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2018 — OAKLAND COLISEUM — 7:05 P.M. PDT RHP MIKE FIERS (7-6, 3.40) VS. LHP JAMES PAXTON (10-5, 3.63) NBCSCA — A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) — EN ESPAÑOL (KIQI 1010 AM) ABOUT THE A’S: Have won three straight, four of the last five and 10 of the wins are tied with Seattle for the most in the majors, the 14 games are tied last 12 games…are now 16-6 (.727) since the All-Star Break, which is the sec- for second and the record is third best…are 19-6 (.760) in games decided in ond best record in the majors (BOS, 17-5)…are a season-high 23 games over the last at bat…the record is the best in the majors, the losses are the fewest .500 at 71-48 (.597), which is the fourth best record in the American League and the wins rank second (TOR, 20)…have seven walk-off wins, which is tied and the majors…it is the second best record by an A’s team after 119 games for the most in the American League (TOR, TB)…have 31 come from behind over the last 26 years (were 73-46 in 2014, lost game 120)…are 13-1-2 over wins, which is tied for fourth most in the majors. the previous 16 series dating back to June 15. LEADING LATE: The A’s are the only team in the majors that has not lost a THE STANDINGS: The A’s are in second place in the American League West game when leading after seven innings (49-0)…have a 64-game winning and trail first place Houston by two games…that is the closest Oakland has streak in those games, which is an Oakland record and the longest active been to first place in the West since April 2, the fifth day of the season, when streak in the majors…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, it is tied for sec- they were also two back…remain in sole possession of second in the West ond longest in Athletics history and is one short of the record of 65 (July 21, and the AL Wild Card for the 12th consecutive day…are 2½ games ahead of 1927-June 23, 1928)…last lost when leading after seven innings on Sept. 2, the third place team (Seattle) and 3½ games behind the first Wild Card team 2017 at Texas…the last team to go undefeated when leading after seven in- (New York)…were a season-high 11 games back of the second Wild Card spot nings is the 2012 Orioles (74-0)…the A’s (58-0) and Mariners (60-0) are the at the conclusion of play June 15 but have gone 37-12 (.755) since then… only teams that have not lost when leading after eight innings…have an 85- spent 61 consecutive days alone in fourth from April 25 to June 24 and 32 game winning streak in those games and have not lost when leading after consecutive days alone in third from June 26 to July 31. eight since July 27, 2017 at Toronto. by THE LAST 49 GAMES: The A’s are 37-12 (.755) MLB BEST RECORDS, THE LATE INNINGS: The A’s lead the majors in runs scored in the eighth inning dating back to June 16, which is tied with Bos- JUNE 16-PRESENT (87), are tied for the lead in runs in the seventh inning or later (217), tied for ton for the best record in the majors…it match- third in runs in extra innings (17) and tied for fifth in runs in the ninth (53)… es the best 49-game stretch in the majors this W L PCT are batting .265 (369-for-1395) in the seventh inning or later, which is third Oakland 37 12 .755 year and is the A’s best since June 21-August best in the majors, compared to .242 (654-for-2704) in innings 1-6, which is Boston 37 12 .755 15, 2005 when they were also 37-12…have Cleveland 31 19 .620 eighth lowest…have compiled a 3.28 ERA (133 er in 365.0 ip) in the seventh come from behind in 19 of the 37 wins and Philadelphia 30 20 .600 inning or later, which is fifth lowest in the majors…lead the majors with 10 have scored the winning run in the eighth in- Colorado 29 20 .592 wins when trailing after seven innings and are tied for fifth with four wins ning or later in 14 of the victories. when trailing after eight innings (CHC, HOU, MIL and NYY, 5). OFFENSE: The A’s had six extra base hits last night and now have 409 for the HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 1-0 on this nine-game homestand against Se- season, which is third most in the American League and the majors…are on attle (1-0), Houston (three games) and Texas (three games)…it concludes a pace for 556, which would break the Athletics record of 555 set in 2001… stretch where the A’s will play 17 of 20 games at home without leaving Cali- also rank third in the AL in doubles (232) and hit by pitches (61), fourth in fornia…went 7-1 on the last homestand against Toronto (3-0), Detroit (3-0) slugging (.432) and fifth in home runs (160) and OPS (.750)…rank last in the and Los Angeles-NL (1-1), which was the A’s best record on a homestand of majors with 28 stolen bases…the Oakland record for fewest stolen bases in a seven or more games since going 8-1 against Texas, Tampa Bay and Seattle, season is 31 in 2005…also rank last in the majors stolen base attempts (46) Aug. 7-16, 2016…are now 16-3 at home dating back to June 16 after start- and second to last in stolen base percentage (60.9). ing the year 18-20 in the Coliseum…are 34-23 (.596) at home compared to 37-25 (.597) on the road…went 2-1 on the last road trip to Los Angeles (AL) STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are 7-1 with a 1.94 ERA (15 er in and are now 29-13 (.690) on the road dating back to May 14 after starting 69.2 ip), .203 (51-for-251) opponents batting average and three home runs the year 8-12. allowed in 69.2 innings over the last 12 games…have not yielded a run in four of those games and have yielded just one three times…have used 13 HOME AND AWAY SPLITS: The A’s are batting .231 (436-for-1889) with 56 different starting pitchers, which is tied for second most in the majors to home runs and an average of 3.93 runs per game at home (224 runs in 57 the Rays (15)…have 11 pitchers with at least five starts, which is the most games) compared to .266 with a Major League leading 104 home runs and in the majors. an average of 5.55 runs per game on the road…have the second lowest home batting average in the majors and the sixth fewest runs game…lead the ma- PITCHING: The A’s have allowed 13 runs in the last two games after yielding jors in runs per game on the road and rank second in batting. 11 runs over the previous seven contests (1.36 ERA)…have a 3.12 ERA (70 er in 202.0 ip) since the All-Star Break, which is third lowest in the American A’s vs. MARINERS: The A’s are 4-6 against the Mariners…are 2-2 in Oakland League and the majors…overall, have the fifth lowest opponents batting av- and 2-4 at Seattle…have lost 14 of the last 19 games, including seven of the erage (.240), slugging percentage (.395) and OPS (.700) in the AL…have al- last 10 in Oakland…have lost the season series in each of the previous five lowed just four home runs in the last nine games and 132 for the season, years, which is the A’s longest season series losing streak against the Mari- which is fourth fewest in the AL…have three shutouts in the last nine games ners…are 41-64 (.390) against the Mariners dating back to the start of the and 10 overall, which is fourth most in the AL…have 71 wild pitches, which is 2013 season, which is the second worst record by any American League team tied for the most in the majors and tied for the third highest total in Athlet- against Seattle (TB, 13-26/.333)…all-time, the A’s are 345-288 against the ics history (84 in 2017, 72 in 1979, 71 in 1989)…have employed an Athletics Mariners…that includes 186-129 in Oakland, 158-158 in Seattle and 1-1 in record 31 pitchers, which is tied for third in the majors.