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 (13-8) at Oakland Athletics (13-7) Tuesday, April 22, 2014 w O.co Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Texas 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 3 1 6 Oakland 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 0 8 W — Ogando (1-1) L — Gregerson (0-1) S — Soria (5) OAKLAND NOTES • The Oakland Athletics lost their second straight game for the first time this season...were the only team in the majors to have not lost back-to-back games yet in 2014. • Tommy Milone tossed 6.0 innings with one strikeout for the second straight start...is now 2-4 with a 4.07 ERA (21 er in 38.0 ip) against Texas in seven career starts. • Coco Crisp (1 for 4, 2b, bb, gidp) is batting .360 (9 for 25) over his last nine games after hitting .250 over his first six contests. • Jed Lowrie (1 for 5, r, 2b) is 10 for 31 (.323) with five doubles, a home run and seven runs scored in his last seven games after going 2 for 18 (.111) over his previous seven contests. • Derek Norris (1 for 2, 2b) hit a pinch hit double to lead off the sixth inning...is now 2 for 5 with two RBI in the pinch. • Josh Reddick (2 for 3, r, hbp) is 9 for 18 (.500) with a home run and four RBI over his last five games after going 4 for 41 (.098) with one RBI over his first 12 contests. Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Tommy Milone 6.0 5 3 3 4 1 0 85/50 Ryan Cook 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10/9 Fernando Abad 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/5 Luke Gregerson (L, 0-1) 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 15/8 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher None TEXAS NOTES • The Texas Rangers have won seven of their last eight games and are now one half game out of first place. • Nick Martinez tossed five innings in his second career start, his first against theAthletics. • Kevin Kouzmanoff (0 for 1, ibb, gidp) left the game in the bottom of the fourth inning with back tightness. • Alex Rios (1 for 4, r) has hits in 8 of his 9 contests (14 for 38, .364). Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Nick Martinez 5.0 6 4 2 3 1 0 92/50 Aaron Poreda 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13/7 Shawn Tolleson 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 21/14 Pedro Figueroa 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 Alexi Ogando (W, 1-1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4/4 Joakim Soria (S, 5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10/6 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher None Time of Game ...................................................... 3:01 Overall Record..................................................... 13-7 Home/Road ................................................... 6-5 / 7-2 First Pitch ....................................................... 7:07 pm Streak ...............................................................Lost 2 Day/Night ....................................................... 8-1 / 5-6 Temperature ............................................. 53 degrees Homestand ............................................................ 3-2 April/May/June .....................................13-7 / 0-0 / 0-0 Last 5 ..................................................................... 3-2 July/Aug./Sept. ......................................0-0 / 0-0 / 0-0 Today’s Attendance ......................................... 15,744 Last 10 ................................................................... 7-3 Attendance Total ............................................ 234,600 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7 ......... 6-0 / 7-7 Average (11 games) ........................................ 21,327 Series Record ........................................................ 0-2 A’s/Opponents score first ............................... 7-1 / 6-6 Series First Game.................................................. 4-3 Leading after 7th/8th inning ......................... 8-3 / 10-3 Win/Lose in Last AB .............................................. 5-4 vs. AL West ............................................................ 9-5 Tied After 7th/8th inning ................................. 1-2 / 1-1 Extra Innings.......................................................... 3-1 vs. RHP/LHP ............................................... 10-6 / 3-1 Trailing After 7th/8th inning ............................ 4-2 / 2-4 Tomorrow’s Schedule: Clubhouse opens at 9:00 am w Bob Melvin availability 11:00 am w No Batting Practice.