GAME NOTES Oakland Athletics Baseball Company 510-638-4900 | athletics.com | @athletics OAKLAND ATHLETICS (19-13) VS. TORONTO BLUE JAYS (15-14) THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2021 — OAKLAND COLISEUM — 12:37 PDT RHP MIKE FIERS (0-1, 4.50) VS. LHP HYUN JIN RYU (1-2, 2.60) NBCSCA — A’S CAST ON IHEART RADIO — A’S RADIO NETWORK (960 AM, 103.7 FM HD2, 1140 AM) ABOUT THE A’S: Had their three-game winning streak snapped last night and DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s rank third in the American League in fielding per- are now 5-6 since their 13-game winning streak…are 19-7 over the last 26 centage (.987) and their 15 errors are tied for third fewest…however, have games after starting the season 0-6 and are 19-13 (.594) overall, which is -20 defensive runs saved, which is the fewest in the majors (Angels, -18)…A’s the best record in the majors…however, have been out-scored 142-135 for a pitchers are tied for third in the AL in pickoffs (2)…A’s opponents have been run differential of -7…have held at least a share of first place in the American successful in just 11-of-16 (69.7%) stole base attempts, which is fourth low- League West for each of the last 16 days and have been alone in first for each est in the AL. of the last 13…currently have a season-high tying two game lead…went from sole possession of last on April 11 to sole possession of first on April 21… HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 3-3 on this season-long 10-game homestand have spent 14 days alone in first place this year, two days tied for first, one against Baltimore (1-2), Toronto (2-1) and Tampa Bay (three games)…had day tied for second, three days in third, two days in fourth, three days tied for their eight-game home winning streak snapped last Friday night and are fourth and 10 days in fifth. now 11-9 (.550) at home for the season…have the fourth best home record in the American League and are tied for the second best road record (8-4, LEFT-HANDED STARTERS: The A’s have faced a left-handed starting pitcher .667)…went 4-3 on the last road trip to Baltimore (2-1) and Tampa Bay (2-2)… in each of the previous four games, six of the previous seven and nine of have compiled a 4.70 ERA (93 er in 178.0 ip) in Oakland compared to 3.29 (38 the previous 12…are 9-4 (.692) in games in which the opponent starts a left- er in 104.0 ip) on the road…have the third highest home ERA in the AL and handed compared to 10-9 (.526) against right-handers…the mark against the third lowest road ERA. lefties is fourth best in the American League…are batting .239 (89-for-373) with a .770 OPS against left-handed pitchers compared to .209 (137-for-655) NO-HIT WEEK: Today is day two of a five-day stretch where the A’s were ei- with a .660 OPS against right-handers. ther no-hit or no-hit another team on this date…the streak began yester- day with the 117th anniversary of Cy Young’s no-hitter against the A’s and CLOSE CALLS: The A’s led 3-2 after seven innings last night but the Blue Jays continues today with the 68th anniversary of Bobo Holloman’s no-hitter… scored five times in the eighth for the win…it was the first time this year the tomorrow marks the second anniversary of Mike Fiers’ lights-out no-hitter A’s lost when leading after six or seven innings…had not lost when leading against Cincinnati, Saturday is the 53rd anniversary of Catfish Hunter’s after six innings since Sept. 6, 2019 and the loss snapped a franchise record perfect game against Minnesota and Sunday marks 11 years since Dallas 49-game winning streak when leading after six innings…have played five Braden’s Mother’s Day perfecto against Tampa Bay…the A’s have not been one-run game in their last 10 games and are 7-2 (.778) in one-run decisions no-hit since July 13, 1991 for a streak of 4,637 games with one or more hits… overall, which is the second best record in the majors to the Pirates (4-1, that is the longest active streak in the majors and is fourth longest in Ameri- .800)…seven of the last 10 games have been decided by one or two runs and can League history. Oakland is a Major League best 10-3 (.769) in games decided by two runs or fewer…are 5-0 in games decided in the last at bat…have three walk-off wins, THE SCHEDULE: Last Friday night began a stretch where the A’s are scheduled which is tied with the Cubs, Nationals and Reds for the most in the majors… to play 20 of 29 games at home and 35 of 44 in the Pacific Time Zone…are 3-3 are 2-0 in extra innings and are 8-1 in extra innings over the last two years over that span…began a stretch of 17 consecutive days without a scheduled day off April 23 are 7-6 over that span…also began a stretch of 20 consecu- OFFENSE: The A’s are batting .211 (74-for-350) with 35 runs scored over the tive games against American League East competition April 23. last 11 games (3.2 runs per game) after hitting .260 with 75 runs over the previous 12 contests (6.3 runs per game)…are batting .220 for the season, THE INJURED LIST: The A’s have used the injured list 10 times this year…used which is fourth lowest in the American League…lead the league in home it just eight times last year, which was second fewest in the majors to Cleve- runs (42) and hit by pitches (23), rank third in stolen bases (20) and tied for land (4), and 18 times in 2019, which tied for second fewest…currently have third in walks (111) and triples (5)…are 16-2 when out-homering the opposi- seven players on the IL (Garcia, Luzardo, Pinder, Puk, Rosenthal, Smith, Wen- tion and 1-9 when they are out-homered…A’s pinch hitters are 8-for-27 (.296) delken), which are their most since July 2, 2019 when they also had seven. with a home run, five RBI and a walk…the eight pinch hits are the most in the IN APRIL: The A’s finished April with a 16-11 record, which was their best AL and more than three National League teams…also lead the AL in pinch RBI mark in April since 2014 when they went 18-9…A’s pitchers set an Athletics and plate appearances (28) and have one of three pinch home runs. record for strikeouts in April with 233…A’s batters set Athletics records for PITCHING: The A’s have compiled a 3.00 ERA (55 er in 165.0 ip) over the last hit by pitches (19) and strikeouts (244)…hit .214, which was fourth lowest 19 games after logging a 5.85 ERA over the first 13 contests…have the sec- in Oakland history in April and the lowest since 2012 (.211)…stole 19 bases, ond highest opponents batting average in the American League (.253) and which were the A’s most in any month since April of 2014 when they also fifth highest on-base percentage (.315)…are tied for the league lead in wild had 19. pitches (22)…are tied for second in shutouts (4). A’s vs. BLUE JAYS: The A’s lead the season series 2-1 after going 0-6 in 2019… STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers have walked two batters or fewer were swept in a three-game series in both Oakland (April 19-21) and Toronto in each of the last 21 games, which matches the second longest such streak (April 26-28)…it was the fourth time in Oakland history the A’s went winless in Oakland history…the longest is 25 games from Aug. 2-29, 2012…have against an American League team (0-7 vs. CLE in 1995, 0-6 vs. CLE in 1994, walked 23 batters in 119.0 innings during the streak (1.74 per nine innings) 0-11 vs. BAL in 1978)…went 7-0 against the Blue Jays in 2018…have won just and are averaging 2.37 walks per nine innings overall, which is third fewest one season series against the Blue Jays dating back to 2015 and are 15-20 in the American League…are 10-5 with a 3.09 ERA (40 er in 116.1 ip) over the over that span…are 226-202 all-time against the Blue Jays, including 114- last 19 games after going 2-7 with a 6.63 ERA over the first 12…are 12-12 101 in Oakland, 112-99 in Toronto and 0-2 in Las Vegas…are 71-67 (.514) in with a 4.28 ERA overall…have the second most wins in the AL but are tied Rogers Centre. for the second most losses…have the third highest OPS (.736)…lead the AL TODAY’S TIDBITS and rank third in the majors in innings pitched (174.2)…starters have tossed Mark Canha leads the majors in hit by pitches (8)…leads the American eight innings or fewer in each of the last 208 games, which is the longest League in runs scored (26), is tied for eighth in walks (17) and tied for such streak in Athletics history…have not had a pitcher toss more than eight ninth in stolen bases (5)…Ramón Laureano ranks second in the American innings since Frankie Montas on May 17, 2019 at Detroit (8.2).