O AKLAND A THLETICS Game Information Oakland Athletics Baseball Company7000 Coliseum WayOakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900www.athletics.comA’s PR on Twitter @AsMedia Alerts OAKLAND ATHLETICS (23-31) VS. WASHINGTON NATIONALS (34-19) SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 2017 — OAKLAND COLISEUM — 1:05 P.M. PDT RHP DANIEL MENGDEN (0-1, 13.50) VS. RHP JOE ROSS (2-1, 6.18) NBCSCA — A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) — EN ESPAÑOL (KIQI 1010 AM) ABOUT THE A’S: Have lost two straight and six of the last seven games have 501 strikeouts for the season, which is second most in the American and are a season-high eight games under .500 at 23-31 (.426)…that is the League (Tampa Bay, 588). worst record in the American League and sixth worst in the majors…are in fifth place in the AL West for the fourth consecutive day and trail first place DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s committed a season-high tying three errors Houston by a season-high 15½ games…the only other time in Oakland Thursday (fifth time, third time in last 10 games) and now have 55 errors for history the A’s have trailed by 15½ or more games this early in the season the season, which is 15 more than any other team…the errors have led to was in 2001 when they were 16 games out after 54 games (remained 16 a Major League leading 40 unearned runs (ATL, 35)…have allowed a ML games out after a win in game 55 but dropped to 16½ out following an off leading 48 stolen bases (CHI-NL, 41). day after game 55)…have spent one day tied for first this year, seven days OFFENSE: The A’s are batting .196 (44-for-225) with 20 runs scored over in second, six days tied for second, 13 days in third, four days tied for third, the last seven games (2.9 runs per game) and are 3-for-40 (.075) with run- 14 days in fourth, four days tied for fourth and 12 days in fifth. ners in scoring position…for the season, rank second to last in the Ameri- can League in runs scored (213), batting average (.233) and on-base per- ONE-THIRD OF THE SEASON: The A’s played their 54th game of the season last night, which is the one-third mark of the season…are on pace centage (.302) to Kansas City (182/.232/.290)…have the fourth most extra to finish the season 69-93, which would match last years record and be base hits in the AL (172)…rank last in the majors in batting with the bases their third straight 90 loss season…the offense is on pace to set Athletics loaded (.139) and second to last in the AL in batting with runners in scoring record for most strikeouts (1503) and fewest triples (12)…the .233 batting position (.208)…leadoff hitters rank last in the majors in batting average average would be the lowest in Oakland history (.236 in 1982) and the .302 (.160) and second to last in on-base percentage (.242)…designated hitters on-base percentage would tie for the lowest (1979)…are on pace for 639 rank last in the AL in RBI (18) and slugging (.350). runs, which would be the fewest in a non-strike season since 1979 (573), PITCHING: The A’s allowed a season-high 13 runs on a season-high 20 and 234 home runs, which would be fourth most in Oakland history and the hits last night, topping the previous highs of 12 runs on May 21 against most since 2000 (239)…the pitching staff is on pace for 93 wild pitches, Boston and 19 hits on May 23 against Miami…have allowed 37 runs over which would set an Athletics record, and 69 hit batters, which would set an the last four home games and opponents are batting .356 (58-for-163) over Oakland record…are on pace for 120 unearned runs, which would set an that stretch…have compiled a 5.94 ERA (62 er in 94.0 ip) over the last 11 Oakland record and be the most by an A’s team since 1942 (122)…are on games overall and now have a 4.58 ERA for the season, which is fourth pace for 165 errors, which would rank fourth in Oakland history and be the highest in the American League…lead the AL in wild pitches (31) and are most since 1979 (174). tied for the lead in hit batters (23)…have the fourth lowest opponents slug- ging percentage (.399). INTERLEAGUE PLAY: The A’s are 1-2 in in- MLB BEST ALL-TIME terleague play (1-1 vs. Miami, 0-1 vs. Wash- INTERLEAGUE RECORDS STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are 8-19 with a 4.75 ERA (103 ington)…will also host Atlanta (June 30-July er in 195.0 ip) over the last 36 games after going 9-5 with a 3.79 ERA W L PCT 2) and San Francisco (July 31-Aug. 1) and over the first 18 contests…are 17-24 with a 4.44 ERA for the season… travel to Miami (June 13-14), New York (July New York (AL) 219 154 .587 Boston 219 155 .586 the losses are second most in the American League…lead the AL in op- 21-23), San Francisco (Aug. 2-3) and Phila- Los Angeles (AL) 207 166 .555 ponents slugging percentage (.393) and have the fourth lowest opponents delphia (Sept. 15-17)…went 7-13 (.350) in Chicago (AL) 202 167 .547 batting average (.244)…are tied with St. Louis for the fewest home runs in interleague play last year, which was the Detroit 199 166 .545 the majors (34). fifth worst record in the majors and the worst Oakland 199 168 .542 mark by an American League team…it was THIS AND THAT: The A’s are 2-8 in replay challenges while opposing the second worst interleague mark in Oakland history (5-13 in 2009)… managers are 10-6…through games of Thursday, the A’s success ratio of finished with a losing record against the National League for the first time 20.0% was second worst in the majors (MIL, 1-6)…have used a different since 2011 and just the sixth time in 20 years of interleague play…are lineup in each of their last 49 games…have used 52 different lineups over- 199-168 (.542) all-time in interleague games, which is sixth best in Major all in 54 games…the only repeated lineup is the Opening Day lineup, which League history. has been used three times (games 1, 2 and 5)…the went 12-15 (.444) in the month of May, which was the third worst record in the American HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 0-1 on this six-game homestand against League…have now posted a losing record in seven consecutive months, Washington (0-1) and Toronto (three games)…went 4-2 on the last home- which is their longest such streak since May 1997-May 1998 when they stand against Boston (3-1) and Miami (1-1) and have won 13 of the last 19 also had seven straight months with a losing record (excludes October). home games…are 15-11 (.577) at home compared to 8-20 (.286) on the road…have the second worst road record in the majors (PHI, 7-21)…went A’s vs. NATIONALS: The A’s lost the first meeting of 2017 last night and 2-5 on the last road trip to New York-AL (1-2) and Cleveland (1-3) and have are now 3-4 all-time against the Nationals…this is just the third series be- lost 18 of the last 23 road games…have not lost a series over their last six tween the two clubs…last met in 2014 when the A’s swept a three-game home series (5-0-1)…have lost each of the last seven road series, which series in Oakland, May 9-11…the A’s were swept in the first meeting in is their longest such streak since April 22-June 9, 2005 when they dropped 2005 at RFK Stadium, June 7-9…Oakland is the only team that has never seven in a row…are 5-1-2 in home series compared to 1-8-0 in road series. played a game at Nationals Park…the A’s also swept a three-game series from the Expos in 2003 and are 6-4 all-time against the Nationals/Expos. THE LONG BALL...: The A’s have hit 78 home runs, which ranks fourth in the American League and is second most in Athletics history after 54 TODAY’S TIDBITS games…the 2000 A’s had 79 (hit two in game 55)…Khris Davis leads the Yonder Alonso is tied for fifth in the American League with a career-high A’s with 16 home runs and Yonder Alonso has 15…the 31 combined home 15 home runs…leads AL first baseman in on-base percentage (.385) runs match the most by a Major League duo (Bour and Stanton, MIA)… and slugging percentage (.671), is tied for the lead in home runs (15) each of the A’s last six runs and 116 of their 213 runs (54.5%) for the and ranks third in RBI (32)…Khris Davis has homered six times in his season have come on home runs…are 22-21 when homering, 1-10 when last 17 games and is tied for second in the AL in home runs (16)…Chad going homerless…the mark when going homerless is second worst in the Pinder has six home runs in his last 15 games and seven for the sea- AL (DET, 1-14)…despite allowing five home runs last night, the pitching son, which is tied for third among AL rookies.