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 Boston Red Sox (15-17) at Oakland Athletics (12-22) Monday, May 11 2015 w O.co Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E LOB Boston 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 5 10 0 9 Oakland 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 13 1 11 W — Barnes (1-0) L — Castro (0-1) S — None OAKLAND NOTES • The Oakland Athletics have lost a season-high six in a row...are batting just .221 (49-for-221) with 17 runs scored and 13 walks during the losing streak... have lost more than five straight games for just the second time in the last four years (previous: 9, May 22-June 1, 2012)...are 10 games under .500 for the first time since finishing the 2011 season 14 under (74-88)...are 0-1 on this six-game homestand against Boston (0-1) and Chicago-AL (three games). • The A’s have committed at least one error in each of their last nine games, including a season-high four on Saturday...have 13 errors during that stretch and 34 overall...the errors have led to 20 unearned runs. • Scott Kazmir is 1-0 with a 0.90 ERA (2 er in 20.0 ip) in three starts at home this season. • Edward Mujica made his Athletics debut in the top of the eighth inning...was acquired from the Red Sox on Saturday. • Billy Butler (3-for-5, r, 2b, rbi) recorded his second three-hit game and 10th multiple hit contest of the year...has a .323 (64-for-198) career average against Boston. • Ike Davis left the game in the fourth inning with a strained left quad. • Brett Lawrie (2-for-5) snapped an 0-for-11 streak with his second-inning single...recorded his eighth multiple hit game of the season. • Josh Reddick (2-for-4, r, 2 bb) snapped an 0-for-10 streak with his first-inning single. • Eric Sogard (2-for-5) is 9-for-25 (.360) over his last seven games...recorded his seventh multiple hit game of the season. • Stephen Vogt (1-for-4, 2b, 2 rbi) is batting .313 (10-for-32) with four home runs and 12 RBI in 10 games in May. Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Scott Kazmir 6.0 4 2 2 4 3 0 111/68 Evan Scribner 0.2 3 2 2 0 0 0 14/11 Fernando Abad 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2/1 Edward Mujica 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16/12 Tyler Clippard 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 27/14 Angel Castro (L, 0-1) 1.0 2 1 1 2 1 1 22/12 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher BOSTON NOTES • The Boston Red Sox have won two in a row...are 3-7 in their last 10 games...are 2-2 on this 10-game road trip to Toronto (1-2), Oakland (1-0) and Seattle (four games). • Rick Porcello’s 14-inning scoreless streak was snapped by Billy Butler’s RBI single in the third inning...the streak dated back to the third inning of his April 29 start against Toronto. • Mookie Betts (2-for-5, 2 rbi, bb) extended his career-best hitting streak to nine games with his fifth-inning RBI single...is 12 for 35 (.343) with four doubles, a triple, three homers and six RBI during the streak. • David Ortiz (2-for-5, 2b, rbi) has reached base in each of his last 12 games...is batting .318 (14-for-44) with a .373 OBP during that stretch...recorded his second three-hit game and eighth multiple hit contest of the season. • Dustin Pedroia (1-for-4, r, rbi, 2 bb) has now reached base in each of his last 16 games...has recorded at least one hit in 13 of his last 14 contests...is batting .300 (27-for-90) over his last 24 games. • Blake Swihart (2-for-5, 2 r, 2b) recorded his first career multiple hit game. Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Rick Porcello 5.0 9 3 3 1 3 0 101/64 Alexi Ogando 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 16/13 Craig Breslow 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 11/9 Junichi Tazawa 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8/6 Tommy Layne 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11/7 Koji Uehara 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5/4 Matt Barnes (W, 1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 27/17 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Sandoval (4) 11 0-2 1 RF Castro Time of Game ...................................................... 3:57 Streak ..................................................................... L6 Day/Night ................................................. 1-10 / 11-12 First Pitch ..................................................... 7:07 p.m. Homestand ............................................................ 0-1 April/May/June .....................................9-14 / 3-8 / 0-0 Temperature ............................................. 56 degrees Last 5 ..................................................................... 0-5 July/Aug./Sept. ......................................0-0 / 0-0 / 0-0 Last 10 ................................................................... 2-8 Today’s Attendance ......................................... 19,743 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7 ....... 6-3 / 6-19 Attendance Total .............................................311,157 Series Record ..................................................... 2-6-2 A’s/Opponents score first ........................... 10-9 / 2-13 Average (14 games) ........................................ 22,226 Series First Game.................................................. 6-5 Leading after 7th/8th inning ....................... 11-3 / 12-1 Win/Lose in Last AB ............................................. 0-9 vs. AL West ........................................................ 10-16 Tied After 7th/8th inning ................................. 0-5 / 0-5 Extra Innings.......................................................... 0-6 vs. RHP/LHP ............................................. 11-17 / 1-5 Trailing After 7th/8th inning ........................ 1-14 / 0-16 Overall Record................................................... 12-22 Home/Road ............................................... 4-10 / 8-12.