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 Minnesota Twins (50-40) at Oakland Athletics (41-51) Friday, July 17, 2015 w O.co Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Minnesota 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 8 1 6 Oakland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 7 W — Santana (1-0) L — Gray (10-4) S — None OAKLAND NOTES • The Oakland Athletics are 7-10 over the last 17 games but are 27-21 since bottoming out at a season-high 16 games under .500 (14-30) at the conclusion of play on May 22...are 0-1 on this six-game homestand against Minnesota (0-1) and Toronto (three games). • Sonny Gray allowed the first grand slam of his career...allowed a season high tying five earned runs (also June 19)...had his three game winning streak snapped...had a 2.78 ERA (11 er in 35.2 ip) in five starts over that span. • Billy Burns (1 for 4, sb) snapped his 0-for-14 streak with a single in the eighth inning...is batting .358 (44-for-123) at home compared to .257 (39-for-152) on the road. • Brett Lawrie (1 for 4) snapped his 0-for-14 streak with a single in the seventh inning...has a nine-game hitting streak against the Twins (14-for-39, .359)...is a .346 (28-for-81) career hitter against Minnesota. • Stephen Vogt (1 for 4) is a .310 (13-for-42) career hitter against the Twins with four home runs and 14 RBI in 13 games...the only team he has more home runs against is the Angels (5). Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes . Sonny Gray (L, 10-4) 6.0 5 5 5 3 4 2 94/63 Dan Otero 1.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 16/14 Fernando Abad 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17/10 Fernando Rodriguez 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22/17 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher None MINNESOTA NOTES • The Minnesota Twins are on a four-game winning streak ...are19-24 on the road compared to 31-16 at home...are 1-0 on this six-game road trip to Oakland (1-0) and Los Angeles-AL (three games). • Ervin Santana earned his first win as a Twin...is 15-6 with a 2.03 ERA (42 er in 186 ip) in 27 starts in his career against the A’s. • Brian Dozier (1 for 4, 2 r, hr, rbi, bb, 2 so) hit his fifth leadoff home run of the season, the 12th of his career. • Torii Hunter (2 for 5, so) is batting .358 (39-for-109) with 10 home runs and 27 RBI over his last 27 games against the A’s. • Trevor Plouffe (2 for 4, r, hr, 4 rbi) hit his second career grand slam, both this year (also May 3)...is batting .368 (14-for-38) over his last 10 games. Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Ervin Santana (W, 1-0) 7.2 5 0 0 1 1 0 103/69 Brian Duensing 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 22/14 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Brian Dozier (20) 1st 2-2 1 LF Gray Trevor Plouffe (12) 6th 0-2 4 LF Gray Time of Game ...................................................... 2:42 Streak ..................................................................... L1 April/May/June ............................. 9-14 / 11-19 / 15-12 First Pitch ..................................................... 7:08 p.m. Homestand ............................................................ 0-1 July/Aug./Sept. ......................................6-6 / 0-0 / 0-0 Temperature ............................................ 67 degrees Last 5 ..................................................................... 2-3 Last 10 ................................................................... 4-6 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7 . 23-10 / 18-41 Today’s Attendance ......................................... 23,462 Series Record ........................................................ 0-1 A’s/Opponents score first ......................... 33-19 / 8-32 Attendance Total ..........................................1,007,711 Series First Game.............................................. 16-14 Leading after 7th/8th inning ....................... 37-5 / 38-1 Average (45 games) ........................................ 22,394 vs. AL West ........................................................ 21-24 Tied After 7th/8th inning ................................. 2-5 / 3-5 Win/Lose in Last AB .............................................3-11 vs. RHP/LHP ........................................... 36-34 / 5-17 Trailing After 7th/8th inning ........................ 2-41 / 0-45 Extra Innings.......................................................... 1-6 Home/Road ........................................... 18-27 / 23-24 Overall Record................................................... 41-51 Day/Night ............................................... 15-21 / 26-30.