O AKLAND A THLETICS Post Game Notes Oakland Athletics Baseball Company7000 Coliseum WayOakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900www.athletics.comA’s PR on Twitter @AsMediaAlerts OAKLAND ATHLETICS (44-59) VS. MINNESOTA TWINS (50-51) FRIDAY, JULY 28, 2017 — OAKLAND COLISEUM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Minnesota 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 6 11 0 Oakland 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 2 Win: Jaime Garcia (5-7) Loss: Daniel Gossett (2-6) Save: Brandon Kintzler (28) OAKLAND NOTES MINNESOMINNESOTA NOTESTA NOTES • Daniel Gossett (3.2 ip, 9 h, 5 r, 4 er) turned in his shortest • Jaime Garcia (6.2 ip, 3 r, 7 so) made his first start with the start since his major league debut on 6/14/2017 at Miami... Twins since being acquired from the Braves on 7/4/2017. tonight, Gossett lasted only 3.2 innings and allowed five Tonight’s win was ’s first career start at Oakland. runs, four of which came in the top of the 4th inning. • Garcia Zack Granite (2 for 5) extended his hiting streak to eight With his two-run double in the 4th inning, Ryan Lavarnway • • games, the longest of his major league career. He has also (1 for 3, 2b, 2 rbi) recorded his first hit and his first runs bat- reached base in his past ten games. ted in as an Athletic. Brian Dozier (1 for 5, rbi) recorded the first 4-strikeout game Prior to tonight, Lavarnway’s most recent hit was 10/4/2015 • • of his career (793 games). vs. STL, and his most recent RBI came on 8/23/15 at Chica- go-NL, both while he was a member of the Atlanta Braves. • Joe Mauer (0 for 3, 2 bb) reached base for the 12th consec- utive game. • Marcus Semien (2 for 4, r, 2b) has reached base in each of his last ten games and is hitting .395 over that span (since • Ehire Adrianza (2 for 3, r) set a new career high with his 7/18/2017 vs. Tampa Bay). 24th hit of the season. • Ryon Healy (1 for 4) snapped an 0-for-18 streak with his • Every single Twin in the batting order reached base at least single in the 5th inning. once. • Athletics pitchers allowed seven walks, the most allowed by HOME RUNS the team since 7/3/2017 vs. Chicago-AL...was the fifth time Player Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher that Oakland pitchers have allowed seven or more bases on balls in a game this season. • Chad Pinder went 1 for 3 in his rehab start with the Nashville Sounds today. HOME RUNS Player Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Time of Game................................................3:19 Streak................................................................. L5 vs. RHS/LHS........................................34-45/10-14 First Pitch................................................... 7:07 pm Homestand.......................................................0-1 July..................................................................9-14 Temperature........................................64 degrees Last 5...............................................................0-5 Today’s Attendance....................................17,727 Last 10.............................................................2-8 Attendance Total.......................................970,536 Home/Road........................................28-24/16-35 Average (52 games)...................................18,664 Day/Night.................................................20-21/24-38.