OAKLAND ATHLETICS Post Game Notes Oakland Athletics Baseball Company 7000 Coliseum Way Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 Public Relations Facsimile 510-562-1633 www.oaklandathletics.com New York Yankees (30-23) at Oakland Athletics (27-29) Tuesday, May 31, 2011 Overstock.com Coliseum, Oakland, Calif. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB New York 2 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 10 12 1 7 Oakland 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 9 1 7 WP — Garcia (4-4) LP — Anderson (3-5) SV — None OAKLAND NOTES The Oakland Athletics have lost their past two games after winning a season-high four games in a row…went 14-15 in the month of May and have now finished with a losing record in the month in five of the past seven seasons…have now lost nine consecutive series to the Yankees, which is an Oakland record for consecutive series lost to any team…also have a nine-game losing streak against New York, which is an Oakland record for consecutive losses to the Yankees…are 3-2 on this six-game homestand against Baltimore (3-0) and New York (0-2). Brett Anderson allowed career highs with 10 runs (previous: 9, May 15, 2009 at DET) and 11 hits (previous: 10, twice; last: July 30, 2010 at CWS)…is 1- 4 with a 5.36 ERA (26 er in 43.2 ip) over his last seven starts after going 2-1 with a 1.56 ERA over his first five…allowed two home runs in 5.1 innings after allowing four home runs in 73.0 innings over his first 11 starts…is 0-4 with a 6.53 ERA (22 er in 30.1 ip) in five career starts against the Yankees. David DeJesus (2 for 3) hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning and is now batting .311 (19 for 61) over his last 18 games. Mark Ellis (2 for 4) committed a throwing error in the third inning, snapping his 35-game streak in which he had not made an error. Kevin Kouzmanoff (1 for 3) has hit safely in his past four games (6 for 13, .462) after missing six games due to a strained groin. Andy LaRoche (2 for 3) hit a triple in the third inning…it was his first triple since August 1, 2009 and sixth of his career. Saturday’s game between the A’s and Red Sox in Boston will now begin at 1:10 p.m. EDT. Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Brett Anderson (L, 3-5) 5.1 11 10 9 3 3 2 103/65 Brad Ziegler 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 13/8 Michael Wuertz 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21/11 Craig Breslow 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10/7 Joey Devine 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19/15 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher David DeJesus (5) 5th 1-0 2 RF Garcia NEW YORK NOTES The New York Yankees have won 10 of their past 14 games after a season-high six-game losing streak…have won their last nine games against the A’s…it is their longest winning streak against the A’s since they also won nine straight from August 6, 1964 to April 18, 1965…are 3-2 on this nine-game road trip through Seattle (1-2), Oakland (2-0) and Los Angeles (three games). Freddy Garcia made his 300th career start in the American League, becoming the fifth active pitcher to reach the plateau…earned his first road win of the season and is now 1-1 with a 3.43 ERA (8 er in 21.0 ip) in four games, three starts, on the road. Curtis Granderson (3 for 5) had a season-high four RBI, his first game of four or more RBI since he had five on September 20 of last season against Tampa Bay…homered off Anderson in the first inning…has now hit nine of his 17 home runs this season against left-handed pitchers, which are the most home runs against left-handers in the majors. Alex Rodriguez (3 for 4) hit a two-run single in the sixth inning following a Teixeira intentional walk…is 7 for 9 (.778) with 21 RBI in 11 career plate appearances following a Teixeira intentional walk…is batting .383 (23 for 60) with eight RBI and 10 runs scored over his past 14 games. Mark Teixeira (1 for 4) is on a season-high eight-game hitting streak (10 for 33, .303)...had his streak of six consecutive games with at least one RBI snapped, which was the second-longest such streak of his career (eight games, Sept. 21-28, 2007 with ATL). Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Freddy Garcia (W, 4-4) 7.0 9 3 3 2 5 1 98/63 Luis Ayala 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10/8 Lance Pendleton 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16/9 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Curtis Granderson (17) 1st 1-1 2 RF Anderson Robinson Cano (11) 5th 1-0 2 RF Anderson Time of Game ................................................... 2:48 Overall Record .......................................... 27-29 Home/Road ....................................................... 14-14/13-15 First Pitch .................................................... 7:06 pm Streak ........................................................ Lost 2 Day/Night ............................................................ 13-9/14-20 Temperature .......................................... 57 degrees Homestand .................................................... 3-2 April/May/June ........................................... 13-14/14-15/0-0 Last Five ........................................................ 3-2 July/Aug./Sept. ................................................... 0-0/0-0/0-0 Attendance ..................................................... 22,581 Last 10 ........................................................... 5-5 Total ............................................................. 519,522 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7 .......... 14-10/13-19 Average (28 games) ...................................... 18,554 Series Record ................................................ 0-2 A’s/Opponents score first ................................... 21-9/6-20 Series First Game ....................................... 7-12 Leading after 7th inn/8th inn ................................. 22-3/23-1 Win/Lose in Last At-Bat ................................... 5-11 vs. AL West ............................................... 12-10 Tied after 7th inn/8th inn ............................................ 0-6/1-9 Extra Innings ...................................................... 5-7 vs. RHP/LHP ...................................... 17-24/10-5 Trailing after 7th inn/8th inn .................................. 5-20/3-19 .