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 (35-46) VS. PITTSBURGH PIRATES (40-41) SUNDAY, JULY 3, 2016 — OAKLAND ALAMEDA COLISEUM — 1:05 P.M. PDT RHP DANIEL MENGDEN (1-3, 2.81) VS. LHP FRANCISCO LIRIANO (4-8, 5.33) CSNCA — A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) — EN ESPAÑOL (KIQI 1010 AM) ABOUT THE A’S: Have a three-game losing streak after winning six of the HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 1-3 on this five-game homestand against previous seven contests…are now 7-5 over the first 12 days of this 20-day San Francisco (1-1) and Pittsburgh (0-2)…went 3-6 on the last homes- stretch without a day off that takes the A’s into the All-Star Break…are 22- tand and are 17-25 (.405) at home for the season, which is the third worst 34 (.393) since the start of May after going 13-12 (.520) in April…are 35-46 home record in the American League…leave following the game today for (.432) for the season, which is the fourth worst record in the American a seven-game road trip to Minnesota (three games) and Houston (four League…are in fourth place in the AL West for the eighth consecutive day games)…went 5-1 on the last road trip to Los Angeles-AL (3-1) and San and trail first place Texas by 16½ games, which is one-half game short of Francisco (2-0) and are 18-21 (.462) on the road…started the year 7-0 the season high…since divisional play began in 1969, this is just the fourth on the road, went 5-20 from April 23 to June 11 and are 6-1 over the last time in Oakland history the A’s have trailed by 16½ or more games before seven games…are batting .240 (331-for-1382) at home compared to .267 the All-Star Break (1979, 1986 and 2001)…have spent one day in sole (370-for-1386) on the road…have the third lowest home batting average in possession of first place, five days tied for first, four days in second, four the AL and the fourth highest road batting average…have a 4.11 ERA (173 days tied for second, 15 days in third, eight days tied for third, 24 days in er in 379.0 ip) at home compared to 5.44 (204 er in 337.2 ip) on the road. fourth, nine days tied for fourth and 20 days in fifth. EXTRA INNINGS AND ONE-RUN GAMES: The A’s fell to 2-2 in extra THE HALFWAY POINT: The A’s played their 81st game of the season inning games with the loss last night…it was their first extra inning game last night, which marked the halfway point of the season…the A’s 35-46 at home since Aug. 18, 2015 vs. Los Angeles (NL), snapping a streak of record matches the sixth worst mark in Oakland history after 81 games 60 consecutive home games without an extra inning game…that was the and is the worst since the 2009 club also started the year 35-46…the of- second longest such streak in Oakland history (74, May 29, 1970-May 2, fense has walked 200 times and are on pace for 400, which would be 1971)…have lost 10 of their last 14 one-run games after winning five of the the fewest in Athletics history in a 162-game season (421 in 1966)…have first eight…are 9-13 (.409) in one-run games for the season, which is the a .306 on-base percentage, which would be the lowest by an A’s team third worst record in the American League since 1979 (.302)…have a 4.73 ERA, which would be the A’s highest since 1998 (4.81)…have 39 wild pitches and are more than halfway to the Oak- LEFT AND RIGHT: The A’s are 9-10 (.474) in games in which the opponent land record of 72 set in 1979…have allowed 99 home runs and are on starts a left-handed pitcher compared to 26-36 (.419) against righties…the pace for 198, which would be the second highest total in Oakland history 19 games against left-handed starters are fourth fewest in the American (205 in 1996)…the pitching staff has 605 strikeouts and are on pace for League…are batting .261 against left-handed pitchers, .251 against right- 1210, which would be the second highest total in Athletics history (1244 handers. in 2014)…the defense has turned 88 double plays and is on pace for 176, THIS AND THAT: The A’s have played two of their three longest nine-in- which would be the second highest total in Oakland history (195 in 1996). ning games of the season in the last five days (3:53 on Tuesday, 3:43 last night) and are averaging 3:16 over the last nine games…however, are INTERLEAGUE PLAY: The A’s are 5-8 MLB BEST ALL-TIME (.385) in interleague play (1-3 vs. Milwau- INTERLEAGUE RECORDS averaging 2 hours and 59 minutes per game for the season, which is tied kee, 1-2 vs. Cincinnati, 3-1 vs. San Fran- for the fastest in the majors…A’s pinch hitters are tied for the American cisco, 0-2 vs. Pittsburgh)…after this three W L PCT League lead in RBI (11) and rank second in hits (14) and plate appear- New York (AL) 205 146 .584 game series with the Pirates the A’s will host ances (63)…today’s game concludes a 20-game stretch in which the A’s Boston 203 149 .577 played all of their games in California. Chicago (Aug. 5-7) and travel to St. Louis Los Angeles (AL) 200 159 .557 (Aug. 26-28)…went 11-9 (.550) against the Chicago (AL) 194 155 .556 THE DISABLED LIST: The A’s placed Josh Phegley on the 15-day dis- National League last year…it marked the Oakland 196 161 .549 abled list today and now have nine players on the DL (Alvarez, Bassitt, fourth consecutive season and 12th time in Canha, Doolittle, Doubront, Fuld, Parker, Phegley, Sogard)…have used 19 years the A’s finished with a winning record in interleague play…are the disabled list 18 times this year and players on the DL have combined now 196-161 (.549) all-time in interleague play, which is fifth best in Major to miss 751 games (41.7 games per stint)…factoring in retroactive place- League history. ments, the A’s have had at least nine players on the DL every day since May 9…have had at least six players on the DL all year…have had at least OFFENSE: The A’s had their season-best streak of 10 consecutive games with a home run end last night…now have 15 home runs in the last 11 three players on the DL every day since July 30, 2011…have not had fewer games…nine of the A’s last 12 home runs and 16 of the last 25 have come than two players on the DL since the end of the 2006 season when they with runners on base…are batting .271 (188-for-693) with 107 runs scored had just one. over the last 20 games (5.4 runs per game)…for the season, have the A’s vs. PIRATES: The A’s have lost the first two games of 2016 and have lowest on-base percentage in the American League (.306), rank second now lost each of their last three games against the Pirates after winning in fewest walks (200) and fewest strikeouts (543) and fourth in fewest each of the first 11…are 11-3 all-time against Pittsburgh, including 6-2 in doubles (129). Oakland and 5-1 in Pittsburgh…this is the first meeting between the two clubs since 2013 in Pittsburgh and the first meeting in Oakland since 2010. STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers have allowed 17 runs in 15.0 innings over the last three games (10.20 ERA) after yielding 28 runs in TODAY’S TIDBITS 74.2 innings over the previous 13 contests (2.89 ERA)…are 21-36 with a is batting .324 (23-for-71) with five home runs, 17 RBI and 5.12 ERA (246 er in 432.1 ip) for the season…are tied with Kansas City for Khris Davis 13 runs scored over his last 18 games… has stranded all 34 the fewest innings pitched in the American League, rank second in most Ryan Dull of his inherited runners and opponents are 1-for-46 (.022) with runners losses and highest ERA and tied for third in fewest wins. in scoring position…Marcus Semien has five home runs in his last 10 PITCHING: The A’s have compiled a 5.09 ERA (97 er in 171.2 ip) over games and 17 for the season, which is a career high, the most among the last 19 games and have a 4.73 ERA for the season, which is second American League shortstops and tied for second among Major League highest in the American League…also have the second highest opponents shortstops…Danny Valencia is batting .313, which ranks ninth in the AL batting average (.273) and on-base percentage (.337) and third highest among players with 200 or more plate appearances.