2013 Oakland A’s Expanded Game Notes includes: Traditional Game Notes Full Upcoming Probable Pitcher Pages Roster Supplemental Bios Expanded Game Notes Transactions Spring Training Statistics Monthly Statistics Please consider the environment before printing this document. To print traditional Game Notes, print from page 2 to 10. OAKLAND ATHLETICS Game Information Oakland Athletics Baseball Company 7000 Coliseum Way Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 Public Relations Facsimile 510-562-1633 www.oaklandathletics.com A’s AT A GLANCE OAKLAND ATHLETICS (71-53) VS. SEATTLE MARINERS (57-67) Season High 63-43 (July 29) TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2013 – O.CO COLISEUM – 7:05 P.M. PDT Season Low 0-2/20-22 (April 2/May 15) RHP SONNY GRAY (1-1, 1.00) VS. LHP JOE SAUNDERS (10-12, 4.87) April 16-12 May 16-12 CSNCA – A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) – EN ESPAÑOL (KIQI 1010 AM) June 16-11 July 15-10 ABOUT THE A’s August 8-8 September 0-0 ABOUT THE A’S: Have won two straight, four of the last five and seven of the last 11 games after losing six of Home Series 12-7-1 Road Series 10-8-2 the previous seven contests…went 12-4 over the first 16 games this year (second best record in the majors Series Sweeps 9-3 through April 18), 6-15 from April 19 to May 10 (tied for the worst in the majors), 20-6 from May 11 to June 7 First Game of Series 27-14 (best in the majors), 6-9 from June 8 to 24 (tied for second worst in the majors), 19-9 from June 25 to July 29 Last Game of Series 24-16 (third best in the majors), 1-6 from July 30 to August 7 (second worst in the majors) and are 7-4 since August 8 A’s Score First 45-18 (sixth best in the majors)…are 15-14 since the All-Star Break after going 56-39 before the break…are in second Opponent Scores First 26-35 th th place in the American League West for the 10 consecutive day and trail Texas by ½ game…currently have the Leading After 7 55-2 second Wild Card spot, ½ game behind Tampa Bay and four games ahead of third place Baltimore…have Leading After 8th 60-1 Tied After 7th 12-7 spent 57 days in sole possession of first, nine days tied for first, 63 days in second, four days tied for second, Tied After 8th 7-5 one day in third, two days tied for fourth and one day in fifth…the A’s are 212-173 (.551) since Bob Melvin took Trailing After 7th 4-44 over as manager June 9, 2011, which is the eighth best record in the majors over that span. Trailing After 8th 3-47 Commit No Errors 44-25 STARTING PITCHING: Jarrod Parker tossed the A’s fifth complete game of the season last night, which is tied Commit 1 or More Errors 27-28 for second in the American League…A’s starters have allowed one earned run or fewer six of the last eight More HR Than Opp. 45-5 games and are 2-2 with a 2.08 ERA (12 er in 52.0 ip) over that span…are 36-19 with a 3.23 ERA (185 er in Fewer HR Than Opp. 9-32 516.0 ip) over the last 82 games (since May 17) after going 14-21 with a 5.09 ERA over the first 42 Same Total HR of Opp. 17-16 contests…are 50-40 with a 3.82 ERA (321 er in 756.1 ip) for the season…lead the AL in complete game Starter Pitches 7 or More 33-14 shutouts (4), rank second in ERA, third in innings and tied for third in wins…the A’s have used just seven Starter Pitches Less Than 7 38-39 starting pitchers this year, which is their fewest since employing six in 2004…in the majors, only Detroit has When Scoring 4 or More 56-11 When Scoring Less Than 4 15-42 used fewer starters this year (6)…the A’s started a right-handed pitcher in 13 consecutive games from August Last At Bat 15-9 3-17, which was their longest such streak since July 21-Oct. 2, 1999 when they did it in 68 consecutive Different Lineups 106 games…the average age of the A’s starting rotation is 24.4 years, with Milone the oldest at 26. PITCHING: The A’s have allowed two runs or fewer in five of the last eight games and have a 2.19 ERA (18 er A’s vs. MARINERS in 74.0 ip) over that span…now have a 3.54 ERA for the season, which is third lowest in the American The A’s trail in the season series, League…have walked just 315 batters, which is the fewest in the majors…are on pace to walk 412 batters…the 6-8…are 4-4 in Oakland and 2-4 in Oakland record for fewest walks in a non-strike season is 415 in 1976…have the lowest opponents on-base Seattle…over the previous seven percentage in the AL (.297) and the second lowest batting average (.242) and slugging percentage (.381)…the seasons, the A’s have won the last time the A’s finished the season with an on-base percentage under .300 was in 1972 (.284)…have allowed season series in even numbered fewer than 10 runs in 101 consecutive games, which matches the third longest streak in Oakland history…it is seasons (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) the longest since a 101-game streak from July 21, 1974-May 18, 1975…have not had a streak longer than 101 and the Mariners have won in odd numbered years (2007, 2009, games since a 139-game streak from May 20, 1972-April 18, 1973…it is the second longest streak by an AL 2011)…the A’s are 77-70 (.524) team since 1992 (Toronto, 136 from May 17, 2008-April 24, 2009)…have not allowed 10 runs in a game since against Seattle since 2006…all- April 25 against Baltimore. time, the A’s are 310-232 (.572) against Seattle, which is the CLOSE CALLS: Four of the first seven games on the homestand have been decided by one run and the A’s second best mark by any team are 2-2 in those games…are 23-16 (.579) in one-run games for the season…rank third in the American League against the Mariners to Boston’s in one-run wins and have the fourth best record…are 7-5 (.583) in extra inning games, which is the fourth best .581 mark (min. 20 games)…are record in the AL…have seven “walk-off” wins…are 15-9 in games decided in the last at bat. 172-99 in Oakland, 137-132 in Seattle and 1-1 in Tokyo. DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have committed 17 errors in the last 18 games, which has led to 13 unearned runs…made 61 errors over the first 106 games leading to 23 unearned runs…have turned 91 double plays, MLB BEST RECORDS, which is second fewest in the majors (Cincinnati, 89)…rank last in the majors in assists (1070). LAST TWO YEARS OFFENSE: The A’s are hitting .227 (264 for 1161) with 129 runs scored (3.69 runs per game) over the last 35 W L PCT games (since July 8)…are batting .244 for the season, which is fourth lowest in the American League…A’s Atlanta 170 116 .594 outfielders have combined for a Major League low .222 (321 for 1447) batting average…the lowest mark by A’s Cincinnati 168 119 .585 outfielders since at least 1916 is .228 in 1979…A’s designated hitters are batting .211 (92 for 435), which is Oakland 165 121 .577 third lowest in the AL…it is currently second lowest in A’s history (.203 in 1987)…have hit 17 home runs in the Texas 165 122 .575 last 13 games after homering just twice over the previous seven contests…have 448 walks, which ranks second Tampa Bay 161 124 .565 in the AL…have 16 sacrifice hits, which is tied for the fewest in the majors. TODAY’S TIDBITS IN THE PINCH: A’s pinch hitters are batting .143 (15 for 105), which is the second lowest mark in the American League (Baltimore, .141)…the lowest mark in Oakland history is .141 in 1994…lead the AL in strikeouts (32), Ryan Cook has not allowed an rank second in home runs (4), walks (16) and plate appearances (123) and tied for second in RBI (13)…the 16 earned run in 20 of his last 21 walks are the most by an A’s team since 2000 (21), the 123 plate appearances are the most since 2001 (128) appearances (0.41 ERA) and has a 1.95 ERA for the season, which and the home runs are the most since 2002 (5). th ranks 10 among American HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 4-3 on this nine-game homestand against Houston (1-2), Cleveland (2-1) and League relievers. Seattle (1-0)…this homestand is part of a stretch where the A’s will play 19 of 25 games (July 25-Aug. 21) and 29 of 42 (July 25-Sept. 8) at home…went 5-5 on the last homestand against Los Angeles (3-1), Toronto (1-2) Jed Lowrie collected his 33rd double of the season yesterday, and Texas (1-2)…have another 10-game homestand from Aug.