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 Baltimore Orioles (13-9) at Oakland Athletics (13-10) Thursday, April 25, 2013 O.co Coliseum 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB Baltimore 0 0 3 0 1 2 2 2 0 10 15 2 10 Oakland 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1 8 W — Hammel (3-1) L — Parker (0-4) S — None OAKLAND NOTES The Oakland Athletics have lost six of the last seven games and are now 4-8 since the nine-game winning streak…however, are 13-10 (.565) overall, which is the sixth best record in the American League. The A’s are 11-2 against American League West competition and 2-8 against everyone else…are 1-6 in this 10-game stretch against the AL East (0-3 vs. Tampa Bay, 1-2 at Boston, 0-1 vs. Baltimore). Jarrod Parker has lost each of his first four decisions, which is the longest losing streak of his career (previous: 3, August 1-19, 2012). A’s starting pitchers are 5-8 with a 6.12 ERA (58 er in 85.1 ip) over the last 16 games…that includes 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA (4 er in 20.0 ip) in three starts by Bartolo Colón and 3-8 with a 7.44 ERA (54 er in 65.1 ip) by everyone else. Jed Lowrie (1 for 3, bb) has 31 hits and the Oakland record for most hits in the month of April is 33 (Stan Javier, 1994; Ben Grieve, 1998). A’s pitching coach Curt Young was ejected by first base umpire Jim Reynolds in the top of the third inning. Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Jarrod Parker (L, 0-4) 5.1 8 6 6 3 5 1 98/62 Chris Resop 0.2 2 2 2 2 0 0 29/16 Pat Neshek 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 16/10 Jesse Chavez 2.0 4 2 1 0 1 0 42/29 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher None BALTIMORE NOTES The Baltimore Orioles scored a season-high tying 10 runs (also: April 18 vs. Tampa Bay)…have won six of the last eight games…are 1-0 on this 11-game road trip to Oakland (1-0), Seattle (three games) and Los Angeles (four games). The Orioles have won 101 consecutive regular season games when leading after seven innings…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, that is the second longest streak for any team since 1961 (116, New York-AL, 1998-99)…their last loss when leading after seven was August 8, 2011. Jason Hammel is 3-0 with a 2.50 ERA (5 er in 18.0 ip) in three starts on the road compared to 0-1 with a 5.68 ERA (8 er in 12.2 ip) in two starts at home…is 4-1 with a 3.75 ERA (10 er in 24.0 ip) in seven career appearances against Oakland, including three starts. Chris Davis (2 for 3, r, hr, 2 rbi, 2 bb, so) is 12 for 29 (.414) with four multiple hit games, three doubles, two home runs and five RBI in his past eight games. Adam Jones (3 for 5, 2 r, 2b, rbi, so) had a season-high tying three hits (fourth time)…has reached base safely in 21 of the Orioles 22 games…has at least one hit in 20 of those contests. Nate McLouth (2 for 5, 2 r, 2b, 2 rbi, bb, so, 2 sb) has reached base safely in 15 of his last 25 plate appearances…is 8 for 18 (.444) with seven walks in six games over that span…had a career-high tying two stolen bases (fifth time, last: Sept. 3, 2008 at Cincinnati). Pitching Lines IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches/Strikes Jason Hammel (W, 3-1) 6.0 3 2 0 2 2 0 104/59 Troy Patton 2.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 29/14 T.J. McFarland 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16/12 Home Runs Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Chris Davis (8) 6th 1-0 1 LF Parker Time of Game ................................................... 3:15 Overall Record .......................................... 13-10 Home/Road ............................................................... 6-5/7-5 First Pitch .................................................... 7:07 pm Streak ........................................................ Lost 2 Day/Night ................................................................ 3-4/10-6 Temperature .......................................... 58 degrees Homestand .................................................... 0-1 April/May/June ............................................... 13-10/0-0/0-0 Last Five ........................................................ 1-4 July/Aug./Sept. ................................................... 0-0/0-0/0-0 Attendance ..................................................... 11,220 Last 10 ........................................................... 4-6 Total ............................................................. 204,312 A’s Starter goes 7 or more/Less than 7 .................. 4-1/9-9 Average (11 games) ...................................... 18,574 Series Record ................................................ 0-1 A’s/Opponents score first ....................................... 9-6/4-4 Series First Game ......................................... 4-4 Leading after 7th inn/8th inn ................................. 12-0/11-0 Win/Lose in Last At-Bat ..................................... 2-0 vs. AL West ................................................. 11-2 Tied after 7th inn/8th inn ............................................ 1-0/1-0 Extra Innings ...................................................... 1-0 vs. RHP/LHP ............................................ 9-8/4-2 Trailing after 7th inn/8th inn .................................. 0-10/0-10 .