2018 Oakland A’s Expanded Game Notes includes: Traditional Game Notes Roster Supplemental Bios Full Upcoming Probable Pitcher Pages Expanded Game Notes Complete Transactions Spring Training Statistics Monthly Statistics Please consider the environment before printing this document. To print traditional Game Notes, print from page 2 to 9. OAKLAND ATHLETICS GAME INFORMATION Oakland Athletics Baseball Company • 510-638-4900 • athletics.com • A’s PR @AsMediaAlerts Get the latest A’s notes, full stat packets, clips, press releases, roster, updated media guide and more at pressbox.athletics.com OAKLAND ATHLETICS (34-33) VS. HOUSTON ASTROS (43-25) WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2018 — OAKLAND COLISEUM — 7:05 P.M. PDT RHP PAUL BLACKBURN (1-0, 1.50) VS. RHP GERRIT COLE (7-1, 2.16) NBCSCA — A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) — EN ESPAÑOL (KIQI 1010 AM) ABOUT THE A’S: Are 4-4 over the last eight games and 11-11 over the last 22… League…lead the majors with 694 assists…A’s outfielders have more errors are 34-33 for the season and have been exactly .500 a total of 11 times this (6) than assists (5)…the assists are five fewer than any other AL team and year…went 5-10 (.333) over the first 15 games, 20-12 (.625) over a 32-game tied for second fewest in the majors (Washington, 4). stretch from April 15-May 20, and are 9-11 (.450) in 20 games since then… are in fourth place in the American League West and are a season-high nine ON THE BASES: The A’s are 12-for-25 (48.0%) in stolen base attempts…have games out of first place (are 8½ games behind the second wild card)…have the lowest stolen base percentage in the majors, the fewest stolen bases been alone in fourth every day dating back to April 25 and have spent 65 of and are tied with Miami for the fewest attempts…opponents have stolen 46 76 days this year in fourth…also have one day tied for first, one day tied for bases, which is second most in the American League (Toronto, 52), but they second, two days tied for third and seven days tied for fourth. have been caught stealing 18 times, which is tied for second most (Toronto, 20). THE WEST AND THE REST: The A’s have lost nine of their last 10 games against American League West teams…are 10-22 (.313) against the West for the HOMESTANDS AND ROAD TRIPS: The A’s are 3-2 on this 10-game homestand season compared to 24-11 (.686) against all other teams…have the second against Kansas City (3-1), Houston (0-1) and Los Angeles-AL (three games)… worst intradivision record in the AL (Baltimore 9-22, .290) and third worst it is the second of three 10-game homestands this year and it concludes a in the majors (Cincinnati, 7-21, .250)…are 4-11 (.267) against the West at stretch where Oakland will play 20 of 25 games at home…went 4-6 on the home…after this series, the A’s will host the Angels…then face non AL West last homestand and are 18-17 at home for the season…went 2-3 on the last teams in 35 of 43 games from June 19-Aug. 8…are batting .231 (245-for- road trip to Kansas City (2-1) and Texas (0-2) and are 16-16 on the road. 1061) and are averaging 3.47 runs per game (111 runs in 32 games) against ONE-RUN GAMES AND OTHER CLOSE CALLS: The A’s improved to 11-7 (.611) the AL West, .250 (309-for-1234) with an average of 5.17 runs per game (181 in one-run games on Sunday, which is the fifth best record in the American runs in 35 games) against everyone else…the pitching staff has a 4.89 ERA League…also improved to 7-5 in games decided in the last at bat and the 12 (152 er in 280.0 ip) against the AL West, 3.05 (110 er in 324.2 ip) against all last at bat games are tied for third fewest in the AL…are 3-3 in extra inning other teams. games…have three walk-off wins. HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are batting .224 (263-for-1172) and are averaging THE SEVENTH INNING OR LATER: The A’s have compiled a 3.29 ERA (74 er in 3.46 runs per game at home (121 runs in 35 games) compared to .259 and 202.2 ip) in the seventh inning or later, which is third lowest in the Ameri- 5.34 runs per game on the road…rank last in the American League in batting can League…have a 4.21 ERA (188 er in 402.0 ip) over innings one through average and runs per game at home but are second in runs per game and six…are 25-0 when leading after seven innings and are the only team in the fourth in batting on the road…have hit 27 home runs at home compared to majors that has not lost a game when leading after seven innings …are 30-0 55 on the road…lead the majors in home runs on the road and are tied for when leading after eight inning and are one of three AL teams without a the fourth fewest at home…have homered in 19 consecutive road games, loss in those games (New York, Seattle, Texas)…are 0-30 when trailing after which is two short of the Athletics record (21, July 21-Sept. 13, 2013)…have eight innings and are one of five AL teams without a win (Baltimore, Chi- a 3.30 ERA (121 er in 330.0 ip) at home compared to 4.62 on the road…have cago, Houston, Tampa Bay). the second lowest home ERA in the AL (Houston, 3.06) and the fifth highest road ERA…have allowed 34 home runs at home, which is ninth fewest in the TIME OF GAME: The A’s have played five consecutive games under 3 hours for majors, compared to 51 on the road, which is the most in the majors. the first time this year and are averaging 2:32 over that stretch…now have an average time of game of 2:46 over the last 20 games after averaging 3:07 LEFT AND RIGHT: The A’s are 26-19 (.578) in games started by right-handed over the first 47 contests…are averaging 3:01 for the season, which is third pitchers compared to 8-14 (.364) in games started by left-handers…the re- fastest in the American League. cord against is fourth worst in the American League…have lost each of their last six games against southpaws but are 13-6 against righties over that THE DISABLED LIST: The A’s have seven players on the disabled list (Anderson, stretch, which dates back to May 16…are 2-9 against left-handed starters Buchter, Cotton, Gossett, Joyce, Powell, Triggs)…Cotton and Powell are on the at home. 60-day DL…Buchter and Powell are on rehab assignments…have used the DL 16 times this year…have had at least four players on the DL every day since PITCHING: The A’s allowed six runs last night after yielding seven runs total Aug. 24, 2015, at least three every day since July 30, 2011 and have not had in the four-game series against Kansas City…had a 5.05 ERA and .287 oppo- fewer than two players on DL since end of 2006 season (1). nents batting average over the first 15 games this year, a 4.03 ERA and .246 opponents average over a 29-game stretch from April 15 to May 17, and cur- A’s vs. ASTROS: The A’s are 1-6 against the Astros…are 1-2 in Houston and rently have a 3.01 ERA (70 er in 209.0 ip) and .207 (157-for-757) opponents 0-4 in Oakland…defeated the Astros 8-1 in the first game this year but have batting average over the last 23 contests…overall, have the fourth fewest been out-scored 49-12 over the last six contests…the six-game losing streak walks per nine innings in the American League (2.75) and the second fewest is second longest in Oakland history against Houston (10, July 20, 2016-April strikeouts per nine innings (7.32)…are tied with Pittsburgh for the most wild 28, 2017)…have lost 25 of the last 33 games to the Astros…have dropped 14 pitches in the majors (42). of the last 18 in Oakland and 18 of the last 24 in Houston…have lost each of the previous three season series and are 23-41 (.359) against the Astros over STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are 6-5 with a 3.22 ERA (36 er in the last four years after winning each of their first four season series against 100.2 ip) and .214 (79-for-369) opponents batting average over the last 16 Houston (31-13, .705)…are 54-54 overall and have never trailed in the all- games…have allowed one run or fewer seven times over that stretch and time series…are 29-26 in Oakland and 25-28 in Houston. two runs or fewer 10 times…are second in the majors in fewest walks per nine innings (2.33) to Cleveland (2.21)…the A’s have used 11 different start- TODAY’S TIDBITS ing pitchers, which is tied with the Dodgers for second most in the majors Matt Chapman tied an Oakland record with three doubles last night (28th (Tampa Bay, 13)…this marks the fifth consecutive season the A’s have used time)…leads Major League third baseman in total chances (237), putouts 11 or more starters.