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O AKLAND A THLETICS Game Information Oakland Athletics Baseball Company 7000 Coliseum Way Oakland, CA 94621 510-638-4900 www.athletics.com A’s PR on Twitter @AsMedia Alerts World Champions...1910 1911 1913 1929 1930 1972 1973 1974 1989 American League Champions...1902 1905 1910 1911 1913 1914 1929 1930 1931 1972 1973 1974 1988 1989 1990 ABOUT THE A’S: Had their season-best three-game winning streak snapped yesterday…have split the first two games of this series and have not won a series since taking two of three at Texas May 1-3…have lost 15 of the last 20 games and are now 9-23 (.281) over the last 32 games (be- ginning April 23) after starting the year 8-8…are 17-31 (.354) overall, which is the worst record in the American League and second worst in the majors (Milwaukee, 16-31)…it matches the third worst record after 48 games in Oakland history and is the worst since the 2005 club also started the year 17-31…are in fifth place in the AL West for the 19th consecutive day and trail first place Houston by a season-high tying 13½ games…it marks the second time in Oakland history the A’s have trailed by more than 13 games before the end of May…trailed by 14 games in 2001 from May 29-31… have spent six days in sole possession of first, three days tied for first, five days in second, three days tied for second, two days in third, five days tied for third, seven days in fourth, one day tied for fourth and 19 days in fifth… the A’s three-game winning streak from May 23-25 was their first winning streak longer than two games since Aug. 7-9, 2014 when they also won three straight…split the four-game series at Tampa Bay over the weekend, snapping a five-series losing streak. STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers have gone four consecutive games without allowing an earned run for the first time since Aug. 9-13, 1928 (Ehmke, Quinn, Earnshaw, Grove)…starters have allowed one run in 28.0 innings over the last four games and are 4-7 with a 2.31 ERA (22 er in 85.2 ip) over the last 14 games…have a 3.28 ERA (104 er in 285.1 ip) for the season, which is the lowest in the American League and third lowest in the majors…are tied with Pittsburgh and Washington for the fewest home runs in the majors (19)…rank second in the AL in innings pitched (285.1). PITCHING: The A’s have not allowed an earned run in three of the last four games (2 er in 36.0 ip, 0.50 ERA) and now have a 2.66 ERA (36 er in 122.0 ip) over the last 14 games…have a 3.72 ERA for the season, which ranks fifth in the American League…have two shutouts in the last four games and seven for the season, which is the most in the AL and tied for second most in the majors (San Francisco, 8)…rank fourth in the AL in strikeouts (365) but have the second most walks (149)…are tied for second in fewest home runs (38) and tied for third in pickoffs (4). DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have committed at least one error in 20 of the last 23 games (29 errors total) and have 50 errors for the season, which is 10 more than any other team (Milwaukee and Texas, 40)…the er- rors have led to 30 unearned runs, which is the most in the majors. OFFENSE: The A’s were shutout for the fifth time yesterday, which is tied with Tampa Bay for the most in the American League…went 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position last night, marking the third time this year they have gone hitless with 10 or more at bats with RISP…are 18-for-130 (.138) with RISP over the last 13 games and have scored just 37 runs over that span (2.85 per game)…are hitting .174 (32-for-184) with RISP over the last 20 games after hitting .310 with RISP over the first 28 contests…rank second in the AL in stolen base percentage (29-for-35, 82.9%) and third in triples (12). ONE-RUN GAMES AND OTHER CLOSE CALLS: The A’s were shutout 1-0 last night, which was their first 1-0 loss to Detroit since July 16, 1976 at Tiger Stadium (Fidrych 11-inning complete game)…are now 2-14 (.125) in one-run games, which is the worst record in the majors…also lead the majors in one-run losses and are tied for fourth in one-run games…are 0-9 in one-run games at home, which is the longest such losing streak in Ath- letics history (dating back to 1901)…lost the final two one-run home games of 2014 and have not won a one-run game at home since Sept. 6, 2014 (4-3 vs. Houston)…are 3-20 (.130) in games decided by two runs or fewer and have the most losses and worst record in the majors in those games… are 0-6 in extra inning games and the six-game extra inning losing streak matches the longest such streak by an A’s team over the last 20 years (May 18-July 5, 2011 and May 21-July 25, 1999)…are tied with Pittsburgh for the Major League lead in extra inning losses and have the second most extra inning games in the American League (Seattle, 7)…are 0-9 in games decided in the last at bat…also lost their final last at bat game of 2014 and the 10-game losing streak in games decided in the last at bat matches the longest such streak in Oakland history (May 14-July 17, 1989)…are the only team without a last at bat win and are tied with Pittsburgh and Seattle for the most losses. HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 1-1 on this seven-game homestand against Detroit (1-1) and New York-AL (four games)…have yet to win a home series this year (five losses, one split)…went 1-5 on the last homes- tand against Boston (1-2) and Chicago-AL (0-3), the A’s second consecu- tive 1-5 homestand…have lost 13 of their last 16 home games and are 6-15 (.286) at home for the season, which is the worst home record in the majors…it matches the 1994 A’s for the worst record after 21 home games in Oakland history…a loss today would give the A’s their worst record after 22 home games in Oakland history…have finished with a losing record on all three homestands…the last time the A’s had three straight losing homestands in one season was in 2005…finished with a losing record on each of the final two homestands of 2014 and the streak of five consecu- tive losing homestands matches the longest in Oakland history (last four of 1978, first of 1979)…went 3-4 on the last road trip to Houston (1-2) and Tampa Bay (2-2)…have lost nine of the last 12 road games and are 11-16 (.407) for the season. IN MAY: The A’s are 8-17 (.333) in May, which is the worst record in the American League and tied for second worst in the majors…the 17 losses are the A’s most in May since 2009 when they went 11-18…that was also the last time the A’s lost more than 17 games in any month…have clinched a losing record in May, their fourth consecutive month under .500 dating back to last August…prior to that, had 14 straight months with a winning record NIGHT AND DAY: Have won each of their last three day games after losing 13 of the first 14 day games…are now 4-13 (.235) during the day compared to 13-18 (.419) at night…have the second worst record in day games in the majors (Cincinnati, 3-13) and are tied for the most losses… are batting .241 (140-for-580) with 63 runs scored during the day (3.71 per game) compared to .263 (290-for-1104) with 140 runs at night (4.52 per game). LEFT AND RIGHT: The A’s are 1-10 when the opponent starts a left-hand- ed pitcher compared to 16-21 when they start a right-hander…the mark against lefties is the worst in the majors…are batting .212 (83-for-392) against lefties compared to .269 (347-for-1292) with 38 of their 42 home runs off righties…the mark against lefties is second lowest in the American League (Boston, .208) and the mark against righties is third highest. THE DISABLED LIST: The A’s have nine players on the disabled list (Crisp, Davis, Griffin, Ladendorf, Mujica, O’Flaherty, Parker, Pomeranz, Thompson)…Griffin, Parker and Thompson are on the 60-day DL…have had at least seven players on the DL all year and have used it a total of 15 times…used it 18 times last year after using it 13 times in 2013…have not had fewer than two players on the DL since the end of the 2006 season when they had just one. A’s vs. TIGERS: The A’s have split the first two games of 2015 after los- ing the season series last year, 5-2…split four games in Oakland but were swept in a three-game series at Detroit…over the previous six seasons, the A’s have won one season series, lost three and split two…are 22-26 against the Tigers since the start of the 2009 season…since moving to Oakland in 1968, the A’s are 246-241 against the Tigers…that includes 138-108 in Oakland, 106-131 in Detroit and 2-2 in Las Vegas…all-time, the A’s are 914-994 against the Tigers. TODAY’S TIDBITS Josh Reddick is batting .423 (22-for-52) at home, which is the best home batting average in the majors…Stephen Vogt has hit safely in each of his last eight regular season games against Detroit (12-for-29, .414) and is a .353 (12-for-34) career hitter against the Tigers. THIS DATE IN A’S HISTORY In 1956 Art Ditmar scatters 10-hits and shuts out the Tigers 5-0 in the second game of a doubleheader…in 1984 Rickey Henderson is 3 for 3 with three stolen bases in the A’s 7-1 win over New York…in 1985 Dwayne Murphy leads off the bottom of the 10th inning with a home run to lift the A’s to a 2-1 win over the New York Yankees. PITCHING PROBABLES Thu., May 28 vs. New York (AL) RHP Kendall Graveman (2-2, 6.04) vs. LHP CC Sabathia (2-6, 5.47) 7:05 CSNCA/95.7 FM The Game Fri., May 29 vs. New York (AL) RHP Sonny Gray (5-2, 1.77) vs. LHP Chris Capuano (0-2, 7.36) 7:05 CSNCA/95.7 FM The Game Sat., May 30 vs. New York (AL) RHP Jesse Hahn (2-4, 3.69) vs. RHP Nathan Eovaldi (4-1, 4.27) 7:05 CSNCA/95.7 FM The Game Sun., May 31 vs. New York (AL) RHP Jesse Chavez (1-5, 2.44) vs. RHP Adam Warren (3-3, 3.91) 1:05 CSNCA/95.7 FM The Game Get the latest A’s notes, full stat packets, clips, press releases, roster, updated media guide and more at hp://pressbox.athletics.com OAKLAND ATHLETICS (17-31) VS. DETROIT TIGERS (27-20) WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2015 – O.CO COLISEUM – 12:35 P.M. PDT LHP SCOTT KAZMIR (2-3, 3.09) VS. RHP ALEX WILSON (1-1, 2.29) CSNCA SIMULCAST WITH 95.7 FM – A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) – EN ESPAÑOL (KIQI 1010 AM)

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OAKLAND ATHLETICSGame Information

Oakland Athletics Baseball Company7000 Coliseum WayOakland, CA 94621510-638-4900www.athletics.comA’s PR on Twitter @AsMedia Alerts

World Champions...191019111913192919301972197319741989American League Champions...190219051910191119131914192919301931197219731974198819891990

ABOUT THE A’S: Had their season-best three-game winning streak snapped yesterday…have split the first two games of this series and have not won a series since taking two of three at Texas May 1-3…have lost 15 of the last 20 games and are now 9-23 (.281) over the last 32 games (be-ginning April 23) after starting the year 8-8…are 17-31 (.354) overall, which is the worst record in the American League and second worst in the majors (Milwaukee, 16-31)…it matches the third worst record after 48 games in Oakland history and is the worst since the 2005 club also started the year 17-31…are in fifth place in the AL West for the 19th consecutive day and trail first place Houston by a season-high tying 13½ games…it marks the second time in Oakland history the A’s have trailed by more than 13 games before the end of May…trailed by 14 games in 2001 from May 29-31…have spent six days in sole possession of first, three days tied for first, five days in second, three days tied for second, two days in third, five days tied for third, seven days in fourth, one day tied for fourth and 19 days in fifth…the A’s three-game winning streak from May 23-25 was their first winning streak longer than two games since Aug. 7-9, 2014 when they also won three straight…split the four-game series at Tampa Bay over the weekend, snapping a five-series losing streak.

STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers have gone four consecutive games without allowing an earned run for the first time since Aug. 9-13, 1928 (Ehmke, Quinn, Earnshaw, Grove)…starters have allowed one run in 28.0 innings over the last four games and are 4-7 with a 2.31 ERA (22 er in 85.2 ip) over the last 14 games…have a 3.28 ERA (104 er in 285.1 ip) for the season, which is the lowest in the American League and third lowest in the majors…are tied with Pittsburgh and Washington for the fewest home runs in the majors (19)…rank second in the AL in innings pitched (285.1).

PITCHING: The A’s have not allowed an earned run in three of the last four games (2 er in 36.0 ip, 0.50 ERA) and now have a 2.66 ERA (36 er in 122.0 ip) over the last 14 games…have a 3.72 ERA for the season, which ranks fifth in the American League…have two shutouts in the last four games and seven for the season, which is the most in the AL and tied for second most in the majors (San Francisco, 8)…rank fourth in the AL in strikeouts (365) but have the second most walks (149)…are tied for second in fewest home runs (38) and tied for third in pickoffs (4).

DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have committed at least one error in 20 of the last 23 games (29 errors total) and have 50 errors for the season, which is 10 more than any other team (Milwaukee and Texas, 40)…the er-rors have led to 30 unearned runs, which is the most in the majors.

OFFENSE: The A’s were shutout for the fifth time yesterday, which is tied with Tampa Bay for the most in the American League…went 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position last night, marking the third time this year they have gone hitless with 10 or more at bats with RISP…are 18-for-130 (.138) with RISP over the last 13 games and have scored just 37 runs over that span (2.85 per game)…are hitting .174 (32-for-184) with RISP over the last 20 games after hitting .310 with RISP over the first 28 contests…rank second in the AL in stolen base percentage (29-for-35, 82.9%) and third in triples (12).

ONE-RUN GAMES AND OTHER CLOSE CALLS: The A’s were shutout 1-0 last night, which was their first 1-0 loss to Detroit since July 16, 1976 at Tiger Stadium (Fidrych 11-inning complete game)…are now 2-14 (.125) in one-run games, which is the worst record in the majors…also lead the majors in one-run losses and are tied for fourth in one-run games…are 0-9 in one-run games at home, which is the longest such losing streak in Ath-letics history (dating back to 1901)…lost the final two one-run home games of 2014 and have not won a one-run game at home since Sept. 6, 2014 (4-3 vs. Houston)…are 3-20 (.130) in games decided by two runs or fewer and have the most losses and worst record in the majors in those games…are 0-6 in extra inning games and the six-game extra inning losing streak matches the longest such streak by an A’s team over the last 20 years (May 18-July 5, 2011 and May 21-July 25, 1999)…are tied with Pittsburgh for the Major League lead in extra inning losses and have the second most extra inning games in the American League (Seattle, 7)…are 0-9 in games decided in the last at bat…also lost their final last at bat game of 2014 and the 10-game losing streak in games decided in the last at bat matches the longest such streak in Oakland history (May 14-July 17, 1989)…are the

only team without a last at bat win and are tied with Pittsburgh and Seattle for the most losses.

HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 1-1 on this seven-game homestand against Detroit (1-1) and New York-AL (four games)…have yet to win a home series this year (five losses, one split)…went 1-5 on the last homes-tand against Boston (1-2) and Chicago-AL (0-3), the A’s second consecu-tive 1-5 homestand…have lost 13 of their last 16 home games and are 6-15 (.286) at home for the season, which is the worst home record in the majors…it matches the 1994 A’s for the worst record after 21 home games in Oakland history…a loss today would give the A’s their worst record after 22 home games in Oakland history…have finished with a losing record on all three homestands…the last time the A’s had three straight losing homestands in one season was in 2005…finished with a losing record on each of the final two homestands of 2014 and the streak of five consecu-tive losing homestands matches the longest in Oakland history (last four of 1978, first of 1979)…went 3-4 on the last road trip to Houston (1-2) and Tampa Bay (2-2)…have lost nine of the last 12 road games and are 11-16 (.407) for the season.

IN MAY: The A’s are 8-17 (.333) in May, which is the worst record in the American League and tied for second worst in the majors…the 17 losses are the A’s most in May since 2009 when they went 11-18…that was also the last time the A’s lost more than 17 games in any month…have clinched a losing record in May, their fourth consecutive month under .500 dating back to last August…prior to that, had 14 straight months with a winning record

NIGHT AND DAY: Have won each of their last three day games after losing 13 of the first 14 day games…are now 4-13 (.235) during the day compared to 13-18 (.419) at night…have the second worst record in day games in the majors (Cincinnati, 3-13) and are tied for the most losses…are batting .241 (140-for-580) with 63 runs scored during the day (3.71 per game) compared to .263 (290-for-1104) with 140 runs at night (4.52 per game).

LEFT AND RIGHT: The A’s are 1-10 when the opponent starts a left-hand-ed pitcher compared to 16-21 when they start a right-hander…the mark against lefties is the worst in the majors…are batting .212 (83-for-392) against lefties compared to .269 (347-for-1292) with 38 of their 42 home runs off righties…the mark against lefties is second lowest in the American League (Boston, .208) and the mark against righties is third highest.

THE DISABLED LIST: The A’s have nine players on the disabled list (Crisp, Davis, Griffin, Ladendorf, Mujica, O’Flaherty, Parker, Pomeranz, Thompson)…Griffin, Parker and Thompson are on the 60-day DL…have had at least seven players on the DL all year and have used it a total of 15 times…used it 18 times last year after using it 13 times in 2013…have not had fewer than two players on the DL since the end of the 2006 season when they had just one.

A’s vs. TIGERS: The A’s have split the first two games of 2015 after los-ing the season series last year, 5-2…split four games in Oakland but were swept in a three-game series at Detroit…over the previous six seasons, the A’s have won one season series, lost three and split two…are 22-26 against the Tigers since the start of the 2009 season…since moving to Oakland in 1968, the A’s are 246-241 against the Tigers…that includes 138-108 in Oakland, 106-131 in Detroit and 2-2 in Las Vegas…all-time, the A’s are 914-994 against the Tigers.

TODAY’S TIDBITSJosh Reddick is batting .423 (22-for-52) at home, which is the best home batting average in the majors…Stephen Vogt has hit safely in each of his last eight regular season games against Detroit (12-for-29, .414) and is a .353 (12-for-34) career hitter against the Tigers.

THIS DATE IN A’S HISTORYIn 1956 Art Ditmar scatters 10-hits and shuts out the Tigers 5-0 in the second game of a doubleheader…in 1984 Rickey Henderson is 3 for 3 with three stolen bases in the A’s 7-1 win over New York…in 1985 Dwayne Murphy leads off the bottom of the 10th inning with a home run to lift the A’s to a 2-1 win over the New York Yankees.

PITCHING PROBABLESThu., May 28 vs. New York (AL) RHP Kendall Graveman (2-2, 6.04) vs. LHP CC Sabathia (2-6, 5.47) 7:05 CSNCA/95.7 FM The GameFri., May 29 vs. New York (AL) RHP Sonny Gray (5-2, 1.77) vs. LHP Chris Capuano (0-2, 7.36) 7:05 CSNCA/95.7 FM The GameSat., May 30 vs. New York (AL) RHP Jesse Hahn (2-4, 3.69) vs. RHP Nathan Eovaldi (4-1, 4.27) 7:05 CSNCA/95.7 FM The GameSun., May 31 vs. New York (AL) RHP Jesse Chavez (1-5, 2.44) vs. RHP Adam Warren (3-3, 3.91) 1:05 CSNCA/95.7 FM The Game

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OAKLAND ATHLETICS (17-31) VS. DETROIT TIGERS (27-20)WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2015 – O.CO COLISEUM – 12:35 P.M. PDTLHP SCOTT KAZMIR (2-3, 3.09) VS. RHP ALEX WILSON (1-1, 2.29)

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MONTH BY MONTH: Is 0-3 with a 5.14 ERA (16 er in 28.0 ip) and .291 (32-for-110) opponents batting average in five starts in May after going 2-0 with a 0.99 ERA and .158 opponents average in four starts in April…posted the fourth lowest April ERA in the American League…is now 2-5 with a 3.86 ERA (25 er in 58.1 ip) in 10 starts in May in his two seasons with the A’s comapred to 6-0 with a 1.64 ERA in 10 starts in April.

HOME AND AWAY: Is 1-1 with a 1.85 ERA (5 er in 24.1 ip) and no home runs in four starts in Oakland compared to 1-2 with a 4.06 ERA (14 er in 31.0 ip) and six home runs in five starts on the road…has the seventh lowest home ERA in the American League…tossed 7.0 shutout innings in each of his first two starts at home to become the second A’s pitcher since 1914 on an Opening Day roster to start the season by tossing seven or more innings and not allowing a run in his first two home starts (Tommy Milone, 2012).

WITH RUNNERS ON BASE: Has allowed a .271 (32-for-118) batting av-erage with the bases empty compared to .172 (15-for-87) with runners on base…the mark with runners on base is the lowest among American League pitchers with enough innings to qualify for the ERA title…oppo-nents are 8-for-43 (.186) with runners in scoring position, including 1-for-18 (.056) with RISP and two outs…last year, he held the opposition to a .081 batting average with runners in scoring position and two outs, which was the lowest mark by a Major Leaguer with 162 or more innings pitched since Bobby Bolin had a .079 average with San Francisco in 1965…opponents are now 6-for-80 (.075) off him with RISP and two outs over the last two years.

AGAINST THE CENTRAL: Is 0-2 with a 5.60 ERA (11 er in 17.2 ip) in three starts against American League Central teams compared to 2-1 with a 1.91 ERA (8 er in 37.2 ip) in six starts against everyone else.

OPPONENTS BATTING: Four of the six home runs he has allowed this year have been solo shots…all six have come with no outs…has allowed a .325 (27-for-83) batting average with no outs, .219 (14-for-64) with one out and .103 (6-for-58) with two outs…opponents are batting .145 (16-for-110) with two strikes…has issued 20 of his 22 walks to right-handed hitters…the 22 walks are tied for fifth most in the American League…has yielded a .370 (20-for-54) average and four of his five home runs to batters leading off an inning…has a .685 opponents slugging percentage against batters leading off an inning…the slugging percentage leading off an inning is the highest in the AL among qualifiers for the ERA title and the batting average is second highest.

THIS AND THAT: Is scheduled to make the 250th start of his career to-day…the A’s are 3-6 (.333) in his starting assignments…has received just eight runs of support over his last seven starts (42.1 ip, 1.70 RSA) after getting 18 runs of support in his first two starts…started the season by tossing six or more innings and allowing two runs or fewer in each of his first four starts…that matched the longest season-opening streak by an A’s pitcher on the Opening Day roster since at least 1914 (fifth time, last: Jesse Chavez, 2014)…struck out 10 batters in his first start and eight in his second start to become the only A’s pitcher on an Opening Day roster since at least 1914 to strike out eight or more batters in each of his first two starts of the season.

2015 START-BY-START: He combined with Otero and Alvarez on a three-hit shutout in the A’s 10-0 win over Texas April 8…tossed seven innings and allowed just one hit while striking out 10…it was his 23rd career 10-strikeout game, his second with the A’s…became just the fifth pitcher in Oakland history to strikeout 10 while allowing one hit or fewer, the first since Barry Zito on Aug. 4, 2001 vs. Detroit (10 so, 1 h)…allowed only two base runners as far as second base…was the winning pitcher in the A’s 8-1 win at Houston April 13…retired each of the first nine batters to ex-tend his season-opening scoreless streak to 10.0 innings…had a 4-0 lead when Altuve led off the fourth inning with a home run…that was the only run he would allow and the A’s added with four runs in the fifth…had a no decision in the A’s 4-2 loss at Kansas City April 19…shutout the Royals on two hits over the first four innings and had a 2-0 lead when he allowed a run to score on a ground out in the fifth inning…had a 2-1 lead entering the bottom of the eighth and walked Orlando to start the inning…retired the next batter and was relieved by O’Flaherty who allowed Orlando to score plus two runs of his own for the blown save and loss…had his second con-secutive no decision in the A’s 5-4, 11 inning loss to Houston April 24 in Oakland…tossed 7.0 shutout innings and allowed just five hits while walk-ing three…did not allow a runner past second base…Keuchel shutout the A’s on two hits in nine innings of work and the game was scoreless going into extra innings…both teams scored twice in the 10th inning before the Astros outscored the A’s 3-2 in the 11th…had his third straight no decision in the A’s 7-5 win at Texas May 1…allowed leadoff home runs to Blanks in the second inning and Fielder in the fourth inning…Smolinski added a

sacrifice fly in the fourth and Kazmir left after six innings trailing 3-0…the Rangers built a 5-0 lead before the A’s scored seven times in the eighth for the win…was the losing pitcher in the A’s 13-0 loss at Minnesota May 6…allowed four runs in the third inning on a leadoff home run by Rosario, RBI singles by Hunter and Plouffe and a sacrifice fly by Escobar…yielded two more runs in the sixth inning on a two-run home run by Escobar…Gibson, Pressly and Graham combined to shutout the A’s on six hits…had a no decision in the A’s 5-4, 11-inning loss to Boston May 11….the A’s scored a run in the third, but he allowed a run in the fourth on a Ortiz RBI single…the A’s scored a run in the bottom of the fourth, but he allowed a RBI single to Betts in the fifth…left after six innings with a 3-2 lead, but Scribner allowed two runs in the seventh for the blown save…was the losing pitcher in the A’s 7-3 loss to Chicago (AL) May 17 in Oakland…tossed a season-low 4.1 innings…allowed an unearned run in the first inning and then blanked the White Sox on two hits and a walk over the next three innings…had a 2-1 lead when he allowed four runs, three earned, in the fifth inning…Abreu opened the scoring with a RBI single, Beckham walked with the bases loaded and Ramirez drove in two with a single

LAST START: He extended his losing streak to three games in the A’s 5-2 loss at Tampa Bay last Friday…it was the 250th appearance of his career…the A’s scored a run in the fourth and he blanked the Rays on five hits and three walks over the first four innings…then allowed a three-run home run to Longoria in the fifth inning.

KAZMIR’S 2015 STARTSDate Opponent Score Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR #PITApril 8 Texas 10-0 W 0.00 7.0 1 0 0 2 10 0 95April 13 at Houston 8-1 W 0.69 6.0 3 1 1 3 8 1 91April 19 at Kansas City 2-4 – 1.33 7.1 6 2 2 1 5 0 103April 24 Houston 4-5 (11) – 0.99 7.0 5 0 0 3 7 0 106April Totals (4 games, 4 starts) 2-0 0.99 27.1 15 3 3 9 30 1May 1 at Texas 7-5 – 1.62 6.0 6 3 3 1 6 2 98May 6 at Minnesota 0-13 L 2.75 6.0 7 6 6 2 4 2 99May 11 Boston 4-5 – 2.78 6.0 4 2 2 4 3 0 111May 17 Chicago (AL) 3-7 L 3.08 4.1 7 5 3 3 6 0 103May 22 at Tampa Bay 2-5 L 3.09 5.2 8 3 2 3 4 1 106

KAZMIR vs. DETROIT: Is 5-5 with a 3.51 ERA (82.0 ip, 68 h, 34 r, 32 er, 39 bb, 81 so, 11 hr) in 15 career starts…is 2-2 with a 4.36 ERA (16 er in 33.0 ip) in six starts in his home ballparks and 3-3 with a 2.94 ERA (16 er in 49.0 ip) in nine starts at Comerica Park…went 1-0 with a 1.26 ERA (14.1 ip, 10 h, 2 r, 2 er, 3 bb, 15 so, 2 hr) in two starts last year…the win came in Oakland on May 28, a complete game six-hitter in the A’s 3-1 victory…it was his second career complete game…did not walk a batter and struck out eight…allowed a solo home run to Hunter with two outs in the fourth in-ning…Sanchez shutout the A’s on two hits over the first eight innings but the A’s won on a three-run walk-off home run by Donaldson in the ninth…then had a no decision in the A’s 5-4 loss at Detroit June 30…shut out the Tigers on three hits and two walks over the first five innings but Sanchez also blanked the A’s before Oakland scored a run in the sixth…Kazmir allowed a leadoff home run to Cabrera in the bottom of the sixth and he was relieved two batters later with the scored tied 1-1.

KAZMIR’S CAREER MATCHUPS VS. DETROITPlayer Bat AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SH SF HBP GDP AVG OBP SLGAlex Avila L 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000Miguel Cabrera R 26 8 2 1 2 6 4 6 0 0 0 0 .308 .400 .692Nick Castellanos R 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .400 .000Yoenis Cespedes R 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000Rajai Davis R 21 10 3 1 1 6 0 8 0 0 0 1 .476 .476 .857Jose Iglesias R 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .800 .800 1.000Ian Kinsler R 36 5 2 0 1 4 4 3 0 1 1 1 .139 .238 .278J.D. Martinez R 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .111 .000Victor Martinez S 23 11 3 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 .478 .520 .739

STARTS VS. DETROITDATE H/A DEC IP H R ER BB SO9/3/04 H L 5.0 4 4 4 6 710/2/04 A L 6.0 5 4 4 1 65/19/05 A W 5.2 3 2 2 4 27/8/05 H L 3.0 5 5 5 4 26/12/06 A -- 5.0 4 0 0 2 38/9/07 A W 6.0 3 0 0 1 78/1/08 H -- 4.2 3 2 2 6 59/25/08 A L 5.0 6 4 4 2 84/20/10 H W 5.2 6 2 2 0 75/1/10 A -- 6.0 5 2 1 4 78/7/10 A W 5.0 3 1 0 1 37/8/13 H -- 5.2 4 2 2 3 58/31/13 A L 5.0 7 4 4 2 45/28/14 H W 9.0 6 1 1 0 86/30/14 A – 5.1 4 1 1 3 7

TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: Scott Kazmir (2-3, 3.09 ERA)

KAZMIR’S CAREER HIGHSLow Hit CG: 2, 7/3/06 vs. BOSIP: 9.0 (twice), last: 5/28/14 vs. DETFewest IP, GS: 1.1 (twice), last: 8/31/14 at LAAH: 12, 4/9/06 at TORR: 13, 7/10/10 at OAKER: 13, 7/10/10 at OAKBB: 6 (six times), last: 9/3/10 at OAKSO: 13, 8/25/07 at OAKHR: 4 (twice), last: 9/25/08 at DETPitches: 121, 7/18/05 at BOSWin Streak: 6 (twice), last: 9/21/13 to 4/29/14Loss Streak: 6, 9/19/04 to 5/7/05Scoreless Streak: 18.0, 5/16/06 to 5/26/06Complete Games: 3, last: 9/11/14 at CWSShutouts: 1, 7/3/06 vs. BOS

TOMORROW’S PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERRHP Kendall Graveman (2-2, 6.04 ERA): Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville last Saturday for his second stint with the A’s this year and com-bined with Scribner and Clippard on a six-hit shutout in the A’s 5-0 win at Tampa Bay that day (6.0 ip, 3 h, 2 bb, 6 so)…was on the A’s Opening Day roster and went 1-2 with an 8.27 ERA in four starts before he was optioned to Nashville April 26…went 2-1 with a 1.85 ERA in four starts with the Sounds…allowed one home run in 24.1 innings…went 2-0 with a 0.93 ERA over his final three starts…with the A’s, opponents are 4-for-21 (.190) when leading off an inning…has allowed a .378 (17-for-45) batting aver-age and all three of his home runs with runners on base, .217 (10-for-46) with the bases empty…the opponents two through six hitters in the order are batting a combined .393 (22-for-56), the rest of the order is hitting .143 (5-for-35)…has never faced the Yankees in his career.

KAZMIR BY THE NUMBERS W L ERA G IP ER2015 2 3 3.09 9 55.1 192014 15 9 3.55 32 190.1 75Career 93 82 4.03 250 1425.2 639

Home 1 1 1.85 4 24.1 5Road 1 2 4.06 5 31.0 14Day 0 1 3.86 2 11.2 5Night 2 2 2.89 7 43.2 14Pre-ASB 2 3 3.09 9 55.1 19Post-ASB 0 0 — 0 0.0 0

AVG. AB Hvs. LHH .226 53 12vs. RHH .230 152 35

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TEAM3-12, 4.67 ERA (73 er in 140.2 ip)

Saves/Opportunities: 5-for-13 (38.5%)

• The A’s bullpen has posted a 3.57 ERA (21 er in 53.0 ip) over its last 18 games but has four losses and three blown saves over that stretch…compiled a 7.98 ERA over the previous 15 contests…now has a 4.67 ERA for the season, which is the highest in the American League and second highest in the majors.

• Is tied with Seattle for most losses in the majors (12)…tied for the fewest saves (5) and the lowest save percentage (38.5%) in the majors…is tied for the second bost most blown saves (8) in the AL.

• Has allowed 33-of-87 (37.9%) inherited runners to score, which is the third highest percentage in the AL.

• First batters faced are hitting .271 (35-for-129), which is fourth highest in the AL…have the most first batter RBI in the majors (28) and rank third in home runs (7).

• Has allowed two runs or more in 25 of 49 games…the A’s are 2-23 when the pen allows two runs or more, 14-8 when it allows one run or fewer.

56 LHP FERNANDO ABADLast Outing: 5/22 at Tampa Bay (ND, 0.2 ip, 1 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 0 so)

Saves/Opportunities: 0-2Inherited Runners/Scored: 26/10

First Hitters: 8-19, bb, hbp

• Has pitched fewer than 1.0 innings in each of his last 13 outings (5.0 ip, 8 h, 6 r, 6 er, 2 bb, 4 so, 3 hr, 10.80 ERA), which is the longest such streak in Athletics history…the previous high was 12 by Mike Venafro (July 12-Sept. 22, 2002) and Jay Marshall (May 19-June 14, 2007).

• Has allowed 15 hits, 10 of which are for extra bases (five doubles, one triple, four home runs)…is tied for the lead among American League relievers in extra base hits, has the second highest opponents slugging percentage (.739) and is tied for third in home runs.

• Leads the majors in inherited runners (26) and is tied for the lead in inherited runners scored (10).

• Faced three batters last Tuesday, ending his Athletics record-tying streak of five consecutive games facing just one batter (Mike Mohler, June 1-21, 1993; Buddy Groom, July 5-14, 1998).

• First batters faced are 8-for-19 (.421) with two doubles, a triple, three home runs and 11 RBI…the RBI are the most in the majors and the home runs are tied for the most.

• Has a loss in four career games against Detroit (3.1 ip, 2 h, 1 r, 0 er, 2 bb, 4 so).

Last Year: Posted a 1.57 ERA and allowed just 13.2% (5-of-38) of inherited run-ners to score in a career-high 69 appearances in his first full season in the majors…ranked third among AL relievers in pct. of inherited runners scored and fifth in ERA.

36 RHP TYLER CLIPPARDLast Outing: 5/26 vs. Detroit (ND, 1.0 ip, 1 h, 0 r, 0 er, 2 bb, 0 so)

Saves/Opportunities: 4-5Inherited Runners/Scored: 4/0

First Hitters: 3-16, 2 bb

• Has not allowed a run in 15 of 18 games pitched this season.• Allowed a single to Cabrera last Sunday, the first hit he has yielded to a

left-handed hitter…has allowed a .094 (3-for-32) average against lefties compared to .262 (11-for-42) against righties.

• Has appeared in three career games against the Tigers (3.0 ip, 4 h, 1 r, 1 r, 4 bb, 3 so).

• Allowed a two-run home run to Garcia last Sunday, snapping a six-game, 7.2-inning scoreless streak.

• Has pitched in 389 games since 2010, which is the most in the majors (Belisle, STL 388).

Last Year: Was named to his second National League All-Star team…went 7-4 with a save and a 2.18 ERA in 75 relief appearances…it was his fifth consecutive season with 70 or more games pitched…tied for fourth in the NL in games pitched.

62 LHP SEAN DOOLITTLELast Outing: 5/24 (AAA) at Fresno (ND, 1.0 ip, 2 h, 1 r, 1 er, 0 bb, 1 so, 1 hr)

Saves/Opportunities: 0-0Inherited Runners/Scored: 0/0

First Hitters: 0-0

• Reinstated from the 15-day disabled list yesterday...did not pitch dur-ing the spring and was placed on the 15-day disabled list April 4 with a strained left rotator cuff.

• Has a loss in six career games against Detroit (5.1 ip, 4 h, 5 r, 5 er, 1 bb, 4 so, 1 hr, 8.44 ERA).

• Has not allowed a home run to a lefty since April 28, 2013 (Davis, BAL) and has not walked a lefty since Aug. 16, 2013 (Brantley, CLE).

• Went 0-1 and allowed five earned runs in five innings over his five-game rehab assignment to Single-A Stockton, Double-A Midland, and Triple-A Nashville...his complete stats from his rehab assignment: W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SONasvhille (AAA) 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 3Midland (AA) 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0Stockton (A+) 0 1 18.00 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 4 4 0 2

Last Year: Took over as the A’s closer in May in just his third professional season as a pitcher and saved a team-leading 22 games…set an Athletics record for saves by a left-hander…walked just eight batters in 62.2 innings and struck out 89.

68 RHP ARNOLD LEONLast Outing: 5/24 at Tampa Bay (ND, 1.0 ip, 0 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 2 so)

Saves/Opportunities: 0-0Inherited Runners/Scored: 1/0

First Hitters: 0-4

• Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville last Wednesday and has pitched in three of the A’s five games since then (2.2 ip, 3 h, 1 r, 1 er, 4 so, 1 hr).

• Was called up for the first time April 22 and made his Major League debut that day at Los Angeles-AL (1.0 ip, 2 h, 1 r, 1 er, 1 bb, 1 so)…was optioned back to Nashville the next day.

• Went 0-2 despite a 2.65 ERA in three starts with Nashville following his April 23 option…his complete 2015 stats with the Sounds: W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SONasvhille (AAA) 0 2 4.26 5 5 0 0 0 25.1 27 12 12 9 30

Last Year: Began the season in the St. Louis organization before he was traded to the Oakland organization Aug. 8 for cash…combined for a 9-9 record and a 4.66 ERA in 30 games, including 18 starts, overall with Memphis and Sacramento.

61 RHP DAN OTEROLast Outing: 5/24 at Tampa Bay (ND, 2.0 ip, 3 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 0 so)

Saves/Opportunities: 0-1Inherited Runners/Scored: 17/6

First Hitters: 6-20, bb

• Allowed three runs last Wednesday in Houston after yielding just two runs over his previous 11 games (2.08 ERA).

• Is seventh in the American League in most inherited runners (17).• Has faced the Tigers five times in his career (7.0 ip, 6 h, 1 r, 1 er, 2 bb,

3 so, 1 hr).• Tossed 3.1 scoreless innings last Sunday against Chicago (AL), his sec-

ond outing of three or more innings this year.• Has walked the first batter he has faced just three times in 138 career

appearances. Last Year: Spent nearly the entire season with the A’s and compiled an 8-2 record and a 2.28 ERA in 72 appearances…had a three-day stay with Sacramento but did not pitch…tied for the team lead and tied for 10th in the AL in games pitched.

33 RHP FERNANDO RODRIGUEZLast Outing: 5/24 at Tampa Bay (ND, 0.1 ip, 2 h, 2 r, 2 er, 1 bb, 1 so)

Saves/Opportunities: 0-0Inherited Runners/Scored: 3/1

First Hitters: 0-8, bb

• Did not allow a run over his first four outings and 5.0 innings, but has surrendered seven runs over his past five outings and 4.0 innings.

• Has one career appearance against Detroit (1.0 ip, 1 so).• Tossed 2.1 innings last Tuesday at Houston, which was his longest out-

ing since pitching a career-high 4.1 innings Sept. 24, 2012 against St. Louis.

• Was selected from Triple-A Nashville May 7 and has appeared in eight games since then.

• Held opponents to a .143 batting average with Nashville, which breaks down to .120 against right-handed hitters and .161 against left-hand-ers…his complete stats with the Sounds: W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SONashville (AAA) 0 0 2.81 10 1 0 0 0 16.0 8 5 5 6 18

Last Year: Spent most of the season with Triple-A Sacramento where he was 3-0 with a 1.97 ERA in 38 relief appearances…also went 1-0 with a 1.00 ERA in seven games over two stints with Oakland.

58 RHP EVAN SCRIBNERLast Outing: 5/24 at Tampa Bay (ND, 0.2 ip, 1 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 1 so)

Saves/Opportunities: 0-2Inherited Runners/Scored: 13/7

First Hitters: 7-23

• Allowed just two runs over his first 14 games and 16.1 innings (1.10 ERA), but has allowed six runs (five earned) over his last nine outings and 9.2 innings (4.66 ERA).

• Tied for first in the American League in games pitched (23)…ranks sec-ond among AL relievers in walks per nine innings (0.69), tied for second in strikeout to walk ratio (14.50), third in innings pitched (26.0), and tied for fifth in strikeouts (29).

• Has faced Detroit four times in his career (5.1 ip, 5 h, 3 r, 3 er, 4 bb, 3 so, 5.06 ERA).

• Has a 6.00 ERA (4 er in 6.0 ip) in six outings on no days rest, a 1.35 ERA (3 er in 20.0 ip) in 17 outings on one day of rest or more.

Last Year: Spent most of the season with Triple-A Sacramento where he was 4-1 with 16 saves and a 3.06 ERA in 40 relief appearances…also went 1-0 with a 4.63 ERA in 13 games over four stints with Oakland.

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1 BILLY BURNSCurrent Streak: 1 game (1 for 4)

Detroit Series: 1-8, hbpLast Road Trip: 7-25, 3 r, 3b, hr, 2 rbi, 2 bb, 8 so, 4 sb, cs

• Is 6-for-30 (.200) over his last seven games after hitting safely in a ca-reer-high six consecutive games (10-for-23, .435).

• Is tied for the lead among American League rookies in multi-hit games (8) and is tied for second in stolen bases (7).

• Is batting .328 (20-for-61) against right-handed pitching, .214 (6-for-28) against left-handers.

• Hit the first pitch of the game Sunday at Tampa Bay for his first career home run…it was the A’s first lead-off home run of the season.

• Walked with the bases loaded in the eighth inning last Saturday for his first career RBI…his career-opening streak of 82 at bats without an RBI was the longest in Oakland history and the longest in Athletics history by a non-pitcher…the previous Oakland record was 67 by Jeff Cox (July 1-22, 1980).

• Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville May 2 for his second stint with the A’s this year and has appeared in 22 of 24 games since then in center field (20 starts)…was on the A’s Opening Day roster but did not appear in the first two games before he was optioned to Nashville April 8.

• Appeared in 20 games in center field and one game as a pinch runner with Nashville…his complete stats with the Sounds: AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBPNashville (AAA) .315 21 89 18 28 2 3 0 3 9 17 5 2 .404 .378

Last Year: Went 1-for-6 (.167) in 13 games over two stints with Oakland in his Major League debut…combined to hit .237 with one home run and 28 RBI in 119 games with Midland and Sacramento…tied for fourth in the minors in steals (54).

16 BILLY BUTLERCurrent Streak: 0 for 4

Detroit Series: 2-8, r, rbiLast Road Trip: 7-26, 3 r, 2b, rbi, 3 bb, hbp, 7 so, sf, gidp

• Is batting .275 (25-for-91) over his last 22 games after going 1-for-31 over his previous eight contests.

• Is a .323 (168-for-520) career hitter against Detroit with 11 home runs and 80 RBI in 136 games.

• Has started 46 games at designated hitter, which already matches the most by an A’s DH over the last four years (Smith, 2013; Gomes, 2012)…the last A’s DH with more than 46 starts is Hideki Matsui with 108 in 2011.

• Has grounded into eight double plays, which is tied for third most in the American League.

Last Year: Batted .271 with nine home runs and 66 RBI in 151 games in his eighth and final season with Kansas City…the batting average was a career-low as was his .323 on-base percentage and .379 slugging percentage.

20 MARK CANHACurrent Streak: 4 games (5 for 11)

Detroit Series: 2-6, rbi, so, sfLast Road Trip: 3-12, 2 r, 2b, hr, 3 rbi, 3 bb, 3 so, gidp

• Is batting .179 (10-for-56) with four home runs and nine RBI in May after hitting .279 with two home runs and 10 RBI in April.

• Ranks second among American League rookies in RBI (19) and third in hits (29), home runs (6), walks (12), extra base hits (10) and total bases (51).

• Is hitting .298 (25-for-84) with all six of his home runs against right-handed pitching compared to .100 (4-for-40) against left-handers.

• Snapped a career-high 0-for-20 streak with his second inning single last Saturday at Tampa Bay.

• Has appeared in 23 games (18 starts) in left field, 18 (11 starts) at first base, one at designated hitter (one start) and one at third base.

Last Year: Spent the entire season at Triple-A New Orleans in the Miami farm system where he batted a career-high .303 with 20 home runs and 82 RBI in 127 games…added 57 walks for a career-high .384 on-base percentage.

4 COCO CRISPCurrent Streak: 0 for 12

• Was placed on the 15-day disabled list Saturday retroactive to May 20 with a cervical strain.

• This is his second stint on the DL as he began the season on the DL after undergoing surgery on his right elbow…was reinstated May 6.

Last Year: Batted .246 in 126 games but added a career-high 66 walks for a .336 on-base percentage…stole 19 bases, his 12th consecutive season with 10 or more steals…is one of four in MLB with 10 or more steals in each of the previous 12 seasons.

17 IKE DAVISCurrent Streak: 0 for 1

• Was placed on the 15-day disabled list May 17 retroactive to May 14 with a strained left quad.

Last Year: Batted a combined .233 with 11 home runs and 51 RBI in 143 games with New York (NL) and Pittsburgh… added 63 walks for a .344 on-base percent-age…hit .247 against right-handed pitching, .094 against left-handers.

23 SAM FULDCurrent Streak: 2 games (2 for 8)Detroit Series: 2-8, 2 2b, rbi, 2 so

Last Road Trip: 3-18, 2 rbi, 4 bb, 5 so, cs, gidp

• Is 7-for-67 (.104) with seven walks over his last 26 games.• Had three assists in the four-game series at Tampa Bay and now has

five for the season, which is tied for third among American League out-fielders.

• Last night was his first start against a left-handed pitcher (it was also his first start in right field)…has made 31 of his 32 starts (23 in center field, eight in left field, one in right field) against a right-handed starter…is 24-for-118 (.203) against righties, 1-for-8 (.125) against lefties.

• Is tied for second in the AL in triples (3).• Is batting .260 (20-for-77) at night, .102 (5-for-49) during the day.

Last Year: Began the season with the A’s, was claimed off waivers by Minnesota in mid-April and then returned to Oakland at the trading deadline…combined to hit .239 with four home runs, 36 RBI and 21 stolen bases in 113 games overall.

15 BRETT LAWRIECurrent Streak: 0 for 5Detroit Series: 0-4, so

Last Road Trip: 9-20, 2 2b, 2 rbi, 4 so, sb

• Is batting .314 (27-for-86) in May after hitting .229 in April.• Is hitting .295 (38-for-129) with both of his home runs and 15 of his 16

RBI against right-handed pitching, .200 (8-for-40) against lefties. • Is tied for fifth in the American League in batting with runners in scoring

position (.385) and tied for seventh in strikeouts (49).• Has committed seven errors in his last 28 games (five at third base, two

at second base) after going errorless over his first 16 contests.Last Year: Batted .247 with 12 home runs and 38 RBI in just 70 games in a season shortened by a broken finger and a strained oblique…the home runs were a career high but his batting average was a career low as was his .301 on-base percentage.

50 MAX MUNCYCurrent Streak: 0 for 1

Detroit Series: 1-4, r, 2b, rbi, soLast Road Trip: 4-18, 4 r, 2 2b, hr, rbi, 5 bb, 3 so

• Is batting .243 (9-for-37) in May after going 1-for-7 (.143) in April.• Six of his 10 hits are for extra bases (four doubles, two home runs).• Has just one plate appearance against a left-handed pitcher (walk).• Has made six starts at first base and five at third base.• Was selected from Triple-A Nashville April 25 and is making his Major

League debut…hit .293 with one home run, 10 RBI and 12 walks (.408 on-base percentage) in 15 games with the Sounds.

Last Year: Spent the entire season at Double-A Midland and batted .264 with seven home runs and 63 RBI in 122 games…added 87 walks for a .385 on-base percentage…led the Texas League in walks and on-base percentage.

12 ANDY PARRINOCurrent Streak: 0 for 4Detroit Series: 0-1, so

Last Road Trip: 0-3, bb, 3 so

• Was selected from Triple-A Nashville last Friday and has appeared in three of the A’s five games since then…is 0-for-4 with four strikeouts and a walk…has made one start (shortstop).

• Entered the season with 114 games played in four seasons with the A’s (2013-14) and San Diego (2011-12).

• Was batting .313 in May after hitting .236 in April with the Sounds…ap-peared in 33 games at shortstop, three at second base and two at third base…his complete stats with Nashville: AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBPNashville (AAA) .273 38 139 19 38 6 2 4 12 20 43 0 1 .432 .369

Last Year: Batted .152 with 1 HR and 3 RBI in 21 games over three stints with Oakland…also combined for a .274 batting average with 7 HR and a minor league career-high 57 RBI in 103 games with Triple-A Round Rock and Sacramento.

19 JOSH PHEGLEYCurrent Streak: 0 for 5Detroit Series: 0-2, bb

Last Road Trip: 2-8, 2 so

• Is 4-for-14 (.286) with three walks over his last five games after going 3-for-23 (.130) over his previous eight contests.

• Tossed out three base stealers last night to join Geovany Soto (Sept. 23, 2014) as the only A’s catchers over the last nine years with three catcher caught stealings in a game…has thrown out 6-of-14 (42.9%) for the season.

• Has made 10 of his 14 starts against a left-handed starting pitcher...is 8-for-28 (.286) against lefties, 3-for-20 (.150) against righties.

• Was on the A’s Opening Day roster but has appeared in just 16 of the A’s 48 games.

Last Year: Spent the entire season at Triple-A Charlotte before being promoted to Chicago (AL) Sept. 2…hit .216 with 3 HR and 7 RBI in 11 games with the White Sox…batted .274 with 23 HR and 75 RBI in 107 games with Charlotte.

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A’S HITTING VS. DETROIT2015 CAREER AVG. AB H HR RBI PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI.125 8 1 0 0 Burns .125 8 1 0 0.250 8 2 0 1 Butler .323 520 168 11 80.333 6 2 0 1 Canha .333 6 2 0 1.250 8 2 0 1 Fuld .213 47 10 0 3.000 4 0 0 0 Lawrie .231 26 6 2 4.250 4 1 0 1 Muncy .250 4 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 Parrino .000 7 0 0 0.000 2 0 0 0 Phegley .176 51 9 1 7.400 5 2 0 0 Reddick .290 69 20 2 10.125 8 1 0 0 Semien .193 57 11 1 7.000 3 0 0 0 Sogard .170 53 9 0 4.429 7 3 0 0 Vogt .353 34 12 0 0.500 4 2 0 0 Zobrist .266 192 51 6 24.235 68 16 0 4 TOTALS

A’S CAREER HITTING VS. WILSON

PLAYER BAT AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SH SF HBP GDP AVG OBP SLGBilly Butler R 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000Mark Canha R 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000Sam Fuld L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000Brett Lawrie R 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.000Andy Parrino S 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000Ben Zobrist S 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

22 JOSH REDDICKCurrent Streak: 0 for 2

Detroit Series: 2-5, r, 3bLast Road Trip: 7-30, 2 r, 2b, hr, 2 rbi, bb, 5 so

• Is batting .244 (20-for-82) over his last 21 games after hitting .389 over his first 20 contests.

• Is 2-for-5 (.400) on the homestand and is now batting .423 (22-for-53) at home compared to .255 (26-for-102) on the road…has the best home batting average in the majors.

• Is tied for second in the American League in triples (3), tied for ninth in RBI (30) and multiple hit games (16) and ranks 10th in slugging (.532), and 10th in on-base percentage (.380)…is the seventh toughest to fan (9.5 plate appearances per strikeout).

• Is batting .353 (42-for-119) with all seven of his home runs and 26 of his 30 RBI against right-handers compared to .171 (6-for-35) against left-ies…his average against righties is fifth best in the AL.

• Has four assists, which is tied for fifth among AL outfielders.• Is batting .309 (108-for-349) with 15 home runs and 62 RBI in 100

games dating back to June 24, 2014, the day he was reinstated from his first stint on the disabled list last year.

• Began the season on the disabled list with a strained right oblique…was reinstated April 12 after a two-game rehab assignment with Stockton.

Last Year: Batted .264 with 12 home runs and 54 RBI in 109 games in a season shortened due to two stints on the DL…the games were his fewest in his three seasons with Oakland but his average and .316 on-base percentage were his best.

10 MARCUS SEMIENCurrent Streak: 0 for 5

Detroit Series: 1-8, r, soLast Road Trip: 4-26, r, 2b, 3 bb, 3 so, sb, cs

• Is 2-for-22 (.091) over his last six games after hitting safely in a career-high eight consecutive games (12-for-33, .364).

• Is tied for eighth in the American League in hits (53) and tied for ninth in multiple hit games (16).

• Was caught stealing for the first time Saturday night and is now 7-for-8 (87.5%) in stolen base attempts…is tied for sixth in the AL in stolen base percentage.

• Has committed at least one error in nine of his last 17 games (11 errors total) and now has 17 errors for the season, which is four more than any other player (Desmond, WASH 13)…they are the most errors by an A’s shortstop over the last four years (Pennington, 22 in 2011).

• Has played all but 12 innings at shortstop and has appeared in all 48 of the A’s games…is tied for the Major League lead in games played.

Last Year: Batted .234 with six home runs and 28 RBI in 64 games over two stints with Chicago (AL)…hit .271 against left-handed pitching, .212 against righties…also batted .267 with 15 home runs and 52 RBI in 83 games with Triple-A Charlotte.

28 ERIC SOGARDCurrent Streak: 0 for 4Detroit Series: 0-3, so

Last Road Trip: 7-24, 3 r, 2 rbi, 3 bb, 4 so, sb, gidp

• Is 7-for-35 (.200) over his last 10 games.• Had started 34 consecutive games (33 at second base, one at short-

stop) before getting the night off last night…is batting .266 (33-for-124) over that stretch.

• Has made 33 of his 40 starts against right-handed pitchers…is batting .281 (34-for-121) against righties, .179 (5-for-28) against lefties…has made 266 of his 287 career starts against right-handed starters.

• Has an 80-game homerless streak dating back to his last home run on Aug. 6, 2014 against Tampa Bay…the home run came as a shortstop and he now has a 165-game homerless streak as a second baseman, which is an Oakland record for a second baseman…it is the longest by an Athletics second baseman since Spook Jacobs had a 168-game streak from April 13, 1954 to May 25, 1956.

Last Year: Spent the entire year with the A’s for the second consecutive season and batted .223 with a home run and 22 RBI in 117 games…made 88 of his 92 starts against right-handed pitching (80 at second base, 12 at shortstop).

21 STEPHEN VOGTCurrent Streak: 2 games (3 for 7)

Detroit Series: 3-7, bb, soLast Road Trip: 3-19, 3 r, hr, 3 rbi, 4 bb, 5 so, 2 sf

• Is 12-for-53 (.226) with 11 walks and eight RBI over his last 19 games after batting .372 over his first 25 contests.

• Ranks third in the American League in on-base percentage (.413), fourth in slugging percentage (.595), tied for fifth in RBI (33), seventh in walks (24) and tied for seventh in home runs (10)…is tied for fifth in batting with runners in scoring position (.385).

• Has made 33 of his 36 starts in games in which the opponent starts a right-handed pitcher…is batting .321 (34-for-106) against righties, .280 (7-for-25) against lefties…has made 133 of his 143 starts with the A’s against right-handed starters.

• Has six home runs and 18 RBI in May, both of which are his most ever in a month.

• Tied an Oakland record with two sacrifice flies Sunday at Tampa Bay (27th time, last: Crisp, Sept. 25, 2011)…is tied for the AL lead with four for the season.

• Has hit safely in each of his last eight regular season games against Detroit (12-for-29, .414) and is a .353 (12-for-34) career hitter against the Tigers.

• Hit his 10th home run of the season last Friday night in his 41st game…that surpasses his previous career high of nine in 84 games last year…has 33 RBI, which is two short of his high of 35 in 2014.

• Leads Major League pinch hitters with five walks…that matches the most by an Athletic over the last 15 years (Callaspo, 2014; Myers, 2002).

• Has made 34 of his 36 starts at catcher (two at first base)…has tossed out 5-of-25 (20.0%) attempted base stealers.

• The A’s are 15-21 with him in the starting lineup, 2-10 when he doesn’t start.

Last Year: Began the season at Triple-A Sacramento but was promoted to Oakland June 1 and spent the remainder of the season with the A’s…batted .279 with nine home runs and 35 RBI in 84 games with Oakland.

18 BEN ZOBRISTCurrent Streak: 1 game (2 for 4)

Detroit Series: 2-4, 2bHomestand: 2-4, 2b

• Was reinstated from the 15-day disabled list Monday and went 2-for-4 with a double in his first game yesterday, a start at second base.

• Has made six starts at second base, five in left field, two in right field and one at designated hitter

• Was placed on the DL April 25 with a left medial meniscus tear…had surgery April 28 to perform a medial meniscal debridement of his left knee.

• Went 5-for-16 (.313) with two walks, three runs, three RBI and three strikeouts on a five-game rehab assignment with Single-A Stockton (two games) and Triple-A Nashville (three games)…appeared in two games in left field, two at second base and one at designated hitter

Last Year: Was named the Rays’ MVP by the Tampa Bay Chapter of the BBWAA after batting .272 with 10 home runs and 52 RBI in 146 games…added 75 walks for a .354 on-base percentage…tied for seventh in the American League in walks.

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GA/ LEADER CUM.DATE G OPP W-L SCORE REC POS GB AND LEAD WINNER LOSER SAVE ATT. ATT.4/6 1 TEX W 8-0 1-0 t1 – OAK/HOU/SEA – Gray Gallardo 36,067* 36,0674/7 2 TEX L 1-3 1-1 t2 -½ HOU ½ Lewis Hahn Feliz 15,025 51,0924/8 3 TEX W 10-0 2-1 t1 – OAK/LAA – Kazmir Detwiler 19,479 70,5714/9 4 TEX L 1-10 2-2 t2 -½ LAA ½ Martinez Graveman 16,045 86,6164/10 5 SEA W 12-0 3-2 1 +½ OAK ½ Pomeranz Walker 30,114 116,7304/11 6 SEA L 4-5 (11) 3-3 t1 – OAK/TEX – Olson Abad Rodney 24,355 141,0854/12 7 SEA L 7-8 (10) 3-4 t3 -½ HOU/SEA – Rodney Clippard Medina 32,282 173,367 (7 dates)4/13 8 at HOU W 8-1 4-4 1 +½ OAK ½ Kazmir Feldman 19,279 19,2794/14 9 at HOU W 4-0 5-4 1 +1 OAK 1 Graveman Peacock 18,935 38,2144/15 10 at HOU L 1-6 5-5 1 +½ OAK ½ McHugh Pomeranz 19,777 57,9914/16 OFF DAY 1 +½ OAK ½ 4/17 11 at KC L 4-6 5-6 t2 -½ LAA ½ Davis Otero Holland 39,228 97,2194/18 12 at KC W 5-0 6-6 1 +½ OAK ½ Hahn Ventura Chavez 33,151 130,3704/19 13 at KC L 2-4 6-7 2 -½ HOU ½ Morales O’Flaherty Davis 36,755 167,1254/20 14 at LAA W 6-3 7-7 2 -½ HOU ½ Otero Shoemaker Clippard 35,228 202,3534/21 15 at LAA L 1-14 7-8 2 -1½ HOU 1½ Santiago Pomeranz 32,137 234,4904/22 16 at LAA W 9-2 8-8 2 -½ HOU ½ Gray Salas 30,034 264,5244/23 17 at LAA L 0-2 8-9 2 -1 HOU 1 Tropeano Chavez Street 24,304 288,828 (10 dates)4/24 18 HOU L 4-5 (11) 8-10 t3 -2 HOU 1½ Gregerson O’Flaherty Qualls 18,205 191,5724/25 19 HOU L 3-9 8-11 t3 -3 HOU 1½ Feldman Graveman 24,342 215,9144/26 20 HOU L 6-7 8-12 t3 -4 HOU 2½ Sipp Clippard Gregerson 22,080 237,9944/27 OFF DAY 4 -4½ HOU 34/28 21 LAA W 6-2 9-12 4 -4½ HOU 4 Gray Weaver 17,674 255,6684/29 22 LAA L 3-6 9-13 4 -5½ HOU 4 Morin Cook Street 16,212 271,8804/30 23 LAA L 5-6 9-14 4 -6½ HOU 4 Richards Chavez Street 19,534 291,414 (13 dates)5/1 24 at TEX W 7-5 10-14 4 -6½ HOU 5 Otero Mendez Clippard 29,700 318,5285/2 25 at TEX L 7-8 (10) 10-15 4 -7½ HOU 6 Kela Cook 32,207 350,7355/3 26 at TEX W 7-1 11-15 3 -7½ HOU 7 Gray Gallardo 36,006 386,7415/4 27 at MIN L 7-8 11-16 4 -7½ HOU 7 Hughes Hahn Perkins 20,605 407,3465/5 28 at MIN W 2-1 12-16 3 -6½ HOU 6 Chavez May Clippard 18,135 425,4815/6 29 at MIN L 0-13 12-17 t3 -6½ HOU 5 Gibson Kazmir 18,866 444,3475/7 30 at MIN L 5-6 12-18 t4 -7½ HOU 6 Nolasco Pomeranz Perkins 22,379 466,7265/8 31 at SEA L 3-4 (11) 12-19 5 -7½ HOU 5 Smith Otero 25,187 491,9135/9 32 at SEA L 2-7 12-20 5 -8½ HOU 6 Happ Hahn 37,441 529,3545/10 33 at SEA L 3-4 12-21 5 -8½ HOU 5 Hernandez Chavez Rodney 42,831 572,185 (20 dates)5/11 34 BOS L 4-5 (11) 12-22 5 -9 HOU 5 Barnes Castro 19,743 311,1575/12 35 BOS W 9-2 13-22 5 -8 HOU 4 Pomeranz Masterson 24,605 335,7625/13 36 BOS L 0-2 13-23 5 -9 HOU 4 Miley Gray Uehara 22,389 358,1515/14 OFF DAY 5 -9½ HOU 4½5/15 37 CWS L 6-7 13-24 5 -10½ HOU 4½ Carroll Abad Duke 21,464 379,6155/16 38 CWS L 3-4 13-25 5 -11½ HOU 4½ Danks Rodriguez Robertson 28,445 408,0605/17 39 CWS L 3-7 13-26 5 -12½ HOU 5½ Samardzija Kazmir 33,195 441,255 (19 dates)5/18 40 at HOU W 2-1 14-26 5 -11½ HOU 5½ Mujica Thatcher Clippard 21,724 593,9095/19 41 at HOU L 4-6 14-27 5 -12½ HOU 5½ Hernandez Gray Neshek 17,575 611,4845/20 42 at HOU L 1-6 14-28 5 -13½ HOU 5½ Keuchel Hahn 21,066 632,5505/21 43 at TB L 0-3 14-29 5 -13½ HOU 5½ Colome Chavez Boxberger 10,605 643,1555/22 44 at TB L 2-5 14-30 5 -13½ HOU 4½ Archer Kazmir Boxberger 12,329 655,4845/23 45 at TB W 5-0 15-30 5 -13½ HOU 5½ Graveman Karns 15,207 670,6915/24 46 at TB W 7-2 16-30 5 -13½ HOU 6½ Gray Ramirez 15,692 686,383 (27 dates)5/25 47 DET W 4-0 17-30 5 -12½ HOU 5½ HAHN Greene 25,380 466,6355/26 48 DET L 0-1 17-31 5 -13½ HOU 6½ Price Chavez Soria 22,758 489,393

* indicates sellout. CAPS indicates complete game.

DATE G OPP TIME TV PROMOTION5/27 49 DET 12:35 CSNCA#5/28 50 NYY 7:05 CSNCA Chevrolet Stephen Vogt Referee Bobblehead with sound (15,000 fans)5/29 51 NYY 7:05 CSNCA5/30 52 NYY 7:05 CSNCA5/31 53 NYY 1:05 CSNCA6/1 OFF DAY6/2 54 at DET 4:08 CSNCA6/3 55 at DET 4:08 CSNCA6/4 56 at DET 10:08 CSNCA#6/5 57 at BOS 4:10 CSNCA6/6 58 at BOS 1:05 CSNCA6/7 59 at BOS 10:35 CSNCA6/8 OFF DAY 6/9 60 TEX 7:05 CSNCA6/10 61 TEX 7:05 CSNCA6/11 62 TEX 12:35 CSNCA#6/12 63 at LAA 7:05 CSNCA6/13 64 at LAA 7:05 CSNCA6/14 65 at LAA 12:35 CSNCA6/15 66 at SD 7:10 CSNCA6/16 67 at SD 12:40 CSNCA#6/17 68 SD 7:05 CSNCA6/18 69 SD 12:35 CSNCA#6/19 70 LAA 6:35 CSNCA Fireworks6/20 71 LAA 1:05 CSNCA Sungevity Sonny Gray Solar Powered Gnome (15,000 fans)6/21 72 LAA 1:05 CSNCA6/22 OFF DAY 6/23 73 at TEX 5:05 CSNCA6/24 74 at TEX 5:05 CSNCA6/25 75 at TEX 11:05 CSNCA#6/26 76 KC 7:05 CSNCA6/27 77 KC 1:05 CSNCA 1965 Turn-Back-The-Clock Day/Ross Charlie O. Throwback T-Shirt (20,000 fans)6/28 78 KC 1:05 CSNCA Billy Butler “Country Breakfast” Bowl (15,000 fans)6/29 79 COL 7:05 CSNCA6/30 80 COL 7:05 CSNCA

7/1 81 COL 12:35 CSNCA7/2 82 SEA 7:05 CSNCA7/3 83 SEA 6:05 CSNCA Fireworks7/4 84 SEA 1:05 CSNCA7/5 85 SEA 1:05 CSNCA MLB Network Reusable Tote Bag (20,000 fans)7/6 OFF DAY 7/7 86 at NYY 4:05 CSNCA7/8 87 at NYY 4:05 CSNCA7/9 88 at NYY 10:05 CSNCA7/10 89 at CLE 4:10 CSNCA7/11 90 at CLE 3:35 CSNCA7/12 91 at CLE 10:10 CSNCA7/13 ALL- 7/14 STAR 7/15 BREAK 7/16 (at CIN) 7/17 92 MIN 7:05 CSNCA7/18 93 MIN 6:05 CSNCA Hello Kitty Bobblehead (15,000 fans)7/19 94 MIN 1:05 CSNCA7/20 OFF DAY 7/21 95 TOR 7:05 CSNCA7/22 96 TOR 7:05 CSNCA Root Beer Float Day7/23 97 TOR 12:35 CSNCA# 7/24 98 at SF 7:15 CSNCA7/25 99 at SF 1:05 CSNCA7/26 100 at SF 1:05 CSNCA7/27 OFF DAY 7/28 101 at LAD 7:10 CSNCA7/29 102 at LAD 7:10 CSNCA7/30 103 CLE 7:05 CSNCA7/31 104 CLE 6:35 CSNCA Fireworks8/1 105 CLE 6:05 CSNCA8/2 106 CLE 1:05 CSNCA Mike Gallego Windmill Wind-Up Toy (15,000 fans)8/3 107 BAL 7:05 CSNCA8/4 108 BAL 7:05 CSNCA8/5 109 BAL 12:35 CSNCA#8/6 110 HOU 7:05 CSNCA8/7 111 HOU 7:05 CSNCA8/8 112 HOU 1:05 CSNCA8/9 113 HOU 1:05 CSNCA8/10 OFF DAY 8/11 114 at TOR 4:05 CSNCA8/12 115 at TOR 4:05 CSNCA8/13 116 at TOR 9:35 CSNCA#8/14 117 at BAL 4:05 CSNCA8/15 118 at BAL 4:05 CSNCA8/16 119 at BAL 10:35 CSNCA8/17 120 at BAL 4:05 CSNCA8/18 121 LAD 7:05 CSNCA Mark McGwire Bobblehead (20,000 fans)8/19 122 LAD 12:35 CSNCA8/20 OFF DAY 8/21 123 TB 7:05 CSNCA8/22 124 TB 6:05 CSNCA Chevron Star Wars Fireworks8/23 125 TB 1:05 CSNCA8/24 126 at SEA 7:10 CSNCA8/25 127 at SEA 7:10 CSNCA8/26 128 at SEA 12:40 CSNCA#8/27 OFF DAY 8/28 129 at ARZ 6:40 CSNCA8/29 130 at ARZ 5:10 CSNCA8/30 131 at ARZ 1:10 CSNCA8/31 132 LAA 7:05 CSNCA9/1 133 LAA 7:05 CSNCA9/2 134 LAA 12:35 CSNCA9/3 OFF DAY 9/4 135 SEA 7:05 CSNCA9/5 136 SEA 6:05 CSNCA Fireworks9/6 137 SEA 1:05 CSNCA Breast Cancer Awareness Day9/7 138 HOU 1:05 CSNCA9/8 139 HOU 7:05 CSNCA9/9 140 HOU 7:05 CSNCA9/10 OFF DAY 9/11 141 at TEX 5:05 CSNCA9/12 142 at TEX 5:05 CSNCA9/13 143 at TEX 12:05 CSNCA9/14 144 at CWS 5:10 CSNCA9/15 145 at CWS 5:10 CSNCA9/16 146 at CWS 5:10 CSNCA9/17 147 at CWS 11:10 CSNCA#9/18 148 at HOU 5:10 CSNCA9/19 149 at HOU 4:10 CSNCA9/20 150 at HOU 11:10 CSNCA9/21 OFF DAY 9/22 151 TEX 7:05 CSNCA Team Photo (10,000 fans)9/23 152 TEX 7:05 CSNCA9/24 153 TEX 12:35 CSNCA#9/25 154 SF 7:05 CSNCA9/26 155 SF 1:05 CSNCA9/27 156 SF 1:05 CSNCA9/28 157 at LAA 7:05 CSNCA9/29 158 at LAA 7:05 CSNCA9/30 159 at LAA 4:05 CSNCA10/1 10/2 160 at SEA 7:10 CSNCA10/3 161 at SEA 6:10 CSNCA10/4 162 at SEA 12:10 CSNCA

CSNCA# indicates 95.7 The Game’s radio calls synchronized with live video feeds

2015 OAKLAND ATHLETICS SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

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CLUBLongest Winning Streak ................................................................................ 3, May 23 to 25Longest Winning Streak, Home ..................................................... 1 (six times), last: May 25Longest Winning Streak, Road ...................................................................... 2, April 13 to 14............................................................................................................... 2, May 23 to presentLongest Losing Streak ......................................................................................6, May 6 to 11Longest Losing Streak, Home ........................................................................5, April 11 to 26Longest Losing Streak, Road .......................................................................... 5, May 6 to 10Most Runs, Game, A’s ........................................................................ 12, April 10 vs. SeattleMost Runs, Game, Opponents .............................................14, April 21 at Los Angeles (AL)Most Runs, Inning, A’s ........................................................................7, May 1 at Texas (8th)Most Runs, Inning, Opponents ...................................... 6, April 21 at Los Angeles (AL) (6th)Largest Margin, Victory .............................................................12, April 10 vs. Seattle (12-0)Largest Margin, Loss ................................................. 13, April 21 at Los Angeles (AL) (1-14) ................................................................................................ 13, May 6 at Minnesota (0-13)Most Hits, Game, A’s ............................................................18, April 22 at Los Angeles (AL)Most Hits, Game, Opponents ....................................................... 15, April 17 at Kansas City..............................................................................................15, April 21 at Los Angeles (AL)Most Hits, Inning, A’s .................................................................... 6, April 10 vs. Seattle (4th)............................................................................................... 6, April 22 at Los Angeles (7th)............................................................................................................6, May 1 at Texas (8th)Most Hits, Inning, Opponents ........................................ 6, April 21 at Los Angeles (AL) (6th)Most Home Runs, Game, A’s...................................3 (six times), last: May 24 at Tampa BayMost Home Runs, Game, Opponents ...................................................... 4, April 9 vs. TexasMost Doubles, Game, A’s ..................................................................... 5, April 10 vs. SeattleMost Doubles, Game, Opponents .......................................................5, May 4 at MinnesotaMost Triples, Game, A’s ........................................... 1 (11 times), last: May 21 at Tampa BayMost Triples, Game, Opponents ............................ 1 (five times), last: May 22 at Tampa BayMost Stolen Bases, Game, A’s ...............................................4, April 22 at Los Angeles (AL)Most Stolen Bases, Game, Opponents ................................ 3, April 30 vs. Los Angeles (AL)..........................................................................................................3, May 21 at Tampa Bay..........................................................................................................3, May 24 at Tampa BayMost Strikeouts, A’s Pitchers .................................................................. 15, May 8 at SeattleMost Strikeouts, Opponents Pitchers ..................................................... 14, May 8 at SeattleMost Walks, A’s Pitchers ............................................................................. 9, May 3 at TexasMost Walks, Opponents Pitchers.................................................8, May 15 vs. Chicago (AL)Fewest Hits Allowed, A’s Pitchers ............................................................. 1, April 6 vs. Texas................................................................................................1, April 23 at Los Angeles (AL)Fewest Hits Allowed, Opponents Pitchers ................................................ 5, April 7 vs. Texas................................................................................................5, April 21 at Los Angeles (AL)...............................................................................................................5, May 13 vs. BostonMost Left on Base, Nine Inning Game .......................................13, May 15 vs. Chicago (AL)Most Left on Base, Extra Inning Game ......................................... 11, May 11 vs. Boston (11)Fewest Left on Base, Game ................................................. 3, April 28 vs. Los Angeles (AL)Most Errors, Game ................................................................................... 4, May 9 at Seattle.....................................................................................................4, May 17 vs. Chicago (AL)Largest Comeback in Win .......................................................................... 5, May 1 at Texas Largest Lead Surrendered in Loss ............................................................. 4, May 2 at Texas.............................................................................................................4, May 4 at Minnesota.....................................................................................................4, May 15 vs. Chicago (AL)

INDIVIDUALGrand Slams ..............................................Stephen Vogt, May 4 at Minnesota (Phil Hughes)Pinch Hit Home Runs .....................................................................................................NoneLead Off Home Runs .......................... Billy Burns, May 24 at Tampa Bay (Erasmo Ramirez)Inside-The-Park Home Runs ..........................................................................................NoneGame Ending Home Runs ..............................................................................................NoneBack-to-Back Home Runs ....................Ike Davis and Stephen Vogt, April 17 at Kansas CityLongest Hitting Streak ................................................................ 12, Billy Butler, April 6 to 18........................................................................................12, Josh Reddick, April 22 to May 4Most Runs, Game ............................................................3, Mark Canha, April 10 vs. Seattle.............................................................................. 3, Sam Fuld, April 22 at Los Angeles (AL).......................................................................................3, Billy Burns, May 24 at Tampa BayMost Hits, Game ............................................................ 4, Josh Reddick, May 12 vs. BostonMost Doubles, Game ........ 2 (six times), last: Marcus Semien, April 29 vs. Los Angeles (AL)Most Triples, Game ............................... 1 (12 times), last: Josh Reddick, May 25 vs. DetroitMost Home Runs, Game ........................................ 2, Stephen Vogt, April 17 at Kansas City.............................................................................................2, Stephen Vogt, May 3 at Texas..................................................................................... 2, Marcus Semien, May 10 at SeattleMost Runs Batted In, Game ........................................ 5, Stephen Vogt, May 4 at MinnesotaMost Walks, Game .......................... 2 (13 times), last: Stephen Vogt, May 24 at Tampa BayMost Strikeouts, Game ........................................................ 4, Brett Lawrie, April 7 vs. Texas..........................................................................4, Craig Gentry, April 21 at Los Angeles (AL)Most Stolen Bases, Game ............................................. 2, Marcus Semien, May 9 at SeattleLongest Winning Streak ........................................................4, Sonny Gray, April 6 to May 3Longest Losing Streak ..................................................3, Drew Pomeranz, April 15 to May 7.................................................................................................... 3, Jesse Hahn, May 4 to 20........................................................................................... 3, Scott Kazmir, May 6 to present.......................................................................................3, Jesse Chavez, May 10 to presentMost Strikeouts, Game ..................................................... 10, Scott Kazmir, April 8 vs. Texas............................................................................................. 10, Sonny Gray, May 3 at TexasMost Walks, Game ................................................................ 7, Sonny Gray, May 3 at TexasMost Innings, Game, Starter .......................................... 9.0, Jesse Hahn, May 25 vs. DetroitMost Innings, Game, Reliever ................................... 4.1, Chris Bassitt, April 25 vs. HoustonLow Hit Complete Game .................................................. 4, Jesse Hahn, May 25 vs. DetroitMost Consecutive Scoreless Innings ..............................14.2, Sonny Gray, April 28 to May 8Most Consecutive Batters Retired ....................................................14, Sonny Gray, April 22.................................................................................................14, Sonny Gray, May 13 to 19

GENERALLongest Game, Innings ............................................ 11 (four times), last: May 11 vs. BostonLongest Game, Time, Nine Innings ..................................................... 3:36, May 9 at SeattleLongest Game, Time, Extra Innings ..........................................3:57, May 11 vs. Boston (11)Shortest Game, Time....................................................... 2:06, April 28 vs. Los Angeles (AL)Largest Crowd, Home ...................................................................... 36,067, April 6 vs. TexasSmallest Crowd, Home .................................................................... 15,025, April 7 vs. TexasLargest Crowd, Road ..................................................................... 42,831, May 10 at SeattleSmallest Crowd, Road .............................................................10,605, May 21 at Tampa BayPostponement, Rain, Home ...........................................................................................NonePostponement, Rain, Road ............................................................................................None

HIGHS AND LOWS

MULTIPLE HIT GAMESPLAYER 2 3 4 5 TOTBurns 6 2 0 0 8Butler 13 2 0 0 15Canha 3 3 0 0 6Davis 3 2 0 0 5Fuld 5 1 0 0 6Lawrie 8 3 0 0 11Muncy 2 0 0 0 2Phegley 2 0 0 0 2Reddick 13 2 1 0 16Semien 12 4 0 0 16Sogard 10 1 0 0 11Vogt 8 3 0 0 11Zobrist 5 1 0 0 6

MULTIPLE RBI GAMESPLAYER 2 3 4 5 6 TOTButler 1 1 1 0 0 3Canha 3 2 1 0 0 6Davis 1 0 1 0 0 2Fuld 2 0 0 0 0 2Ladendorf 1 0 0 0 0 1Lawrie 1 2 0 0 0 3Muncy 1 0 0 0 0 1Reddick 4 4 1 0 0 9Ross 1 0 0 0 0 1Semien 3 0 0 0 0 3Sogard 1 1 0 0 0 2Vogt 5 2 1 1 0 9Zobrist 2 0 0 0 0 2

GAME TYING/GO-AHEAD RBIPLAYER GT GA TOTBurns 0 1 1Butler 2 5 7Canha 0 2 2Davis 0 2 2Gentry 2 0 2Ladendorf 0 1 1Lawrie 2 4 6Muncy 1 2 3Phegley 1 0 1Reddick 4 5 9Semien 0 3 3Sogard 2 1 3Vogt 4 6 10Zobrist 0 4 4

STARTS IN THE BATTING ORDERPlayer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Burns 16 1 - - - - - 3 -Butler - - - 45 2 - - - -Canha - 13 - 1 2 2 7 5 -Crisp 8 1 - - - 1 1 - -Davis - - 1 - 20 7 - - -Fuld 18 3 - - - - - 7 4Gentry 5 - - - - - - 2 5Ladendorf - - - - - - - - 2Lawrie - - - - 3 14 27 - -Muncy - - - - 1 6 3 1 -Parrino - - - - - - - 1 -Phegley - - - - - 4 6 3 1Reddick - - 24 - 1 9 - 5 -Ross - 1 - - 4 - - 1 -Semien 1 25 - - - - - 9 11Sogard - 2 - - - - 1 11 25Vogt - 2 9 2 15 5 3 - -Zobrist - - 14 - - - - - -

GAMES BY POSITIONC 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH

Player G GS G GS G GS G GS G GS G GS G GS G GS G GSBurns - - - - - - - - - - - - 22 20 - - - -Butler - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 46 46Canha - - 18 11 - - 1 - - - 23 19 - - - - 1 1Crisp - - - - - - - - - - 11 11 - - - - - -Davis - - 30 28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Fuld - - - - - - - - - - 12 7 27 23 3 1 - -Gentry - - - - - - - - - - 10 4 5 5 3 2 - -Ladendorf - - - - 2 2 1 - - - 1 - 1 - - - - -Lawrie - - - - 3 1 44 43 - - - - - - - - - -Muncy - - 8 6 - - 9 5 - - - - - - - - - -Parrino - - - - - - 2 - 1 1 - - - - - - - -Phegley 16 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Reddick - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 41 39 - -Ross - - - - - - - - - - 4 2 - - 5 4 1 -Semien - - - - - - - - 48 46 - - - - - - - -Sogard - - - - 43 29 - - 1 1 - - - - - - 1 -Vogt 38 34 2 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Zobrist - - - - 6 6 - - - - 6 5 - - 3 2 1 1

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HOME RUN BREAKDOWN 2015 HOME RUNS LAST REGULAR SEASON HOME RUNPlayer Solo 2R 3R GS Tot. Date Opponent Pitcher GP SinceBurns 1 0 0 0 1 May 24, 2015 at Tampa Bay Ramirez 2Butler 1 2 1 0 4 May 16, 2015 Chicago (AL) Danks 10Canha 3 2 1 0 6 May 24, 2015 at Tampa Bay Ramirez 2Crisp 0 0 0 0 0 Aug. 27, 2014 at Houston Chapman 38Davis 2 0 0 0 2 May 7, 2015 at Minnesota Tonkin 4Fuld 0 0 0 0 0 Sept. 14, 2014 at Seattle Young 48Lawrie 1 0 1 0 2 April 28, 2015 Los Angeles (AL) Weaver 24Muncy 1 1 0 0 2 May 19, 2015 at Houston Hernandez 6Parrino 0 0 0 0 0 Aug. 24, 2015 Los Angeles (AL) Weaver 9Phegley 1 0 0 0 1 May 15, 2015 Chicago (AL) Rodon 3Reddick 3 2 2 0 9 May 24, 2015 at Tampa Bay Frieri 2Semien 5 1 0 0 6 May 12, 2015 Boston Wright 13Sogard 0 0 0 0 0 Aug. 6, 2014 Tampa Bay Hellickson 80Vogt 5 1 3 1 10 May 22, 2015 at Tampa Bay Archer 3Zobrist 0 1 0 0 1 April 6, 2015 Texas Gallardo 14Team 22 10 8 1 42

MILESTONESPlayer Category No. NeedsButler Doubles 284 16 for 300Chavez Innings Pitched 432.1 67.2 for 500Crisp Games 1433 67 for 1500 Games as OF (w/OAK) 551 49 for 598 (ties Long for 10th in Oakland history) Hits 1449 51 for 1500 Doubles 276 24 for 300 Triples (w/OAK) 22 1 for 23 (ties Lansford, Jackson and North for 5th in Oakland history) Steals 298 2 for 300 Steals (w/OAK) 161 11 for 172 (ties Baker for 9th in Athletics history)Davis Hits 473 27 for 500 Home Runs 80 20 for 100Doolittle Games 175 25 for 200 Saves 25 19 for 44 (ties Koch and Foulke for 9th in Athletics history)Gray Innings Pitched 349.0 151.0 for 500Kazmir Wins 93 7 for 100 Innings Pitched 1425.2 74.1 for 1500Lawrie Games 389 111 for 500 Hits 391 109 for 500Mujica Games 461 39 for 500Reddick Hits 472 28 for 500 Doubles 96 4 for 100Scribner Games 94 6 for 100

A’S AT A GLANCESeason High ........................1-0/2-1/3-2/5-4 (April 6/8/10/14)Season Low ...................................................14-30 (May 22)April ................................................................................9-14May .................................................................................8-17June ..................................................................................0-0July ...................................................................................0-0August ..............................................................................0-0September ........................................................................0-0Home Series ..................................................................0-5-1Road Series ...................................................................2-4-2Series Sweeps ..................................................................0-3First Game of Series .........................................................8-7Last Game of Series .......................................................2-12A’s Score First .............................................................. 14-11Opponent Scores First ....................................................3-20Leading After 7th ............................................................16-3Leading After 8th ............................................................17-1Tied After 7th ....................................................................0-5Tied After 8th ....................................................................0-5Trailing After 7th .............................................................1-23Trailing After 8th .............................................................0-25Commit No Errors .............................................................8-6Commit 1 or More Errors ................................................9-25More HR Than Opp. .......................................................10-9Fewer HR Than Opp. .....................................................1-16Same Total HR of Opp. .....................................................6-6Starter Pitches 7 or More ..................................................8-5Starter Pitches Less Than 7 ...........................................9-26When Scoring 4 or More ...............................................15-12When Scoring Less Than 4 ............................................2-19Last At Bat ........................................................................0-9Replay Challenges ...........................................................4-7Different Lineups ...............................................................38

WALK-OFF WINS (0)None

April 4 Josh Reddick placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 27 (strained right oblique); Coco Crisp (right elbow surgery), Sean Doolittle (strained left rotator cuff), Nate Freiman (strained lumbar muscle), Sean Nolin (bilateral core sur-gery recovery) and Jarrod Parker (Tommy John surgery recovery) placed on the 15-day disabled list

April 8 Free agent Cody Ross agrees to terms; Billy Burns optioned to Nashville; Alex Hassan des-ignated for assignment

April 9 Alex Hassan claimed off waivers by Texas; Josh Reddick assigned to Stockton on a rehab as-signment

April 12 Josh Reddick reinstated from the disabled list; Tyler Ladendorf optioned to Nashville

April 22 Arnold Leon recalled from Nashville; R.J. Alva-rez optioned to Nashville

April 23 Chris Bassitt recalled from Nashville; Arnold Leon optioned to Nashville; Jarrod Parker as-signed to Stockton on a rehab assignment

April 25 Ben Zobrist placed on the 15-day disabled list (left medial meniscus tear); Max Muncy selected from Nashville; Eury De La Rosa designated for assignment

April 26 Kendall Graveman optioned to Nashville; Ryan Cook recalled from Nashville

April 30 Eury De La Rosa claimed off waivers by the Los Angeles Dodgers

May 1 Coco Crisp assigned to Stockton on a rehab as-signment

May 2 Eric O’Flaherty placed on the 15-day disabled list (strained left shoulder); Cody Ross designat-ed for assignment; R.J. Alvarez and Billy Burns recalled from Nashville; Alex Hassan claimed off waivers from Texas and optioned to Nashville

May 3 Chad Smith recalled from Nashville; Ryan Cook optioned to Nashville; Jarrod Parker transferred to Nashville on rehab

May 4 Nate Freiman assigned to Nashville on a rehab assignment

May 5 Sean Nolin assigned to Nashville on a rehab as-signment; Cody Ross released

May 6 Coco Crisp reinstated from the disabled list; Craig Gentry optioned to Nashville

May 7 Fernando Rodriguez selected from Nashville; Chad Smith designated for assignment

May 8 Angel Castro selected from Nashville; R.J. Al-varez optioned to Nashville; Alex Hassan desig-nated for assignment; Chad Smith traded to the Los Angeles Angels for cash considerations

May 9 Nate Freiman reinstated from the disabled list and optioned to Nashville; Edward Mujica and cash considerations acquired from Boston for a player to be named later or cash considerations; Jarrod Parker returned from rehab assignment and transferred to the 60-day disabled list

May 11 Chris Bassitt optioned to NashvilleMay 12 Alex Hassan releasedMay 14 Sean Doolittle assigned to Stockton on a rehab

assignment

May 15 Sean Nolin reinstated from the disabled list and optioned to Nashville

May 17 Ike Davis placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 14 (strained left quad); Craig Gentry recalled from Nashville

May 19 Sean Doolittle transferred to Midland on rehab; Ben Zobrist assigned to Stockton on a rehab as-signment

May 20 Drew Pomeranz placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 19 (sprained left AC joint); Arnold Leon recalled from Nashville

May 22 Edward Mujica placed on the 15-day disabled list (fractured right thumb); Andy Parrino selected from Nashville; Tyler Ladendorf recalled from Nashville and placed on the 60-day disabled list (left ankle surgery); Sean Doolittle and Ben Zo-brist transferred to Nashville on rehab

May 23 Coco Crisp placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 20 (cervical strain); Kendall Graveman recalled from Nashville

May 25 Ben Zobrist reinstated from the disabled list; Craig Gentry optioned to Nashville

May 26 Sean Doolittle reinstated from the disabled list; Angel Castro optioned to Nashville

Player Injury Dates Games MissedCrisp Right elbow surgery April 4-May 5 28Crisp Cervical strain May 20-present (eligible June 4) 7Davis Strained left quad May 14-present (eligible May 29) 12Doolittle Strained left rotator cuff April 4-May 25 47Freiman Strained lumbar muscle April 4-May 9 31Griffin Tommy John surgery Feb. 27-present (eligible May 26) 48Ladendorf Left ankle surgery May 22-present (eligible July 21) 5Mujica Fractured right thumb May 22-present (eligible June 6) 5

Player Injury Dates Games MissedNolin Bilateral core surgery April 4-May 14 36O’Flaherty Strained left shoulder May 2-present (eligible May 17) 24Parker Tommy John surgery April 4-present (eligible May 26) 48Pomeranz Sprained left AC joint May 19-present (eligible June 3) 8Reddick Strained right oblique March 27-April 11 6Thompson Strained right shoulder Feb. 26-present (eligible May 26) 48Zobrist Left medial meniscus tear April 25-May 24 28

DISABLED LIST

The A’s have used the disabled list 15 times this season…used the DL 18 times in 2014

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