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PITCHING PROBABLES Sat., Sept. 26 vs. San Francisco LHP Barry Zito (0-0, 18.00) vs. RHP Tim Hudson (8-8, 4.20) 1:05 CSNCA/95.7 FM The Game Sun., Sept. 27 vs. San Francisco LHP Sean Nolin (1-1, 4.57) vs. RHP Chris Heston (11-10, 3.51) 1:05 CSNCA/95.7 FM The Game 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: The A’s lost their 89th game of the season yesterday, which are their most losses over the last 18 years…with one more loss, the A’s will have their first 90-loss season since 1997 (65-97)…every team except the Yankees and Cardinals has at least one 90-loss season since then…the loss yesterday also clinched a last place finish in the American League West for the eighth time in Oakland history (1977, 79, 93, 95, 97, 98, 2009), but just the second time over the last 17 seasons…will finish the season with 142 days alone in last place, which will be the third most such days in Oakland history (162 in 2009, 153 in 1997)…will spend the final 74 days (beginning July 23) and 142 of the final 146 (beginning May 8) alone in last…currently have a five-game losing streak to fall 25 games under .500 for the first time since finishing the 1997 season 32 games under (65- 97)…are 64-89 (.418), which is the worst record in the AL and tied for fifth worst in the majors…will finish under .500 for the first time since 2011 and just the fifth time in the last 17 seasons. HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 33-45 (.423) at home and need to win two of the final three home games to avoid finishing with the second worst home record in Oakland history…are tied with Colo- rado for the worst home record in the majors…are 0-3 on the final homestand of the season, a six- game stand against Texas (0-3) and San Francisco (three games)…have lost four straight home games and nine of the last 11…will have a losing record at home for just the third time in the last 17 seasons, but this will be the first time the A’s will finish more than one game under .500 at home over that span…went 4-6 on the last road trip to Texas (1-2), Chicago-AL (2-2) and Houston (1-2) and are 31-44 (.413) on the road, which is the second worst road record in the American League (Houston, 29-46)…have clinched a losing record on the road for the second consecutive season (went 40-41 last year) and seventh time in the last nine years…leave following the game Sunday for the final road trip of the season to Los Angeles-AL (three games) and Seattle (three games). INTERLEAGUE PLAY: The A’s are 10-7 (.588) in interleague play and need one more win to clinch a winning record against the National League for the fourth consecu- tive season and 12th time in 19 years…are batting .279 (166-for-595) in 17 interleague games and have scored 84 runs…rank fifth in the majors in interleague batting and runs per game (4.94)…the batting average is the third best interleague mark in Oakland history (.316 in 2004, .282 in 2002, .277 in 2005)…the pitching staff has a 3.04 ERA (51 er in 151.0 ip), which ranks seventh…went 13-7 against the NL last year and have the fourth best all-time interleague record with a mark of 190-151 (.557)…have won 22 of their last 28 interleague games in the Coliseum. IN SEPTEMBER: The A’s are 6-15 (.286) in September, which is the sec- ond worst record in the majors (Philadelphia, 5-16)…the pitching staff has compiled a 6.68 ERA (140 er in 188.2 ip), which is more than a run higher than the next closest team (Kansas City, 5.27)…have finished a month with an ERA of at least 6.00 twice in Oakland history: 6.59 in May, 1997 and 6.20 in April, 1994…have yielded 145 runs, which are their most in a month since August of 2011 (151)…have surrendered 37 home runs, which match the A’s most in a month over the last 17 years…have not allowed more than 37 home runs in a month since August of 1998 (40). OFFENSE: The A’s have set an Oakland single season record with 41 triples, breaking the previous mark of 40 set in 1968, which was the A’s first season in Oakland…the triples are the most by an A’s team since the 1967 club had 50 in their final season in Kansas City…the A’s rank second in the AL in fewest strikeouts (1047), tied for second in triples, third in lowest slugging percentage (.395) and fourth in fewest home runs (137)…lead the AL and rank third in the majors in infield hits (153)…have the most infield hits by an A’s team since 1992 (154)…have 13 sacrifice hits, which are the fewest in the majors and are currently the fewest in Athletics history…the franchise record for fewest sacrifice hits in a season is 18 in 2007. PITCHING: The A’s allowed 26 runs in the three-game series against Texas to start the homestand, which were their most in a three-game series since Sept. 9-11, 2011 at Texas (28)…now have a 4.06 ERA for the season, which ranks 10th in the American League…have finished in the top four in the AL in ERA in 15 of the previous 16 seasons, with the exception being a sixth place finish in 2007…have not finished 10th or worse since 1997 when they were last…have allowed 71 home runs over the last 45 games after surrendering just 87 over the first 108 games…have 1133 strikeouts, which is the fifth highest single season total in Athletics history…all five of those seasons have come in the last five years (1244 in 2014, 1183 in 2013, 1160 in 2011, 1136 in 2012)…lead the AL in shutouts (15), rank third in fewest extra base hits (420) and fourth in opponents slugging percent- age (.395)…opponents have been successful in just 74-of-114 (64.9%) stolen base attempts, which is the fourth lowest percentage in the AL. STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are 4-12 with an 8.34 ERA (92 er in 99.1 ip) and .337 (140-for-416) opponents batting average in 21 games in September…have tossed five innings or fewer 12 times and are averaging 4.73 innings per start this month…now have a 3.81 ERA for the season, which ranks third in the American League…have allowed 91 home runs, which are the fewest in the AL and tied for fourth fewest in the majors…have issued 276 walks, which are fourth most in the AL. DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have committed two errors in each of the last three games, marking the first time this year they have three straight multi-error games…now have 117 errors for the season, which is tied with Pittsburgh for the most in the majors…have not led the majors in errors since they made 179 in 1978…the 117 errors are second most by an A’s team over the last 14 years (124 in 2011)…have committed 45 errors in the last 80 games after making 72 in the first 73 contests…have 62 unearned runs, which are the most in the AL and third most in the majors…Marcus Semien has 34 errors and Brett Lawrie 23, which rank first and second in the AL…the 57 errors are the most by two A’s teammates since Eddie Joost (38) and Ferris Fain (19) combined for 57 with the 1947 Philadelphia A’s…they are the most in the majors by two teammates since 1993 when Wil Cordero (36) and Mike Lansing (24) combined for 60 with Montreal ONE-RUN AND TWO-RUN GAMES: The A’s have set an Oakland record with 50 losses by two runs or fewer (previous: 49 in 1968) and tied an Oakland record with 32 one-run losses (also 1976)…are 17-32 (.347) in one-run games, which is the second worst record in the majors (Toronto, 13-27) and fifth worst in Athletics history (.256 in 1916, .310 in 1946, .333 in 1919, .341 in 1940, .352 in 1943)…lead the majors in one-run losses and rank seventh in games…are 27-50 (.351) in games decided by two runs or fewer, which is the worst record in the majors. THIS AND THAT: The A’s have set a franchise record by using 30 pitchers and an Oakland record by using 24 relievers…the 24 relievers are sec- ond most in franchise history (26 in 1955)…currently have 37 players on the active roster…have not swept a series of three or more games since June 23-25 at Texas…have played 23 consecutive series of three or more games without a sweep…have a streak of 34 consecutive home series of three or more games without a sweep, which is the second longest such streak in Oakland history (35, May 13, 1983-Aug. 1, 1984)…have not swept a series of three or more games in the Coliseum since July 3-6, 2014 against Toronto (four games). A’s vs. GIANTS: The A’s are 0-3 against the Giants after being swept in a three-game series at San Francisco in July…have lost three straight and 16 of the last 19 games in San Francisco but have won five straight and 11 of the last 13 contests in Oakland…have won each of the previous two season series…in the previous 18 years of interleague play, the A’s have won six season series, lost three and split nine…the A’s are 53-50 all-time against the Giants during interleague play…that breaks down to 31-19 in Oakland and 22-31 in San Francisco. TODAY’S TIDBITS Billy Burns leads Major League rookies in stolen bases (26) and mul- tiple hit games (44) and leads American League rookies in hits (144)… Mark Canha leads AL rookies in RBI (66). THIS DATE IN A’S HISTORY In 1987 Mark McGwire’s ninth inning game tying homer breaks Reg- gie Jackson’s Oakland home run record as it is his 48 th of the year…he would go on to hit an Oakland and major league rookie record 49 home runs…in 1990 Dave Stewart tosses a five-hit shutout at Kansas City to win his 22 nd game and clinch the A’s third consecutive AL West title. OAKLAND A’S LOWEST HOME WINNING PERCENTAGE W L PCT 1979 31 50 .383 2015 33 45 .423 1994 24 32 .429 1997 35 46 .432 1977 35 46 .432 1982 36 45 .444 MLB BEST ALL-TIME INTERLEAGUE RECORDS W L PCT New York (AL) 203 139 .594 Boston 197 146 .574 Los Angeles (AL) 194 150 .564 Oakland 190 151 .557 Chicago (AL) 191 152 .557 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 (64-89) VS. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (79-73) FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 – O.CO COLISEUM – 7:05 P.M. PDT RHP SONNY GRAY (13-7, 2.72) VS. RHP MIKE LEAKE (10-9, 3.81) CSNCA – A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) – EN ESPAÑOL (KIQI 1010 AM)

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Page 1: OAKLAND ATHLETICS - MLB.commlb.mlb.com/documents/5/8/0/151611580/09_25_2015_A_s...A’s vs. GIANTS: The A’s are 0-3 against the Giants after being swept in a three-game series at

PITCHING PROBABLESSat., Sept. 26 vs. San Francisco LHP Barry Zito (0-0, 18.00) vs. RHP Tim Hudson (8-8, 4.20) 1:05 CSNCA/95.7 FM The GameSun., Sept. 27 vs. San Francisco LHP Sean Nolin (1-1, 4.57) vs. RHP Chris Heston (11-10, 3.51) 1:05 CSNCA/95.7 FM The Game

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: The A’s lost their 89th game of the season yesterday, which are their most losses over the last 18 years…with one more loss, the A’s will have their first 90-loss season since 1997 (65-97)…every team except the Yankees and Cardinals has at least one 90-loss season since then…the loss yesterday also clinched a last place finish in the American League West for the eighth time in Oakland history (1977, 79, 93, 95, 97, 98, 2009), but just the second time over the last 17 seasons…will finish the season with 142 days alone in last place, which will be the third most such days in Oakland history (162 in 2009, 153 in 1997)…will spend the final 74 days (beginning July 23) and 142 of the final 146 (beginning May 8) alone in last…currently have a five-game losing streak to fall 25 games under .500 for the first time since finishing the 1997 season 32 games under (65-97)…are 64-89 (.418), which is the worst record in the AL and tied for fifth worst in the majors…will finish under .500 for the first time since 2011 and just the fifth time in the last 17 seasons.

HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 33-45 (.423) at home and need to win two of the final three home games to avoid finishing with the second worst home record in Oakland history…are tied with Colo-rado for the worst home record in the majors…are 0-3 on the final homestand of the season, a six-game stand against Texas (0-3) and San Francisco (three games)…have lost four straight home games and nine of the last 11…will have a losing record at home for just the third time in the last 17 seasons, but this will be the first time the A’s will finish more than one game under .500 at home over that span…went 4-6 on the last road trip to Texas (1-2), Chicago-AL (2-2) and Houston (1-2) and are 31-44 (.413) on the road, which is the second worst road record in the American League (Houston, 29-46)…have clinched a losing record on the road for the second consecutive season (went 40-41 last year) and seventh time in the last nine years…leave following the game Sunday for the final road trip of the season to Los Angeles-AL (three games) and Seattle (three games).

INTERLEAGUE PLAY: The A’s are 10-7 (.588) in interleague play and need one more win to clinch a winning record against the National League for the fourth consecu-tive season and 12th time in 19 years…are batting .279 (166-for-595) in 17 interleague games and have scored 84 runs…rank fifth in the majors in interleague batting and runs per game (4.94)…the batting average is the third best interleague mark in Oakland history (.316 in 2004, .282 in 2002, .277 in 2005)…the pitching staff has a 3.04 ERA (51 er in 151.0 ip), which ranks seventh…went 13-7 against the NL last year and have the fourth best all-time interleague record with a mark of 190-151 (.557)…have won 22 of their last 28 interleague games in the Coliseum.

IN SEPTEMBER: The A’s are 6-15 (.286) in September, which is the sec-ond worst record in the majors (Philadelphia, 5-16)…the pitching staff has compiled a 6.68 ERA (140 er in 188.2 ip), which is more than a run higher than the next closest team (Kansas City, 5.27)…have finished a month with an ERA of at least 6.00 twice in Oakland history: 6.59 in May, 1997 and 6.20 in April, 1994…have yielded 145 runs, which are their most in a month since August of 2011 (151)…have surrendered 37 home runs, which match the A’s most in a month over the last 17 years…have not allowed more than 37 home runs in a month since August of 1998 (40).

OFFENSE: The A’s have set an Oakland single season record with 41 triples, breaking the previous mark of 40 set in 1968, which was the A’s first season in Oakland…the triples are the most by an A’s team since the 1967 club had 50 in their final season in Kansas City…the A’s rank second in the AL in fewest strikeouts (1047), tied for second in triples, third in lowest slugging percentage (.395) and fourth in fewest home runs (137)…lead the AL and rank third in the majors in infield hits (153)…have the most infield hits by an A’s team since 1992 (154)…have 13 sacrifice hits, which are the fewest in the majors and are currently the fewest in Athletics history…the franchise record for fewest sacrifice hits in a season is 18 in 2007.

PITCHING: The A’s allowed 26 runs in the three-game series against Texas to start the homestand, which were their most in a three-game series since Sept. 9-11, 2011 at Texas (28)…now have a 4.06 ERA for the season,

which ranks 10th in the American League…have finished in the top four in the AL in ERA in 15 of the previous 16 seasons, with the exception being a sixth place finish in 2007…have not finished 10th or worse since 1997 when they were last…have allowed 71 home runs over the last 45 games after surrendering just 87 over the first 108 games…have 1133 strikeouts, which is the fifth highest single season total in Athletics history…all five of those seasons have come in the last five years (1244 in 2014, 1183 in 2013, 1160 in 2011, 1136 in 2012)…lead the AL in shutouts (15), rank third in fewest extra base hits (420) and fourth in opponents slugging percent-age (.395)…opponents have been successful in just 74-of-114 (64.9%) stolen base attempts, which is the fourth lowest percentage in the AL.

STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are 4-12 with an 8.34 ERA (92 er in 99.1 ip) and .337 (140-for-416) opponents batting average in 21 games in September…have tossed five innings or fewer 12 times and are averaging 4.73 innings per start this month…now have a 3.81 ERA for the season, which ranks third in the American League…have allowed 91 home runs, which are the fewest in the AL and tied for fourth fewest in the majors…have issued 276 walks, which are fourth most in the AL.

DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have committed two errors in each of the last three games, marking the first time this year they have three straight multi-error games…now have 117 errors for the season, which is tied with Pittsburgh for the most in the majors…have not led the majors in errors since they made 179 in 1978…the 117 errors are second most by an A’s team over the last 14 years (124 in 2011)…have committed 45 errors in the last 80 games after making 72 in the first 73 contests…have 62 unearned runs, which are the most in the AL and third most in the majors…Marcus Semien has 34 errors and Brett Lawrie 23, which rank first and second in the AL…the 57 errors are the most by two A’s teammates since Eddie Joost (38) and Ferris Fain (19) combined for 57 with the 1947 Philadelphia A’s…they are the most in the majors by two teammates since 1993 when Wil Cordero (36) and Mike Lansing (24) combined for 60 with Montreal

ONE-RUN AND TWO-RUN GAMES: The A’s have set an Oakland record with 50 losses by two runs or fewer (previous: 49 in 1968) and tied an Oakland record with 32 one-run losses (also 1976)…are 17-32 (.347) in one-run games, which is the second worst record in the majors (Toronto, 13-27) and fifth worst in Athletics history (.256 in 1916, .310 in 1946, .333 in 1919, .341 in 1940, .352 in 1943)…lead the majors in one-run losses and rank seventh in games…are 27-50 (.351) in games decided by two runs or fewer, which is the worst record in the majors.

THIS AND THAT: The A’s have set a franchise record by using 30 pitchers and an Oakland record by using 24 relievers…the 24 relievers are sec-ond most in franchise history (26 in 1955)…currently have 37 players on the active roster…have not swept a series of three or more games since June 23-25 at Texas…have played 23 consecutive series of three or more games without a sweep…have a streak of 34 consecutive home series of three or more games without a sweep, which is the second longest such streak in Oakland history (35, May 13, 1983-Aug. 1, 1984)…have not swept a series of three or more games in the Coliseum since July 3-6, 2014 against Toronto (four games).

A’s vs. GIANTS: The A’s are 0-3 against the Giants after being swept in a three-game series at San Francisco in July…have lost three straight and 16 of the last 19 games in San Francisco but have won five straight and 11 of the last 13 contests in Oakland…have won each of the previous two season series…in the previous 18 years of interleague play, the A’s have won six season series, lost three and split nine…the A’s are 53-50 all-time against the Giants during interleague play…that breaks down to 31-19 in Oakland and 22-31 in San Francisco.

TODAY’S TIDBITSBilly Burns leads Major League rookies in stolen bases (26) and mul-tiple hit games (44) and leads American League rookies in hits (144)…Mark Canha leads AL rookies in RBI (66).

THIS DATE IN A’S HISTORYIn 1987 Mark McGwire’s ninth inning game tying homer breaks Reg-gie Jackson’s Oakland home run record as it is his 48th of the year…he would go on to hit an Oakland and major league rookie record 49 home runs…in 1990 Dave Stewart tosses a five-hit shutout at Kansas City to win his 22nd game and clinch the A’s third consecutive AL West title.

OAKLAND A’SLOWEST HOME

WINNING PERCENTAGE

W L PCT1979 31 50 .3832015 33 45 .4231994 24 32 .4291997 35 46 .4321977 35 46 .4321982 36 45 .444

MLB BEST ALL-TIMEINTERLEAGUE RECORDS

W L PCTNew York (AL) 203 139 .594Boston 197 146 .574Los Angeles (AL) 194 150 .564Oakland 190 151 .557Chicago (AL) 191 152 .557

Get the latest A’s notes, full stat packets, clips, press releases, roster, updated media guide and more at http://pressbox.athletics.com

OAKLAND ATHLETICS (64-89) VS. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (79-73)FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 – O.CO COLISEUM – 7:05 P.M. PDTRHP SONNY GRAY (13-7, 2.72) VS. RHP MIKE LEAKE (10-9, 3.81)

CSNCA – A’S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) – EN ESPAÑOL (KIQI 1010 AM)

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IN SEPTEMBER: Is 1-1 with a 7.97 ERA (18 er in 20.1 ip) in four starts in September…tossed seven shutout innings in his one win this month and has allowed at least five runs in his other three starts…the highest single-month ERA of his career is 5.40 in June, 2014…is now 5-5 with a 4.18 ERA (42 er in 90.1 ip) in 15 career starts in the month.

BEFORE AND AFTER THE BREAK: Is 3-4 with a 3.79 ERA (33 er in 78.1 ip) in 12 starts since the All-Star Break after going 10-3 with a 2.04 ERA in 18 starts before the break…last year he went 4-7 with a 3.47 ERA after the break compared to 10-3 with a 2.79 ERA before the break…his career splits are 12-14 with a 3.39 ERA (88 er in 233.2 ip) in 37 games after the break compared to 20-6 with a 2.40 ERA in 38 career appearances before the break.

AMONG THE LEADERS: Leads the American League in opponents slug-ging percentage (.314), is tied for the lead in shutouts (2), ranks third in ERA (2.72) and opponents batting average (.217), tied for third in complete games (3), fourth in opponents on-base percentage (.273), seventh in in-nings pitched (202.0) and tied for ninth in wins (13)…is also tied for third in wild pitches (13), ranks fifth in fewest pitches per inning (14.8) and tied for fifth in opponents reaching base on an error (8).

DEFENSIVE DOINGS: Has 37 putouts, which is an Athletics single season record for pitchers…broke the previous mark of 35 set by Chick Fraser in 1901…the putouts are the most by a Major League pitcher since Kevin Brown had 41 for the Dodgers in 1999…they are the most by an American League pitcher since Brown had 40 for the Orioles in 1995…ranks second among AL pitchers in total chances this year (59).

INTERLEAGUE PLAY: Is 1-1 with a 1.17 ERA (15.1 ip, 8 h, 4 r, 2 er, 3 bb, 14 so) in two interleague starts, including a three-hit shutout at Los Ange-les July 28…is now 2-2 with a 3.24 ERA (15 er in 41.2 ip) in seven career interleague appearances, including six starts.

THE LONG BALL: Has allowed eight home runs in his last eight starts (49.1 ip), including a career-high three Aug. 22 against Tampa Bay…yielded just eight home runs over his first 22 starts (152.2 ip) and has sur-rendered a career-high 16 home runs for the season…his average of 0.71 home runs per nine innings is seventh lowest in the American League…has allowed 10 of his 16 home runs with two strikes…10 have been solo shots.

OPPONENTS BATTING: Leads the American League with a .130 (10-for-77) opponents batting average against the number eight hitter in the order, ranks third with a .197 (48-for-244) opponents batting average the first time through the lineup, fifth with a .209 (80-for-382) average against left-handed hitters and seventh with a .145 (53-for-365) average with two strikes…opponents are batting .210 (41-for-195) with 12 walks (.256 on-base percentage) when leading off an inning…the on-base percentage is fifth lowest in the AL and the batting average ranks sixth…all opponents average rankings are based on pitchers that qualify for the ERA title.

HOME AND AWAY: Is 8-3 with a 2.63 ERA (30 er in 102.2 ip) in 16 starts on the road compared to 5-4 with a 2.81 ERA (31 er in 99.1 ip) in 14 starts at home…ranks second in the American League in road ERA and tied for fifth in wins…his road ERA is eighth lowest in Oakland history…has al-lowed five home runs in 102.2 innings on the road, 11 in 99.1 innings at home…has allowed just 11 home runs in 230.0 career innings on the road, an average of 0.43 per nine innings.

NIGHT AND DAY: Is 5-2 with a 1.78 ERA (12 er in 60.2 ip) in nine starts during the day compared to 8-5 with a 3.12 ERA (49 er in 141.1 ip) in 21 starts at night…has the second lowest day ERA in the American League…his day ERA is sixth lowest in Oakland history among pitchers with at least 50 day innings and is the lowest since Tim Hudson had a 1.39 ERA in 2003.

THIS AND THAT: Has 13 wins, which is one short of his career high of 14 from last year…has a career record of 32-20 and his .615 winning percent-age is tied for eighth in Oakland history…the A’s bullpen has blown a save in six of his starts (April 11, May 8, June 19, July 22, Aug. 22, Sept. 19)…is 28-2 in 42 career starts with three runs of support or more…was named to his first American League All-Star team but pitched on the Sunday before the game and elected not to be active in the game…placed third in player voting among starting pitchers…went 3-0 with a 1.98 ERA in five starts in April and 3-2 with a 1.67 ERA in six starts in May, marking the second and third time in his career he posted an ERA under 2.00 in a month (also 1.03 in July, 2014)…finished May with 41 strikeouts, which tied for third most in Oakland history in May and fell three short of the record of 44 (Chuck

Dobson in 1968, Vida Blue in 1971)…it was his first month with 40 or more strikeouts…has tossed at least seven innings in 16 of his 30 starts, allowed two runs or fewer 18 times, one earned run or fewer 15 times and walked two batters or fewer 22 times…the A’s are 16-14 (.533) in his starting as-signments and are 40-33 (.548) when he starts in his career.

LAST START: He had his second consecutive no decision in the A’s 10-6 loss at Houston last Saturday…allowed three runs in the first inning, high-lighted by a Lowrie RBI double, but the A’s scored once in the second, twice in the fourth and three times in the fifth inning to take a 6-3 lead…he allowed a RBI single to Valbuena in the sixth and was relieved by Pomer-anz with one out and a runner on first…Pomeranz allowed that run to score and Rodriguez allowed a three-run home run to Gattis in the seventh in-ning for the blown save.

GRAY’S 2015 STARTSDate Opponent Score Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR #PITApril 6 Texas 8-0 W 0.00 8.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 98April 11 Seattle 4-5 (11) – 0.59 7.1 6 2 1 1 4 1 96April 17 at Kansas City 4-6 – 2.11 6.0 11 4 4 1 5 0 102April 22 at Los Angeles (AL) 9-2 W 1.91 7.0 2 1 1 2 7 0 95April 28 Los Angeles (AL) 6-2 W 1.98 8.0 6 2 2 1 6 0 105April Totals (5 games, 5 starts) 3-0 1.98 36.1 26 9 8 6 25 1 May 3 at Texas 7-1 W 1.67 6.2 2 0 0 7 10 0 119May 8 at Seattle 3-4 (11) – 1.65 6.0 6 1 1 2 9 0 104May 13 Boston 0-2 L 1.61 7.0 3 1 1 0 9 0 99May 19 at Houston 4-6 L 1.92 5.0 7 3 3 3 4 1 104May 24 at Tampa Bay 7-2 W 1.77 5.0 4 0 0 0 4 0 67May 29 New York (AL) 6-2 W 1.82 8.0 4 2 2 2 5 1 101May Totals (6 games, 6 starts) 3-2 1.67 37.2 26 7 7 14 41 2 June 3 at Detroit 6-1 W 1.65 8.0 2 0 0 1 7 0 108June 9 Texas 1-2 L 1.74 6.0 8 2 2 1 6 1 95June 14 at Los Angeles (AL) 8-1 W 1.60 7.2 5 1 0 0 9 0 100June 19 Los Angeles (AL) 7-12 – 1.95 6.0 5 6 5 3 2 0 113June 25 at Texas 6-3 W 2.09 6.0 9 3 3 1 7 1 92June Totals (5 games, 5 starts) 3-1 2.67 33.2 29 12 10 6 31 2 July 7 at New York 4-3 (10) – 2.20 7.0 6 3 3 3 5 0 110July 12 at Cleveland 2-0 W 2.04 9.0 2 0 0 1 6 0 107July 17 Minnesota 0-5 L 2.29 6.0 5 5 5 3 4 2 94July 22 Toronto 4-3 (10) – 2.30 7.0 9 2 2 2 3 1 103July 28 at Los Angeles (NL) 2-0 W 2.16 9.0 3 0 0 1 9 0 110July Totals (5 games, 5 starts) 2-1 2.37 38.0 25 10 10 10 27 3Aug. 2 Cleveland 2-1 (10) – 2.12 7.0 4 1 1 4 7 0 96Aug. 7 Houston 3-1 W 2.06 9.0 5 1 1 0 5 1 107Aug. 17 at Baltimore 2-4 L 2.04 5.2 7 4 1 2 5 1 97Aug. 22 Tampa Bay 4-5 – 2.10 8.0 5 3 3 2 4 3 108Aug. 28 at Arizona 4-6 L 2.13 6.1 5 4 2 2 5 0 98August Totals (5 games, 5 starts) 1-2 2.00 36.0 26 13 8 10 26 5Sept. 2 Los Angeles (AL) 4-9 L 2.36 5.0 8 6 6 1 2 1 87Sept. 8 Houston 4-0 W 2.28 7.0 5 0 0 2 4 0 101Sept. 14 at Chicago (AL) 7-8 (14) – 2.56 3.0 8 7 7 4 4 2 75Sept. 19 at Houston 6-10 – 2.72 5.1 8 5 5 4 2 0 101

GRAY vs. SAN FRANCISCO: Was the winning pitcher in his only career appearance, a start in the A’s 6-1 win in Oakland on July 8, 2014…blanked the Giants on five hits and a walk over the first six innings…had a 4-0 lead when he allowed a leadoff home run to Colvin in the seventh.

GRAY’S CAREER MATCHUPS VS. SAN FRANCISCOPlayer Bat AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SH SF HBP GDP AVG OBP SLGNori Aoki L 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667Brandon Belt L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000Gregor Blanco L 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000Brandon Crawford L 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333Joe Panik L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000Hunter Pence R 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667Buster Posey R 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

STARTS VS. SAN FRANCISCODATE H/A DEC IP H R ER BB SO7/8/14 H W 7.0 6 1 1 1 8

TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: Sonny Gray (13-7, 2.72 ERA)

GRAY’S CAREER HIGHSLow Hit CG: 2 (twice), last: 7/12/15 at CLEIP: 9.0(fivetimes),last:8/7/15vs.HOUFewest IP, GS: 3.0, 9/14/15 at CWSH: 11, 4/17/15 at KCR: 7 (twice), last: 9/14/15 at CWSER: 7, 9/14/15 at CWSBB: 7, 5/3/15 at TEXSO: 12, 9/23/14 vs. LAAHR: 3, 8/22/15 vs. TBPitches: 119, 5/3/15 at TEXWin Streak: 6 (twice), last: 6/18/14-7/16/14Loss Streak: 4, 8/1/14-8/16/14Scoreless Streak: 20.0, 9/23/14 to 4/11/15Complete Games: 5,last:8/7/15vs.HOUShutouts: 4, last: 7/28/15 at LAD

TOMORROW’S PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERLHP Barry Zito (0-0, 18.00 ERA): Was selected from Triple-A Nashville Sept. 16 and is scheduled to make his second appearance and first start of the season…was a non-roster invitee with the A’s this spring after sit-ting out the 2014 season…signed a minor league deal Feb. 17 and spent the entire season at Nashville where he went 8-7 with a 3.46 ERA in 24 games, including 22 starts…faced the Astros last Sunday at Houston (1.0 ip, 2 h, 2 r, 2 er, 1 bb, 0 so, 1 hr) in his first Major League outing since Sept. 29, 2013…has not started since Sept. 25, 2013, a 6-4 Giants win over the Dodgers in San Francisco (5.0 ip, 4 h, 2 r, 1 er, 0 bb, 1 so)…has not started for the A’s since taking the loss in Game 1 of the 2006 ALCS against Detroit (3.2 ip, 7 h, 5 r, 5 er, 3 bb, 0 so)…is 1-2 with a 3.33 ERA in four career ap-pearances, all starts, against San Francisco…last faced the Giants on May 22, 2005 at San Francisco, a loss (7.1 ip, 6 h, 3 r, 2 er, 2 bb, 4 so).

GRAY BY THE NUMBERS W L ERA G IP ER2015 13 7 2.72 30 202.2 612014 14 10 3.08 33 219.0 75Career 32 20 2.88 75 485.0 155

Home 5 4 2.81 14 99.1 31Road 8 3 2.63 16 102.2 30Day 5 2 1.78 9 60.2 12Night 8 5 3.12 21 141.1 49Pre-ASB 10 3 2.04 18 123.2 28Post-ASB 3 4 3.79 12 78.1 33

AVG. AB Hvs. LHH .209 382 80vs. RHH .224 361 81

OAKLAND A’SCAREER ERA LEADERS

Dennis Eckersley 2.74Sonny Gray 2.88Rollie Fingers 2.91Ken Holtzman 2.92Vida Blue 2.94

(min. 450 ip)

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TEAM19-28, 4.53 ERA (236 er in 469.0 ip)

Saves/Opportunities: 24-for-46 (52.2%)

• The A’s bullpen has yielded 18 runs in its past five games (17 er in 18.0 ip, 8.50 ERA) and has a 5.39 ERA (81 er in 135.1 ip) over its past 35 games (dating back to Aug. 16)...has a 4.53 ERA for the season, which is the highest in the American League and third highest in the majors.

• Has the fewest saves in the majors (24), the lowest save percent-age (52.2%) and is tied for the fifth most blown saves (22)...the save percentage is currently third worst in Oakland history (50.0% in 1979, 52.0% in 1980, 53.7% in 1982).

• Has allowed the second most home runs (67) in the majors (Boston, 72)...has yielded the second most extra base hits (175) in the AL and is tied for the third most losses (28) and third fewest wins (19).

• Has allowed the third most first batter RBI in the majors (62) and is tied for the third most first batter home runs (17).

• The A’s are 11-54 when the bullpen allows two runs or more, 49-34 when it allows one run or fewer (five complete games).

56 LHP FERNANDO ABADLast Outing: 9/24 vs. Texas (ND, 0.2 ip, 2 h, 3 r, 3 er, 2 bb, 1 so)

Saves/Opportunities: 0-3Inherited Runners/Scored: 43/12

First Hitters: 17-54, 4 bb, hbp

• Posted a 7.36 ERA over his first 20 games, a 0.83 ERA over his next 23 games and has a 7.24 ERA (11 er in 13.2 ip) in 16 appearances since then (dating back to Aug. 14).

• Has allowed 11 home runs, which is third most among American League relievers and an ongoing career-high.

• Is tied for the most first batter home runs in the majors (5) and has al-lowed the second most first batter RBI (14).

• Has a .220 (11-for-50) opponents batting average with runners in scor-ing position, including .172 (5-for-29) with RISP and two outs.

• Has a 3.42 ERA (10 er in 26.1 ip) in 32 games at home compared to 5.40 (12 er in 20.0 ip) in 27 contests on the road.

• Has not allowed a run in two games and 2.0 innings against the Giants this year (1 h, 1 bb, 3 so).

• Has a 1.59 ERA (1 er in 5.2 ip) in six interleague games this year. 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.

37 RHP R.J. ALVAREZLast Outing: 9/23 vs. Texas (ND, 1.0 ip, 3 h, 3 r, 3 er, 1 bb, 0 so, 1 hr)

Saves/Opportunities: 0-1Inherited Runners/Scored: 12/7

First Hitters: 8-20

• Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville Sept. 1 for his fourth stint with the A’s this year and has a 9.35 ERA (9 er in 8.2 ip) in nine appearances since then.

• Right-handed hitters are 9-for-40 (.225) off him...has a .432 (16-for-37) average against lefties.

• Has faced San Francisco two times in his career (1.1 ip, 3 so, 1 hbp).• Was on the A’s Opening Day roster and allowed nine runs in six appear-

ances before he was optioned to Nashville April 22…allowed five runs in three innings during his second stint from May 2-7...pitched once during his most recent stay July 28 to Aug. 2, tossing one-third of an inning.

• Was 1-0 with a 4.09 ERA in 10 games with Nashville following his Aug. 2 option...allowed two home runs in 31 games and 35.0 innings overall, both in his final outing...his complete 2015 stats with the Sounds: W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SONashville (AAA) 3 3 4.11 31 0 0 0 5 35.0 36 19 16 17 41

Last Year: Combined to go 0-1 with seven saves and a 1.25 ERA in 38 appear-ances with Arkansas and San Antonio…then had a 1.13 ERA and .115 opponents average in 10 relief appearances in his ML debut with San Diego in September.

67 LHP DANIEL COULOMBELast Outing: 9/23 vs. Texas (ND, 1.0 ip, 0 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 0 so)

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

First Hitters: 2-10

• Was acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers Sept. 10 in exchange for cash considerations and has a 3.18 ERA (2 er in 5.2 ip) in five games since then.

• Has faced San Francisco three times in his career (4.0 ip, 4 h, 3 r, 3 er, 2 bb, 3 so).

• Appeared in five games over five stints with Los Angeles and had no decisions and a 7.56 ERA.

• Spent the balance of the season at Triple-A Oklahoma City where his opponents had a .235 batting average, including .204 against right-handed hitters and .304 against lefties...yielded just one home run in 41.1 innings...his complete 2015 stats with Oklahoma City: W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SOOkla.City(AAA) 3 1 3.27 38 0 0 0 1 41.1 35 16 15 24 41

Last Year: Combined for a 3-0 record and 2.89 ERA in 49 relief appearances be-tween Single-A Rancho Cucamonga and Double-A Chattanooga...joined the Dodg-ers as a September call-up and posted a 4.15 ERA five games in his ML debut.

62 LHP SEAN DOOLITTLELast Outing: 9/17 at Chicago-AL (W, 2.0 ip, 1 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 2 so)

Saves/Opportunities: 1-2Inherited Runners/Scored: 0/0

First Hitters: 0-8, 1 bb

• Has not yielded a run in five of his past six games (2 er in 7.0 ip, 2.57 ERA).

• Was reinstated from the 60-day disabled list Aug. 22 and is 1-0 with a save, blown save and 5.19 ERA (5 er in 8.2 ip) in eight games since then.

• Was placed on the 15-day disabled list May 30 retroactive to May 28 with a strained left shoulder...was transferred to the 60-day DL June 13.

• Began the season on the disabled list with a strained left rotator cuff...was reinstated May 26 and pitched the next day against Detroit (1.0 ip, 1 h, 2 so) before returning to the DL May 28 with a strained left shoulder.

• Has faced the Giants four times in his career (6.0 ip, 7 h, 2 r, 2 er, 8 so, 3.00 ERA).

• Has not allowed a home run to a left-handed hitter since April 28, 2013 (Davis, BAL).

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.

66 RHP RYAN DULLLast Outing: 9/18 at Houston (S, 2.0 ip, 0 h, 0 r, 0 er, 1 bb, 2 so)

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

First Hitters: 0-8

• Was selected from Triple-A Nashville Sept. 1 and has not allowed a run in the first eight games and 11.0 innings of his career (3 h, 4 bb, 13 so).

• His save a week ago today was the first of his career. • Has not faced the Giants. • Was selected by the Athletics in the 32nd round of the 2012 First-Year

Player Draft.• Began the season with Double-A Midland and was promoted to Nash-

ville July 28...combined for a 3-2 record, 12 saves and a 0.74 ERA in 47 relief appearances overall...allowed just two home runs in 61.0 innings...his complete 2015 minor league stats: W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SOMidland (AA) 3 1 0.60 35 0 0 0 12 45.0 29 3 3 13 52Nashville (AAA) 0 1 1.13 12 0 0 0 0 16.0 10 2 2 3 21

Last Year: Spent the entire season at Double-A Midland and was 5-5 with six saves and a 2.80 ERA in 40 relief appearances...his opponents had a .240 batting average and he recorded 61 strikeouts in 56.1 innings pitched.

68 RHP ARNOLD LEONLast Outing: 9/24 vs. Texas (ND, 0.1 ip, 1 h, 0 r, 0 er, 1 bb, 0 so)

Saves/Opportunities: 0-0Inherited Runners/Scored: 10/5

First Hitters: 4-17

• Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville Sept. 1 for his sixth stint with the Athletics this year and is 0-1 with a 3.18 ERA (4 er in 11.1 ip) in eight games since then.

• Has a .259 (15-for-58) opponents batting average against right-handed hitters, a .361 (13-for-36) average against lefties.

• Has a 3.24 ERA (6 er in 16.2 ip) in 11 games at night compared to 7.36 (6 er in 7.1 ip) in six games during the day.

• Has not faced San Francisco in his career.• Was 1-1 with a 1.50 ERA in three relief appearances for Nashville fol-

lowing his Aug. 14 option...had a .236 opponents batting average in 20 games overall...his complete 2015 stats with the Sounds: W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SONashville (AAA) 2 5 2.95 20 6 0 0 1 58.0 52 21 19 19 55

Last Year: Spent the entire season at Triple-A Sacramento with the exception of one day in Oakland...was recalled as the 26th man for the May 7 doubleheader and did not pitch...went 10-7 with a 4.97 ERA in 27 starts with the River Cats.

63 RHP CODY MARTINLast Outing: 9/24 vs. Texas (ND, 2.0 ip, 2 h, 2 r, 2 er, 1 bb, 1 so, 1 hr)

Saves/Opportunities: 0-3Inherited Runners/Scored: 11/2

First Hitters: 5-19, 2 bb, hbp

• Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville Sept. 16 for his second stint with the A’s this year and has appeared in two games, including one start, since then (5.0 ip, 8 h, 8 r, 8 er, 4 bb, 3 so, 4 hr, 14.40 ERA).

• Was called up for the first time Sept. 1 and made his first Major League start and his A’s debut that day against Los Angeles (AL), allowing five runs on six hits in 3.0 innings for the loss...was optioned to Nashville the next day.

• Has not faced the Giants in his career.• Began the season with Atlanta and made his ML debut, going 2-3 with

a 5.40 ERA in 21 relief appearances over two stints with the Braves.• Was acquired by the A’s July 2 for international bonus slot 53 and as-

signed to Nashville...combined for a 5-7 record and a 4.01 ERA in 18 games overall at Triple-A...his complete 2015 minor league stats: W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SOGwinnett (AAA) 1 3 2.10 7 6 0 0 0 34.1 24 11 8 9 33Nashville (AAA) 4 4 5.10 11 11 0 0 0 60.0 59 36 34 31 38

Last Year: Spent the entire season at Triple-A Gwinnett and was 7-8 with a 3.52 ERA in 27 games...recorded career highs in games started (26), innings pitched (156.0) and strikeouts (142).

ATHLETICS BULLPEN BRIEFS

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49 RHP EDWARD MUJICALast Outing: 9/13 at Texas (ND, 0.0 ip, 0 h, 1 r, 1 er, 1 bb, 0 so)

Saves/Opportunities: 1-4Inherited Runners/Scored: 30/7

First Hitters: 12-43, bb, sf

• Has not appeared in a game since Sept. 13 against Texas...left the game that day with a right hamstring strain.

• Posted a 3.91 ERA in 24 games before the All-Star Break...has a 5.30 ERA (11 er in 18.2 ip) in 21 appearances after the break.

• Was on the DL from May 22 to June 17 with a fractured right thumb.• Began the year with Boston and was designated for assignment May

8...was traded to Oakland the next day for a player to be named later or cash.

Last Year: Spent the entire season with the Red Sox and was 2-4 with a 3.37 ERA, eight saves and one blown save in 64 relief appearances...it was his fourth consecutive season with 60 or more appearances.

61 RHP DAN OTEROLast Outing: 9/24 vs. Texas (ND, 1.0 ip, 1 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 0 so)

Saves/Opportunities: 0-1Inherited Runners/Scored: 23/8

First Hitters: 11-36, bb, hbp

• Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville Sept. 1 for his fourth stint with the A’s this year and has a 5.79 ERA (6 er in 9.1 ip) in eight appearances since then.

• Has the highest opponents batting average in the majors among reliev-ers (.341).

• Has faced the Giants three times in his career (4.0 ip, 5 h, 1 r, 1 er, 2 so).• Began the year with the A’s and was 2-3 with a 6.29 ERA in 23 relief

appearances before he was optioned to Nashville June 5...posted a 4.32 ERA in six games during his second stint from July 12 to Aug. 3...appeared in one game during his third stint Aug. 15-22, allowing eight runs in 1.1 innings.

• Was 1-0 with a 7.20 ERA in three relief appearances with Nashville fol-lowing his Aug. 22 option...allowed just one home run in 27.2 innings pitched overall...his complete 2015 stats with the Sounds: W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SONashville (AAA) 2 0 1.95 15 2 0 0 0 27.2 23 7 6 4 19

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.

13 LHP DREW POMERANZLast Outing: 9/22 vs. Texas (L, 1.0 ip, 1 h, 1 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 0 so)

Saves/Opportunities: 3-6Inherited Runners/Scored: 27/10First Hitters: 7-35, 5 bb, 2 hbp, sf

• Has not yielded an earned run in his past seven games and 6.1 innings (6 h, 4 r, 1 bb, 5 so, 1 hr, 2 hbp)...has not allowed an earned run in 18 of his past 21 games (4 er in 21.1 ip, 1.69 ERA) dating back to July 31.

• Left-handed hitters are 14-for-98 (.143) with two extra base hits (.184 slugging percentage) off him...has a .255 (54-for-212) average against righties.

• Has a 2.21 ERA (10 er in 40.2 ip) in 43 relief appearances, a 4.63 ERA in his nine starting assignments.

• Is 3-1 with a 2.41 ERA (10 er in 37.1 ip) in 24 appearances at home com-pared to 2-5 with a 4.31 ERA (23 er in 48.0 ip) in 28 games on the road.

• Is 1-2 with a 5.40 ERA (13 er in 21.2 ip) in five games, four starts, in his career against San Francisco.

• Is 0-1 with a 5.19 ERA (5 er in 8.2 ip) in 10 interleague games this year.• His 52 games are a career high...his 82 strikeouts are one short of his

best and his 85.1 innings are 11.1 short of his best. • Was 2-3 with a 4.40 ERA in eight starts when he was placed on the 15-

day DL May 19 with a sprained AC joint…was reinstated June 3.Last Year: Combined for a 5-4 record and a 2.35 ERA in 20 games, 10 starts, with the A’s…missed 24 games from June 17 to July 12 while on the disabled list...went 3-1 with a 3.69 ERA eight games, all starts, with Triple-A Sacramento.

33 RHP FERNANDO RODRIGUEZLast Outing: 9/24 vs. Texas (ND, 1.0 ip, 0 h, 0 r, 0 er, 1 bb, 0 so)

Saves/Opportunities: 0-2Inherited Runners/Scored: 29/4

First Hitters: 7-48, 3 bb

• Has allowed a run in just four of his past 20 games...however, has yield-ed two or more runs (10 total) in each of those contests for a 3.86 ERA (23.1 ip) over that span.

• Has allowed 4-of-29 (13.8%) of inherited runners to score, which is the second best percentage in the American League (Cedeno, TB 13.3%).

• Has a 1.99 ERA (5 er in 22.2 ip) in 21 games during the day, a 5.46 ERA (19 er in 31.1 ip) in 30 games at night.

• Has faced the Giants two times this year (2.0 ip, 2 h, 2 r, 2 er, 2 so). • Has an 8.38 ERA (9 er in 9.2 ip) in nine interleague games this year. • Has a career-high four wins...had five wins in four seasons and 126

games in his career entering this year.• Was selected from Triple-A Nashville May 7 after logging a 2.81 ERA

and .143 opponents average in 10 relief appearances with the Sounds.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.

29 SHP PAT VENDITTELast Outing: 9/24 vs. Texas (ND, 1.0 ip, 1 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 1 so)

Saves/Opportunities: 0-0Inherited Runners/Scored: 15/6

First Hitters: 6-20, 2 bb • Has allowed seven runs in nine games (7.0 ip, 9.00 ERA) in the month

of September. • Has a .108 (4-for-37) opponents batting average with three extra base

hits (.243 slugging percentage) against left-handed hitters compared to .306 (15-for-49) with nine extra base hits (.571 slugging percentage) against righties.

• Has not faced San Francisco in his career. • Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville Aug. 15 for his second stint with the

A’s this year and is 1-2 with a 6.62 ERA (13 er in 17.2 ip) in 18 games since then.

• Joined the A’s for the first time June 5 and did not allow a run in four games and 5.2 innings...became the first switch-handed pitcher to ap-pear in a Major League game since Greg Harris on Sept. 28, 1995...is the first full-time switch-pitcher in the modern era (since at least 1900).

• Was placed on the 15-day DL June 11 with a strained right shoulder...was reinstated from the DL and optioned to Nashville August 3.

• Was 1-0 with a 1.55 ERA and .186 opponents batting average in 23 games with the Sounds.

Last Year: Began the season at Double-A Trenton and was 0-1 with a save and 0.82 ERA in 15 relief appearances before he was promoted to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre...was 2-5 with a 3.36 ERA in 26 games with the Yankees Triple-A affiliate.

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45 BRYAN ANDERSONCurrent Streak: 0 for 0

Texas Series: 0-0Last Road Trip: DNP

• Was selected from Triple-A Nashville last Sunday and made his 2015 debut Tuesday night against Texas by catching the ninth inning.

• Enters the season with a .206 average, no home runs and six RBI in 36 games in the majors…including 0-for-1 in one game with the A’s last year.

• Combined for a .277 batting average in August and September at Nash-ville after hitting .181 over the first four months of the season…appeared in 76 games at catcher, five at designated hitter and one at first base…tossed out 13-of-76 (17.1%) attempted base stealers…his complete 2015 minor league stats: AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBPNashville (AAA) .202 82 292 31 59 16 0 3 25 27 93 0 0 .288 .273

Last Year: Spent most of the season in the Cincinnati farm system before he was traded to the A’s Aug. 25…went 0-for-1 in one game with Oakland after combining for a .320 average, 10 home runs and 47 RBI 78 minor league games..

39 CARSON BLAIRCurrent Streak: 0 for 5

Texas Series: 1-8, r, rbi, bb, 3 so, gidpLast Road Trip: 3-19, 2 r, hr, 2 rbi, 2 bb, 12 so

• Was selected from Triple-A Nashville Sept. 1 and is 4-for-31 (.129) with four walks and 18 strikeouts in 11 games, including nine starts at catch-er, in his Major League debut.

• Has started each of the last six games at catcher (3-for-19, .158), which match the most consecutive starts by an A’s catcher this year (Vogt, April 12-18).

• Opponents have been successful in all five of their stolen base attempts off him and he has committed four errors in 11 games.

• Began the season at Double-A Midland and was promoted to Nashville July 1…combined with both clubs to appear in 71 games at catcher and one at first base…tossed out 16-of-66 (24.2%) attempted base steal-ers…his complete 2015 minor league stats: AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBPMidland (AA) .272 55 173 24 47 15 4 6 29 33 62 1 0 .509 .389Nashville (AAA) .221 33 113 9 25 3 0 3 8 9 34 0 0 .327 .280

Last Year: Began the season at Single-A Salem and hit .261 with 9 HR and 41 RBI in 67 games before making his Double-A debut with Portland in August…batted .288 in 17 games with the Sea Dogs and hit a combined .266 in 84 games overall.

1 BILLY BURNSCurrent Streak: 3 games (3 for 11)

Texas Series: 3-11, 3b, bb, shLast Road Trip: 3-10, 2b, hbp, so

• Is 6-for-21 (.286) over the last six games after missing the A’s previous seven contests.

• Is batting .333 (30-for-90) with 10 multiple hit games over his last 21 games.

• Collected his ninth triple of the season Wednesday night, which is one short of the Oakland rookie record of 10 (Luis Polonia, 1987)…the triples are tied for the third best single season total in Oakland history and are the most since Eric Byrnes also had nine in 2003

• Leads Major League rookies in stolen bas-es (26) and multiple hit games (44)…leads American League rookies in hits (144), ranks second in runs (66) and total bases (189) and third in triples (9).

• Ranks third in the AL in at bats per grounded into double play (121.3), tied for third in stolen bases (26), tied for fifth in triples (9), seventh in home batting average (.325) and ninth in batting average against left-handed pitchers (.327) and stolen base percentage (76.5%).

• Has 37 infield hits, which ranks second in the majors (Gordon, MIA 48)…they are the most by an Athletic since Stats, Inc. began tracking infield hits in 1987.

• Is batting .473 (53-for-112) when putting the first pitch in play, which ranks 10th in the AL…the 53 first pitch hits are the most by an Ath-letic since Carney Lansford had 55 in 1988, which is the first year Stats, Inc. began track-ing pitches.

• Is 7-for-12 (58.3%) in stolen bases attempts over his last 50 games dating back to July 22…started the season 19-for-22 (86.4%).

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: 1 game (1 for 3)Texas Series: 2-12, 2b, 2 so, gidp

Road Trip: 8-40, 4 r, 2b, 2 hr, 9 rbi, 3 bb, 6 so, 3 gidp

• Is 10-for-52 (.192) over his last 13 games after going 20-for-38 (.526) over his previ-ous 13 contests.

• Has four home runs and 14 RBI in 21 games in September…the home runs are his most in a month this year and the RBI match his most (May)…had no home runs and four RBI over his previous 34 games.

• Is 4-for-9 (.444) against San Francisco this year and 8-for-20 (.400) with five RBI in six regular season games in his career.

• Is batting .419 (18-for-43) with two home runs and 10 RBI in 16 inter-league games…is a .312 (129-for-413) career hitter in interleague play with 16 home runs and 64 RBI in 133 games.

• Is batting .194 (26-for-134) against left-handed pitching, which is third lowest in the American League.

• Has played 128 games at designated hitter, which is third most by an A’s DH over the last 26 years (Thomas, 135 in 2006; Durazo, 132 in 2004).

• Grounded in his 26th double play of the season Tuesday night, which ties Jason Kendall (2005) for second most in Oakland history…the re-cord is 32 by Ben Grieve in 2000…ranks second in the majors this year in GIDP (Plouffe, MIN 27).

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: 1 game (1 for 4)

Texas Series: 3-13, r, 2b, rbi, gidpLast Road Trip: 9-40, 6 r, hr, 5 rbi, 4 bb, hbp, 11 so, gidp

• Is batting .293 (41-for-140) with seven doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 28 RBI over his last 32 games.

• Leads American League rookies in RBI (66), ranks third in runs (58) and extra base hits (37), tied for third in doubles (20), fourth in hits (104), home runs (15) and total bases (173) and fifth in walks (30).

• Is batting .297 (22-for-74) with two home runs and 11 RBI off left-handed pitching dating back to July 3 after hitting .109 with no home runs and four RBI off south paws to start the season.

• Is 0-for-11 with six strikeouts and a RBI as a pinch hitter…is tied for fifth in the AL in pinch strikeouts.

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 8Texas Series: 0-1, so

Last Road Trip: 0-2, r, rbi, bb, so

• Is 4-for-30 (.133) over his last 13 games…all four of the hits have come as a pinch hit-ter.

• Is 4-for-10 (.400) as a pinch hitter this year, 10-for-26 (.385) as an Athletic and 11-for-35 (.314) in his career

• Has made one start since Aug. 29 and that was Sept. 9 against Houston (0-for-4).

• Has 299 career stolen bases and needs one more to become one of 10 active players with 300 career steals.

• Has not homered since Aug. 27, 2014 at Houston and his 61-game ho-merless streak is five short of his career high (66, Sept. 12, 2002-Aug. 5, 2003).

• Has not been hit by a pitch since May 9, 2011 (C.J. Wilson) and his streak of 514 consecutive games without a hit by pitch is the longest ac-tive streak in the majors…it is the longest streak by an Athletic since at least 1914 (previous: 504, Whitey Witt from Aug. 25, 1916-Oct. 1, 1921).

• Was reinstated from the 60-day disabled list Aug. 3 and is 17-for-72 (.236) in 25 games since his return…was out from May 20 to Aug. 2 with a cervical strain…began the season on the 15-day DL after undergoing surgery on his right elbow and was reinstated May 6…went 2-for-45 (.044) in 13 games to start the season before the neck injury.

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.

OAKLAND A’SROOKIE BESTS

BATTING AVERAGE.307 Mitchell Page, 1977.297 Billy Burns, 2015.292 Yoenis Céspedes, 2012.290 Brent Gates, 1993.289 Mark McGwire, 1987

HITS168 Terrence Long, 2000168 Ben Grieve, 1998161 Mark McGwire, 1987155 Brent Gates, 1993154 Mitchell Page, 1977144 Billy Burns, 2015144 Jose Canseco, 1986

TRIPLES10 Luis Polonia, 19879 Billy Burns, 20158 Jemile Weeks, 20118 Mitchell Page, 19775 six players tied

STOLEN BASES42 Mitchell Page, 197733 Rickey Henderson, 197929 Luis Polonia, 198728 Herb Washington, 197427 Mike Edwards, 197826 Billy Burns, 2015

MULTIPLE HIT GAMES49 Terrence Long, 200049 Brent Gates, 199345 Mark McGwire, 198744 Billy Burns, 2015 41 Ben Grieve, 1998

HIGHEST CAREERBATTING AVERAGE,

OAKLAND PINCH HITTER

.393 Mark McGwire, 1986-97

.385 Coco Crisp, 2010-present

.371 Mike Heath, 1979-85

.369 Terry Steinbach, 1986-96

.355 Bruce Bochte, 1984-86(min. 30 PA)

ATHLETICS BATTING NOTES

INTERLEAGUEBATTING LEADERS

.419 Jason Kipnis, CLE

.419 Billy Butler, OAK

.394 Buster Posey, SF

.393 Josh Harrison, PIT

.392 Yunel Escobar, WAS

.391 Danny Valencia, TOR/OAK(min. 50 plate appearances)

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23 SAM FULDCurrent Streak: 0 for 7

Texas Series: 0-1Last Road Trip: 7-30, 3 r, 2 2b, 3 rbi, 3 bb, 5 so, hbp, sb

• Popped out as a pinch hitter Wednesday and is 1-for-11 (.091) in the pinch.

• Is 10-for-67 (.149) with four doubles and a home run over his last 27 games.

• Of his last 22 hits dating back to June 21, 10 are for extra bases (eight doubles, two home runs).

• Has made 60 of his 70 starts against right-handed pitching…is batting .219 (50-for-228) against righties, .089 (4-for-45) against lefties.

• Has a career-high 11 assists and ranks seventh among American League outfielders in assists.

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.

3 CRAIG GENTRYCurrent Streak: 1 game (1 for 2)

Texas Series: DNPLast Road Trip: 1-5, r, 3b, rbi, bb, 2 so

• Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville Sept. 8 for his third stint with the A’s this year and is 1-for-5 (.200) in five games, including two starts (one in center field, one in right field).

• Is 9-for-21 (.429) in seven career games against San Francisco.• Has not homered since Aug. 21, 2013 against Houston and has a

career-high 130-game homerless streak….has a 97-game homerless streak as an outfielder with Oakland, which is the second longest ho-merless streak by an A’s outfielder over the last 23 years (99, Ryan Sweeney, 2010-11).

• Was on the A’s Opening Day roster and hit .086 in 16 games before he was optioned to Nashville May 6…returned May 17 and went 0-for-3 in his only game before he was optioned back to Nashville May 25.

• Hit safely in 16 of his final 17 games with Nashville (26-for-70, 371)…tied for 10th in the Pacific Coast League in stolen bases (25)…appeared in 101 games, all in center field…his complete 2015 minor league stats: AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBPNashville (AAA) .256 101 398 64 102 13 0 5 25 36 76 25 7 .321 .319

Last Year: Batted .254 with no home runs, 12 RBI and 20 stolen bases in 94 games in his first season with the A’s…led the A’s in steals despite missing 32 games over two stints on the DL plus the final 2½ weeks of the season following a concussion.

25 TYLER LADENDORFCurrent Streak: 0 for 2

Texas Series: DNPLast Road Trip: 1-4, so

• Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville Sept. 1 for his second stint with the A’s this year and is 2-for-7 (.286) in five games, including two starts (one in left field, one in center field), since his return.

• Was on the A’s Opening Day roster and went 2-for-10 (.200) with two RBI in four games before he was optioned to Nashville April 12.

• Has appeared in three games in left field, two each at second base and center field and one each at third base and shortstop…in the minors, he played 12 games at shortstop, four in left field, three at third base, two at second base and one each in center field and right field.

• Hit .364 in six games with the Sounds before going on the disabled list April 21 with a sprained left ankle…underwent surgery and was added to the Oakland DL May 22…his complete 2015 minor league stats: AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBPNashville (AAA) .265 20 83 3 22 2 1 1 8 5 23 0 1 .349 .311Arizona A’s (Rookie) .750 2 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .750 .833Stockton (A) .000 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000

Last Year: Batted .297 with two home runs and 43 RBI in 78 games with Sacra-mento in his first full season at the Triple-A level…the batting average was a career high as was his .376 on-base percentage.

15 BRETT LAWRIECurrent Streak: 1 game (1 for 3)

Texas Series: 2-11, 2 r, 2 bb, 3 so, gidpLast Road Trip: 8-37, 3 r, 3 2b, hr, 2 rbi, bb, 11 so, sf

• Is 11-for-56 (.196) over his last 14 games.• Has eight home runs in 56 games since the All-Star Break after hitting

eight home runs in 85 games before the break.• Is batting .340 (17-for-50) with two home runs and 12 RBI in 13 inter-

league games…has a .259 batting average against American League competition…now has a .333 (59-for-179) career average in interleague play compared to .258 against the AL.

• Made 102 of his first 103 starts at third base…has made 32 of his 36 starts dating back to Aug. 5 at second base

• Has career highs in hits (141), doubles (28), home runs (16), RBI (58), games (141) and strikeouts (136)…his three triples are one short of his best.

• Ranks second in the AL with a career-high 23 errors…18 have come as a third baseman, which is tied for second most among Major League third baseman (Headley, NYY, 22).

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…his batting average was a career low as was his .301 on-base percentage.

50 MAX MUNCYCurrent Streak: 0 for 8

Texas Series: 0-1Last Road Trip: 1-13, r, rbi, bb, 5 so

• Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville Sept. 8 for his fourth stint with the A’s this year and is 1-for-14 (.071) in six games, including four starts (three at first base, one at third base), since his return.

• Has 19 hits, 10 of which are for extra bases (eight doubles, two homers).• Has just two plate appearances against a left-handed pitcher and is

0-for-1 with a walk.• Made his Major League debut during his first stint when he hit .203 with

two home runs and six RBI in 34 games from April 25-June 29…played in just one game in each of his next two stints.

• Finished the Triple-A portion of his campaign with an 11-game hitting streak (13-for-40, .325)…appeared in 32 games at third base and 26 at first base…his complete 2015 minor league stats: AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBPNashville (AAA) .274 60 212 24 58 14 1 4 35 26 58 0 1 .406 .350

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.

19 JOSH PHEGLEYCurrent Streak: 2 games (3 for 8)

• Has a concussion and will miss the remainder of the season• Batted .213 (27-for-124) over his last 41 games after hitting .305 over

his first 32 contests through June 26.• Threw out 17-of-45 (37.8%) attempted base stealers.

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.

7 JASON PRIDIECurrent Streak: 0 for 8

Texas Series: 0-1Road Trip: 0-1, so

• Was selected from Triple-A Nashville Sept. 1 and is 0-for-8 with a walk and four strikeouts in five games, including one start (center field).

• Hit safely in each of his final 12 games with Nashville…went 18-for-43 (.419) with 13 runs, three doubles, four home runs and 13 RBI.

• At the time of his promotion, ranked second in the Pacific Coast League in runs (84), third in hits (148) and total bases (246), fourth in games and at bats (478), tied for fourth in triples (7), fifth in RBI, tied for eighth in home runs and walks and ninth in batting, slugging (.515) and extra base hits (51)…his complete minor league stats: AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBPNashville (AAA) .310 127 478 84 148 24 7 20 89 55 102 20 3 .515 .380

Last Year: Began the season at Single-A Salem and hit .261 with 9 HR and 41 RBI in 67 games before making his Double-A debut with Portland in August…batted .288 in 17 games with the Sea Dogs and hit a combined .266 in 84 games overall.

22 JOSH REDDICKCurrent Streak: 2 games (2 for 5)

Texas Series: 2-8, 3 r, hr, rbi, 3 bb, 2 so, 2 sbRoad Trip: 9-35, 8 r, 2b, 3 hr, 6 rbi, 5 bb, 5 so, 2 sb, cs

• Is batting .224 (15-for-67) in September, which is his lowest single-month average of 2015 (.247 in August).

• Had the second two-steal game of his career yesterday (July 29, 2015 at LAD) and now has 10 steals for the season, which is one short of his career high from 2012.

• Is batting .286 (22-for-77) with nine extra base hits (five doubles and four home runs) off left-handed pitching dating back to June 10 after hitting .120 with one extra base hit (triple) off southpaws to start the season.

• Is hitting .300 (18-for-60) in interleague play.• Is 8-for-11 (.727) with 18 RBI with the bases loaded…lead the majors in

batting with the bases loaded…the Oakland record for batting with the bases loaded (min. 10 PA) is .667 (8-for-12) by Josh Donaldson is 2013.

• Ranks fourth in the American League in plate appearances per strikeout (9.4).

• Hit his 20th home run of the season Wednesday night, his second ca-reer season with 20 or more home runs (32 in 2012)…now has five home runs in his last 13 games.

• Also committed two errors Wednesday night for his first career two error game…the errors were his first since June 5, snapping an 82-game er-rorless streak…now has five errors for the season, which are tied for the most among AL right fielders (Choo, TEX).

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.

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A’S HITTING VS. SAN FRANCISCO2015 CAREER AVG. AB H HR RBI PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI#DIV/0! 0 0 0 0 Anderson #DIV/0! 0 0 0 0#DIV/0! 0 0 0 0 Blair #DIV/0! 0 0 0 0.125 8 1 0 1 Burns .125 8 1 0 1.444 9 4 0 1 Butler .400 20 8 1 5.143 7 1 0 0 Canha .143 7 1 0 0#DIV/0! 0 0 0 0 Crisp .292 89 26 0 10.143 7 1 0 0 Fuld .286 21 6 0 1#DIV/0! 0 0 0 0 Gentry .429 21 9 0 2#DIV/0! 0 0 0 0 Ladendorf #DIV/0! 0 0 0 0.250 12 3 0 1 Lawrie .350 20 7 0 2#DIV/0! 0 0 0 0 Muncy #DIV/0! 0 0 0 0.250 4 1 0 1 Phegley .250 4 1 0 1#DIV/0! 0 0 0 0 Pridie .125 8 1 0 0.222 9 2 0 0 Reddick .290 31 9 3 7.000 10 0 0 0 Semien .000 10 0 0 0.250 4 1 0 0 Smolinski .250 4 1 0 0.200 5 1 0 1 Sogard .300 10 3 0 1#DIV/0! 0 0 0 0 Valencia .154 13 2 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 Vogt .250 20 5 1 4.438 16 7 1 1 others .220 100 22 1 6 TOTALS

A’S CAREER HITTING VS. LEAKE

PLAYER BAT AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SH SF HBP GDP AVG OBP SLGFernando Abad L 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500Jesse Chavez R 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000Ike Davis L 17 4 1 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .235 .235 .471Sam Fuld L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000Brett Lawrie R 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333Jason Pridie L 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333

10 MARCUS SEMIENCurrent Streak: 8 games (10 for 28)

Texas Series: 3-7, 3b, rbi, 2 soLast Road Trip: 8-35, 7 r, 2 hr, 4 rbi, 6 bb, hbp, 12 so

• Extended his hitting streak to eight games yesterday (10-for-28, .357), which is one short of his career high (9, Aug. 4-14, 2015).

• Had his sixth triple of the season Tuesday night, his fifth at the Coliseum, which ties the Coliseum record for most triples in a season (sixth time, last: Crisp in 2012).

• Is batting .288 (44-for-153) with five home runs and 20 RBI over his last 42 games (dating back to Aug. 1)…hit .314 with six home runs and 15 RBI over his first 40 games but batted .195 with two home runs and seven RBI in 63 games in between.

• Is batting .315 (45-for-143) against left-handed pitching compared to .236 (91-for-386) against right-handers.

• Has committed six errors in 57 games since the All-Star Break after making 28 in 90 games before the break…has a Major League leading 34 errors for the season, which ties the Oakland record for most errors in a season…shares the mark with Bert Campaneris, who committed all 34 of his errors in 1968 at shortstop…his 34 errors match the most by a Major League shortstop over the last 15 years (Ian Desmond, WAS 2010)…the last shortstop with more than 34 errors is Jose Valentin, who had 36 with Chicago (AL) in 2000.

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.

5 JAKE SMOLINSKICurrent Streak: 0 for 4

Texas Series: 1-5, r, 3b, 2 rbiLast Road Trip: 6-26, 5 r, 3 2b, 3 hr, 6 rbi, bb, hbp, 3 so

• Each of his seven hits dating back to Sept. 14 are for extra bases…is 7-for-28 (.250) with three doubles, a triple, three home runs and eight RBI over that span.

• Has three home runs and eight RBI in 16 games in September after tal-lying three home runs and 17 RBI in 54 games over the first five months.

• Is batting .250 (20-for-80) against left-handed pitching compared to .132 (10-for-76) against right-handers.

• Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville Aug. 19 for his second stint with the A’s this year and is 14-for-71 (.197) in 24 games, including 21 starts (17 in left field, four in right field) since his return…went 8-for-25 (.320) with two home runs and seven RBI in 11 games during his first stint from July 7 to Aug. 2.

• Was on the Rangers Opening Day roster and hit .133 in 35 games over three stints with Texas…was claimed off waivers by Oakland June 21.

• Combined to hit .374 with nine home runs and 31 RBI in 37 games with Triple-A Round Rock and Triple-A Nashville.

Last Year: Made his ML debut with Texas and batted .349 with 3 HR and 12 RBI in 24 games…had the highest average in the majors among players with 50 or more at bats…combined to hit .267 with 10 HR and 41 RBI with Frisco and Round Rock.

28 ERIC SOGARDCurrent Streak: 3 games (6 for 13)

Texas Series: 2-4, r, hr, rbiLast Road Trip: 4-12, 2b, 3b, 2 rbi, 2 bb, gidp

• His home run Wednesday night was his first since Aug. 6, 2014 against Tampa Bay, snapping a career-high 141-game, 457-at bat homerless streak…the streak of 457 at bats without a homer was ninth longest in Oakland history and was the longest since Jason Kendall had a 619-at bat streak from June 1, 2006-June 13, 2007…now has two home runs in his last 283 games.

• Each of his last two home runs have come while playing shortstop…has not homered as a second baseman since July 21, 2013 at Los Angeles (AL) and his 214-game homerless streak as a second baseman is the longest by an Athletics second baseman since Irv Hall had a 289-game streak from Oct. 2, 1943 to June 23, 1946.

• Has appeared in just eight of the A’s last 24 games and is 9-for-28 (.321) over that stretch.

• Has committed three errors in his past 14 games as a second baseman after a 52-game errorless streak as a second baseman.

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).

26 DANNY VALENCIACurrent Streak: 7 games (10 for 25)

Texas Series: 3-10, r, 2b, rbi, 3 bb, so, gidpLast Road Trip: 10-32, 7 r, 2b, 3b, 3 hr, 7 rbi, 3 bb, 4 so, 2 gidp

• Has hit safely in each of his last seven games and is 10-for-25 (.400) with five walks (.500 on-base percentage) over that stretch.

• Has 32 RBI in 38 games with the A’s…has the highest single season RBI total in Oak-land history and second highest in Athlet-ics history by a player with fewer than 60 games played…Earle Brucker had 35 RBI in 53 games with the 1938 Philadelphia A’s.

• Has nine home runs with the A’s after tally-ing seven home runs in 58 games with Toronto…the 16 total home runs are a career high.

• Is batting .391 (18-for-46) in interleague play this year and .339 (58-for-171) in his career.

• Has committed just one error in 46 games at third base (.992 fielding percentage).

• Reached base safely in eight straight plate appearances from the ninth inning last Thursday through his third plate appearance last Saturday night (four singles, two home runs, two walks).

• Hit two home runs a week ago today at Houston for his second career multi-homer game and his first since Sept. 25, 2010 at Detroit (with Min-nesota).

• Has started 36 games at third base and two at designated hitter with the A’s…overall, has made 45 starts at third base, 27 in left field, two at designated hitter and one each in right field and at first base.

• Was claimed off waivers from Toronto Aug. 3.Last Year: Began the year with Kansas City and hit .282 with two home runs and 11 RBI in 36 games before he was traded to Toronto July 28…batted .240 with two home runs and 19 RBI in 50 games with the Blue Jays and hit .258 overall.

21 STEPHEN VOGTCurrent Streak: 0 for 14Texas Series: 0-7, 3 soRoad Trip: 0-2, bb, so

• Has appeared in each of the A’s last four games, including two starts (one at first base, one at designated hitter), in his first action since Sept. 6 against Seattle…is 0-for-9 with a walk since his return.

• Is tied for the American League lead in pinch walks (5), tied for second in grand slams (2) and tied for sixth in sacrifice flies (8).

• • Made 34 of his first 35 starts at catcher but just 49 of his last 73…has

tossed out 15-of-56 (26.8%) attempted base stealers.• Is batting .218 (43-for-197) with five home runs and 14 RBI over his last

59 games after hitting .308 with 13 home runs and 53 RBI over his first 70 contests.

• Was named to his first AL All-Star team…received the most votes among catchers in balloting by the players.

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.

MOST RBI, FIRST 38 GAMESWITH THE OAKLAND A’S

40 Jermaine Dye, 2001 (40)35 Jay Payton, 2005 (35)33 Brandon Inge, 2012 (33)33 Emil Brown, 2008 (33)33 Dave Kingman, 1984 (33)32 Danny Valencia, 2015

(number in parentheses istotal after 39 games)

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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 atHOU W 8-1 4-4 1 +½ OAK ½ Kazmir Feldman 19,279 19,2794/14 9 atHOU W 4-0 5-4 1 +1 OAK 1 Graveman Peacock 18,935 38,2144/15 10 atHOU L 1-6 5-5 1 +½ OAK ½ McHugh Pomeranz 19,777 57,9914/16 OFFDAY 1 +½ OAK ½4/17 11 atKC L 4-6 5-6 t2 -½ LAA ½ Davis Otero Holland 39,228 97,2194/18 12 atKC W 5-0 6-6 1 +½ OAK ½ Hahn Ventura Chavez 33,151 130,3704/19 13 atKC L 2-4 6-7 2 -½ HOU ½ Morales O’Flaherty Davis 36,755 167,1254/20 14 atLAA W 6-3 7-7 2 -½ HOU ½ Otero Shoemaker Clippard 35,228 202,3534/21 15 atLAA L 1-14 7-8 2 -1½ HOU 1½ Santiago Pomeranz 32,137 234,4904/22 16 atLAA W 9-2 8-8 2 -½ HOU ½ Gray Salas 30,034 264,5244/23 17 atLAA 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 OFFDAY 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 atTEX W 7-5 10-14 4 -6½ HOU 5 Otero Mendez Clippard 29,700 318,5285/2 25 atTEX L 7-8(10) 10-15 4 -7½ HOU 6 Kela Cook 32,207 350,7355/3 26 atTEX W 7-1 11-15 3 -7½ HOU 7 Gray Gallardo 36,006 386,7415/4 27 atMIN L 7-8 11-16 4 -7½ HOU 7 Hughes Hahn Perkins 20,605 407,3465/5 28 atMIN W 2-1 12-16 3 -6½ HOU 6 Chavez May Clippard 18,135 425,4815/6 29 atMIN L 0-13 12-17 t3 -6½ HOU 5 Gibson Kazmir 18,866 444,3475/7 30 atMIN L 5-6 12-18 t4 -7½ HOU 6 Nolasco Pomeranz Perkins 22,379 466,7265/8 31 atSEA L 3-4(11) 12-19 5 -7½ HOU 5 Smith Otero 25,187 491,9135/9 32 atSEA L 2-7 12-20 5 -8½ HOU 6 Happ Hahn 37,441 529,3545/10 33 atSEA 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 OFFDAY 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 atHOU W 2-1 14-26 5 -11½ HOU 5½ Mujica Thatcher Clippard 21,724 593,9095/19 41 atHOU L 4-6 14-27 5 -12½ HOU 5½ Hernandez Gray Neshek 17,575 611,4845/20 42 atHOU L 1-6 14-28 5 -13½ HOU 5½ Keuchel Hahn 21,066 632,5505/21 43 atTB L 0-3 14-29 5 -13½ HOU 5½ Colome Chavez Boxberger 10,605 643,1555/22 44 atTB L 2-5 14-30 5 -13½ HOU 4½ Archer Kazmir Boxberger 12,329 655,4845/23 45 atTB W 5-0 15-30 5 -13½ HOU 5½ Graveman Karns 15,207 670,6915/24 46 atTB 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 22,758 489,3935/27 49 DET L 2-3 17-32 5 -13½ HOU 6 Ryan Otero Soria 20,387 509,7805/28 50 NYY W 5-4 18-32 5 -13 HOU 6 Scribner Sabathia Clippard 21,795 531,5755/29 51 NYY W 6-2 19-32 5 -12 HOU 5 Gray Capuano Clippard 23,540 555,1155/30 52 NYY L 3-5 19-33 5 -13 HOU 5 Shreve Hahn Miller 25,223 580,3385/31 53 NYY W 3-0 20-33 5 -12 HOU 4 Chavez Warren Clippard 25,457 605,795 (26 dates)6/1 OFFDAY 5 -12½ HOU 46/2 54 atDET W 5-3 21-33 5 -12½ HOU 5 Graveman Simon Clippard 28,362 714,7456/3 55 atDET W 6-1 22-33 5 -12½ HOU 6 Gray Sanchez 30,718 745,4636/4 56 atDET W 7-5 23-33 5 -11½ HOU 5½ Hahn Greene Clippard 37,411 782,8746/5 57 atBOS L 2-4 23-34 5 -11½ HOU 4½ Miley Kazmir Uehara 34,910 817,7846/6 58 atBOS L 2-4 23-35 5 -11½ HOU 3½ Kelly Chavez Uehara 36,713 854,4976/7 59 atBOS L 4-7 23-36 5 -11½ HOU 3½ Wright Clippard Layne 36,913 891,410 (33 dates)6/8 OFFDAY 5 -11 HOU 36/9 60 TEX L 1-2 23-37 5 -11 HOU 2 Martinez Gray Tolleson 14,617 620,4126/10 61 TEX W 5-4 24-37 5 -10 HOU 2 Clippard Kela 14,290 634,7026/11 62 TEX W 7-0 25-37 5 -9½ HOU 2½ Kazmir Gonzalez 14,489 649,191 (29 dates)6/12 63 atLAA L 4-5 25-38 5 -10½ HOU 2½ Alvarez Scribner Street 42,113 933,5236/13 64 atLAA L 0-1 25-39 5 -10½ HOU 1½ Wilson GRAVEMAN Street 43,548 977,0716/14 65 atLAA W 8-1 26-39 5 -10½ HOU 2½ Gray Shoemaker 35,143 1,012,2146/15 66 atSD W 9-1 27-39 5 -10½ HOU 2½ Hahn Ross 30,018 1,042,2326/16 67 atSD W 6-5 28-39 5 -10½ HOU 2½ Scribner Kimbrel Clippard 28,482 1,070,714 (38 dates)6/17 68 SD W 16-2 29-39 5 -10½ HOU 2½ Chavez Despaigne 20,625 669,8166/18 69 SD L 1-3 29-40 5 -11½ HOU 3½ Kennedy Graveman Kimbrel 16,643 686,4596/19 70 LAA L 7-12 29-41 5 -11½ HOU 2½ Salas Mujica 25,528 711,9876/20 71 LAA W 4-1 30-41 5 -10½ HOU 2½ Hahn Weaver Clippard 26,471 738,4586/21 72 LAA W 3-2 31-41 5 -10½ HOU 3½ Kazmir Richards Clippard 29,137 767,595 (34 dates)6/22 OFFDAY 5 -10 HOU 36/23 73 atTEX W 8-6 32-41 5 -10 HOU 4 Chavez Gonzalez Pomeranz 35,889 1,106,6036/24 74 atTEX W 8-2 33-41 5 -9 HOU 4 Graveman Rodriguez 34,216 1,140,8196/25 75 atTEX W 6-3 34-41 t4 -9 HOU 5 Gray Kela Clippard 29,251 1,170,070 (41 dates)6/26 76 KC L 2-5 34-42 5 -9 HOU 5 Volquez Hahn Holland 27,365 794,9606/27 77 KC L 2-3 34-43 5 -9 HOU 4 Young Kazmir Holland 28,619 823,5796/28 78 KC L 3-5 34-44 5 -10 HOU 4 Guthrie Chavez Davis 22,477 846,0566/29 79 COL W 7-1 35-44 5 -10 HOU 4 Graveman Hale 12,125 858,1816/30 80 COL L 1-2 35-45 5 -11 HOU 4 DeLaRosa Bassitt Hawkins 19,206 877,3877/1 81 COL W 4-1 36-45 5 -11 HOU 5 Hahn Bettis Clippard 17,655 895,0427/2 82 SEA W 4-0 37-45 5 -10½ HOU 5 Kazmir Elias 13,062 908,1047/3 83 SEA L 5-9 37-46 5 -11½ HOU 5 Happ Chavez 35,067* 943,1717/4 84 SEA W 2-0 38-46 5 -10½ HOU 4 Graveman Hernandez Clippard 18,915 962,0867/5 85 SEA L 1-2 38-47 5 -10½ HOU 3 Montgomery Bassitt Rodney 22,163 984,249 (44 dates)

GA/ LEADER CUM.DATE G OPP W-L SCORE REC POS GB AND LEAD WINNER LOSER SAVE ATT. ATT.7/6 OFFDAY 5 -11 HOU 3½7/7 86 atNYY W 4-3(10) 39-47 5 -10 HOU 2½ Pomeranz Betances Clippard 32,337 1,202,4077/8 87 atNYY L 4-5 39-48 5 -10 HOU 1½ Sabathia Scribner Miller 41,626 1,244,0337/9 88 atNYY L 2-6 39-49 5 -10 HOU 1½ Tanaka Chavez 40,084 1,284,1177/10 89 atCLE L 1-5 39-50 5 -10 HOU ½ Salazar Graveman Allen 28,539 1,312,6567/11 90 atCLE W 5-4 40-50 5 -9 HOU ½ O’Flaherty McAllister Clippard 28,733 1,341,3897/12 91 at CLE W 2-0 41-50 5 -8½ LAA ½ GRAY Kluber 20,611 1,362,000 (47 dates)7/13-16 ALL-STAR BREAK 5 -8½ LAA ½7/17 92 MIN L 0-5 41-51 5 -9½ LAA ½ Santana Gray 23,462 1,007,7117/18 93 MIN W 3-2 (10) 42-51 5 -9½ LAA 1½ Pomeranz Fien 30,778 1,038,4897/19 94 MIN W 14-1 43-51 t4 -9 LAA 1 Chavez Milone 20,286 1,058,7757/20 OFFDAY 4 -10 LAA 27/21 95 TOR L 1-7 43-52 5 -11 LAA 2 Buehrle Graveman 19,364 1,078,1397/22 96 TOR W 4-3(10) 44-52 4 -11 LAA 2 Rodriguez Osuna 18,827 1,096,9667/23 97 TOR L 2-5 44-53 5 -11 LAA 1 Dickey Otero Schultz 19,045 1,116,011 (50 dates)7/24 98 atSF L 3-9 44-54 5 -11 LAA/HOU – Peavy Chavez 42,128 1,404,1287/25 99 atSF L 1-2 44-55 5 -11 LAA/HOU - Bumgarner Bassitt Casilla 42,162 1,446,2907/26 100 at SF L 3-4 44-56 5 -12 LAA 1 Hudson Graveman Casilla 42,034 1,488,3247/27 OFFDAY 5 -12 LAA 17/28 101 atLAD W 2-0 45-56 5 -11 LAA/HOU – GRAY Anderson 50,182 1,538,5067/29 102 atLAD L 7-10 45-57 5 -12 HOU 1 Baez Pomeranz 51,788 1,590,294 (52 dates)7/30 103 CLE L 1-3 45-58 5 -13 HOU 2 CARRASCO Bassitt 13,173 1,129,1847/31 104 CLE L 1-2 45-59 5 -13 HOU 2 Salazar Mujica Allen 28,152 1,157,3368/1 105 CLE W 5-1 46-59 5 -13 HOU 3 Brooks Anderson 19,046 1,176,3828/2 106 CLE W 2-1(10) 47-59 5 -13 HOU 4 Rodriguez Allen 21,498 1,197,8808/3 107 BAL L 2-9 47-60 5 -13 HOU 3 Wilson Chavez 11,476 1,209,3568/4 108 BAL W 5-0 48-60 5 -12 HOU 3 Bassitt Gonzalez 16,328 1,225,6848/5 109 BAL L 3-7(10) 48-61 5 -12 HOU 2 Britton Leon 20,176 1,245,8608/6 110 HOU L 4-5(10) 48-62 5 -13 HOU 2½ Gregerson Mujica Harris 16,172 1,262,0328/7 111 HOU W 3-1 49-62 5 -12 HOU 1½ GRAY Keuchel 18,908 1,280,9408/8 112 HOU W 2-1 50-62 5 -11 HOU 1½ Chavez McHugh Mujica 25,091 1,306,0318/9 113 HOU W 5-4 51-62 5 -10 HOU ½ Abad Gregerson 20,278 1,326,309 (61 dates)8/10 OFFDAY 5 -10 HOU 18/11 114 atTOR L 2-4 51-63 5 -10 HOU 1 Hutchison Graveman Osuna 39,381 1,629,6758/12 115 atTOR L 3-10 51-64 5 -11 HOU 2 Dickey Brooks 44,597 1,674,2728/13 116 atTOR L 2-4 51-65 5 -11½ HOU 1½ Buehrle Chavez 46,920 1,721,1928/14 117 atBAL L 6-8(13) 51-66 5 -12½ HOU 2½ Garcia Pomeranz 36,784 1,757,9768/15 118 atBAL L 3-4 51-67 5 -12½ HOU 2½ Britton Venditte 44,028 1,802,0048/16 119 atBAL L 2-18 51-68 5 -13½ HOU 3½ Chen Graveman 28,228 1,830,2328/17 120 atBAL L 2-4 51-69 5 -13½ HOU 2½ Tillman Gray Britton 22,766 1,852,998 (59 dates)8/18 121 LAD W 5-4(10) 52-69 5 -13½ HOU 2½ Abad Garcia 35,067* 1,361,3768/19 122 LAD W 5-2 53-69 5 -13½ HOU 2½ Chavez Wood Pomeranz 26,122 1,387,4988/20 OFFDAY 5 -13 HOU 2½8/21 123 TB L 1-2 53-70 5 -14 HOU 3½ Smyly Bassitt Boxberger 20,671 1,408,1698/22 124 TB L 4-5 53-71 5 -15 HOU 4 Colome Venditte 35,067* 1,443,2368/23 125 TB W 8-2 54-71 5 -15 HOU 4 Rodriguez Geltz 19,425 1,462,661 (66 dates)8/24 126 atSEA W 11-5 55-71 5 -14 HOU 3½ Mujica Iwakuma 17,970 1,870,9688/25 127 atSEA L 5-6 55-72 5 -15 HOU 4½ Olmos Chavez Wilhelmsen 17,498 1,888,4668/26 128 atSEA L 2-8 55-73 5 -16 HOU 5½ Hernandez Bassitt 23,338 1,911,8048/27 OFFDAY 5 -16 HOU 58/28 129 atARZ L 4-6 55-74 5 -16 HOU 4 Delgado Gray Ziegler 30,059 1,941,8638/29 130 atARZ W 3-2 56-74 5 -16 HOU 4 Rodriguez Chafin Pomeranz 35,990 1,977,8538/30 131 atARZ W 7-4(11) 57-74 5 -15 HOU 3 Venditte Ziegler 29,576 2,007,411 (65 dates)8/31 132 LAA W 11-5 58-74 5 -15 HOU 4 Doubront Santiago 12,054 1,474,7159/1 133 LAA L 2-6 58-75 5 -15 HOU 3 Shoemaker Martin 14,178 1,488,8939/2 134 LAA L 4-9 58-76 5 -15 HOU 2 Heaney Gray 13,392 1,502,2859/3 OFFDAY 5 -15 HOU 29/4 135 SEA L 8-11 58-77 5 -16 HOU 3 Ramirez Brooks Wilhelmsen 16,382 1,518,6679/5 136 SEA L 3-8 58-78 5 -16 HOU 2 Hernandez Chavez 27,387 1,546,0549/6 137 SEA L 2-3 58-79 5 -17 HOU 3 Iwakuma Nolin Wilhelmsen 19,534 1,565,5889/7 138 HOU W 10-9 59-79 5 -16 HOU 2 Doubront Fiers Doolittle 22,214 1,587,8029/8 139 HOU W 4-0 60-79 5 -15 HOU 1 Gray Kazmir 11,364 1,599,1669/9 140 HOU L 5-11 60-80 5 -16 HOU 2 McHugh Brooks 13,387 1,612,553

(75 dates) 9/10 OFFDAY 5 -16 HOU 2½9/11 141 atTEX L 0-4 60-81 5 -16 HOU 1½ LEWIS Chavez 28,133 2,035,5449/12 142 atTEX W 5-3 61-81 5 -15 HOU 1½ Nolin Gallardo 30,487 2,066,0319/13 143 atTEX L 4-12 61-82 5 -16 HOU 1½ Gonzalez Doubront 26,131 2,092,1629/14 144 atCWS L 7-8(14) 61-83 5 -16 HOU ½ Jennings Leon 12,221 2,104,3839/15 145 atCWS W 17-6 62-83 5 -15½ TEX ½ Brooks Samardzija 12,446 2,116,8299/16 146 at CWS L 4-9 62-84 5 -16½ TEX 1½ Johnson Martin 13,005 2,129,8349/17 147 at CWS W 4-2 63-84 5 -16½ TEX 2½ Doolittle Robertson 12,406 2,142,2409/18 148 atHOU W 4-3 64-84 5 -15½ TEX 2½ Pomeranz Neshek Dull 27,567 2,169,8079/19 149 atHOU L 6-10 64-85 5 -16½ TEX 2½ Qualls Rodriguez 27,044 2,196,8519/20 150 atHOU L 1-5 64-86 5 -16½ TEX 1½ McHugh Brooks 22,453 2,219,304 (75 dates)9/21 OFFDAY 5 -16½ TEX 19/22 151 TEX L 6-8 64-87 5 -17½ TEX 2 Gonzalez Pomeranz Tolleson 16,524 1.629,0779/23 152 TEX L 3-10 64-88 5 -18½ TEX 3 Lewis Doubront 16,445 1,645,5229/24 153 TEX L 1-8 64-89 5 -19½ TEX 3½ Hamels Bassitt 14,452 1,659,974 * indicates sellout. CAPS indicates complete game.

DATE G OPP TIME TV PROMOTION9/25 154 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 OFFDAY 10/2 160 at SEA 7:10 CSNCA10/3 161 at SEA 6:10 CSNCA10/4 162 at SEA 12:10 CSNCA

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2015 OAKLAND ATHLETICS SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

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CLUBLongest Winning Streak ............................................................................... 5, June 20 to 25Longest Winning Streak, Home ................................................................... 5, August 7 to 20Longest Winning Streak, Road ................................................................ 7, June 14 to July 7Longest Losing Streak ................................................................................7, August 11 to 17Longest Losing Streak, Home ........................................................................5, April 11 to 26.................................................................................................................5, September 1 to 6Longest Losing Streak, Road .............................................................8, July 29 to August 17Most Runs, Game, A’s ......................................................17, September 15 at Chicago (AL)MostRuns,Game,Opponents ..................................................... 18, August 16 at BaltimoreMost Runs, Inning, A’s ............................................. 10, September 15 at Chicago (AL) (4th)MostRuns,Inning,Opponents ...............................................9, August 16 at Baltimore (5th)Largest Margin, Victory ...................................................... 14, June 17 vs. San Diego (16-2)Largest Margin, Loss ......................................................... 16, August 16 at Baltimore (18-2)Most Hits, Game, A’s .................................................................... 20, June 17 vs. San DiegoMostHits,Game,Opponents ....................................................... 26, August 16 at BaltimoreMost Hits, Inning, A’s ..............................................................8, June 17 vs. San Diego (8th)........................................................................................... 8, August 23 vs. Tampa Bay (7th)................................................................................... 8, September 15 at Chicago (AL) (4th)MostHits,Inning,Opponents ...............................................10, August 16 at Baltimore (5th)Most Home Runs, Game, A’s............................................................5, July 19 vs. MinnesotaMostHomeRuns,Game,Opponents ................. 4(fivetimes),last:September13atTexasMost Doubles, Game, A’s .....................5 (seven times), last: September 15 at Chicago (AL)MostDoubles,Game,Opponents .................................................. 7, August 16 at BaltimoreMost Triples, Game, A’s .....................................2 (four times), last: September 22 vs. TexasMostTriples,Game,Opponents ................ 1 (12 times), last: September 16 at Chicago (AL)Most Stolen Bases, Game, A’s ...............................................4, April 22 at Los Angeles (AL)MostStolenBases,Game,Opponents .............................................. 4, April 26 vs. HoustonMost Strikeouts, A’s Pitchers ............................................19, September 14 at Chicago (AL)MostStrikeouts,OpponentsPitchers ...............................16, September 14 at Chicago (AL)Most Walks, A’s Pitchers ...................................................10, September 14 at Chicago (AL)MostWalks,OpponentsPitchers................................................9, September 7 vs. HoustonFewest Hits Allowed, A’s Pitchers ............................................................. 1, April 6 vs. Texas................................................................................................1, April 23 at Los Angeles (AL)................................................................................................................1, June 11 vs. TexasFewestHitsAllowed,OpponentsPitchers ........................................ 1, July 31 vs. ClevelandMost Left on Base, Nine Inning Game .......................................13, May 15 vs. Chicago (AL)Most Left on Base, Extra Inning Game ............................................ 14, August 30 at ArizonaFewest Left on Base, Game ............................................................. 2, July 30 vs. Cleveland.......................................................................................................... 2, July 31 vs. Cleveland......................................................................................................2, September 5 vs. Seattle........................................................................................................2, September 11 at TexasMost Errors, Game ................................................................................... 4, May 9 at Seattle.....................................................................................................4, May 17 vs. Chicago (AL)............................................................................................. 4, June 19 vs. Los Angeles (AL)Largest Comeback in Win .......................................................................... 5, May 1 at Texas............................................................................................................ 5, August 24 at Seattle Largest Lead Surrendered in Loss ...................................... 5, June 19 vs. Los Angeles (AL)............................................................................................................ 5, August 25 at Seattle

INDIVIDUALGrand Slams ..............................................Stephen Vogt, May 4 at Minnesota (Phil Hughes).........................................................................Ben Zobrist, June 2 at Detroit (Angel Nesbitt).............................................................Stephen Vogt, June 15 at San Diego (Cory Mazzoni)................................................................ Brett Lawrie, June 24 at Texas (Wandy Rodriguez).............................................................. Josh Reddick, July 19 vs. Minnesota (J.R. Graham).......................................................DannyValencia,September4vs.Seattle(EdgarOlmos)Pinch Hit Home Runs .....................................................................................................NoneLeadOffHomeRuns .......................... Billy Burns, May 24 at Tampa Bay (Erasmo Ramirez)................................................................Billy Burns, August 26 at Seattle (Felix Hernandez)Inside-The-Park Home Runs ..........................................................................................NoneGame Ending Home Runs ..............................................................................................NoneBack-to-Back Home Runs ....................Ike Davis and Stephen Vogt, April 17 at Kansas City.................................................Brett Lawrie and Josh Phegley, June 12 at Los Angeles (AL)...........................................................Billy Butler and Jake Smolinski, July 19 vs. Minnesota...............................................Josh Reddick and Danny Valencia, September 18 at HoustonLongest Hitting Streak ............................................................. 16, Billy Burns, June 10 to 28Most Runs, Game ..... 3 (16 times), last: Semien, Reddick and Phegley, Sept. 15 at Chicago (AL)Most Hits, Game ........... 4(fivetimes),last:4,MarkCanha,August18vs.LosAngeles(NL)Most Doubles, Game .................................................. 3, Coco Crisp, August 14 at BaltimoreMost Triples, Game .......................... 1 (41 times), last: Billy Burns, September 23 vs. TexasMost Home Runs, Game ........................................ 2, Stephen Vogt, April 17 at Kansas City.............................................................................................2, Stephen Vogt, May 3 at Texas..................................................................................... 2, Marcus Semien, May 10 at Seattle................................................................................2, Jake Smolinski, July 19 vs. Minnesota........................................................................ 2, Danny Valencia, September 18 at HoustonMost Runs Batted In, Game ........................................ 5, Stephen Vogt, May 4 at Minnesota.................................................................................. 5, Stephen Vogt, June 15 at San DiegoMost Walks, Game ...................................................... 4, Ben Zobrist, June 15 at San DiegoMost Strikeouts, Game ........................................................ 4, Brett Lawrie, April 7 vs. Texas..........................................................................4, Craig Gentry, April 21 at Los Angeles (AL)Most Stolen Bases, Game ..........2(fivetimes),last:JoshReddick,September24vs.TexasLongest Winning Streak ........................................................4, Sonny Gray, April 6 to May 3Longest Losing Streak ............................................ 5, Kendall Graveman, July 10 to presentMost Strikeouts, Game .........................................11, Jesse Chavez, June 17 vs. San DiegoMost Walks, Game ................................................................ 7, Sonny Gray, May 3 at TexasMost Innings, Game, Starter ...........9.0 (four times), last: Sonny Gray, August 7 vs. HoustonMost Innings, Game, Reliever ...............................6.1, Felix Doubront, August 12 at TorontoLow Hit Complete Game ............................................... 2, Sonny Gray, July 12 at ClevelandMost Consecutive Scoreless Innings ................ 19.0, Kendall Graveman, June 24 to July 10Most Consecutive Batters Retired ...................................16, Scott Kazmir, June 27 to July 2

GENERALLongest Game, Innings ....................................................14, September 14 at Chicago (AL)Longest Game, Time, Nine Innings .......................................3:53, September 7 vs. HoustonLongest Game, Time, Extra Innings .........................5:09, September 14 at Chicago-AL (14)Shortest Game, Time....................................................... 2:06, April 28 vs. Los Angeles (AL)Largest Crowd, Home ...................................................................... 36,067, April 6 vs. TexasSmallest Crowd, Home ......................................................11,364, September 8 vs. HoustonLargest Crowd, Road ..................................................... 51,788, July 29 at Los Angeles (NL)Smallest 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 35 9 0 0 44Butler 24 6 1 0 31Canha 18 6 1 0 25Crisp 3 0 1 0 4Davis 6 2 0 0 8Fuld 10 2 0 0 12Lawrie 29 9 1 0 39Muncy 3 0 0 0 3Phegley 14 1 0 0 15Reddick 26 8 1 0 35Semien 21 7 0 0 28Smolinski 1 1 0 0 2Sogard 19 2 0 0 21Valencia 10 1 0 0 11Vogt 20 11 0 0 31Zobrist 14 4 0 0 18

MULTIPLE RBI GAMESPLAYER 2 3 4 5 6 TOTBurns 3 1 0 0 0 4Butler 6 4 1 0 0 11Canha 7 5 3 0 0 15Crisp 1 0 0 0 0 1Davis 2 0 1 0 0 3Fuld 5 0 0 0 0 5Ladendorf 1 0 0 0 0 1Lawrie 8 2 2 0 0 12Muncy 1 0 0 0 0 1Phegley 4 3 0 0 0 7Reddick 8 7 3 0 0 18Ross 1 0 0 0 0 1Semien 9 1 0 0 0 10Smolinski 3 1 1 0 0 5Sogard 4 2 0 0 0 6Valencia 5 2 1 0 0 8Vogt 10 5 1 2 0 18Zobrist 5 2 1 0 0 8

GAME TYING/GO-AHEAD RBIPLAYER GT GA TOTBlair 0 1 1Burns 4 11 15Butler 7 11 18Canha 4 11 15Crisp 0 2 2Davis 0 4 4Fuld 1 2 3Gentry 2 0 2Ladendorf 0 1 1Lawrie 8 8 16Muncy 1 2 3Phegley 5 7 12Reddick 10 13 23Semien 1 10 11Smolinski 3 3 6Sogard 3 5 8Valencia 2 9 11Vogt 7 14 21Zobrist 1 15 16

STARTS IN THE BATTING ORDERPlayer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Blair - - - - - - - 1 8Burns 107 1 - - - - - 3 -Butler - - - 74 31 19 11 - -Canha - 49 - 5 3 3 20 18 2Crisp 8 10 - - - 2 3 4 -Davis - 1 1 2 26 20 10 1 -Fuld 25 7 - - - - 1 13 24Gentry 5 - - - - - - 2 7Ladendorf - - - - - - - 1 3Lawrie - 7 14 - 16 57 45 - -Muncy - - - - 1 10 13 2 -Parrino - - - - - - - 1 -Phegley - - - 4 11 10 18 17 2Pridie - - - - - - - 1 -Reddick - 3 64 13 15 16 7 10 -Ross - 1 - - 4 - - 1 -Semien 6 39 - - - 2 4 40 49Smolinski - - - - 7 5 9 5 1Sogard 2 7 - - - 1 7 33 47Valencia - - 4 33 1 - - - -Vogt - 23 26 8 38 9 4 - -Zobrist - 5 44 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 GSAnderson 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Blair 11 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Burns - - - - - - - - - - - - 117 111 - - - -Butler - - 7 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - 129 128Canha - - 67 49 - - 1 - - - 58 48 - - 3 1 2 2Crisp - - - - - - - - - - 34 27 - - - - - -Davis - - 65 61 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 -Fuld - - - - - - - - - - 52 27 41 34 16 9 4 -Gentry - - - - - - - - - - 12 4 6 6 4 3 - -Ladendorf - - - - 2 2 1 - 1 - 3 1 2 1 - - - -Lawrie - - - - 35 33 108 106 - - - - - - - - - -Muncy - - 22 16 - - 14 10 - - - - - - - - - -Parrino - - - - - - 6 - 10 1 - - - - - - - -Phegley 68 62 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Pridie - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 1 2 - - -Reddick - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 134 127 2 1Ross - - - - - - - - - - 4 2 - - 5 4 1 -Semien - - - - - - - - 145 140 - - - - - - - -Smolinski - - - - - - - - - - 22 20 - - 9 7 - -Sogard - - - - 93 85 1 1 15 12 - - - - - - 2 -Valencia - - - - - - 36 36 - - - - - - - - 2 2Vogt 92 82 24 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 6Zobrist - - - - 34 33 - - - - 27 24 - - 3 2 4 4

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HOME RUN BREAKDOWN 2015 HOME RUNS LAST REGULAR SEASON HOME RUNPlayer Solo 2R 3R GS Tot. Date Opponent Pitcher GP SinceAnderson 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 30Blair 1 0 0 0 1 September 13, 2015 at Texas Faulkner 8Burns 4 0 0 0 4 September 8, 2015 Houston Kazmir 7Butler 6 4 3 0 13 September 17, 2015 at Chicago (AL) Quintana 6Canha 8 3 4 0 15 September 12, 2015 at Texas Gallardo 10Crisp 0 0 0 0 0 August 27, 2014 at Houston Chapman 61Davis 2 1 0 0 3 June 29, 2015 Colorado Hale 27Fuld 2 0 0 0 2 August 15, 2015 at Baltimore Gonzalez 14Gentry 0 0 0 0 0 August 21, 2013 Houston Bedard 130Ladendorf 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 9Lawrie 11 3 1 1 16 September 14, 2015 at Chicago (AL) Danks 8Muncy 1 1 0 0 2 May 19, 2015 at Houston Hernandez 23Phegley 4 5 0 0 9 September 7, 2015 Houston Velasquez 6Pridie 0 0 0 0 0 July 8, 2012 Atlanta Jurrjens 15Reddick 10 6 3 1 20 September 23, 2015 Texas Lewis 1Semien 10 2 1 0 13 September 19, 2015 at Houston Kazmir 3Smolinski 4 1 1 0 6 September 19, 2015 at Houston Kazmir 3Sogard 1 0 0 0 1 September 23, 2015 Texas Freeman –Valencia 9 4 2 1 16 September 18, 2015 at Houston Neshek 5Vogt 9 4 3 2 18 August 30, 2015 at Arizona Webster 9others 1 3 1 1 6Team 77 37 17 6 137

MILESTONESPlayer Category No. NeedsCrisp GamesasOF(w/OAK) 574 24for598(tiesLongfor10thinOaklandhistory) Hits 1466 34 for 1500 Doubles 281 19 for 300 Triples(w/OAK) 22 1for23(tiesLansford,JacksonandNorthfor5thinOaklandhistory) Steals 299 1 for 300 Steals(w/OAK) 162 10for172(tiesBakerfor9thinAthleticshistory)Doolittle Games 184 16 for 200 Saves 26 18 for 44 (ties Koch and Foulke for 9th in Athletics history)Gray Innings Pitched 485.0 15.0 for 500Lawrie Hits 486 14 for 500Mujica Games 490 10for500

A’S AT A GLANCESeason High ........................1-0/2-1/3-2/5-4 (April 6/8/10/14)Season Low ........................................64-89 (September 24)April ................................................................................9-14May ............................................................................... 11-19June ..............................................................................15-12July ...............................................................................10-14August ..........................................................................13-15September ......................................................................6-15Home Series ................................................................8-13-4Road Series .................................................................7-13-4Series Sweeps ................................................................4-10First Game of Series .....................................................22-27Last Game of Series .....................................................18-31A’s Score First ..............................................................48-32OpponentScoresFirst ..................................................16-57Leading After 7th ............................................................54-7Leading After 8th ............................................................58-2Tied After 7th ....................................................................6-8Tied After 8th ....................................................................5-8Trailing After 7th .............................................................4-74Trailing After 8th .............................................................1-79Commit No Errors .........................................................39-35Commit 1 or More Errors ..............................................25-54MoreHRThanOpp. .....................................................31-19FewerHRThanOpp. ...................................................12-53SameTotalHRofOpp. .................................................21-17Starter Pitches 7 or More ..............................................33-15Starter Pitches Less Than 7 .........................................31-74When Scoring 4 or More ...............................................52-31When Scoring Less Than 4 ..........................................12-58Last At Bat ....................................................................10-18Replay Challenges .......................................................16-14Different Lineups .............................................................130

WALK-OFF WINS (6)JoshReddick,June10vs.Texas(fielder’schoice)Stephen Vogt, July 18 vs. Minnesota (single)Ike Davis, July 22 vs. Toronto (single)Mark Canha, August 2 vs. Cleveland (double)Danny Valencia, August 9 vs. Houston (single)Billy Butler, August 18 vs. Los Angeles-NL (double)

July2 Cody Martin acquired from theAtlanta Bravesfor international bonus slot 53 and assigned to Nashville; Nate Freiman designated for assign-ment

July 5 Chris Bassitt optioned to Nashville; Nate Frei-man outrighted to Nashville

July 7 Jake Smolinski recalled from NashvilleJuly 11 Jesse Hahn placed on the 15-day disabled list

retroactive to July 6 (right forearm strain); Chris Bassitt recalled from Nashville

July12 DanOterorecalledfromNashville;ChrisBassittoptioned to Nashville

July 20 Taylor Thompson sent to Stockton on a rehab assignment

July 23 Scott Kazmir traded to the Houston Astros for minor league RHP Daniel Mengden and minor league C Jacob Nottingham; Arnold Leon re-called from Nashville; Pat Venditte sent to Stock-ton on a rehab assignment

July 24 Angel Castro recalled from Nashville; Arnold Leon optioned to Nashville

July 25 Chris Bassitt recalled from Nashville; Angel Cas-tro optioned to Nashville

July 27 Tyler Clippard and cash traded to the New York Mets for minor league RHP Casey Meisner; Coco Crisp assigned to Stockton on a rehab as-signment

July 28 Ben Zobrist and cash traded to the Kansas City Royals for RHP Aaron Brooks and minor league LHP Sean Manaea; R.J. Alvarez and Max Muncy recalled from Nashville

July31 FelixDoubront acquired from theTorontoBlueJays for cash considerations; Ryan Cook traded to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named

later or cash; Pat Venditte transferred to Nash-ville on rehab

Aug. 1 Aaron Brooks recalled from Nashville; Eric O’Flaherty designated for assignment; TaylorThompson transferred to Nashville on rehab

Aug. 2 R.J. Alvarez optioned to NashvilleAug. 3 Coco Crisp reinstated from the disabled list;

Arnold Leon recalled from Nashville; Danny Valencia claimed off waivers from Toronto; Pat Venditte reinstated from the disabled list and optioned to Nashville; Jake Smolinkski and Dan OterooptionedtoNashville

Aug.4 MaxMuncyoptionedtoNashville;EricO’Flahertytraded with cash to the New York Mets for a PT-BNL or cash

Aug.7 Minor leagueRHPDawrin Frias acquired fromthe New York Mets as the PTBNL in the Aug. 4 Eric O’Flaherty trade; Sean Doolittle sent toStockton on a rehab assignment

Aug. 8 Tyler Ladendorf sent to Arizona on a rehab as-signment

Aug. 9 Taylor Thompson reinstated from the 60-day DL and optioned to Nashville

Aug. 11 Sean Doolittle sent to Nashville on a rehab as-signment

Aug. 12 Tyler Ladendorf transferred to Stockton on rehabAug. 14 Brad Mills selected from Nashville; Arnold Leon

optioned to Nashville; Taylor Thompson desig-nated for assignment

Aug.15 DanOteroandPatVenditterecalledfromNash-ville; Aaron Brooks optioned to Nashville; Brad Mills designated for assignment; Tyler Ladendorf transferred to Nashville on rehab

Aug. 16 Taylor Thompson outrighted to NashvilleAug. 17 Brad Mills outrighted to Nashville

Aug. 19 Jake Smolinski recalled from Nashville; Ike Da-vis placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to August 18 with a strained left hip

Aug. 21 Tyler Ladendorf reinstated from the disabled list and optioned to Nashville

Aug. 22 Sean Doolittle reinstated from the disabled list; DanOterooptionedtoNashville;IkeDavistrans-ferred to the 60-day disabled list

Aug. 24 Max Muncy recalled from Nashville; Kendall Graveman placed on the 15-day disabled list (strainedleftoblique)

Aug. 29 Aaron Brooks recalled from Nashville; Max Mun-cy optioned to Nashville

Sept. 1 R.J. Alvarez, Tyler Ladendorf, Arnold Leon, Cody Martin and DanOtero recalled fromNashville;Carson Blair, Ryan Dull and Jason Pridie se-lected from Nashville; Jesse Hahn transferred to the60-daydisabledlist;A.J.GriffinrecalledfromNashville and placed on the 60-day DL (strained right shoulder); Angel Castro outrighted to Nash-ville

Sept. 2 Cody Martin optioned to NashvilleSept. 4 Sean Nolin recalled from NashvilleSept. 8 Craig Gentry and Max Muncy recalled from

NashvilleSept.10 DanielCoulombeacquiredfromtheLosAngeles

Dodgers for cash considerations; Evan Scribner placed on the 60-day disabled list (torn right lat muscle)

Sept. 16 Cody Martin recalled from Nashville; Barry Zito selected from Nashville; Jesse Chavez placed on the 60-day disabled list (fractured rib)

Sept. 20 Bryan Anderson selected from Nashville; Kend-all Graveman transferred to the 60-day disabled list

Player Injury Dates Games MissedChavez Fractured rib September 16-present (out for season) 8Crisp Right elbow surgery April 4-May 5 28Crisp Cervical strain May 20-August 2 65Davis Strainedleftquad May14-June18 33Davis Strained left hip August 18-present (out for season) 33Doolittle Strained left rotator cuff April 4-May 25 47Doolittle Strained left shoulder May 28-August 21 74Freiman Strained lumbar muscle April 4-May 9 31Graveman Strainedleftoblique August24-present(outforseason) 28Griffin TommyJohnsurgery Feb.27-June12 63Griffin Strainedrightshoulder September1-present(outforseason) 21Hahn Right forearm strain July 6-present (eligible Sept. 5) 68

Player Injury Dates Games MissedLadendorf Left ankle surgery May 22-August 20 79Mujica Fracturedrightthumb May22-June18 26Nolin Bilateral core surgery April 4-May 14 36O’Flaherty Strainedleftshoulder May2-June1 29Parker Tommy John surgery April 4-present (eligible May 26) 153Pomeranz SprainedleftACjoint May19-June2 14Reddick Strainedrightoblique March27-April11 6Scribner Torn right lat muscle September 10-present (out for season) 13Thompson Strained right shoulder Feb. 26-August 8 112Venditte Strained right shoulder June 11-August 2 45Zobrist Left medial meniscus tear April 25-May 24 28

DISABLED LIST

The A’s have used the disabled list 23 times this season…used the DL 18 times in 2014

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