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PITCHING PROBABLES Mon., May 15 at Seattle LHP Sean Manaea (1-2, 5.18) vs. RHP Yovani Gallardo (1-3, 4.58) 7:10 NBCSCA/95.7 FM The Game Tue., May 16 at Seattle RHP Andrew Triggs (5-2, 2.21) vs. RHP Chase De Jong (0-3, 7.85) 7:10 NBCSCA/KFOX 98.5 FM Wed., May 17 at Seattle RHP Jesse Hahn (1-2, 2.74) vs. RHP Christian Bergman (0-1, 4.15) 7:10 NBCSCA/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: Have lost two straight at Texas after winning five of their previous seven games...had lost eight of nine prior to the 5-2 stretch… are 16-20 (.444) for the season…are in fifth place in the American League West and trail first place Houston by a season-high nine games…have spent one day tied for first this year, seven days in second, six days tied for second, 13 days in third, four days tied for third, five days in fourth, three days tied for fourth and two days in fifth. THE LONG BALL: The A’s have hit 13 home runs in the last seven games and have 47 for the season, which is tied for fourth in the American League…Yonder Alonso has 12 home runs and Khris Davis 10 and Oak- land is the only AL team with two players with 10 or more home runs… the A’s are 15-13 when homering, 1-7 when going homerless…the mark when going homerless is the second worst in the AL (Detroit, 1-8)…the pitching staff has allowed 19 home runs in the last 14 games after yield- ing just 16 over the first 22 contests…have allowed 35 home runs for the season, which is tied for second fewest in the AL…the A’s are 12-7 when out-homering the opponent. PITCHING: The A’s compiled a 3.38 ERA on the last homestand after post- ing a 5.05 ERA on the previous road trip…have the fifth lowest opponents batting average (.239) and fourth lowest slugging percentage (.384) in the American League…have hit the most batters in the majors (19) and are second in the AL in wild pitches (18). STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are 3-9 with a 4.50 ERA (49 er in 98.0 ip) over the last 18 games after going 9-5 with a 3.83 ERA over the first 18 contests…are 12-14 with a 4.16 ERA for the season…that includes 6-4 with a 2.44 ERA (21 er in 77.1 ip) by Andrew Triggs and Jesse Hahn and 6-10 with a 5.28 ERA (70 er in 119.1 ip) by everyone else…starters are tied for fourth in the American League in most losses (14) and are tied for fourth in fewest innings pitched (196.2)…have allowed just 19 home runs, which is the fewest in the majors…have the lowest opponents slug- ging percentage (.370) and second lowest batting average (.235) in the AL…have the most hit batters (12) and are tied for the third most decisions (26)…have used eight different starting pitchers, which is tied with Los Angeles and Baltimore for third most in the AL (SEA/TOR, 9). OFFENSE: The A’s have scored three runs or fewer in four of their last five games…have scored 136 runs for the season, which is the second fewest in the American League…have gone 5-for-32 (.156) with runners in scor- ing position over their last five games and are .210 (51-for-243) with RISP for the season, which is the third lowest mark in the AL…are third in the American League in extra base hits (110)…however, have the third most strikeouts (311) and the third lowest batting average (.234). DESIGNATED HITTERS: Ryon Healy’s game-ending home run last Sun- day was the first home run of any type by an A’s designated hitter since Healy homered in the second game of the season (April 4 vs. Los Ange- les)…it snapped a 28-game homerless streak by A’s designated hitters… A’s designated hitters rank last in the American League in RBI (6), have the second lowest batting average (.180), and have the second fewest home runs (2). LEADOFF HITTERS: The A’s have started five different batters in the lead- off spot and they are hitting a combined .174 (25-for-144) with 17 walks and a hit by pitch (1 sf, .264 on-base percentage)…the batting average is tied for the lowest and the on-base percentage is second lowest in the majors…leadoff hitters are 5-for-32 (.156) with four walks, a double and home run to start the game. DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have committed 17 errors in the last 16 games and have a Major League leading 34 errors for the season…the er- rors have led to 24 unearned runs, which is the second most in the majors (Chicago-NL, 25)…last year the A’s tied for the second most errors in the American League (97) but they led to just 43 unearned runs, which was fourth fewest…seven of the A’s errors this year have been committed by pitchers, which is the most in the majors. ON THE BASES: A’s opponents have been successful in 29-of-37 (78.4%) stolen base attempts…the stolen bases are the most allowed in the Ameri- can League and second most in the majors…the A’s offense has five sto- len bases in the last six games after stealing just nine bases over the 30 contests. HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are on a six-game road trip to Texas (0-2) and Seattle (three games)…with last night’s loss, are now 1-5-0 in road series and 4-1-1 in home series...are 2-10 in their last 12 road games after start- ing the season 3-2...went 2-7 on the last road trip to Los Angeles-AL (0-3), Houston (1-2) and Minnesota (1-2) and are 5-12 (.294) on the road, which is tied for the worst record in the AL (Kansas City)…went 4-2 on the last homestand against Detroit (2-1) and Los Angeles-AL (2-1) and are 11-8 (.579) at home for the season…have won four straight home series for the first time since May 30-July 24, 2014 when they won eight straight. SCORING MARGIN: The A’s are 4-4 in one-run games and the eight one- run decisions are third fewest in the American League…are 3-10 in games decided by five runs or more…the 10 losses are the most in the majors and the 13 games are tied for third most with Cincinnati (SEA, 15; TEX, 14)… have a season run differential of -41, which is lowest in the AL and third lowest in the majors (San Francisco, -66; San Diego, -59). THIS AND THAT: The A’s are 7-4 (.636) in day games, 9-16 (.360) at night…each of Oakland’s last 10 games have lasted at least 2 hours and 54 minutes and the A’s average time of game over that stretch is 3:16 (1960 minutes)…are averaging 3:05 for the season, which is tied for sec- ond fastest in the American League…however, it is currently the second slowest in Oakland history (3:08 in 2000)…the A’s had their first walk-off wins of the seasons last Saturday, Sunday and Monday…it marked the sixth time in Oakland history the A’s logged three straight walk-off victories (last: June 1-3, 2004)…the three walk-off wins are tied for fourth most in the majors (LAA/TEX/WAS, 4)…the wins are also the A’s first last at bat victories of the season after going 0-2 over the first 29 games…have two wins when trailing after eight innings, which is also tied for second most in the majors (LAA, 3). THE DISABLED LIST: The A’s reinstated Josh Phegley from the 7-day concussion disabled list Friday and now have seven players on the DL (Ax- ford, Bassitt, Doolittle, Manaea, Mengden, Semien, Smolinski)…Bassitt, Semien and Smolinski are on the 60-day DL…Axford, Bassitt, Manaea, and Mengden are currently on rehab assignments…have used the DL 12 times this year…have had at least five players on the DL all year and at least seven every day dating back to April 15…used the DL an Oakland record 27 times in 2016 and the players missed a combined 1810 games (67.0 games per stint), which also set an Oakland record. A’s vs. RANGERS: The Rangers lead the season series, 5-3…the A’s have won two of three games in Oakland but have lost four of five at Texas…lost the season series last year when they went 9-10 against the Rangers… it marked the fourth consecutive year the season series finished 10-9… Oakland won two of those series and lost two and are 41-43 against Texas over the last five seasons…are 344-358 all-time against the Texas Rang- ers…that breaks down to 180-170 in Oakland and 164-188 in Texas…are 97-100 at Globe Life Park…have an all-time record of 441-440 against the Rangers/Senators franchise. TODAY’S TIDBITS Yonder Alonso has six home runs in his last seven games and 12 for the season, which is a new career high…his previous high of nine came in 155 games in 2012…is batting .342 (13-for-38) with eight home runs and 15 RBI in 11 games in May…leads the majors in home runs this month and is tied for second in RBI...is tied for the major league lead in home runs by a first baseman...leads AL first basemen in RBI, average (.305), and OPS (1.082)...Khris Davis is 10-for-72 (.139) with 31 strike- outs over his last 20 games (since April 20)...four of his 10 hits have gone for extra bases (three home runs, one double)...the A’s bullpen has given up eight earned runs over its last two games (3.1 ip) after allowing seven earned runs over its previous eight games and 32.0 in- nings (1.97 ERA)... THIS DATE IN A’S HISTORY In 1941 the A’s walk 19 times against St. Louis but lose 10-5…in 1988 Bob Welch tosses a five hit shutout as the A’s win at Baltimore, 8-0…in 1995 Geronimo Berroa and Terry Steinbach have four RBI each in the A’s 12-3 win at Minnesota…the A’s hit five home runs, including two by Berroa. 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 (16-20) VS. TEXAS RANGERS (18-20) SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2017 — GLOBE LIFE PARK — 2:05 P.M. CDT RHP KENDALL GRAVEMAN (2-2, 3.67) VS. RHP A.J. GRIFFIN (4-0, 2.45) NBCSCA — A’S RADIO NETWORK (KFOX 98.5 FM)

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Page 1: OAKLAND ATHLETICS - Major League Baseballwhen going homerless is the second worst in the AL (Detroit, 1-8)…the pitching staff has allowed 19 home runs in the last 14 games after

PITCHING PROBABLESMon., May 15 at Seattle LHP Sean Manaea (1-2, 5.18) vs. RHP Yovani Gallardo (1-3, 4.58) 7:10 NBCSCA/95.7 FM The GameTue., May 16 at Seattle RHP Andrew Triggs (5-2, 2.21) vs. RHP Chase De Jong (0-3, 7.85) 7:10 NBCSCA/KFOX 98.5 FMWed., May 17 at Seattle RHP Jesse Hahn (1-2, 2.74) vs. RHP Christian Bergman (0-1, 4.15) 7:10 NBCSCA/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: Have lost two straight at Texas after winning five of their previous seven games...had lost eight of nine prior to the 5-2 stretch…are 16-20 (.444) for the season…are in fifth place in the American League West and trail first place Houston by a season-high nine games…have spent one day tied for first this year, seven days in second, six days tied for second, 13 days in third, four days tied for third, five days in fourth, three days tied for fourth and two days in fifth.

THE LONG BALL: The A’s have hit 13 home runs in the last seven games and have 47 for the season, which is tied for fourth in the American League…Yonder Alonso has 12 home runs and Khris Davis 10 and Oak-land is the only AL team with two players with 10 or more home runs…the A’s are 15-13 when homering, 1-7 when going homerless…the mark when going homerless is the second worst in the AL (Detroit, 1-8)…the pitching staff has allowed 19 home runs in the last 14 games after yield-ing just 16 over the first 22 contests…have allowed 35 home runs for the season, which is tied for second fewest in the AL…the A’s are 12-7 when out-homering the opponent.

PITCHING: The A’s compiled a 3.38 ERA on the last homestand after post-ing a 5.05 ERA on the previous road trip…have the fifth lowest opponents batting average (.239) and fourth lowest slugging percentage (.384) in the American League…have hit the most batters in the majors (19) and are second in the AL in wild pitches (18).

STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are 3-9 with a 4.50 ERA (49 er in 98.0 ip) over the last 18 games after going 9-5 with a 3.83 ERA over the first 18 contests…are 12-14 with a 4.16 ERA for the season…that includes 6-4 with a 2.44 ERA (21 er in 77.1 ip) by Andrew Triggs and Jesse Hahn and 6-10 with a 5.28 ERA (70 er in 119.1 ip) by everyone else…starters are tied for fourth in the American League in most losses (14) and are tied for fourth in fewest innings pitched (196.2)…have allowed just 19 home runs, which is the fewest in the majors…have the lowest opponents slug-ging percentage (.370) and second lowest batting average (.235) in the AL…have the most hit batters (12) and are tied for the third most decisions (26)…have used eight different starting pitchers, which is tied with Los Angeles and Baltimore for third most in the AL (SEA/TOR, 9).

OFFENSE: The A’s have scored three runs or fewer in four of their last five games…have scored 136 runs for the season, which is the second fewest in the American League…have gone 5-for-32 (.156) with runners in scor-ing position over their last five games and are .210 (51-for-243) with RISP for the season, which is the third lowest mark in the AL…are third in the American League in extra base hits (110)…however, have the third most strikeouts (311) and the third lowest batting average (.234).

DESIGNATED HITTERS: Ryon Healy’s game-ending home run last Sun-day was the first home run of any type by an A’s designated hitter since Healy homered in the second game of the season (April 4 vs. Los Ange-les)…it snapped a 28-game homerless streak by A’s designated hitters…A’s designated hitters rank last in the American League in RBI (6), have the second lowest batting average (.180), and have the second fewest home runs (2).

LEADOFF HITTERS: The A’s have started five different batters in the lead-off spot and they are hitting a combined .174 (25-for-144) with 17 walks and a hit by pitch (1 sf, .264 on-base percentage)…the batting average is tied for the lowest and the on-base percentage is second lowest in the majors…leadoff hitters are 5-for-32 (.156) with four walks, a double and home run to start the game.

DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have committed 17 errors in the last 16 games and have a Major League leading 34 errors for the season…the er-rors have led to 24 unearned runs, which is the second most in the majors (Chicago-NL, 25)…last year the A’s tied for the second most errors in the American League (97) but they led to just 43 unearned runs, which was fourth fewest…seven of the A’s errors this year have been committed by pitchers, which is the most in the majors.

ON THE BASES: A’s opponents have been successful in 29-of-37 (78.4%) stolen base attempts…the stolen bases are the most allowed in the Ameri-can League and second most in the majors…the A’s offense has five sto-len bases in the last six games after stealing just nine bases over the 30 contests.

HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are on a six-game road trip to Texas (0-2) and Seattle (three games)…with last night’s loss, are now 1-5-0 in road series and 4-1-1 in home series...are 2-10 in their last 12 road games after start-ing the season 3-2...went 2-7 on the last road trip to Los Angeles-AL (0-3), Houston (1-2) and Minnesota (1-2) and are 5-12 (.294) on the road, which is tied for the worst record in the AL (Kansas City)…went 4-2 on the last homestand against Detroit (2-1) and Los Angeles-AL (2-1) and are 11-8 (.579) at home for the season…have won four straight home series for the first time since May 30-July 24, 2014 when they won eight straight.

SCORING MARGIN: The A’s are 4-4 in one-run games and the eight one-run decisions are third fewest in the American League…are 3-10 in games decided by five runs or more…the 10 losses are the most in the majors and the 13 games are tied for third most with Cincinnati (SEA, 15; TEX, 14)…have a season run differential of -41, which is lowest in the AL and third lowest in the majors (San Francisco, -66; San Diego, -59).

THIS AND THAT: The A’s are 7-4 (.636) in day games, 9-16 (.360) at night…each of Oakland’s last 10 games have lasted at least 2 hours and 54 minutes and the A’s average time of game over that stretch is 3:16 (1960 minutes)…are averaging 3:05 for the season, which is tied for sec-ond fastest in the American League…however, it is currently the second slowest in Oakland history (3:08 in 2000)…the A’s had their first walk-off wins of the seasons last Saturday, Sunday and Monday…it marked the sixth time in Oakland history the A’s logged three straight walk-off victories (last: June 1-3, 2004)…the three walk-off wins are tied for fourth most in the majors (LAA/TEX/WAS, 4)…the wins are also the A’s first last at bat victories of the season after going 0-2 over the first 29 games…have two wins when trailing after eight innings, which is also tied for second most in the majors (LAA, 3).

THE DISABLED LIST: The A’s reinstated Josh Phegley from the 7-day concussion disabled list Friday and now have seven players on the DL (Ax-ford, Bassitt, Doolittle, Manaea, Mengden, Semien, Smolinski)…Bassitt, Semien and Smolinski are on the 60-day DL…Axford, Bassitt, Manaea, and Mengden are currently on rehab assignments…have used the DL 12 times this year…have had at least five players on the DL all year and at least seven every day dating back to April 15…used the DL an Oakland record 27 times in 2016 and the players missed a combined 1810 games (67.0 games per stint), which also set an Oakland record.

A’s vs. RANGERS: The Rangers lead the season series, 5-3…the A’s have won two of three games in Oakland but have lost four of five at Texas…lost the season series last year when they went 9-10 against the Rangers…it marked the fourth consecutive year the season series finished 10-9…Oakland won two of those series and lost two and are 41-43 against Texas over the last five seasons…are 344-358 all-time against the Texas Rang-ers…that breaks down to 180-170 in Oakland and 164-188 in Texas…are 97-100 at Globe Life Park…have an all-time record of 441-440 against the Rangers/Senators franchise.

TODAY’S TIDBITSYonder Alonso has six home runs in his last seven games and 12 for the season, which is a new career high…his previous high of nine came in 155 games in 2012…is batting .342 (13-for-38) with eight home runs and 15 RBI in 11 games in May…leads the majors in home runs this month and is tied for second in RBI...is tied for the major league lead in home runs by a first baseman...leads AL first basemen in RBI, average (.305), and OPS (1.082)...Khris Davis is 10-for-72 (.139) with 31 strike-outs over his last 20 games (since April 20)...four of his 10 hits have gone for extra bases (three home runs, one double)...the A’s bullpen has given up eight earned runs over its last two games (3.1 ip) after allowing seven earned runs over its previous eight games and 32.0 in-nings (1.97 ERA)...

THIS DATE IN A’S HISTORYIn 1941 the A’s walk 19 times against St. Louis but lose 10-5…in 1988 Bob Welch tosses a five hit shutout as the A’s win at Baltimore, 8-0…in 1995 Geronimo Berroa and Terry Steinbach have four RBI each in the A’s 12-3 win at Minnesota…the A’s hit five home runs, including two by Berroa.

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 (16-20) VS. TEXAS RANGERS (18-20)SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2017 — GLOBE LIFE PARK — 2:05 P.M. CDT

RHP KENDALL GRAVEMAN (2-2, 3.67) VS. RHP A.J. GRIFFIN (4-0, 2.45)NBCSCA — A’S RADIO NETWORK (KFOX 98.5 FM)

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FOR OPENERS: Is scheduled to make his fourth start since he was rein-stated from the 10-day disabled list April 27…is 0-2 with a 5.51 ERA (10 er in 16.1 ip) in three starts since his return…was 2-0 with a 2.00 ERA in three starts when he was placed on the DL list April 17 retroactive April 15 with a strained right shoulder.

THE FIRST INNING: Allowed two runs in his last start, both in the first inning…has yielded six of his 14 runs this year in the first inning (9.00 ERA)…has a 2.54 ERA (8 er in 28.1 ip) from the second inning on…last year, he allowed just six runs in the first inning for the entire season for a 1.74 ERA…that tied Arrieta (CHC) for second lowest in the majors (Tana-ka, NYY 1.16) among pitchers with 30 or more innings…using the same minimum, it was 10th lowest in Oakland history

HOME AND AWAY: Is 1-0 with a 2.50 ERA (5 er in 18.0 ip) in three starts at home compared to 1-2 with a 4.96 ERA (9 er in 16.1 ip) in three starts on the road…last year, he went 5-6 with a 3.39 ERA in 14 starts at home compared to 5-5 with a 4.80 ERA in 17 starts on the road…had the ninth lowest home ERA in the American League…surrendered seven home runs in 90.1 innings at home, 15 in 95.2 innings on the road.

DEFENSIVE DOINGS: Is tied for second among American League pitch-ers in double plays (2) and tied for first in errors (2)...tied for sixth in total chances (11)…turned the second unassisted double play by a pitcher in Oakland history April 27 at Los Angeles (AL)…the other was by Blue Moon Odom, also against the Angels, in the second game of a July 11, 1971 dou-bleheader…last year, he tied for third among AL pitchers in total chances (42), tied for seventh in assists (27) and ranked eighth in putouts (15)…did not commit an error and his 42 total chances were the most in the AL and tied for second most in the majors among pitchers with no errors.

THIS AND THAT: Has allowed two runs or fewer in five of his six starts…opponents are 9-for-47 (.191) with runners on base, including 3-for-23 (.130) with runners in scoring position…the opponents number five hitter is 7-for-11 (.636) with six RBI but the six hitter is 0-for-14.

FIRST START: He was the winning pitcher in the A’s 4-2 win over Los Angeles (AL) on Opening Day April 3 in Oakland…became the A’s 11th different Opening Day starting pitcher in the last 12 years (Zito, Haren, Blanton, Braden, Sheets, Cahill, McCarthy, Anderson, Gray twice, Hill)…is just the second of those pitchers to pick up the win (Gray, 2015)…had a 1-0 lead when he allowed a two-run home run to Trout in the third inning…those were the only runs he would allow in six innings of work.

SECOND START: He won his second consecutive start in the A’s 6-1 win at Texas April 8…no hit the Rangers over the first six innings, allowing just two base runners on an Odor walk and Lucroy reach on error in the second…then retired 15 straight before Napoli homered with two outs in the bottom of the seventh…that was the only run he allowed in seven in-nings of work.

THIRD START: He had a no decision in the A’s 7-2 loss to Houston on April 14 in Oakland…did not strike out a batter in 5.0 innings, his first career start without a strikeout…the A’s scored once in the second inning and he kept the Astros off the board over the first four innings, despite three hits, two walks and a hit batter…then allowed a leadoff home run to Aoki in the fifth inning and left after five innings and 74 pitches with the scored tied 1-1.

FOURTH START: He was the losing pitcher in the A’s 2-1 loss at Los An-geles (AL) April 27…allowed a RBI single to Pujols and a RBI double to Cron in the first inning but retired each of the next eight batters…shutout the Angels on three hits over his final five innings…Oakland was held to a run on three hits by Nolasco and four relievers.

FIFTH START: He lost his second consecutive start in the A’s 7-4 loss at Minnesota May 3…issued a career-high tying four walks…allowed a two-run single to Vargas in the first inning but the A’s got one of those runs back in the third…then surrendered a three-run home run to Vargas in the bot-tom of the third…Oakland scored twice in the fourth to cut the lead to 5-3 but he allowed a leadoff triple to Buxton in the bottom of the fourth…was relieved by Hendriks who allowed the inherited runner to score.

LAST START: He had a no decision in the A’s 3-2, 11-inning win over Los Angeles (AL) last Monday in Oakland…surrendered a two-run home run to Valbuena in the first inning, but those were the only runs he would allow…shutout the Angels on five hits and a walk over his final six innings…the A’s scored single runs in the fourth and fifth innings to tie the game and won it on a Lowrie walk-off home run in the 11th.

GRAVEMAN’S 2017 STARTSDate Opponent Score Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR #PITApril 3 Los Angeles (AL) 4-2 W 3.00 6.0 6 2 2 2 7 1 104April 8 at Texas 6-1 W 2.08 7.0 2 1 1 1 5 1 85April 14 Houston 2-7 – 2.00 5.0 5 1 1 2 0 1 74April 27 at Los Angeles (AL) 1-2 L 2.25 6.0 6 2 2 0 4 0 84April Totals (4 games, 4 starts) 2-1 2.25 24.0 19 6 6 5 16 3 May 3 at Minnesota 4-7 L 3.95 3.1 5 6 6 4 3 1 94May 8 Los Angeles (AL) 3-2 – 3.67 7.0 7 2 2 1 6 1 95

GRAVEMAN vs. TEXAS: Is 2-2 with a 5.16 ERA (29.2 ip, 28 h, 18 r, 17 er, 5 bb, 16 so, 4 hr) in five career starts…is 0-2 with an 8.71 ERA (10 er in 10.1 ip) in two starts in Oakland and 2-0 with a 3.26 ERA (7 er in 19.1 ip) in three starts in Texas…was the winning pitcher in his only start this year, a 6-1 A’s win at Texas April 8 (see second in left column)…went 0-1 with a 5.11 ERA (12.1 ip, 11 h, 7 r, 7 er, 1 bb, 6 so, 1 hr) in two starts last year.

GRAVEMAN’S CAREER MATCHUPS VS. TEXASPlayer Bat AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SH SF HBP GDP AVG OBP SLGElvis Andrus R 10 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .300 .300 .500Adrian Beltre R 11 2 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .182 .182 .545Shin-soo Choo L 6 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .833Prince Fielder L 5 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .600 .667 .600Joey Gallo L 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200Carlos Gomez R 14 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .143 .200 .143Jonathan Lucroy R 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125Nomar Mazara L 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286Mike Napoli R 11 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 .091 .167 .364Rougned Odor L 12 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 .167 .333 .167Ryan Rua R 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .500

SPRING TRAINING RECAP: Went 2-1 with a 2.29 ERA in five starts this spring…held the opposition to a .188 (13-for-69) batting average and walked just three batters in 19.2 innings (1.37 walks per nine innings)…allowed one run or fewer in four of his five starts…also started the exhibi-tion game against Italy’s World Baseball Classic team on March 8 and picked up the win (3.0 ip, 1 h, 1 bb, 3 so)…pitched in a minor league game March 29.

GRAVEMAN’S 2017 SPRING TRAINING STARTSDate Opponent Score Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HRFeb. 27 at San Francisco 5-4 – 0.00 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0March 3 San Francisco 6-1 W 0.00 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0*March 8 Italy (WBC) 7-0 W 3.0 1 0 0 1 3 0March 13 at Cincinnati 1-3 L 4.05 3.2 4 3 3 1 1 1March 18 San Diego 2-1 – 2.84 6.0 2 1 1 0 6 1March 24 Chicago (AL) 8-2 W 2.29 7.0 5 1 1 0 7 0Totals (5 games, 5 starts) 2-1 2.29 19.2 13 5 5 3 16 2*exhibition game (does not count in stats)

2016 RECAP: Compiled a 10-11 record and a 4.11 ERA in a team-leading 31 starts in his second season with the A’s…went 1-6 with a 5.36 ERA over his first nine starts, 9-2 with a 3.33 ERA over his next 16 starts from May 30 to Aug. 24, and 0-3 with a 4.71 ERA over his final six starts…in addition to starts, he also led the A’s in wins, losses (tied), innings pitched (186.0), hits (196), runs (87), earned runs (85), home runs (22) and walks (47)…all those marks are career highs as are his 108 strikeouts…the 47 walks were the fewest in Athletics history by an A’s team-leader, besting the previous low of 59 by Sonny Gray in 2015…averaged 5.23 strikeouts per nine in-nings, which was the third lowest mark in the American League…tied for second in the AL in shutouts (1), tied for fifth in complete games (2), tied for sixth in opponents reaching on an error (8), ranked seventh in fewest pitches per game (91.4) and was ninth in hits (196)…averaged 4.16 runs of support per start, which was 10th lowest in the AL…received two runs of support or fewer in 12 of his 31 starts and was 0-8 in those games…went 10-3 in 19 starts with support of three or more…is now 1-18 in 28 career starts with two runs of support or fewer, 17-4 in 30 starts with three runs of support or more…left with a lead five times in 2016 only to have the bull-pen blow the save…had a .271 opponents batting average, which broke down to .270 (90-for-333) against right-handed hitters compared to .272 (106-for-390) with 35 of his 47 walks against left-handers…his career splits are .269 (175-for-650) with a .738 OPS against right-handers, .270 (182-for-675) with 65 of his 95 walks and a .742 OPS against left-handers…yielded a .302 average with runners on base but 14 of the 22 home runs he allowed were solo shots…26 of his 42 career home runs have come with the bases empty.

STARTS VS. TEXASDATE H/A DEC IP H R ER BB SO4/9/15 H L 3.1 7 8 7 1 16/24/15 A W 7.0 8 2 2 2 49/16/16 A – 5.1 7 4 4 1 39/23/16 H L 7.0 4 3 3 0 34/8/17 A W 7.0 2 1 1 1 5

TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: Kendall Graveman (2-2, 3.67 ERA)

GRAVEMAN’S CAREER HIGHSLow Hit CG: 2, 8/19/16 at CWSIP: 9.0 (twice), last: 8/19/16 at CWSFewest IP, GS: 1.1, 7/26/15 at SFH: 12, 9/10/16 vs. SEAR: 8 (twice), last: 9/10/16 vs. SEAER: 8, 9/10/16 vs. SEABB: 4 (three times), last: 5/3/17 at MINSO: 8, 4/20/16 at NYYHR: 4, 5/8/16 at BALPitches: 112 (twice), last: 9/4/16 vs. BOSWin Streak: 6, 5/30/16 to 7/23/16Loss Streak: 6, 7/10/15 to 4/7/16Scoreless Streak: 19.0, 6/24/15 to 7/10/15Complete Games: 3, last: 8/19/16 at CWSShutouts: 1, 8/19/16 at CWS

TOMORROW’S PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERLHP Sean Manaea (1-2, 5.18 ERA): Is scheduled to be reinstated from the 10-day disabled list tomorrow…was 1-2 with a 5.18 ERA in five starts when he placed on the DL April 30 retroactive to April 27 with a strained left shoulder…made one start on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Nashville last Tuesday against El Paso and had a no decision in the Sounds 8-6 loss (4.0 ip, 4 h, 2 r, 1 er, 1 bb, 5 so)…tossed 72 pitches…was the losing pitcher in his last Major League start, an 8-5 loss at Los Angeles on April 26 (2.0 ip, 4 h, 3 r, 3 er, 1 so)…has held left-handed hitters to a .105 batting average compared to .214 by right-handers…is 1-0 with a 3.18 ERA in three starts at home compared to 0-2 with a 9.82 ERA in two starts on the road…is 3-0 with a 3.91 ERA (23.0 ip, 20 h, 10 r, 10 er, 8 bb, 21 so, 2 hr) in four career starts against Seattle…including a win in his only start this year, a 3-1 A’s win in Oakland on April 21 (6.0 ip, 5 h, 1 r, 1 er, 3 bb, 6 so).

GRAVEMAN BY THE NUMBERS W L ERA G IP ER2017 2 2 3.67 6 34.1 142016 10 11 4.11 31 186.0 85Career 18 22 4.04 63 340.2 153

Home 1 0 2.50 3 18.0 5Road 1 2 4.96 3 16.1 9Day 0 0 — 0 0.0 0Night 2 2 3.67 6 34.1 14Pre-ASB 2 2 3.67 6 34.1 14Post-ASB 0 0 — 0 0.0 0

AVG. AB Hvs. LHH .236 55 13vs. RHH .247 73 18

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TEAM4-6, 4.64 ERA (62 er in 120.1 ip)

Saves/Opportunities: 8-for-13 (61.5%)

• The bullpen has allowed eight earned runs over its last two games (3.1 ip) after allowing two or fewer in each of its previous eight games (7 er in 32.0 ip, 1.97 ERA).

• A reliever has figured in the decision in five of the A’s last seven games (3-2 record by relievers, 4-3 overall during stretch).

• Have a combined 12 stolen bases against, which is third most in the American League.

• A’s relievers have tossed at least four innings 12 times this season...they have pitched three or more innings in 25-of-36 games.

• Are 8-for-13 in save chances…have blown saves in two straight games and are 3-for-6 in save chances since April 23 after starting the sea-son 5-for-7...five blown saves have come from four different relievers (Casilla 2; Doolittle, Dull, Hendriks, 1 each)

• A’s relievers have allowed eight unearned runs this season, which is tied for third most in the AL.

• Are tied for second in the AL in wild pitches with eight.

46 RHP SANTIAGO CASILLALast Outing: 5/12 at Texas (BS, L, 0.1 ip, 4 h, 4 r, 4 er, 1 hr)

Saves/Opportunities: 6-8Inherited Runners/Scored: 2/1

First Hitters: 4-14, bb

• Allowed a season-high four hits and four runs Friday at Texas...it was his second blown save and second loss of the season.

• Was 3-for-3 in save chances with a 3.38 ERA over his first eight games (8.0 ip) but is 3-for-5 with a 7.11 ERA over his last seven contests (6.1 ip).

• Has an 8.44 ERA (5 er in 5.1 ip) on the road this season and a 3.00 ERA (3 er in 9.0 ip) at home.

• His four stolen bases allowed are tied for the second most in the AL among relievers.

• His 31 career saves in the month of May are his most in any month.vs. TEX W L S G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA2017 0 1 1/2 3 2.1 4 4 4 1 0 1 15.43CAREER 2 2 4/7 23 18.2 26 22 22 6 13 19 10.61

Last Year: Went 2-5 with 31 saves and a 3.57 ERA in 62 relief appearances with San Francisco…ranked sixth in the NL in saves but had a career-high nine blown saves, which tied for the most in the majors…struck out a career-high 65 batters.

35 LHP DANIEL COULOMBELast Outing: 5/13 at Texas (ND, 0.1 ip)

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

First Hitters: 4-12, bb

• Has held left-handed hitters to a .143 (3-for-21) batting average com-pared to .333 (10-for-30) against right-handers.

• Opponents are 1-for-16 (.063) with runners in scoring position...that is the sixth best mark in the AL with a minimum of 15 at bats against.

• Has an 1.00 ERA (1 er in 9.0 ip) in night games and an 8.10 ERA (3 er in 3.1 ip) in day games this season.

• Has a career 2.36 ERA (9 er in 34.1 ip) on the road and a 6.07 ERA (31 er in 46.0 ip) at home.vs. TEX W L S G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA2017 0 0 0/0 4 3.0 3 2 2 1 1 2 6.00CAREER 1 0 0/0 13 13.1 12 7 7 3 4 7 4.73

Last Year: Was 3-1 with a 4.53 ERA and .216 opponents batting average in 35 games over five stints with the A’s…had no decisions, a 1.08 ERA and .200 oppo-nents batting average in 20 relief appearances for Triple-A Nashville.

66 RHP RYAN DULLLast Outing: 5/13 at Texas (L, 0.1 ip, 1 h, 3 r, 3 er, 2 bb)

Saves/Opportunities: 0-1Inherited Runners/Scored: 8/2

First Hitters: 1-14, sf, bb

• First batters faced are 1-for-14 (.071) with a sacrifice fly, a walk (.125 on-base percentage) and eight strikeouts…the strikeouts are tied for third in the American League and the average is tied for eighth.

• Has a 14.40 ERA (8 er in 5.0 ip) in six outings on no days rest, a 1.93 ERA (2 er in 9.1 ip) in his other 10 appearances.

• Has allowed five earned runs in his last three games (2.2 ip, 16.88 ERA) after surrendering five earned runs in his first 13 games (11.2 ip, 3.86 ERA).

• Has allowed five unearned runs, which are tied for the most in the AL among relievers.vs. TEX W L S G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA2017 0 1 0/0 3 2.0 1 3 3 0 3 1 13.50CAREER 1 1 1/2 12 13.1 7 5 5 1 5 16 3.38

Last Year: Compiled a 2.42 ERA and .186 opponents batting average in 70 relief appearances…led AL rookies and tied for ninth among all AL pitchers in games pitched …fell one short of the Oakland rookie record for games pitched.

31 RHP LIAM HENDRIKSLast Outing: 5/13 at Texas (BS, 0.2 ip, 2 h, 1 r, 1 er)

Saves/Opportunities: 0-0Inherited Runners/Scored:11/5

First Hitters: 3-12, 3 bb

• Allowed a run last night, snapping a streak of nine straight scoreless outings over 11.0 innings.

• Has allowed one hit or less in 12 of his 15 appearances this season.• Lefties are 8-for-30 (.267) with two doubles, a triple and seven RBI

against him this season…righties are 5-for-33 (.152) with no extra-base hits.vs. TEX W L S G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA2017 0 0 0/1 3 2.2 4 3 3 0 2 1 10.13CAREER 1 0 0/1 15 24.1 33 11 10 2 12 17 3.70

Last Year: Compiled a 3.76 ERA and .270 opponents batting average in 53 relief appearances in his first season with the A’s…had an 8.27 ERA in 11 games before going on the disabled list in early May, a 2.23 ERA in 42 games following his return.

44 RHP RYAN MADSONLast Outing: 5/10 vs Los Angeles-AL (ND, 1.0 ip)

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

First Hitters: 3-15

• Has allowed two runs all season, but both resulted in losses (April 14 and April 25)…each of his other 13 outings have been scoreless, includ-ing his last six (5.1 ip, 1 h, 2 bb, 5 so).

• Lefties are 8-for-23 (.348) and righties are 3-for-26 (.115) against him this season.

• Earned his lone save of the season on April 22...was his first save of more than one inning since June 28, 2016 at San Francisco.

• Is one of 11 relief pitchers in the AL who has allowed more than two sto-len base this season (3)...Santiago Casilla (4) is also on the list.vs. TEX W L S G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA2017 0 0 0/0 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00CAREER 1 2 4/8 18 20.0 19 9 9 2 2 18 4.05

Last Year: Saved a team-leading 30 games in his first season with Oakland to be-come just the second A’s pitcher over the last 10 years to save 30 or more games…ranked ninth in the AL in saves but tied for second with seven blown saves.

47 RHP FRANKIE MONTASLast Outing: 5/13 at Texas (ND, 0.2 ip, 2 h, 2 so)

Saves/Opportunities: 0-0Inherited Runners/Scored: 5/3

First Hitters: 4-11, 2 bb

• Has allowed 12 runs over his last 10 appearances (13.0 ip, 8.31 ERA) after allowing no runs over his first two outings (4.0 ip).

• Ranks third among American League relievers in most hits (23), tied for third in most home runs (4), and tied for seventh in most runs (12).

• Recorded his first Major League victory on May 6 vs. Detroit.vs. TEX W L S G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA2017 0 0 0/0 3 4.1 4 0 0 0 3 5 0.00CAREER 0 0 0/0 3 4.1 4 0 0 0 3 5 0.00

Last Year: Missed nearly the entire season due to rib cage injuries…combined for a 0-0 record and a 2.25 ERA in seven games, four starts, with Tulsa (AA) and Okla-homa City (AAA)…started the year on the Dodgers DL, ended it on the Triple-A DL.

57 RHP JOSH SMITHLast Outing: 5/9 vs Los Angeles-AL (ND, 3.0 ip, 1 bb, 1 so)

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

First Hitters: 0-2

• Threw three hitless, scoreless innings on Tuesday.• Had his contract selected on May 3 from Triple-A Nashville...was 2-0

with a 3.29 ERA in nine relief appearances with the Sounds.• Threw three innings over five games during spring training...went 1-0

with a 15.00 ERA in those relief appearances.vs. TEX W L S G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA2017 0 0 0/0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--CAREER 0 0 0/0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--

• His 2017 minor league statistics: W L S G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERANashville (AAA) 2 0 0/1 9 13.2 7 5 5 1 3 21 3.29

Last Year: Spent most of the season with Cincinnati where he went 3-3 with a 4.68 ERA in 32 games (two starts) over two stints with the Reds… was 3-1 with a 4.88 ERA in his 30 relief appearances, 0-2 with a 3.38 ERA in his two starts

63 RHP BOBBY WAHLLast Outing: 5/7 vs Detroit (ND, 2.0 ip, 1 bb, 2 so)

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

First Hitters: 1-3

• Has thrown three scoreless innings over his last two outings after giving up a run in his major league debut on May 3 at Minnesota.

• Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville on May 3 and made his Major League debut that night...originally optioned to Nashville March 13.

• This season is his first time on the 40-man roster…appeared in five spring games, registering one save and allowing three earned runs in 5.1 innings (5.1 ip, 5 h, 3 r, 3 er, 3 bb, 10 so, 2 hr, 5.06 ERA). vs. TEX W L S G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA2017 0 0 0/0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--CAREER 0 0 0/0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -.--

• His 2017 minor league statistics: W L S G IP H R ER HR BB SO ERANashville (AAA) 0 1 3/3 8 9.1 8 4 2 2 4 14 1.93

Last Year: Spent most of the season at Double-A Midland but pitched at three dif-ferent levels in the A’s farm system and was a combined 1-1 with 14 saves, a 2.65 ERA and in 45 relief appearances with Stockton, Midland and Nashville.

ATHLETICS BULLPEN BRIEFS

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17 YONDER ALONSOCurrent Streak: 1 game (2 for 4)

Texas Series: 2-7, r, hr, 2 rbi, bb, 2 soLast Homestand: 7-21, 5 r, 2b, 5 hr, 10 rbi, 3 bb, 3 so

• Had his second career two-homer game Tuesday night…the first came last Saturday against Detroit…has six home runs in his last seven games and eight in his last 11.

• Now has 12 home runs for the season, which is a new career high…his previous high of nine came in 155 games in 2012.

• Is batting .342 (13-for-38) with eight home runs and 15 RBI in 11 games in May after hitting .279 with four home runs and 14 RBI in 23 games in April…leads the majors in home runs in May and is tied for second in RBI…his eight home runs in May are his most ever in a month, topping his four in April of 2017 and May of 2014.

• Ranks third in the American League in slugging percentage (.689), tied for second in home runs (12), third in RBI (29), sixth in total bases (73), seventh in extra base hits (17), and 10th in on-base percentage (.388)…second in batting with runners in scoring position (.464).

• Leads AL first baseman in home runs (12), RBI (29), batting (.302), slug-ging (.689) and on-base percentage (.388).

• Is batting .326 (28-for-86) against right-handed pitching, .200 (4-for-20) against left-handers…each of his four hits off lefties are for extra bases (one double, three home runs).

• Was named AL Player of the Week Monday after going 9-for-22 (.409) with five runs, a double, five home runs and 10 RBI in six games last week…slugged 1.136 and had a .480 on-base percentage…it was his first career Player of the Week Award.

Last Year: Batted .253 with 34 doubles, seven home runs and 56 RBI in 156 games in his first season with Oakland…had career highs in games and runs scored (52)…ranked second among AL first baseman with a .997 fielding percentage.

20 MARK CANHACurrent Streak: 2 games (3 for 5)

Texas Series: 1-1, 2b, rbiLast Homestand: 2-5, r, so

• Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville Tuesday for his second stint with the A’s this year and flew out as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning.

• Was on Oakland’s Opening Day roster and went 2-for-19 (.105) in six games before he was optioned to Nashville April 15…started five games (four in right field, one at designated hitter).

• Recorded his first multi-hit game of the season on Wednesday. • Added a go-ahead pinch-hit double on Friday, his second career pinch

hit...is 2-for-19 as a pinch hitter.• Four of his nine hits over the last two seasons are for extra bases (one

double, three home runs).• Hit .300 over his first 13 games with Nashville but was 1-for-19 over his

final six games before his return to Oakland…was 7-for-15 (.467) with runners in scoring position…appeared in 15 games in right field, three in center field and one at DH…his complete 2017 minor league stats: AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBPNashville (AAA) .232 19 69 10 16 4 0 5 16 10 16 1 0 .507 .345

Last Year: Missed nearly the entire season after undergoing surgery on his left hip on May 24…appeared in just 16 games and batted .122 with six RBI…collected five hits but three of those were home runs.

2 KHRIS DAVISCurrent Streak: 0 for 8Texas Series: 0-8, so

Last Homestand: 4-25, r, rbi, bb, 12 so

• Had his strikeout streak of at least one per game snapped Friday...He had gone a career-high 21 consecutive games (33 strikeouts total), which is the longest such streak in Athletics history by a non-pitcher…the previous mark of 19 was done by Jack Cust twice in 2008 (June 24-July 12 and July 18-Aug. 14)…the only longer streaks are 34 games by Vida Blue from April 9-Sept. 12, 1971 and 29 games by Jim Nash from May 12, 1967-April 24, 1968.

• Is batting .148 (12-for-81) with 14 walks over his last 23 games after hit-ting .340 with three walks over his first 12 contests.

• Is tied for fourth in the American League in go-ahead RBI (8) and home runs (10)…however, is batting .107 (3-for-28) with runners in scoring position, which is the sixth lowest mark in the majors…is fifth in the AL in strikeouts (46).

• Is batting .351 (13-for-37) during the day, .165 (15-for-91) at night.• Went 0-for-4 with four strikeouts Monday night…it was the fifth four-

strikeout game of his career (last: Aug. 22, 2016 vs. Cleveland).• Played in the 500th game of his career May 6…has 112 career home

runs and is the 25th player in Major League history with at least that many home runs in the first 500 games of his career.

Last Year: Batted .247 with 42 HR and 102 RBI in 150 games in his first season with the A’s…became the fifth player in Oakland history and seventh in Athletics history to hit 40 home runs…tied for third in the American League in home runs.

11 RAJAI DAVISCurrent Streak: 2 games (2 for 8)

Texas Series: 2-8, r, so, csLast Homestand: 4-20, 2 r, 2b, rbi, 3 bb, 2 so, 3 sb

• Was reinstated from the 10-day disabled list May 2 and is 7-for-35 (.200) in nine games, including eight starts, since his return.

• Stole two bases Tuesday night, his first multiple steal game of the season and the 60th of his career…now has 120 stolen bases as an Athletic, which is ninth in Oakland history, one behind Mike Davis.

• Had his first three-hit game of the season last Friday night against Detroit and his ninth inning single off Shane Greene was the 1000th hit of his career…is one of 75 active players with 1000 career hits.

• Has six multiple hit games and seven games with one hit.• Was placed on the 10-day DL April 25 retroactive to April 22 with a

strained left hamstring and missed eight games.Last Year: Played for the American League Champion Cleveland Indians and hit .249 with 12 HR and 48 RBI in 134 games…had career highs in runs (74), home runs and walks (33)…led the AL and ranked fourth in the majors with 43 steals.

25 RYON HEALYCurrent Streak: 1 game (2 for 4)

Texas Series: 2-7, bbLast Homestand: 6-19, 4 r, 2 hr, 3 rbi, 2 bb, 3 so

• Went 6-for-19 (.316) with two home runs and three RBI in four games on the homestand after going 6-for-38 (.158) with one RBI and 14 strike-outs in nine games on the last road trip…is now batting .327 (20-for-61) with five of his six home runs and 12 of his 14 RBI at home compared to .191 (13-for-68) on the road.

• Is batting .400 (14-for-35) against left-handed pitching compared to .196 (19-for-97) against right-handers…is third in the American League in batting against lefties.

• Has made 33 starts at three different positions (18 at designated hitter, seven at first base, eight at third base)…is batting .191 (13-for-68) with two home runs and four RBI in 18 games at designated hitter…has a .316 (20-for-61) average with four home runs and 10 RBI in his other 16 games.

• Homered in three straight games for the first time in his career last Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

• Committed two errors May 6 night against Detroit, the third two error game of his career (last: Aug. 29, 2016 at Houston).

Last Year: Was called up by Oakland July 15 and started 72 of the A’s 73 games after the All-Star Break at third base in his ML debut…led ML rookies in doubles after the break (20) and topped AL rookies in hits (82) and extra base hits (33).

23 MATT JOYCECurrent Streak: 2 games (2 for 6)

Texas Series: 2-6, r, hr, 3 rbiLast Homestand: 2-18, r, 2 2b, bb, 5 so

• Went 2-for-18 (.111) in five games on the homestand and is now batting .128 (6-for-47) in Oakland compared to .245 (13-for-53) on the road.

• Is batting .353 (6-for-17) against left-handed pitchers, .157 (13-for-83) with all three of his home runs, all 12 of his RBI and all 10 of his walks against right-handers…has made 24 of his 27 starts this year and 359 of his 374 starts over the last five years against righties.

• Seven of his last 11 hits are for extra bases (five doubles, two home runs).

• Has not committed an error in 54 games in the outfield…now has a 124-game errorless streak as an outfielder dating back to his last error on May 30, 2015.

• Is batting .235 (8-for-34) with five walks in 10 games in May after hitting .167 with five walks in 21 games in April.

Last Year: Spent the entire season with Pittsburgh and batted .242 with 13 home runs and 42 RBI in 140 games…added 59 walks for a career-high .403 on-base percentage…set a Major League record with 21 pinch-walks.

ATHLETICS BATTING NOTES

OAKLAND A’S CAREERSTOLEN BASE LEADERS

1. Rickey Henderson 867 2. Bert Campaneris 398 3. Billy North 232 4. Coco Crisp 169 5. Carney Lansford 146 6. Reggie Jackson 144 7. Jose Canseco 135 8. Mike Davis 121 9. Rajai Davis 120 10. Mitchell Page 104

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8 JED LOWRIECurrent Streak: 2 games (3 for 8)

Texas Series: 3-8, r, 2 2b, Last Homestand: 5-21, 6 r, 2b, 2 hr, 3 rbi, 4 bb, 4 so, hbp

• Is batting .316 (25-for-79) over his last 21 games after hitting .171 over his previous 12 contests.

• Has four home runs in 35 games after hitting two in 87 contests last year.

• Is batting .326 (30-for-92) at night, .194 (7-for-36) during the day.• Is 2-for-20 (.100) with runners in scoring position, which is the third low-

est mark in the AL…last year, he hit .483 with RISP over his first 34 games through May 27.

• Has committed just one error (April 28 at Houston)...he ranks third among American League second basemen in fielding (.993).

• Had his third career two-homer game Monday night but it was his first since Oct. 3, 2010 vs. New York (AL)…went 651 games between two-homer games…it was the first two-homer game by an A’s second base-man since Adam Kennedy on May 31, 2009.

• His second home run Monday night was the game-ending shot with two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning…it was his fourth career game-ending hit, his second home run (Aug. 21, 2010 vs. Toronto).

Last Year: Returned to the A’s and batted .263 with two home runs and 27 RBI in 87 games in a season shortened due to two stints on the disabled list…has missed 152 games during three stints on the DL over the previous two seasons.

13 BRUCE MAXWELLCurrent Streak: 1 game (1 for 3)

Texas Series: 1-3, r, bb, soLast Homestand: 1-11, r, 2 bb, 4 so, gidp

• Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville May 4 for his second stint with the A’s this year and is 2-for-14 (.143) with three walks in six games, five starts (all at catcher), since his return.

• Went 2-for-5 (.400) in two games, both starts at catcher, during his first stint from April 17-19.

• Threw out Upton attempting to steal second base Sunday for the first caught stealing of his career…has tossed out 2-of-9 (22.2%) this year after opponents were successful in each of their eight stolen base at-tempts off him last year.

• Went 9-for-27 (.333) with three doubles and five RBI in eight games with Nashville following his April 20 option…overall, tossed out 4-of-13 (30.8%) attempted base stealers…his complete 2017 minor league stats: AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBPNashville (AAA) .275 15 51 8 14 7 0 0 6 6 7 0 0 .412 .351

Last Year: Made his Triple-A and Major League debut…was batting .321 with a 10 HR and 41 RBI in 60 games with Nashville when he was promoted to Oakland July 23…went on to bat .283 with a home run and 14 RBI in 33 games with the A’s.

19 JOSH PHEGLEYCurrent Streak: 0 for 5Texas Series: 0-2, soLast Homestand: 0-0

• Has appeared in 12 games this year, including nine starts (eight against left-handed pitching and one against right-handed pitching).

• Was activated from the 7-day DL Friday after missing seven games. • Has tossed out 1-of-6 (16.7%) attempted base stealers.

Last Year: Hit .256 with a home run and 10 RBI in 26 games in a season shortened due to two stints on the disabled list with a strained right knee (May 10-26 and July 2-end of season)…his batting average was the best of his four ML seasons.

18 CHAD PINDERCurrent Streak: 1 game (1 for 4)

Los Angeles Series: 1-5, r, hr, 2 rbi, soLast Homestand: 2-9, 2 r, hr, 2 rbi, 2 so, sb

• Is 7-for-20 (.350) over his last eight games after going 2-for-11 (.182) over his first six contests.

• Is 5-for-14 (.357) against right-handed pitchers, 4-for-17 (.235) against left-handers.

• Went 1-for-2 with a stolen base in a start in right field Sunday against Detroit…it was his professional debut in the outfield.

• Clubbed his second homer of the season on Wednesday, recorded the game-tying and go-ahead RBI

• Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville April 16 and has started eight games at four different positions (three at designated hitter, three at sec-ond base, one at shortstop, one in right field).

• Appeared in six games at second base and three at shortstop with Nashville…his complete 2017 minor league stats: AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBPNashville (AAA) .324 9 37 1 12 2 0 0 1 2 14 1 1 .378 .359

Last Year: Made both his Triple-A and Major League debuts in 2016…hit .256 with 14 home runs and 51 RBI in 107 games with Nashville and .235 with a home run and four RBI in 22 games with Oakland.

3 TREVOR PLOUFFECurrent Streak: 5 games (8 for 19)

Texas Series: 2-8, 2 r, soLast Homestand: 6-15, r, 2 2b, hr, 2 rbi, bb, 3 so, sb, gidp

• Had three straight multiple hit games (6-for-11, .545) from May 7-9 to snap a career-long and season-opening streak of 27 consecutive games with one hit or fewer…it is the longest season opening streak by an Athletic since Antonio Perez had a 36-game streak in 2006.

• Is 8-for-19 (.421) over his last five games after going 3-for-29 (.103) over his previous nine contests.

• Is hitting .314 (11-for-35) against left-handed pitchers, .190 (15-for-79) against right-handers.

• Is batting .283 (17-for-60) with 10 of his 11 RBI at home compared to .170 (9-for-53) on the road.

• Hit his fifth home run of the season Monday night…all five have come in Oakland against right-handed pitchers and four have been solo shots.

• Is batting .313 (20-for-64) with the bases empty, .122 (6-for-49) with runners on base.

• Drove in a run on Sunday and Monday to snap an 11-game streak with-out an RBI…that was one short of his career high (12, Aug. 20-31, 2011).

• Grounded into his eighth double play of the season Sunday, which is tied for second in the American League.

Last Year: Batted a career-high .260 with 12 home runs and 47 RBI in 84 games with Minnesota in a season interrupted by three stints on the DL…missed a total of 65 games while on the DL and his 84 games played were his fewest since 2011.

16 ADAM ROSALESCurrent Streak: 2 games (3 for 6)

Texas Series: 3-6, rbi, soLast Homestand: 6-21, r, 3 2b, 3 rbi, bb, 6 so

• Had his seven-game hitting streak snapped on Wednesday...batted .308 (8-for-26) during that span, which is one short of his career high of eight (Sept. 14-22, 2014).

• Is batting .346 (9-for-26) against left-handed pitching, .239 (16-for-67) against right-handers.

• Has started 24 of the A’s 25 games at shortstop since the injury to Semien and is 21-for-82 (.256) in 25 games total over that span.

• Has committed three errors in his last eight games and now has four er-rors for the season, which is tied for third most among American League shortstops.

• Had his fifth career walk-off RBI Saturday night against Detroit (two sin-gles, one homer, one walk, one fielders choice), his first as an Athletic.

Last Year: Batted .229 with 13 home runs and 35 RBI in 105 games with San Diego…posted career highs in games, runs (37), doubles (12), triples (3), home runs, RBI, walks (29), slugging percentage, OPS (.814) and extra base hits (28).

21 STEPHEN VOGTCurrent Streak: 0 for 4

Texas Series: 0-2Last Homestand: 1-11, bb, 5 so

• Is batting .155 (9-for-58) over his last 21 games after hitting .286 over his first seven contests.

• Has made 22 of his 23 starts in games started by a right-handed pitch-er…is batting .216 (16-for-74) against right-handers but is just 1-for-12 (.083) against lefties.

• Is batting .333 (6-for-18) during the day, .162 (11-for-68) at night.• Hit his lone home run of the season on Opening Night and now has a

26-game homerless streak, his longest homerless streak of his career... (Previous high: 25, Sept. 1, 2015-April 13, 2016).

• Has committed four errors, which is the most among American League catchers…has tossed out 2-of-19 (10.5%) attempted base stealers…the 17 stolen bases are second most in the AL (18, Perez KC) and the caught stealing percentage is second lowest (McCann, DET 7.7%).

Last Year: Played in a career-high 137 games and hit .251 with 14 home runs and 56 RBI…also had career bests in hits (123), doubles (30) and extra base hits (46)…was named to his second consecutive American League All-Star team.

A’S HITTING VS. TEXASA’s HITTING vs. TEXAS 2017 CAREER AVG. AB H HR RBI PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI.292 24 7 3 7 Alonso .227 97 22 3 15.250 8 2 0 1 Canha .262 65 17 3 13.200 30 6 2 3 Davis, K .286 98 28 13 28.214 28 6 0 1 Davis, R .275 276 76 0 25.259 27 7 0 2 Healy .320 75 24 2 6.182 22 4 2 6 Joyce .246 142 35 8 28.217 23 5 0 0 Lowrie .243 305 74 4 26.375 8 3 0 0 Maxwell .400 25 10 0 3.300 10 3 0 2 Phegley .309 55 17 4 14.500 4 2 1 1 Pinder .625 8 5 1 1.208 24 5 0 1 Plouffe .269 130 35 3 10.438 16 7 1 3 Rosales .176 91 16 1 3.125 16 2 0 1 Vogt .264 148 39 3 20.240 25 6 0 1 others .245 265 65 9 29 TOTALS

A’S CAREER HITTING VS. GRIFFINPLAYER BAT AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SH SF HBP GDP AVG OBP SLGYonder Alonso L 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333Khris Davis R 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000Rajai Davis R 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000Ryon Healy R 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000Matt Joyce L 9 2 0 0 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .222 .300 .889Jed Lowrie S 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000Bruce Maxwell L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000Trevor Plouffe R 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111Adam Rosales R 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000Stephen Vogt L 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750

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CLUBLongest Winning Streak ................................................................................ 5, April 18 to 22Longest Winning Streak, Home ..................................................................... 5, April 18 to 22Longest Winning Streak, Road ...................................................................... 2, April 10 to 12Longest Losing Streak ................................................................................... 5, April 23 to 28Longest Losing Streak, Home ....................................................................... 3, April 14 to 17Longest Losing Streak, Road ........................................................................ 5, April 13 to 28Most Runs, Game, A’s .......................................................................... 9, April 20 vs. Seattle................................................................................................................ 9, April 19 vs. TexasMost Runs, Game, Opponents ............................................................11, April 23 vs. SeattleMost Runs, Inning, A’s ..........................................4 (five times), last: April 19 vs. Texas (1st)Most Runs, Inning, Opponents .....................................................5, April 23 vs. Seattle (3rd)...........................................................................................................5, April 7 at Texas (2nd)Largest Margin, Victory ...................................................................8, April 19 vs. Texas (9-1)Largest Margin, Loss ................................................................ 10, April 23 vs. Seattle (1-11)Most Hits, Game, A’s .........................................................................14, May 4 at Minnesota.............................................................................................................. 14, April 19 vs. TexasMost Hits, Game, Opponents ...............................................14, April 26 at Los Angeles (AL)............................................................................................................14, April 28 at HoustonMost Hits, Inning, A’s ......................................................5, April 4 vs. Los Angeles (AL) (7th)Most Hits, Inning, Opponents ..................................................... 5, May 2 at Minnesota (7th)Most Home Runs, Game, A’s........................3 (four times), last: May 8 vs. Los Angeles (AL)Most Home Runs, Game, Opponents .................................................6, May 2 at MinnesotaMost Doubles, Game, A’s ..............................................4 (four times), last: May 7 vs. DetroitMost Doubles, Game, Opponents ........................................................4, April 28 at Houston.............................................................................................................. 4, April 20 vs. Seattle....................................................................................................................4, April 7 at TexasMost Triples, Game, A’s .......................................... 1 (three times), last: May 4 at MinnesotaMost Triples, Game, Opponents .............................................................. 2, May 5 vs. DetroitMost Stolen Bases, Game, A’s ............................................... 2, May 9 vs. Los Angeles (AL)................................................................................................................. 2, May 7 vs. Detroit....................................................................................................................2, April 8 at TexasMost Stolen Bases, Game, Opponents .............................................. 5, April 15 vs. HoustonMost Strikeouts, A’s Pitchers ................................................................. 14, May 6 vs. DetroitMost Strikeouts, Opponents Pitchers .................................................14, April 28 at HoustonMost Walks, A’s Pitchers ..................................................................... 8, April 15 vs. HoustonMost Walks, Opponents Pitchers.........................................................8, May 4 at MinnesotaFewest Hits Allowed, A’s Pitchers ...............................................................2, April 8 at TexasFewest Hits Allowed, Opponents Pitchers .............................................. 3, April 17 vs. Texas................................................................................................3, April 27 at Los Angeles (AL)Most Left on Base, Nine Inning Game ...............................................13, May 4 at MinnesotaMost Left on Base, Extra Inning Game ...................................5, April 25 at Los Angeles (AL)Fewest Left on Base, Game ......................................3, May 8 vs. Los Angeles (AL) (11 inn.)................................................................................................................. 3, May 6 vs. Detroit................................................................................................................ 3, April 17 vs. TexasMost Errors, Game ...............................................................................3, April 28 at Houston....................................................................................................................3, April 9 at TexasLargest Comeback in Win ....................................................................... 3, May 6 vs. Detroit.............................................................................................................. 3, April 20 vs. SeattleLargest Lead Surrendered in Loss ..................................................... 5, April 15 vs. Houston

INDIVIDUALGrand Slams ...................................................................................................................NonePinch Hit Home Runs .................... Josh Phegley, April 25 at Los Angeles-AL (Jose Alvarez)Lead Off Home Runs ...............................Adam Rosales, April 22 vs. Seattle (Ariel Miranda)Inside-The-Park Home Runs ..........................................................................................NoneGame Ending Home Runs ................Jed Lowrie, May 8 vs. Los Angeles-AL (Deolis Guerra).............................................................Ryon Healy, May 7 vs. Detroit (Francisco Rodriguez)Back-to-Back Home Runs ..............................................................................................NoneLongest Hitting Streak .............................................................. 7, Adam Rosales, May 3 to 9..................................................................................................... 7, Khris Davis, April 5 to 12Most Runs, Game ..................2 (19 times), last: Yonder Alonso, May 9 vs. Los Angeles (AL)Most Hits, Game ....................................3 (seven times), last: Rajai Davis, May 5 vs. DetroitMost Doubles, Game ..............................................................2, Rajai Davis, April 8 at TexasMost Triples, Game .........................1 (three times), last: Stephen Vogt, May 4 at MinnesotaMost Home Runs, Game ............................... 2, Yonder Alonso, May 9 vs. Los Angeles (AL)............................................................................. 2, Jed Lowrie, May 8 vs. Los Angeles (AL)........................................................................................ 2, Yonder Alonso, May 6 vs. Detroit..........................................................................................2, Khris Davis, April 28 at Houston............................................................................ 2, Khris Davis, April 3 vs. Los Angeles (AL)Most Runs Batted In, Game .............................................4, Khris Davis, April 28 at HoustonMost Walks, Game ........... 2 (20 times), last: Alonso & Lowrie, May 10 vs. Los Angeles (AL)Most Strikeouts, Game ....................................... 4, Khris Davis, May 8 vs. Los Angeles (AL)............................................................................4, Ryon Healy, April 25 at Los Angeles (AL)Most Stolen Bases, Game .................................. 2, Rajai Davis, May 9 vs. Los Angeles (AL).........................................................................................2, Marcus Semien, April 8 at TexasLongest Winning Streak ......................................................... 3, Andrew Triggs, April 6 to 18Longest Losing Streak ................................................... 2, Ryan Madson, April 14 to presentMost Strikeouts, Game .....................................................10, Sean Manaea, April 9 at TexasMost Walks, Game .....................................................5, Sean Manaea, April 15 vs. HoustonMost Innings, Game, Starter ...........................8.0, Jesse Hahn, April 25 at Los Angeles (AL)Most Innings, Game, Reliever ............................................6.0, Jesse Hahn, April 7 at TexasLow Hit Complete Game ................................................................................................NoneMost Consecutive Scoreless Innings ................................. 13.2, Andrew Triggs, April 6 to 18Most Consecutive Batters Retired .......................................... 15, Kendall Graveman, April 8

GENERALLongest Game, Innings .........................................................11, May 8 vs. Los Angeles (AL).............................................................................................. 11, April 25 at Los Angeles (AL)Longest Game, Time, Nine Innings ............................................... 3:55, April 15 vs. HoustonLongest Game, Time, Extra Innings ............................. 3:12, April 25 at Los Angeles-AL (11)Shortest Game, Time.........................................................2:30, April 27 at Los Angeles (AL)Largest Crowd, Home .................................................... 36,067, April 3 vs. Los Angeles (AL)Smallest Crowd, Home .................................................. 10,292, May 8 vs. Los Angeles (AL)Largest Crowd, Road .........................................................................44,410, April 8 at TexasSmallest Crowd, Road ................................................................18,658, May 3 at MinnesotaPostponement, Rain, Home ................................................................... April 16 vs. HoustonPostponement, Rain, Road ............................................................................................None

HIGHS AND LOWS

MULTIPLE HIT GAMESPLAYER 2 3 4 5 TOTAlonso 11 0 0 0 11Canha 1 0 0 0 1Davis, K 5 2 0 0 7Davis, R 5 1 0 0 6Decker 1 0 0 0 1Healy 9 2 0 0 11Joyce 4 0 0 0 4Lowrie 10 2 0 0 12Maxwell 1 0 0 0 1Phegley 1 0 0 0 1Pinder 2 0 0 0 2Plouffe 3 0 0 0 3Rosales 4 0 0 0 4Vogt 4 0 0 0 4

MULTIPLE RBI GAMESPLAYER 2 3 4 5 6 TOTAlonso 6 3 0 0 0 9Davis, K 3 0 1 0 0 4Davis, R 2 0 0 0 0 2Healy 3 0 0 0 0 3Joyce 2 1 0 0 0 3Lowrie 1 1 0 0 0 2Phegley 1 0 0 0 0 1Pinder 1 0 0 0 0 1Rosales 2 0 0 0 0 2Vogt 1 0 0 0 0 1

GAME TYING/GO-AHEAD RBIPLAYER GT GA TOTAlonso 3 4 7Canha 0 1 1Davis, K 0 8 8Davis, R 1 3 4Healy 0 4 4Joyce 1 2 3Lowrie 1 2 3Phegley 0 1 1Pinder 1 1 2Plouffe 2 1 3Rosales 4 1 5Vogt 0 2 2

STARTS IN THE BATTING ORDERPlayer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Alonso - 2 2 4 8 4 6 3 -Canha - - - - - 1 3 2 -Davis, K - - 5 30 - - - - -Davis, R 16 3 - - - - - - 5Decker 8 - - - - - - 3 3Healy - 3 12 2 9 6 1 - -Joyce 4 12 - - - 2 4 4 1LaMarre - - - - - - - - 2Lowrie - 10 15 - 4 5 - - -Maxwell - - - - - - - 6 1Olson - - - - - - - - 1Phegley - - - - 1 3 1 4 -Pinder - - - - - - 5 4 -Plouffe - 3 1 - 1 9 13 5 -Rosales 2 2 - - - 1 - 3 20Semien 6 1 - - - - - 1 3Vogt - - 1 - 13 5 3 1 -

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 GSAlonso - - 33 29 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Canha - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 8 5 1 1Davis, K - - - - - - - - - - 33 33 - - - - 2 2Davis, R - - - - - - - - - - - - 26 24 - - - -Decker - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 11 10 3 3 - -Healy - - 7 7 - - 9 8 - - - - - - - - 18 18Joyce - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - 29 26 - -LaMarre - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 2 - - - -Lowrie - - - - 29 29 - - - - - - - - - - 5 5Maxwell 8 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Olson - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - -Phegley 13 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Pinder - - - - 5 4 - - 2 1 - - - - 1 1 3 3Plouffe - - - - - - 30 28 - - - - - - - - 4 4Rosales - - - - 3 3 - - 25 24 1 1 - - - - - -Semien - - - - - - - - 11 11 - - - - - - - -Vogt 23 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 3

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HOME RUN BREAKDOWN 2017 HOME RUNS LAST REGULAR SEASON HOME RUNPlayer Solo 2R 3R GS Tot. Date Opponent Pitcher GP SinceAlonso 7 5 0 0 12 May 13, 2017 at Texas Kela --Canha 0 0 0 0 0 April 23, 2016 at Toronto Happ 17Davis, K 8 1 1 0 10 April 29, 2017 at Houston Harris 12Davis, R 1 0 0 0 1 April 13, 2017 at Kansas City Herrera 15Healy 3 3 0 0 6 May 7, 2017 Detroit Rodriguez 5Joyce 1 1 1 0 3 May 12, 2017 at Texas Cashman 1Lowrie 4 0 0 0 4 May 8, 2017 Los Angeles (AL) Guerra 4Maxwell 0 0 0 0 0 September 19, 2016 Houston Peacock 17Phegley 1 0 0 0 1 April 25, 2017 at Los Angeles (AL) Alvarez 5Pinder 1 1 0 0 2 May 10, 2017 Los Angeles (AL) Chavez --Plouffe 4 0 1 0 6 May 8, 2017 Los Angeles (AL) Nolasco 4Rosales 1 1 0 0 2 April 22, 2017 Seattle Miranda 18Semien 0 0 0 0 0 September 28, 2016 at Los Angeles (AL) Oberholtzer 15Vogt 1 0 0 0 1 April 3, 2017 Los Angeles (AL) Nolasco 26Team 31 13 3 0 47

MILESTONESPlayer Category No. NeedsAxford Games 471 29 for 500 Innings Pitched 449.2 50.1 for 500Casilla Games 581 19 for 600Coulombe Games 67 33 for 100Davis, K Hits 422 78 for 500 Doubles 90 10 for 100Davis, R Stolen Bases 369 31 for 400 Stolen Bases with Oak 120 1 for 121 (ties M.Davis for 8th in Oakland history)Doolittle Games 240 26 for 266 (ties Hunter for 10th in Oakland history) Saves 34 10 for 44 (ties Koch and Foulke for 9th in Athletics history)Dull Games 99 1 for 100Graveman Innings Pitched 340.2 159.1 for 500Gray Wins 38 12 for 50 Games Started 99 1 for 100 Strikeouts 522 136 for 658 (ties Eckersley for 10th in Oakland history)Hendriks Games 165 35 for 200Joyce Games 989 11 for 1000Lowrie Doubles 183 17 for 200Madson Saves 86 14 for 100 Saves with Oakland 31 13 for 44 (ties Koch and Foulke for 9th in Athletics history)Melvin Wins 971 29 for 1000 Wins with Oakland 478 22 for 500Semien Games 410 90 for 500 Doubles 66 34 for 100Vogt Games 450 50 for 500 Hits 365 135 for 500 Doubles 72 28 for 100

A’S AT A GLANCESeason High ................................................... 10-8 (April 22)Season Low.. ..............................11-16/12-17 (May 3/May 5)April .............................................................................. 11-14May ...................................................................................5-6June ..................................................................................0-0July ...................................................................................0-0August ..............................................................................0-0September ........................................................................0-0Home Series ..................................................................4-1-1Road Series ...................................................................1-5-0Series Sweeps ..................................................................0-2First Game of Series .........................................................4-8Last Game of Series .........................................................5-6A’s Score First ..................................................................7-7Opponent Scores First ....................................................9-13Leading After 7th ............................................................13-3Leading After 8th ............................................................13-2Tied After 7th ....................................................................1-1Tied After 8th ....................................................................1-1Trailing After 7th .............................................................2-16Trailing After 8th .............................................................2-17Commit No Errors .............................................................6-8Commit 1 or More Errors ..............................................10-12More HR Than Opp. .......................................................12-7Fewer HR Than Opp. .......................................................2-5Same Total HR of Opp. .....................................................2-8Starter Pitches 7 or More ..................................................4-2Starter Pitches Less Than 7 .........................................12-18When Scoring 4 or More ................................................. 11-7When Scoring Less Than 4 ............................................5-13Last At Bat ........................................................................3-3Replay Challenges ...........................................................2-5Different Lineups ...............................................................34

WALK-OFF WINS (3)Adam Rosales, May 6 vs. Detroit (single)Ryon Healy, May 7 vs. Detroit (home run)Jed Lowrie, May 8 vs. Los Angeles-AL (home run)

Mar. 12 Renato Nuñez optioned to NashvilleMar. 13 Paul Blackburn, Jaycob Brugman, Yairo Muñoz

and Bobby Wahl optioned to NashvilleMar. 17 Franklin Barreto, Matt Olson and Chad Pinder

optioned to NashvilleMar. 26 Jesse Hahn and Bruce Maxwell optioned to

NashvilleApril 1 Chris Bassitt (right UCL reconstruction surgery),

Sonny Gray (strained right shoulder), Daniel Mengden (right foot surgery), Jake Smolin-ski (right shoulder surgery) and Joey Wendle (strained right shoulder) placed on the 10-day disabled list retroactive to March 30

April 5 John Axford placed on the 10-day disabled list retroactive to April 2 (strained right shoulder); Jesse Hahn recalled from Nashville

April 15 Jaff Decker selected from Nashville; Mark Canha optioned to Nashville; Jake Smolinski transferred to the 60-day disabled list

April 16 Chad Pinder recalled from Nashville; Marcus Semien placed on the 10-day disabled list retro-active to April 15 (right wrist contusion)

April 17 Bruce Maxwell recalled from Nashville; Kendall Graveman placed on the 10-day disabled list ret-roactive to April 15 (strained right shoulder)

April 19 Joey Wendle sent to Nashville on a rehab assign-ment

April 20 César Valdez selected from Nashville; Bruce Maxwell optioned to Maxwell; Marcus Semien transferred to the 60-day disabled list

April 21 Matt Olson recalled from Nashville; César Valdez optioned to Nashville

April 22 Sonny Gray sent to Stockton on a rehab assign-ment

April 23 Ryan LaMarre acquired from the Los Angeles Angels for a player to be named later or cash considerations and assigned to Nashville; Chris Bassitt transferred to the 60-day disabled list

April 25 Ryan LaMarre and César Valdez recalled from Nashville; Rajai Davis placed on the 10-day dis-abled list retroactive to April 22 (strained left ham-string); Raul Alcantara designated for assignment

April 27 Kendall Graveman reinstated from the disabled list; Matt Olson optioned to Nashville; Sonny Gray sent to Nashville on a rehab assignment

April 29 Joey Wendle reinstated from the disabled list and optioned to Nashville; Raul Alcantara outrighted to Nashville; Chris Bassitt sent to Stockton on a rehab assignment

April 30 Sean Manaea placed on the 10-day disabled list retroactive to April 27 (strained left shoulder)

May 1 Sonny Gray reinstated from the disabled list; Ryan LaMarre optioned to Nashville

May 2 Rajai Davis reinstated from the disabled listMay 3 Sean Doolittle placed on the 10-day disabled list

retroactive to April 30 (strained left shoulder); César Valdez designated for assignment; Bobby Wahl recalled from Nashville; Josh Smith select-ed from Nashville

May 4 Josh Phegley placed on the 7-day concussion disabled list; Bruce Maxwell recalled from Nash-ville

May 5 César Valdez claimed off waivers by TorontoMay 8 Daniel Mengden sent to Nashville on a rehab as-

signmentMay 9 Mark Canha recalled from Nashville; Jaff Decker

designated for assignment; Sean Manaea sent to Nashville on a rehab assignment; Chris Bassitt sent to Nashville on a rehab assignment

May 11 Jharel Cotton optioned to NashvilleMay 12 Josh Phegley reinstated from the concussion dis-

abled listMay 13 Jaff Decker outrighted to Nashville; John Axford

sent to Nashville on a rehab assignment

Player Injury Dates Games MissedAxford Strained right shoulder April 2-present 36Bassitt Right UCL surgery March 30-present (eligible May 29) 36Davis, R. Strained left hamstring April 22-May 1 8Doolittle Strained left shoulder April 30-present (eligible May 10) 12Graveman Strained right shoulder April 15-26 10Gray Strained right shoulder March 30-April 30 25

Player Injury Dates Games MissedManaea Strained left shoulder April 27-present (eligible May 7) 15Mengden Right foot surgery March 30-present 36Phegley Concussion May 4-11 7Semien Fractured scaphoid bone April 15-present (eligible June 14) 25Smolinski Right shoulder surgery March 30-present (eligible May 29) 36Wendle Strained right shoulder March 30-April 28 23

DISABLED LIST

The A’s have used the disabled list 12 times this season…used the DL an Oakland record 27 times last year

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GA/ LEADER CUM.DATE G OPP W-L SCORE REC POS GB AND LEAD WINNER LOSER SAVE ATT. ATT.4/3 1 LAA W 4-2 1-0 t1 – OAK/HOU – Graveman Nolasco Casilla 36,067* 36,0674/4 2 LAA L 6-7 1-1 t2 -1 HOU 1 Bailey Dull Bedrosian 11,225 47,2924/5 3 LAA L 0-5 1-2 3 -2 HOU 1 Ramirez Cotton 13,405 60,6974/6 4 LAA W 5-1 2-2 t2 -1 HOU 1 Triggs Skaggs 13,292 73,989 (4 dates)4/7 5 at TEX L 5-10 2-3 3 -1 HOU/LAA 1 Claudio Alcantara 34,235 34,2354/8 6 at TEX W 6-1 3-3 t2 -1 LAA 1 Graveman Darvish 44,410 78,6454/9 7 at TEX L 1-8 3-4 3 -2 LAA 1 Perez Manaea 36,905 115,5504/10 8 at KC W 2-0 4-4 t2 -1½ LAA 1½ Cotton Kennedy Doolittle 40,019 155,5694/11 OFF DAY 3 -2 LAA 1½4/12 9 at KC W 8-3 5-4 3 -1 LAA ½ Triggs Hammel 24,380 179,9494/13 10 at KC L 1-3 5-5 3 -1 HOU/LAA – Vargas Hahn Herrera 22.160 202,109 (6 dates)4/14 11 HOU L 2-7 5-6 3 -2 HOU 1 Keuchel Madson 15,385 89,3744/15 12 HOU L 6-10 5-7 3 -3 HOU 2 Harris Casilla 20,140 109,5144/16 HOU PPD, Rain 3 -3 HOU 2½4/17 13 TEX L 0-7 5-8 t4 -4 HOU 3½ Griffin Cotton 10,406 119,9204/18 14 TEX W 4-2 6-8 3 -3 HOU 2½ Triggs Darvish Casilla 12,091 132,0114/19 15 TEX W 9-1 7-8 2 -3 HOU 3 Hahn Perez 14,031 146,0424/20 16 SEA W 9-6 8-8 2 -3 HOU 3 Dull Scribner 10,707 156,7494/21 17 SEA W 3-1 9-8 2 -3 HOU 3 Manaea Iwakuma Casilla 15,255 172,0044/22 18 SEA W 4-3 10-8 2 -2 HOU 2 Cotton Miranda 20,722 192,7264/23 19 SEA L 1-11 10-9 2 -3 HOU 3 Gallardo Triggs 24,165 216,891 (13 dates)4/24 OFF DAY 2 -3 HOU 34/25 20 at LAA L 1-2 (11) 10-10 2 -4 HOU 4 Pounders Madson 30,124 232,2334/26 21 at LAA L 5-8 10-11 t2 -4 HOU 4 Shoemaker Manaea Norris 30,248 262,4814/27 22 at LAA L 1-2 10-12 t3 -4 HOU 3 Nolasco Graveman Norris 37,603 300,0844/28 23 at HOU L 4-9 10-13 t4 -5 HOU 3 Morton Cotton 28,472 328,5564/29 24 at HOU W 2-1 11-13 t3 -4 HOU 3 Triggs Musgrove Casilla 32,147 360,7034/30 25 at HOU L 2-7 11-14 t3 -5 HOU 3 Keuchel Hahn Giles 34,880 395,5835/1 OFF DAY 3 -5½ HOU 3½5/2 26 at MIN L 1-9 11-15 3 -6½ HOU 3½ Santana Gray 18,930 414,5135/3 27 at MIN L 4-7 11-16 4 -7½ HOU 4½ Santiago Graveman 18,658 433,1715/4 28 at MIN W 8-5 12-16 4 -6½ HOU 4½ Cotton Gibson Casilla 19,247 452,418 (15 dates)5/5 29 DET L 2-7 12-17 5 -7½ HOU 5½ Fulmer Triggs 17,519 234,4105/6 30 DET W 6-5 13-17 4 -6½ HOU 4½ Montas Rodriguez 16,651 251,0615/7 31 DET W 8-6 14-17 4 -6½ HOU 5½ Casilla Rodriguez 23,227 274,2885/8 32 LAA W 3-2 (11) 15-17 t2 -6 HOU 6 Hendriks Guerra 10,292 284,5805/9 33 LAA L 3-7 15-18 4 -7 HOU 6 Meyer Cotton Norris 11,383 295,9635/10 34 LAA W 3-1 16-18 t3 -7 HOU 6 Triggs Chavez Casilla 11,061 307,024 (19 dates)5/11 OFF DAY 3 -7½ HOU 75/12 35 at TEX L 2-5 16-19 t4 -8½ HOU 8 Kela Casilla 35,625 488,0435/13 36 at TEX L 5-6 16-20 5 -9 HOU 8 Barnette Dull Bush 37,898 525,941

* indicates sellout. CAPS indicates complete game.

DATE G OPP TIME TV PROMOTION5/14 37 at TEX 12:05 NBCSCA5/15 38 at SEA 7:10 NBCSCA5/16 39 at SEA 7:10 NBCSCA5/17 40 at SEA 7:10 NBCSCA5/18 41 BOS 7:05 NBCSCA5/19 42 BOS 6:35 NBCSCA Bay Area Hip Hop Fireworks sponsored by Lagunitas5/20 43 BOS 1:05 NBCSCA5/21 44 BOS 1:05 NBCSCA Scout Day5/22 OFF DAY5/23 45 MIA 7:05 NBCSCA5/24 46 MIA 12:35 MLBN5/25 OFF DAY 5/26 47 at NYY 4:05 NBCSCA5/27 48 at NYY 10:05 NBCSCA5/28 49 at NYY 10:05 NBCSCA5/29 50 at CLE 1:10 NBCSCA5/30 51 at CLE 3:10 NBCSCA5/31 52 at CLE 3:10 NBCSCA6/1 53 at CLE 9:10 MLBN6/2 54 WSH 7:05 NBCSCA6/3 55 WSH 1:05 NBCSCA Khris Davis Bobblehead sponsored by Xfinity (15,000 fans) Autism Awareness Day6/4 56 WSH 1:05 NBCSCA Play Ball Weekend Bat and Ball Set sponsored by MLB/Chevrolet (15,000 fans)6/5 57 TOR 7:05 NBCSCA6/6 58 TOR 7:05 NBCSCA Pride Night6/7 59 TOR 12:35 MLBN6/8 OFF DAY 6/9 60 at TB 4:10 NBCSCA6/10 61 at TB (1) 11:10 NBCSCA 62 at TB (2)6/11 63 at TB 10:10 NBCSCA6/12 OFF DAY 6/13 64 at MIA 4:10 NBCSCA6/14 65 at MIA 9:10 MLBN6/15 66 NYY 7:05 NBCSCA6/16 67 NYY 6:35 NBCSCA Fireworks sponsored by Ray Morgan Company6/17 68 NYY 1:05 NBCSCA6/18 69 NYY 1:05 NBCSCA Marcus Semien Starting Lineup Action Figurine sponsored by Ashby Lumber/Humboldt

Redwood Company (15,000 fans)6/19 70 HOU 7:05 NBCSCA6/20 71 HOU 7:05 NBCSCA Swim Team Night6/21 72 HOU 7:05 NBCSCA6/22 73 HOU 12:35 NBCSCA6/23 74 at CWS 5:10 NBCSCA6/24 75 at CWS 11:10 NBCSCA6/25 76 at CWS 11:10 NBCSCA6/26 OFF DAY 6/27 77 at HOU 5:10 NBCSCA6/28 78 at HOU 5:10 NBCSCA6/29 79 at HOU 11:10 MLBN

DATE G OPP TIME TV PROMOTION6/30 80 ATL 7:05 NBCSCA7/1 81 ATL 1:05 NBCSCA Miguel Tejada and Barry Zito Bobblehead/Early 2000s Turn Back the Clock Day (15,000

fans)7/2 82 ATL 1:05 NBCSCA Patriotic Tote Bag sponsored by MLB Network (20,000 fans) 5K Run7/3 83 CWS 6:05 NBCSCA Independence Day Fireworks sponsored by PlayStation7/4 84 CWS 1:05 NBCSCA7/5 85 CWS 12:35 NBCSCA7/6 86 at SEA 7:10 NBCSCA7/7 87 at SEA 7:10 NBCSCA7/8 88 at SEA 7:10 NBCSCA7/9 89 at SEA 1:10 NBCSCA7/10 ALL-7/11 STAR7/12 BREAK7/13 (Miami)7/14 90 CLE 7:05 NBCSCA7/15 91 CLE 6:05 NBCSCA7/16 92 CLE 1:05 NBCSCA Backpack sponsored by Ross (10,000 fans) Brunch at the Ballpark7/17 93 TB 7:05 NBCSCA7/18 94 TB 7:05 NBCSCA Root Beer Float Day7/19 95 TB 12:35 MLBN7/20 OFF DAY 7/21 96 at NYM 4:10 NBCSCA7/22 97 at NYM 4:10 NBCSCA7/23 98 at NYM 10:10 NBCSCA7/24 99 at TOR 4:07 NBCSCA7/25 100 at TOR 4:07 NBCSCA7/26 101 at TOR 4:07 NBCSCA7/27 102 at TOR 9:37 MLBN7/28 103 MIN 7:05 NBCSCA G-Eazy Bobblehead with Sound sponsored by Majestic (15,000 fans)7/29 104 MIN 6:05 NBCSCA Witches and Wizards Fireworks sponsored by Xfinity7/30 105 MIN 1:05 NBCSCA7/31 106 SF 7:05 NBCSCA8/1 107 SF 7:05 NBCSCA8/2 108 at SF 7:15 NBCSCA8/3 109 at SF 7:15 NBCSCA8/4 110 at LAA 7:05 NBCSCA8/5 111 at LAA 6:05 NBCSCA8/6 112 at LAA 12:35 NBCSCA8/7 OFF DAY8/8 113 SEA 7:05 NBCSCA8/9 114 SEA 12:35 MLBN8/10 115 BAL 7:05 NBCSCA8/11 116 BAL 7:05 NBCSCA Baseball Card Packs sponsored by Topps (15,000 fans)8/12 117 BAL 6:05 NBCSCA Sing-a-Long Fireworks sponsored by Chevron8/13 118 BAL 1:05 NBCSCA8/14 119 KC 7:05 NBCSCA8/15 120 KC 7:05 NBCSCA Jewish Heritage Night8/16 121 KC 12:35 MLBN8/17 OFF DAY 8/18 122 at HOU 5:10 NBCSCA8/19 123 at HOU 4:10 NBCSCA8/20 124 at HOU 11:10 NBCSCA8/21 125 at BAL 4:05 NBCSCA8/22 126 at BAL 4:05 NBCSCA8/23 127 at BAL 12:05 MLBN8/24 OFF DAY 8/25 128 TEX 7:05 NBCSCA Italian Heritage Night8/26 129 TEX 1:05 NBCSCA Dennis Eckersley Bobblehead (15,000 fans)8/27 130 TEX 1:05 NBCSCA8/28 131 at LAA 7:05 NBCSCA8/29 132 at LAA 7:05 NBCSCA8/30 133 at LAA 7:05 NBCSCA8/31 OFF DAY 9/1 134 at SEA 7:10 NBCSCA9/2 135 at SEA 6:10 NBCSCA9/3 136 at SEA 1:10 NBCSCA9/4 137 LAA 1:05 NBCSCA9/5 138 LAA 7:05 NBCSCA Cal Night9/6 139 LAA 12:35 NBCSCA9/7 OFF DAY9/8 140 HOU 7:05 NBCSCA9/9 141 HOU (1) 1:05 NBCSCA Faith and Family Day 142 HOU (2)9/10 143 HOU 1:05 NBCSCA Pink Ribbon Socks sponsored by Sutter Health (10,000 fans) Breast Cancer Awareness Day sponsored by Sutter Health9/11 OFF DAY9/12 144 at BOS 4:10 NBCSCA9/13 145 at BOS 4:10 NBCSCA9/14 146 at BOS 10:35 NBCSCA9/15 147 at PHI 4:05 NBCSCA9/16 148 at PHI 4:05 NBCSCA9/17 149 at PHI 10:35 NBCSCA9/18 150 at DET 4:10 NBCSCA9/19 151 at DET 4:10 NBCSCA9/20 152 at DET 10:10 MLBN9/21 OFF DAY9/22 153 TEX 7:05 NBCSCA Filipino Heritage Night sponsored by Cache Creek Casino9/23 154 TEX 6:05 NBCSCA Star Wars Fireworks9/24 155 TEX 1:05 NBCSCA9/25 156 SEA 7:05 NBCSCA9/26 157 SEA 7:05 NBCSCA Portugese Heritage Night9/27 158 SEA 12:35 NBCSCA9/28 159 at TEX 5:05 NBCSCA9/29 160 at TEX 5:05 NBCSCA9/30 161 at TEX 5:05 NBCSCA10/1 162 at TEX 12:05 NBCSCA

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