2018 Oakland A s. Expanded Game Notes

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2 OAKLAND ATHLETICS GAME INFORMATION Oakland Athletics Baseball Company athletics.com A s Get the latest A s notes, full stat packets, clips, press releases, roster, updated media guide and more at pressbox.athletics.com OAKLAND ATHLETICS (7-10) VS. CHICAGO WHITE SOX (4-9) TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2018 OAKLAND COLISEUM 7:05 P.M. PDT RHP TREVOR CAHILL (0-0, ---) VS. RHP MIGUEL GONZALEZ (0-2, 8.68) NBCSCA A S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) EN ESPAÑOL (KIQI 1010 AM) ABOUT THE A S: Have put together back-to-back wins for the first time this year and have now won three of the last five games the A s have lost three series and split two and the season-opening streak of five consecutive series without a win matches the second longest such streak in Oakland history (0-2-3 in 1973) the longest was in 1998 when Oakland went before winning the seventh series of the season are 7-10, which is the A s worst record after 17 games since the 2009 club also started the year 7-10 (lost game 18 in 2009) are in fourth place in the American League West and trail first place Los Angeles by 6½ games, which is one game short of the season high of 7½ on April 14 spent the first day of the season tied for first, the second day tied for second and every day since then in fourth (10 days) or tied for fourth (seven days). 50th ANNIVERSARY GAME: Tonight marks the 50th anniversary of the Oakland A s first home game on April 17, 1968, the A s lost to the Baltimore Orioles 4-1 in front of a crowd of 50,164 Lew Krausse, who started for Oakland that night, will toss out the ceremonial first pitch tonight to commemorate the A s half-century in Oakland, admission and parking for tonight is free both teams will wear throwback 1968 jerseys for the game seating is general admission, although seats in sections 106 through 128 will be reserved for season ticket members until the game begins. THE LONG BALL: The A s have homered in each of the last five games (11 home runs total) and now have 18 home runs in the last nine contests have 23 home runs for the season, which is second most in the American League (Los Angeles, 26) and fourth most in the majors (Colorado, 26; St. Louis, 23) the pitching staff has allowed at least one home run in 12 consecutive games (22 home runs total), which is the longest streak by an A s team over the last three years has allowed 26 home runs for the season, which is tied with Cincinnati for the most in the majors had an Oakland-record tying streak of seven consecutive games with two or more home runs from April 6-14 (also April 29-May 5, 1997). THE SEVENTH INNING OR LATER: The A s scored three runs in the seventh inning last night and three more in the eighth have scored 30 runs in the seventh inning or later for the season, which is tied with Los Angeles for second most in the American League (Toronto, 31) are batting a Major League leading.291 (57-for-196) in the seventh inning or later, compared to.245 (95-for-388) over the first six innings of a game the pitching staff has a 3.38 ERA (18 er in 48.0 ip) in the seventh inning or later, 5.12 (58 er in ip) over innings one through six. OFFENSE: The A s are batting.293 (54-for-184) with 38 runs scored (7.6 per game) over the last five games after hitting.245 with 44 runs scored (3.7 per game) over the first 12 contests rank third in the American League in batting (.260) and fourth in runs (82), on-base percentage (.336) and slugging percentage (.430) also rank second in hit by pitches (10) and fourth in walks (77) and most strikeouts (155) are tied with Cincinnati and Miami for the Major League lead in grounded into double plays (14) are tied with Los Angeles (NL) for the fewest stolen bases in the majors (3). DESIGNATED HITTERS: A s designated hitters are batting.196 (11-for-56), but there are eight American League teams with a lower batting average from their DH s rank second in the AL in RBI (11) and tied for second in home runs (4) Khris Davis is tied for the AL lead in home runs (4) and RBI (11) by a DH. PITCHING: The A s have allowed just one run in each of the last two games however, have a 5.19 ERA (49 er in 85.0 ip) over the last 10 games after compiling a 3.74 ERA over the first seven contests are averaging a Major League low 2.10 walks per nine innings but have a ML high.272 opponents batting average are tied with Pittsburgh for the ML lead with 14 wild pitches tallied a franchise record 84 wild pitches last year, which was second most in the majors. STARTING PITCHING: A s starting pitchers have allowed one run in each of the last two games (2 er in 15.0 ip, 1.20 ERA) after compiling a 6.63 ERA over the previous eight contests are 5-8 with a 4.89 ERA (50 er in 92.0 ip) for the season are tied for the second most losses in the American League and have the fourth highest ERA A s starting pitchers have four outings longer than 5.2 innings this season, three by Sean Manaea Manaea and Andrew Triggs are a combined 3-2 with a 2.08 ERA (10 er in 43.1 ip) in seven starts while the rest of Oakland s starters are 2-6 with an 7.40 ERA (40 er in 48.2 ip) in 10 starts. DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A s have committed 10 errors, which is tied for fifth most in the American League however, those errors have led to 10 unearned runs, which is tied with Baltimore and Tampa Bay for second most in the AL (Texas, 11) last year, the A s led the majors in errors (121) and unearned runs (83). HOME AND AWAY: The A s are 1-0 on this six-game homestand against Chicago-AL (1-0) and Boston (three games) went 3-5 on the first homestand against Los Angeles-AL (1-3) and Texas (2-2) and are 4-5 at home for the season went 3-5 on the first road trip to Los Angeles-AL (1-2), Los Angeles- NL (1-1) and Seattle (1-2) last year, the A s went (.568) at home compared to (.358) on the road tied for fifth best home record in American League but tied for the second worst road record. THIS AND THAT: The A s are 1-5 in games in which the opponent starts a lefthanded pitcher compared to 6-5 against right-handers the.167 winning percentage against left-handed starters is second worst in the American League to Detroit (0-1,.000) the six games against left-handed starters are tied with Baltimore, Houston and Tampa Bay for the most in the AL the A s are 6-2 when scoring first, 1-8 when opponent scores first are one of two AL teams that does not have a last at bat loss (Seattle) are 3-2 in games decided by two runs or fewer, 4-8 in games decided by three runs or more. SCHEDULE NOTES: This homestand concludes a season-opening stretch where the A s are scheduled to play each of their first 22 games on the west coast the three-game series in Seattle over the weekend were the A s only games outside of California began the season with an eight-game homestand against Los Angeles (AL) and Texas and followed that with an eightgame road trip to Los Angeles (AL), Los Angeles (NL) and Seattle conclude this stretch with this six-game homestand against Chicago (AL) and Boston. THE DISABLED LIST: The A s have five players on the disabled list (Blackburn, Cotton, Hendriks, Phegley, Powell) and have used the DL eight times this year have had at least five players on the DL all year, including a seasonhigh seven from April 7-14 Blackburn and Cotton are on the 60-day DL and Phegley is currently on a rehab assignment Oakland used the DL 23 times last year and the players combined to miss 1058 games, an average of 46.0 games per stint it marked the third consecutive season and seventh time in the last 11 years the A s have used the DL at least 20 times have had at least three players on the DL every day since July 30, 2011 and have not had fewer than two players on DL since end of 2006 season (1). A s vs. WHITE SOX: The A s won the first game of 2018 last night went 5-1 against Chicago last year to win the season series for the first time since 2013 won two of three in Oakland and swept a three-game series in Chicago are against the White Sox over the last seven years since moving to Oakland in 1968, the A s are against the White Sox that breaks down to in Oakland and in Chicago including at Guaranteed Rate Field all-time, the A s are against Chicago. TODAY S TIDBITS Jed Lowrie had three RBI last night and now has 17 RBI for the season, which is tied with Bryce Harper (WAS) for the Major League lead is tied with Jose Pirela (SD) for the ML lead with 24 hits is batting.422 (19-for- 45) with four home runs and 15 RBI over his last 11 games Jonathan Lucroy has thrown out 6-of-13 (46.2%) attempted base stealers and the six caught stealings are the most in Majors has tossed out 183 since 2010, the most by any Major League catcher over that span Marcus Semien is the only Athletic to reach base safely in each game this year and his season-opening streak of 17 consecutive games reaching base matches the longest by an Athletic over the last eight years (Billy Butler, 2015) Jake Smolinksi has a 43-game streak without an RBI, which matches the Oakland record of 43 set by Ted Martinez from May 26-Sept. 20, 1975 his last RBI came on Aug. 31, 2016 at Houston. OAKLAND A S 50th ANNIVERSARY MOMENT In 1968 the A s play their first game in Oakland but lose to Baltimore 4-1 Dave McNally limits the A s to two hits, including a pinch hit single by Tony La Russa in his first at bat a member of the Oakland A s. PITCHING PROBABLES Wed., April 18 vs. Chicago-AL RHP Andrew Triggs (1-0, 2.87) vs. RHP Carson Fulmer (0-1, 5.59) 12:35 NBCSCA/95.7 FM The Game Fri., April 20 vs. Boston RHP Kendall Graveman (0-3, 9.87) vs. TBA 7:05 NBCSCA/95.7 FM The Game Sat., April 21 vs. Boston LHP Sean Manaea (2-2, 1.63) vs. TBA 6:05 NBCSCA/95.7 FM The Game Sun., April 22 vs. Boston RHP Daniel Mengden (2-2, 4.50) vs. TBA 1:05 NBCSCA/95.7 FM The Game World Champions: American League Champions:

3 TODAY S STARTING PITCHER: Trevor Cahill (0-1, 3.72 ERA with Nashville) FOR STARTERS: Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville today and will be making his first start as an Athletic since Sept. 27, 2011 at Seattle when he combined with Craig Breslow and Jerry Blevins on a four-hit shutout (7.0 ip, 4 h, 1 bb, 7 so) was originally selected by Oakland in the second round of the 2006 draft out of high school and made his Major League debut in 2009 at the age of 21 went with a 3.91 ERA in 96 starts over three seasons with the A s before he was traded to Arizona following the 2011 season has gone with a 4.29 ERA in 187 games, 92 starts, in six seasons since then with the Diamondbacks ( ), Braves (2015), Cubs ( ), Padres (2017) and Royals (2017) is with a 4.11 ERA in his career. WITH NASHVILLE: Went 0-1 with a 3.72 ERA and.121 opponents batting average in two starts with Triple-A Nashville struck out 10 batters in 9.2 innings but also walked seven right-handed hitters went 2-for-21 (.095) and lefties were 2-for-12 (.167) opponents were 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position. LAST MINOR LEAGUE START: He had a no decision in the Sounds 6-3, 11-inning loss to Iowa last Thursday at Nashville shut out the Cubs on one hit and one walk over the first five innings but Iowa starter Michael Roth blanked the Sounds on two hits and two walks in six innings of work Cahill was charged with three runs in the sixth inning after retiring the first two batters, he walked the next three and was relieved by Jake Sanchez, who allowed all three runs score. CAHILL S 2018 STARTS WITH NASHVILLE Date Opponent Score Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR #PIT April 7 at New Orleans 1-2 L April 12 Iowa 3-6 (11) Nashville Totals (2 G, 2 GS) LAST MAJOR LEAGUE START: He had a no decision for Kansas City in an 8-5 loss to St. Louis on Aug. 9, 2017 had a 3-0 lead when he allowed two runs in the bottom of the second, highlighted by a Carpenter RBI single also allowed a RBI single to Gyorko in the third and was relieved by Alexander with one out in the third inning and the score tied 3-3. CAHILL vs. CHICAGO: Is 1-3 with a 4.21 ERA (57.2 ip, 64 h, 31 r, 27 er, 22 bb, 32 so, 6 hr) in 12 career appearances, including nine starts that includes 0-1 with a 6.49 ERA (19 er in 26.1 ip) in seven games at U.S. Cellular Field and 1-2 with a 2.30 ERA (8 er in 31.1 ip) in five games in his home ballparks is 1-2 with a 2.57 ERA (8 er in 28.0 ip) in four starts in the Coliseum is 1-3 with a 4.68 ERA (26 er in 50.0 ip) in his nine starting assignments was 0-0 with a STARTS VS. CHICAGO DATE H/A DEC IP H R ER BB SO 6/1/09 A /16/09 H /9/09 A /23/10 H L /21/10 H W /12/11 A /15/11 H L /9/11 A L /13/17 A ERA (10.0 ip, 11 h, 4 r, 3 er, 4 bb, 10 so) in three games, including one start, last year the start came with San Diego on May 13 at Chicago, a no decision in a 5-4 Padres loss had a 1-0 lead when he allowed a solo home run to Garcia in the second had a 2-1 lead when he allowed a run to score on a wild pitch in the fourth had a 3-2 lead when he surrendered two runs in the bottom of the fifth on a RBI ground out and a Cabrera RBI single also pitched scoreless relief on Sept. 11 in Kansas City (3.1 ip, 2 h, 1 bb, 3 so) and Sept. 22 at Chicago (0.2 ip, 1 h, 2 bb). CAHILL S CAREER MATCHUPS VS. CHICAGO Player Bat AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SH SF HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG Jose Abreu R Tim Anderson R Welington Castillo R Matt Davidson R Nicky Delmonico L Adam Engel R Avisail Garcia R Leury Garcia S Yoan Moncada S Omar Narvaez L Tyler Saladino R Yolmer Sanchez S Kevan Smith R CAHILLS S 2018 SPRING TRAINING APPEARANCES Date Opponent Score Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR *March 22 Colorado *March 28 at San Francisco Totals (2 games, 0 starts) *indicates relief appearance 2017 RECAP: Was used exclusively as a starter with San Diego but then pitched primarily in relief for Kansas City following a July 24 trade went 4-3 with a 3.69 ERA in 11 starts with the Padres and 0-0 with an 8.22 ERA in 10 games, three starts, with the Royals combined for a 4-3 record and a 4.93 ERA in a career-low 21 appearances overall missed 12 weeks of the season due to three stints on the disabled list surrendered 16 home runs in 84.1 innings, including 10 in 23.0 innings with the Royals his average of 1.71 home runs per nine innings was the highest mark of his career also had career highs in walks per nine innings (4.82), strikeouts per nine innings (9.32), opponents slugging percentage (.483) and opponents OPS (.850) had a Major League leading 16 wild pitches, including 14 with San Diego tied for the National League in wild pitches (Arrieta, CHC) despite making just 11 starts. OPPONENTS BATTING: Allowed a.275 opponents batting average, including.241 (35-for-145) by left-handed hitters compared to.301 (56-for-186) by right-handers 13 of the 16 home runs he allowed were solo shots opponents hit.236 with runners in scoring position. STARTING AND RELIEVING: Went 4-3 with a 4.38 ERA in his 14 starting assignments compiled an 8.25 ERA in seven relief appearances did not inherit a runner and first batters faced were 2-for-5 (.400) with two walks. HOME AND AWAY: Combined for a 4-0 record, a 1.83 ERA and.203 opponents batting average in seven games in his home ballparks was 0-3 with a 7.07 ERA and.320 opponents batting average in 14 games on the road now has a six-game home winning streak and a four-game road losing streak. THIS AND THAT: Was 3-3 with a 3.38 ERA and.226 opponents batting average in nine starts before the All-Star Break, 1-0 with a 7.29 ERA and.340 opponents average in 12 games after the break went 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA in four interleague starts and is now 11-4 with a 3.10 ERA (47 er in ip) in 26 career interleague appearances, including 21 starts opponents were successful in 17-of-19 (89.5%) stolen base attempts batted.286 (4-for-14) with a double, walk, two RBI and a run scored. MORE 2017: Was signed by San Diego Feb. 23 and started the Padres first game of the season on April 5 at Los Angeles (NL) allowed three runs in 5.2 innings for the loss and went on the disabled list the next day with a strained back was reinstated April 16 and, after taking the loss that day at Atlanta, compiled a season-best three-game winning streak from April 21 to May 8 logged a 2.25 ERA and.186 opponents batting average over that four-start stretch began the streak by allowing one run in a season-high 7.0 innings April 21 against Miami then struck out a season-high nine batters but also allowed a season-high nine hits in 5.2 innings at Arizona on April 26 went 2-0 with a 1.56 ERA in three starts in May before returning to the disabled list on May 14 with an inflamed right shoulder made one rehab start with Single-A Lake Elsinore on June 22 at Inland Empire (L, 2.2 ip, 3 h, 4 r, 2 er, 1 bb, 3 so) and one with Triple-A El Paso on June 28 against Sacramento (L, 3.0 ip, 4 h, 2 r, 2 er, 1 bb, 4 so) before he was reinstated from the disabled list July 4 surrendered a season-high six runs in 3.2 innings in his final outing with the Padres on July 21 at San Francisco, but had a no decision in a 12-9 win was traded to Kansas City with pitchers Ryan Buchter and Brandon Maurer for pitchers Matt Strahm and Travis Wood, minor league infielder Esteury Ruiz and cash on July 24 made each of his first three appearances as a Royal as a starter and had no decisions and an 8.18 ERA before going on the disabled list a third time Aug. 10 with right shoulder impingement syndrome was reinstated Sept. 1 and pitched exclusively in relief following his return logged an 8.25 ERA and.313 opponents batting average in seven outings in September allowed six home runs and walked 12 in 12.0 innings. SPRING TRAINING RECAP: Was signed by the A s as a free agent March 19 and made two Cactus League appearances for Oakland, both in relief had no decisions and did not allow a run in 5.0 ip struck out seven and walked two in 5.0 innings and opponents went 3-for-18 (.167) was optioned to Nashville March 28. CAHILL BY THE NUMBERS W L ERA G IP ER Career Home Road Day Night Pre-ASB Post-ASB AVG. AB H vs. LHH vs. RHH CAHILL S CAREER HIGHS Low Hit CG: 3, 8/2/10 vs. KC IP: 9.0 (three times), last: 9/19/12 vs. CHC Fewest IP, GS: 1.0, 6/9/13 vs. MIA H: 12 (twice), last: 8/1/11 at SEA R: 10, 7/22/11 at NYY ER: 10, 7/22/11 at NYY BB: 7, 6/14/11 vs. KC SO: 10 (twice), last: 6/14/13 at SD HR: 4, 6/27/09 vs. COL Pitches: 126, 9/29/12 vs. CHC Win Streak: 7 (twice), 10/1/10 to 5/9/11 Loss Streak: 7, 8/26/14 to 4/26/15 Scoreless Streak: 23.0, 7/23/10 to 8/8/10 Complete Games: 3, last: 6/29/12 vs. CHC Shutouts: 2, last: 8/2/10 vs. KC TOMORROW S PROBABLE STARTING PITCHER RHP Andrew Triggs (1-0, 2.87 ERA): Is scheduled to make his fourth start of the season has a win and two no decisions over his first three starts and has allowed two runs or fewer in each start including a no decision in his last start, a 7-4 A s loss at Seattle last Friday (5.0 ip, 5 h, 2 r, 2 er, 2 bb, 4 so) has never faced the White Sox in his career went 2-2 with a 4.81 ERA in seven games, including four starts, this spring allowed a.227 opponents batting average struck out 25 batters, which tied for fourth in the Cactus League was fifth in innings pitched (24.1) was on the A s Opening Day roster and went 5-6 with a 4.27 ERA in 12 starts before his season ended June 10 with a hip injury had surgery to repair the labrum in his left hip July 13 was 5-2 with a 2.12 ERA and.209 opponents batting average over his first eight starts then went 0-4 with a 9.64 ERA and.381 opponents average over his final four starts.

4 ATHLETICS BULLPEN BRIEFS TEAM 2-2, 4.03 ERA (26 er in 58.0 ip) Saves/Opportunities: 3-for-5 (60.0%) Has not allowed a run in the last two games (3.0 ip) after allowing at least one run in each of the previous nine contests from (6.03 ERA) Has allowed a Major League-worst 12 homers this season gave up a home run in nine straight games April 4-14 after starting the season without allowing a homer in six straight games. Have the highest opponents batting average (.294) and slugging percentage (.489) in the majors. Lead the majors in first batter RBI (12) and are tied with Seattle for the lead in first batter home runs (4). Gave up 24 runs, 18 earned runs in 28.2 innings of work on last road-trip before trip, bullpen yielded nine runs (8 er) in 28.1 innings. 52 RHP RYAN BUCHTER Last Outing: 4/15 at Seattle (0.2 ip, 1 bb) Saves/Opportunities: 0-0 Inherited Runners/Scored: 4/0 First Hitters: 3-9, 2 so Allowed four runs, two earned, on the first road trip (4.15 ERA) after allowing no runs in four games on the first homestand (4.0 ip) Is tied for third in the American League in games pitched (9). Has a.211 (4-for-19) opponents batting average against left-handed hitters,.429 (6-for-14) against right-handers. Against Chicago-AL, is 0-1 with a ERA (4 er, 3.1 ip) with two strikeouts in five relief apperances. Has a 2.08 ERA (7 er in 30.1 ip) in 31 career appearances in April. Last Year: Began the season with San Diego and was traded to Kansas City July 23 combined for a 4-3 record, one save and a 2.89 ERA in a career-high 71 appearances overall allowed a.187 opponents batting average, including.159 with RISP. 46 RHP SANTIAGO CASILLA Last Outing: 4/13 at Seattle (ND, 1.0 ip, so) Saves/Opportunities: 0-0 Inherited Runners/Scored: 1/0 First Hitters: 0-3, bb, so Has not allowed a hit over his first four games (6.0 ip). Is 1-1 with two saves and a 6.75 ERA (11 er, 14.2 ip) with nine strikeouts in 14 career relief appearances against the White Sox. Has a 1.81 ERA (19 er in 94.2 ip) in 93 career appearances in April. Last Year: Began the season as the A s closer and saved a team-leading 16 games before Blake Treinen took over in July was 16-for-23 (69.6%) in save opportunities, which was the second lowest percentage in the majors compiled a 4.27 ERA in 63 games. 35 LHP DANNY COULOMBE Last Outing: 4/14 at Seattle (ND, 0.2ip, 4 h, 3 r, 2 er, 1 hr) Saves/Opportunities: 0-0 Inherited Runners/Scored: 6/0 First Hitters: 0-7, 2 so, bb Has allowed five runs over his last four outings (4 er in 3.2 ip, 9.82 ERA) after allowing no runs over his first four appearances (4.0 ip). Is tied for eighth in the American League in games pitched (8). Has stranded all six of his inherited runners and the six inherited runners are tied for third most in the AL among pitchers that have not allowed an inherited runner to score. Is 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA (0 er, 7.0 ip) with six strikeouts in five career relief appearances against the White Sox. Last Year: Made a team-leading 72 appearances in his first full season in the majors and was 2-2 with a 3.48 ERA and.240 opponents batting average ranked fifth in the American League in games pitched but tossed just 51.2 innings. 66 RHP RYAN DULL Last Outing: 4/11 vs. Iowa (1.0 ip, 1 h) Saves/Opportunities: 0-0 Inherited Runners/Scored: 0/0 First Hitters: 0-0 Was reinstated from the 10-day disabled list on Saturday began the season on the disabled list with a strained right shoulder. Made three rehab appearances with Nashville he tossed four innings, allowing one run on four hits. Is 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA (0 er, 4.2 ip) with four strikeouts in five career relief apperances against the White Sox. Made just one spring training appearance (1.0 ip, 2 h, 2 r, 2 er, 1 bb, 0 so). Last Year: Made 40 appearances after coming back from a knee injury that sidelined for two months posted a 2-2 mark with a 5.14 ERA in 42 innings on the mound he struck out 45 batters in 42.0 innings. 44 RHP CHRIS HATCHER Last Outing: 4/13 at Seattle (BS, 0.1 ip, 3 h, 3 r, 3 er, 2 hr) Saves/Opportunities: 0-0 Inherited Runners/Scored: 2/2 First Hitters: 1-6 Has allowed at least two runs in three of his six appearances has yielded eight runs total, which is tied for third most among American League relievers is also tied for third in most hits (13). Was credited with each of the A s first two wins and is one of four AL relievers with two wins. Has not faced the White Sox in his career. Has a ERA (7 er in 3.2 ip) in five appearances in April and now has a 7.36 ERA (30 er in 36.2 ip) in 37 career appearances in the month, which is his highest for any month of the season. Last Year: Began the season with the Dodgers and was traded to the A s Aug. 15 combined for a 1-2 record and a 4.22 ERA in 49 appearances in his seventh season in the majors had career highs in strikeouts (63) and innings pitched (59.2). 15 RHP EMILIO PAGÁN Last Outing: 4/14 at Seattle (1.0 ip, 2 h, 2 r, 2 er, 2 hr) Saves/Opportunities: 0-0 Inherited Runners/Scored: 2/0 First Hitters: 2-8 Logged a 7.36 ERA (3 er in 3.2 ip) in four games on the last road trip after compiling a 3.38 ERA (2 er in 5.1 ip) in four games on the first homestand. Has allowed homers in back-to-back games and his three home runs are tied for the most among American League relievers. Opponents are 2-for-14 (.143) with runners on base, 9-for-23 (.391) with the bases empty. One career appearance vs. CWS: 2.1 ip, 1 h, 0 r, 2 bb, 1 k on July 16, Last Year: Made his Major League debut with Seattle and was 2-3 with a 3.22 ERA in 34 relief appearances over four stints struck out 56 and walked just 8 in 50.1 innings also went 2-1 with five saves and a 2.56 ERA in 23 appearances with Triple-A Tacoma. 36 RHP YUSMEIRO PETIT Last Outing: 4/16 vs. Chicago-AL (1.0 ip, 2 so) Saves/Opportunities: 0-0 Inherited Runners/Scored: 6/5 First Hitters: 3-10 Was placed on the family medical emergency list today. Is tied for the Major League lead in games pitched (10) and is tied for third among American League relievers innings (12.0 ip). Has not issued a walk and his 12.0 innings pitched are second most in the majors among pitchers with no walks (Alex Wood, LAD 17.2) Has not allowed a run when he has gone more than one inning (3 appearances, 6.0 ip) Is 1-0 with a 1.04 ERA (1 er, 9.1 ip) with 10 strikeouts in five career relief appearances against the White Sox. Last Year: Signed a minor league deal with Los Angeles (AL) Feb. 15, made the Angels Opening Day roster and spent the entire season in the majors appeared in a career high 60 games and went 5-2 with a career-high four saves and a career-low 2.76 ERA. 39 RHP BLAKE TREINEN Last Outing: 4/15 at Seattle (S, 1.1 ip, 1 so) Saves/Opportunities: 3-4 Inherited Runners/Scored: 4/3 First Hitters: 0-5 Has not allowed an earned run and his 7.1 innings pitched are tied for fifth most in the American League among pitchers with no earned runs. Has pitched more than one inning in each of his three saves this year, including his second two-inning save of his career on April 7 at Los Angeles (AL) has six saves of more than an inning in his career. Is tied for fifth in the AL in saves (3). Four of his five outings this season have been for more than 1.0 inning. Has made one career relief appearance against the White Sox, 3.0 shutout innings on June 7, 2016 in Chicago. Last Year: Was acquired from Washington in the Sean Doolittle/Ryan Madson trade on July 16 and ended up saving 13 games for the A s went 3-4 with a 2.13 ERA in 35 games with Oakland and combined for a career-high 16 saves and a 3.93 ERA overall. 62 RHP LOU TRIVINO Last Outing: 4/14 vs. Omaha (S, 1.1 ip, 2 so) Saves/Opportunities: 0-0 Inherited Runners/Scored: 0/0 First Hitters: 0-0 Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville today for the first Major League stint of his career. Had a save in three appearances with the Sounds and retired all 13 batters that he faced, eight by strikeout. Compiled a 1.93 ERA in four spring training appearances. Is with a 3.92 ERA (184 er, ip) in 169 games over six seasons in the minors. Selected in the 11th round of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft by the Oakland Athletics out of Slippery Rock University. Last Year: Began the season at Double-A Midland and was promoted to Triple-A Nashville June 20 combined for an 8-3 record, five saves and a 3.03 ERA in 48 relief outings overall had career highs in games pitched and saves.

5 ATHLETICS BATTING NOTES 20 MARK CANHA Current Streak: 1 game (1 for 3) Chicago Series: 1-3, bb, so Last Road Trip: 3-12, 3 r, hr, 3 rbi, 3 so Was recalled from Triple-A Nashville April 8 and has started four games and three different positions (two in center field, one in left field, one at first base). Is 4-for-14 (.286) in his four starts and flew out as a pinch hitter in his 2018 debut a week ago today. Is 1-for-10 (.100) against right-handed pitching; 3-for-5 (.600) against lefthanders. Appeared in two games with Nashville, hitting.250 (2-for-8) with one run, one double, one home run and one RBI. Hit.362 (17-for-47) with three doubles, four home runs and 10 RBI in 23 games during Spring Training. Last Year: Split his season between Oakland and Triple-A Nashville hit.208 with five home runs and 14 RBI in 57 games over four stints with the A s in his third season in the majors also batted.283 with 12 home runs and 50 RBI in 75 games with the Sounds. 26 MATT CHAPMAN Current Streak: 0 for 8 Chicago Series: 0-3 Last Road Trip: 8-30, 8 r, 2b, 3b, 3 hr, 7 rbi, 3 bb, hbp, 3 so Is 5-for-26 (.192) over his last seven games after batting.405 over his first 10 contests. Had his eighth multiple hit game of the season last Friday, which is tied for the Major League lead is tied for the American League lead in total bases (39), ranks second in slugging (.619), tied for third in home runs (5), tied for fourth in hits (20), fifth in OPS (1.013), tied for fifth in runs (14), tied for seventh in extra base hits (8) and tied for 10th in RBI (12). Has hit all five of his home runs off right-handed pitchers three have given the A s the lead as have nine of his 19 career home runs also has three career game-tying home runs. Played in the 100th game of his career on Sunday and has 19 home runs, which are fourth most in Oakland history by a player over the first 100 games of his career (McGwire 37, Olson 26 in 86 games, Canseco 23). Had his career-high nine-game hitting streak snapped a week ago today went 15-for-33 (.455) with nine runs, three home runs, eight RBI and six multiple hit games during the streak had a career-best streak of five consecutive multiple hit games from April 2-6. Is one of four Athletics to start all 17 games (Davis, Lowrie, Semien). Last Year: Was selected from Triple-A Nashville June 15 and hit.234 with 14 home runs and 40 RBI in 84 games in his Major League debut led Major League rookies in doubles (21) and extra base hits (37) after the All-Star Break. 2 KHRIS DAVIS Current Streak: 6 games (10 for 27) Chicago Series: 1-4, 2b, rbi, bb, gidp Last Road Trip: 10-35, 5 r, 2b, 4 hr, 7 rbi, bb, 10 so, gidp Is 10-for-27 (.370) with four home runs, eight RBI and five runs scored over his last six games after hitting.179 with one home run, five RBI and three runs scored over his first 11 contests. Is tied for second in the American League in extra base hits (9), tied for third in home runs (5), tied for fifth in grounded into double plays (3), ranks sixth in total bases (36) and tied for sixth in RBI (13). Four of his five home runs have come with runners on base. Is batting.381 (8-for-21) in five starts as a left fielder,.200 (9-for-45) in 12 starts at designated hitter. Is one of four Athletics to start all 17 games (Chapman, Lowrie, Semien). Recorded his 16th career multi-homer game Friday night at Seattle as he clubbed two homers for the first time in the 2018 season. Last Year: Hit a career-high 43 home runs after slugging 42 in 2016 to become the second player in Athletics history with back-to-back 40-homer seasons (Jimmie Foxx, ) added a career-high 110 RBI ranked second in the AL in HR and third in RBI. 23 MATT JOYCE Current Streak: 1 game (1 for 3) Chicago Series: 1-3, 2 r, 2b, bb, so, sh Last Road Trip: 5-22, 3 r, 2 hr, 3 rbi, 6 bb, hbp, 4 so, gidp Is 7-for-34 (.206) over his last 13 games after hitting.286 in the seasonopening four-game series against Los Angeles (AL). Is tied for second in the American League in walks (12). Has started 11 games, all against right-handed pitchers is 0-for-3 with a walk, a hit by pitch and a sacrifice hit in five plate appearances against lefties last year, he made 109 of his 123 starts against righties over the last six years, he has made 455 of his 481 starts (94.6%) against righties. Is 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position. MOST HOME RUNS IN MAJORS, 2016-PRESENT 90 Khris Davis 89 Giancarlo Stanton 85 Nelson Cruz 83 Edwin Encarnacion 80 Brian Dozier Grounded into a double play as a pinch hitter on Saturday and is 1-for-4 (.250) with a double and a RBI in five pinch hitting appearances is tied for the American League lead in pinch plate appearances has 35 career pinch hits, 16 of which are for extra bases (10 doubles, one triple, five home runs). Last Year: Signed a two-year deal with the A s following the 2016 season and hit a career-high 25 home runs batted.225 with a.408 slugging percentage through the end of July and.278 with a.601 slugging percentage over the final two months. 8 JED LOWRIE Current Streak: 3 games (6 for 12) Chicago Series: 1-4, 3 rbi, bb, so Last Road Trip: 13-34, 7 r, 4 hr, 9 rbi, 3 bb, 8 so Had three RBI last night and now has 17 RBI for the season, which is tied with Bryce Harper (WAS) for the Major League lead is tied with Jose Pirela (SD) for the ML lead with 24 hits. Is tied for the American League lead in total bases (39), tied for third in multiple hit games (7), ranks fourth in batting (.343), tied for seventh in home runs (4) and tied for ninth in extra base hits (7). Is batting.422 (19-for-45) with four home runs and 15 RBI over his last 11 games after hitting.200 with two RBI over his first six contests. Is batting.357 (20-for-56) in April and is a.311 (208-for-669) career hitter in the month, which is his best average for any month of the season. Is 8-for-19 (.421) with runners in scoring position. Hit his fourth home run of the season Sunday, all of which have come on the road against right-handed pitchers. Had his fourth three-hit game of the season Saturday, which is tied for the most in the majors (Pirela, SD). Went 0-for-4 a week ago tonight to snap a streak where he reached base safely via hit or walk in 25 consecutive road games dating back to Aug. 19, Is one of four Athletics to start all 17 games (Chapman, Davis, Semien). Last Year: Set an Oakland record with 49 doubles, which ranked second in the majors and second in Athletics history to Al Simmons (53 in 1926) had the eighth best double total by a switch hitter in Major League history led the A s with a.277 batting average. 21 JONATHAN LUCROY Current Streak: 0 for 6 Chicago Series: 0-3, 2 r, bb, so Last Road Trip: 5-21, 4 r, 2 2b, 3 bb, 3 so Is 4-for-20 (.200) over his last six games after hitting.269 over his first seven contests. Is batting.273 (9-for-33) against right-handed pitching,.154 (2-for-13) against left-handers. Has started 13 of the A s first 17 games at catcher has thrown out 6-of- 13 (46.2%) attempted base stealers and the six caught stealings are the most in the majors has tossed out 183 dating back to 2010, which are the most by any Major League catcher over that span. Is batting.290 (9-for-31) at night,.133 (2-for-15) during the day. Last Year: Began the season with Texas and was batting.242 with 4 HR and 27 RBI in 77 games when he was traded to Colorado July 30 hit.310 with 2 HR and 13 RBI in 46 games with the Rockies combined to bat.265 in 123 games overall. 13 BRUCE MAXWELL Current Streak: 1 game (1 for 4) Seattle Series: 1-5, 2b, 2 so, gidp Last Road Trip: 2-9, 2b, rbi, 3 so, gidp Has hit safely in each of his four starts this year, all at catcher (4-for-15,.267) also struck out as a pinch hitter. Has made all four of his starts against right-handed pitchers. Opponents have been successful in their only stolen base attempt off him. Batted.333 with two home runs and seven RBI in 19 spring training games. Last Year: Batted.237 with 3 HR and 22 RBI in 76 games over three stints with the A s combined to hit.211 with no extra base hits and no RBI over his first two stints then batted.240 with 12 doubles, 3 HR and 22 RBI over his final 67 games. 28 MATT OLSON Current Streak: 1 game (1 for 4) Chicago Series: 1-4, r, hr, rbi, 3 so Last Road Trip: 7-29, 5 r, hr, 3 rbi, bb, 2 hbp, 14 so Snapped his hitless streak at a career-high tying 12 at bats with his fourth inning home run last night (also Oct. 2, 2016-June 10, 2017). Is now 1-for-15 with nine strikeouts over his last four games. Has struck out 27 times for the season, which is tied with Giancarlo Stanton for the Major League lead. Is batting.283 (13-for-46) with all three of his home runs and all six of his RBI against righthanded pitchers is 2-for-16 (.125) against lefthanders. MLB MOST HOME RUNS, FIRST 87 CAREER GAMES 31 Rudy York (31) 31 Mark McGwire (31) 30 Cody Bellinger (30) 29 Jose Abreu (29) 28 Gary Sanchez (28) 27 Matt Olson 27 Wally Berger (27) (since 1908 number in parentheses is total after 88 games) Is hitting.341 (14-for-41) at night is 1-for-21 (.048) during day games. Hit the first two home runs of his career on June 24, 2017 against the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. Had a pinch hit single in the fourth inning last Wednesday at Los Angeles (NL) and ended up going 3-for-4 tied an Oakland record for most hits in a game by a non-starter it was the 10th three-hit game by a substitute, the first since Rajai Davis on Aug. 22, Last Year: Batted.259 with 24 HR and 45 RBI in 59 games over six stints with the A s added 22 walks for a.352 on-base percentage slugged.651 and had a OPS tied for third among American League rookies in home runs and ranked eighth in RBI.

6 18 CHAD PINDER Current Streak: 1 game (2 for 4) Seattle Series: DNP Last Road Trip: DNP Was reinstated from the 10-day disabled list yesterday after going 2-for-7 (.286) with a run, double, home run, RBI, walk and strikeout on a twogame rehab assignment with Single-A Stockton on Saturday and Sunday started at second base and in right field. Was on the A s Opening Day roster and went 4-for-13 (.308) with a home run and RBI in four games before he was placed on the 10-day DL April 7 retroactive to April 6 with a hyperextended left knee Has started three games in left field and one in right field. Is 4-for-8 (.500) against left-handed pitching, 0-for-5 against right-handers. Hit.224 with two doubles, three home runs and four RBI in 20 games this spring played every position except pitcher, catcher and center field (eight games in left field, three at third base, three at second base, two at shortstop, two at first base and two in right field). Last Year: The A s rookie utility player batted.238 with 15 HR and 42 RBI in 87 games ranked ninth among AL rookies in home runs and RBI and 10th in extra base hits (31) is the first rookie in Oakland history to start at least one game at six different positions. 5 JAKE SMOLINSKI Current Streak: 0 for 12 Seattle Series: 0-3, so, gidp Last Road Trip: 0-12, r, bb, 5 so, sb, 2 gidp Started the season 0-for-6, singled in the fourth inning on April 5 against Texas and is 0-for-12 since then. Has not driven in a run this year or last year and now has a 43-game streak without an RBI that is tied for the longest such streak in Oakland history with Ted Martinez from May 26-Sept. 20, 1975 his last RBI came on Aug. 31, 2016 at Houston. Has a career-high 54-game homerless streak and has not homered since Aug. 17, 2016 at Texas. Is 1-for-16 (.063) in April and is a.105 (6-for-57) career hitter in the month, which is his lowest mark for any month of the season. Last Year: Missed nearly the entire season after undergoing surgery on his right shoulder during Spring Training was reinstated from the 60-day disabled list Sept. 1 and hit.259 with a double in 16 games with the A s. 25 STEPHEN PISCOTTY Current Streak: 6 games (9 for 22) Chicago Series: 2-4, r, 2b, rbi, so Last Road Trip: 8-27, 2 r, 2b, hr, 4 rbi, 2 bb, 3 so, hbp, sf, 2 gidp Has hit safely in each of his last six games (9-for-22,.409) after batting.194 over his first 10 contests. Is 4-for-12 (.333) with runners in scoring position. Has started 16 of the A s 17 games in right field (did not play on April 4). Has grounded into five double plays, which is tied for the American League lead with Judge (NYY). Clubbed his first homer as a member of the A s on Saturday night at Seattle. Last Year: Batted.235 with nine home runs and 39 RBI in 107 games in a season interrupted by two stints on the disabled list missed a total of 28 games due to injuries drew a career-high 52 walks for a.342 on-base percentage. 10 MARCUS SEMIEN Current Streak: 3 games (4 for 13) Chicago Series: 1-4, r, bb, so Last Road Trip: 9-35, 6 r, 3 2b, hr, 7 rbi, 3 bb, 11 so Is the only Athletic to reach base safely in each game this year and his season-opening streak of 17 consecutive games reaching base matches the longest by an Athletic over the last eight years (Billy Butler, 2015). Is batting.400 (10-for-25) with runners on base,.188 (9-for-48) with the bases empty is 6-for-10 (.600) with runners in scoring position Played in the 500th game of his career Sunday at Seattle the first 85 of those came with the White Sox in 2013 and Is one of four Athletics to start each game (Chapman, Davis, Lowrie). Had his hitting streak snapped at a career-high tying nine games last Friday (third time) went 10-for-39 (.256) during the streak. Matched his career high with four RBI last Wednesday against the Dodgers (seventh time). Last Year: Batted.249 with 10 HR and 40 RBI in 85 games in a season shortened by a stint on the disabled list from April 15 to July 5 missed 74 games while on the DL after playing in all but 10 games over the previous two seasons stole a career-high 12 bases. A S HITTING VS. CHICAGO 2018 CAREER AVG. AB H HR RBI PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Canha Chapman Davis Joyce Lowrie Lucroy #DIV/0! Maxwell Olson #DIV/0! Pinder Piscotty Semien #DIV/0! Smolinski #DIV/0! Thompson TOTALS A S CAREER HITTING VS. GONZALEZ PLAYER BAT AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SH SF HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG Mark Canha R Matt Chapman R Khris Davis R Matt Joyce L Jed Lowrie S Bruce Maxwell L Matt Olson L Marcus Semien R Jake Smolinski R

7 HIGHS AND LOWS CLUB Longest Winning Streak... 2, April 15 to present Longest Winning Streak, Home...1 (four times), last: April 16 to present Longest Winning Streak, Road...1 (three times), last: April 15 to present Longest Losing Streak...3, March 30 to April 1 Longest Losing Streak, Home...3, March 30 to April 1 Longest Losing Streak, Road...2 (twice), last: April 13 to present Most Runs, Game, A s... 16, April 11 at Los Angeles (NL) Most Runs, Game, Opponents... 13, April 6 at Los Angeles (AL) Most Runs, Inning, A s...5 April 11 at Los Angeles (NL) (4th)...5, April 6 at Los Angeles (AL) (2nd) Most Runs, Inning, Opponents...5, April 6 at Los Angeles (AL) (7th)... 5, April 13 at Seattle (7th) Largest Margin, Victory... 10, April 11 at Los Angeles (NL) (16-6) Largest Margin, Loss...5, April 8 at Los Angeles (AL) (1-6)... 5, March 31 vs. Los Angeles (AL) (3-8) Most Hits, Game, A s... 21, April 11 at Los Angeles (NL) Most Hits, Game, Opponents...17, April 14 at Seattle Most Hits, Inning, A s...7, April 6 at Los Angeles (AL) (2nd) Most Hits, Inning, Opponents...5, April 6 at Los Angeles (AL) (4th) Most Home Runs, Game, A s...5, April 6 at Los Angeles (AL) Most Home Runs, Game, Opponents... 4, April 14 at Seattle Most Doubles, Game, A s...4, April 4 vs. Texas... 4, March 31 vs. Los Angeles (AL) Most Doubles, Game, Opponents... 6, March 31 vs. Los Angeles (AL) Most Triples, Game, A s...1 (twice), last: April 7 at Los Angeles (AL) Most Triples, Game, Opponents...1 (twice), last: March 31 vs. Los Angeles (AL) Most Stolen Bases, Game, A s... 1 (three times), last: April 7 at Los Angeles (AL) Most Stolen Bases, Game, Opponents... 2 (twice), last: April 14 at Seattle Most Strikeouts, A s Pitchers... 11, April 2 vs. Texas Most Strikeouts, Opponents Pitchers... 13, April 3 vs. Texas Most Walks, A s Pitchers...5, April 6 at Los Angeles (AL) Most Walks, Opponents Pitchers... 10, April 7 at Los Angeles (AL) Fewest Hits Allowed, A s Pitchers... 2, April 15 at Seattle Fewest Hits Allowed, Opponents Pitchers...3, April 8 at Los Angeles (AL) Most Left on Base, Nine Inning Game... 10, April 5 vs. Texas... 10, April 3 vs. Texas Most Left on Base, Extra Inning Game...10, March 29 vs. Los Angeles (AL) Fewest Left on Base, Game...3, April 8 at Los Angeles (AL) Most Errors, Game... 3, April 14 at Seattle Largest Comeback in Win... 4, March 29 vs. Los Angeles (AL) Largest Lead Surrendered in Loss...6, April 6 at Los Angeles (AL) INDIVIDUAL Grand Slams... None Pinch Hit Home Runs... None Lead Off Home Runs... None Inside-The-Park Home Runs... None Game Ending Home Runs... None Back-to-Back Home Runs...Matt Joyce and Marcus Semien, April 6 at Los Angeles (AL)... Khris Davis and Matt Olson, March 29 vs. Los Angeles (AL) Longest Hitting Streak...9, Marcus Semien, April 2 to , Matt Chapman, March 30 to April 7 Most Runs, Game... 3, Marcus Semien, April 11 at Los Angeles (AL) Most Hits, Game... 3 (eight times), last: Jed Lowrie, April 14 at Seattle Most Doubles, Game... 2, Khris Davis, March 31 vs. Los Angeles (AL) Most Triples, Game...1 (twice), last: Matt Chapman, April 7 at Los Angeles (AL) Most Home Runs, Game... 2, Khris Davis, April 13 at Seattle Most Runs Batted In, Game. 4 (three times), last: Semien and Lowrie, April 11 at Los Angeles (NL) Most Walks, Game...3, Matt Joyce, April 13 at Seattle Most Strikeouts, Game... 3 (nine times), last: Matt Olson, April 16 vs. Chicago (AL) Most Stolen Bases, Game...1 (three times), last: Jake Smolinski, April 7 at Los Angeles (AL) Longest Winning Streak...2, Daniel Mengden, April 11 to present...2, Chris Hatcher, March 29 to present Longest Losing Streak...3, Kendall Graveman, April 3 to present Most Strikeouts, Game...7 (twice), last: Andrew Triggs, April 2 vs. Texas Most Walks, Game... 4, Kendall Graveman, April 8 at Los Angeles (AL) Most Innings, Game, Starter , Daniel Mengden, April 16 vs. Chicago (AL)...8.0, Sean Manaea, April 4 vs. Texas Most Innings, Game, Reliever (nine times), last: Yusmeiro Petit, April 14 at Seattle Low Hit Complete Game... None Most Consecutive Scoreless Innings , Sean Manaea, March 30 to April 4 Most Consecutive Batters Retired (three times), last: Sean Manaea, April 4 GENERAL Longest Game, Innings...11, March 29 vs. Los Angeles (AL) Longest Game, Time, Nine Innings...3:50, April 11 at Los Angeles (NL) Longest Game, Time, Extra Innings... 4:02, March 29 vs. Los Angeles (AL) Shortest Game, Time...2:23, April 4 vs. Texas Largest Crowd, Home...27,764, March 29 vs. Los Angeles (AL) Smallest Crowd, Home... 7,416, April 2 vs. Texas Largest Crowd, Road... 49,394, April 11 at Los Angeles (NL) Smallest Crowd, Road...25,352, April 13 at Seattle Postponement, Rain, Home... None Postponement, Rain, Road... None MULTIPLE HIT GAMES PLAYER TOT Canha Chapman Davis Joyce Lowrie Lucroy Maxwell Olson Pinder Piscotty Powell Semien Smolinski MULTIPLE RBI GAMES PLAYER TOT Canha Chapman Davis Joyce Lowrie Lucroy Maxwell Olson Pinder Piscotty Powell Semien Smolinski GAME TYING/GO-AHEAD RBI PLAYER GT GA TOT Canha Chapman Davis Joyce Lowrie Lucroy Maxwell Olson Pinder Piscotty Powell Semien Smolinski STARTS IN THE BATTING ORDER Player Canha Chapman Davis Joyce Lowrie Lucroy Maxwell Olson Pinder Piscotty Powell Semien Smolinski Thompson GAMES BY POSITION C 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 GS Barreto Canha Chapman Davis Joyce Lowrie Lucroy Maxwell Olson Pinder Piscotty Powell Semien Smolinski Thompson