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1 O A OAKLAND ATHLETICS Game Information Oakland Athletics Baseball Company 7000 Coliseum Way Oakland, CA A s PR on THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 YANKEE STADIUM 1:05 P.M. EDT LHP DREW POMERANZ (5-2, 2.37) VS. RHP MASAHIRO TANAKAA (8-1, 2.06) CSNCA A S RADIO NETWORK (95.7 FM THE GAME) OAKLAND ATHLETICS (37-22) VS. NEW YORK YANKEES (29-29) ABOUT THE A S: Posting their biggest MLB BEST RECORDS SINCE 2012 comeback victory of the season last W L PCT night, the A s have won five straight and Oakland seven of the last nine games after a Atlanta season-high four-game losing St. Louis streak are now 18-7 over the last 25 Cincinnati contests and a season-high 15 games Detroit over.500 at for the season that is the second best record in the majors (San Francisco, 38-21) and the A s best record after 59 games since the 1991 club also started the year (won game 60) are in sole possession of first place in the American League West for the 38 th consecutive day and have held at least a share of first for 42 consecutivee days and 555 of the last 57 this is the A s longest stretch of consecutive days in first place since spending the final 65 days of the 2006 season in first have a season- the high 5½ game lead in the West, whichh is the A s largest lead before All-Star Break since 1990 when they also led by 5½ games as early as May 9 have 51 days in sole possession of first this year, four days tied for first, four days in second, three days tied for second, one day tied for third and three days in fourth. THE LONG BALL: Yoenis Cespedes hit two home runs and Josh Donaldson one last night after Brandon Moss hit a pair in the series opener as the A s have now homered in 12 consecutive games (22 home runs total) now have 71 home runs for the season, which ranks second in the AL and third in the majors 37 of the home runs have come with runners on base, which is tied with Toronto for the most in the majors are tied with Boston and Chicago (AL) for the Major League lead in grand slams (3) Yoenis Céspedes hit his 10 th home run of the season Saturday and the A s are one of two teams with three players with 10 or more home runs (Colorado) this marks the third time in Oakland history the A s had three players with 10 or more home runs by the end of May also did it in 1997 (Berroa, Canseco, McGwire) and 2006 (Chavez, Swisher and Thomas) the pitching staff has allowed 47 home runs, which is tied for second fewest in the AL only 15 of those have come with runners on base, which is the fewest in the AL and second fewest in the majors. PITCHING: The A s have a 2.47 ERA (62 er in ip) over the last 25 games lead the majors in ERA (2.93), opponents batting average (.222), on-base percentage (.285) and slugging percentage (.334) also lead the majors with a.192 (83 for 432) opponents batting average with runners in scoring position have allowed the second fewest walks (163) in the AL and are third in shutouts (7). STARTING PITCHING: A s starting pitchers are 14-4 with a 2.68 ERA (45 er in ip) over the last 25 games are now with a 3.05 ERA (121 er in ip) for the season the losses are the fewest in the majors and the ERA is second lowest (Atlanta, 2.92) are tied for the AL lead in complete games (2) and are tied for fourth in innings pitched (357.0). OFFENSE: The A s batted.278 with 48 runs scored and 14 home runs in seven games on the last homestand after hitting.216 with 43 runs scored and nine home runs in nine games on the last road trip for the season, the A s are hitting.261 with 41 home runs in 29 games in Oakland compared to.245 (262 for 1070) with 30 home runs in 30 games on the road overall, the A s lead the majors in runs (308), walks (258) and on-base percentagee (.339), rank third in home runs (71) and slugging (.421), tied for fourth in triples (14) and extra base hits (188), and tied for fifth in fewest strikeouts (413). CLOSE CALLS: The A s are now 6-3 in extra inning games following Friday night s win lead the AL in extra inning games and wins and are tied for the third best record are in games decided by two runs or fewer and 26-7 in games decided by three runs or more lead the majors in wins when trailing after seven innings (7) and are tied with Milwaukee for the lead in wins when trailing after eight innings (4) are 10-7 in games decided in the last at bat. IN MAY: The A s went in May after going 18-9 in April have now posted a winning record in 12 consecutive months dating back to June of 2012 that is the second longest such streak in Oakland history the record is 13 consecutivee months from Sept Sept the pitching staff finished with a 3.08 ERA, which was the sixth lowest May ERA in Oakland history and the lowest since 1990 (2.43) had five shutouts, which were the A s most in May since HOME AND AWAY: The A s are 2-0 on this nine-game road trip to New York-AL (2-0), Baltimore (three games) and Los Angeles-AL (three games) Friday night s win snapped the A s season-high four game road losing streak are now (.666) on the road for the season, which is the best road record in the majors wentt 5-2 on the last homestand against Detroit (2-2) and Los Angeles-AL (3-0) those were the A s only seven home games over a 25-game stretch from May 16 to June 11 have won 11 of the last 14 home games after losing six straight and are (.586) at home for the season, which is the second best home record in the AL (Cleveland, 21-11). ON THE BASES: The A s are 32 for 39 (82. 1%) in stolen base attempts, which is the third best percentage in the majors opponents have been successful in 38 of their 42 (90.5%) attempts, which is the third highest percentagee in the majors the A s are the only Major League team without a pickoff. DEFENSIVEE DOINGS: The A s have committed 40 errors, which is fourth most in the American League the errors have led to just 12 unearned runs, which is tied for second fewest in the AL are 21-9 when committing at least one error compared to when going errorless are tied for second in the AL with 14 outfield assists. IN THE PINCH: A s pinch hitters have 12 walks, which is five more than any other AL team and second most in the majors (Washington, 16) are tied for the AL lead in home runs (1), are second in plate appearances (63), on-base percentage (.397) and extra base hits (4) and third in hits (12) and RBI (8). THIS AND THAT: The A s are 22-3 when scoring first, which is the best record in the majors have recorded a Major League leading six series sweeps are the only Major League team that has not used a rookie in 2014 the streak of 59 consecutive games without playing a rookie is the longest by an A s team since they began the 1984 season with an Oakland single-seasofirst game of a June 26 doubleheader THE DISABLED LIST: The A s have five players on the disabled list record 73-game streak from April 4 through the (Elmore, Griffin, O Flaherty, Parker, Reddick) Elmore, Griffin, O Flaherty and Parker are on the 60-day DL have used the DL nine times this year used it just 13 times all last year, which was the fewest since 2005 when they used it eight times. A s vs. YANKEES: The A s have won the first two meetings of 2014 all six meetings will take place between June 3-15 the A s won the season series last year, 5-1 went 3-0 in Oakland and 2-1 in New York it was the A s first season series win over the Yankees since 2007 went 7-27 (.206) against the Yankees from before splitting the 10-game season series in 2012 six of the last 10 series between the two teams have ended in sweeps the A s swept a threegame home series in 2013 and a four-game road series in 2012 New York won 11 straight games against Oakland July 5, 2010-July 22, 2011 also swept a three-game series over the A s in New York in May, 2012 since moving to Oakland in 1968, the A s are against the Yankees that includes in Oakland and in New York all-time, the A s are against the Yankees. TODAY S TIDBITS Josh Donaldson leads the majors with 50 runs scored and 111 gameto 16.1 winning RBI Sean Doolittle extended his scoreless streak innings last night, whichh is an ongoing career-high (previous: 13.2, April 29-May 29, 2013)... Yoenis Cespedes hit a career-high tying two home runs last night for the fourth time in his career and first time this season. THIS DATE IN A s HISTORY In 1983, Rickey Henderson homers off Cleveland s Bud Anderson in the second game of a double header for the 2000th home run in Oakland A s history in 2004, Tim Hudson tosses a complete game eight-hit shutout in the A s 4-0 win vs. Toronto, snapping the A s major league record tying streak of seven straight no decisions by a starter. PITCHING PROBABLES Fri., June 6 at Baltimore Sat., June 7 at Baltimore Sun., June 8 at Baltimore LHP Tommy Milone (3-3, 3.60) vs. LHP Wei-Yin Chen (6-2, 4.26) RHP Sonny Gray (6-1, 2.45) vs. TBA LHP Scott Kazmir (6-2, 2.40) vs. RHP Ubaldo Jimenez (2-6, 4.39) 4:05 4:15 10:35 CSNCA/95.7 FM The Game FOX/95.7 FM The Game CSNCA/95.7 FM The Game Get the latest A s notes, full stat packets, clips, press releases, roster, updated media guide and more at WORLD CHAMPIONS AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

2 THURSDAY S STARTING PITCHER: Drew Pomeranz (5-2, 2.37 ERA) BRIEFLY: Was on the A s Opening Day roster and went 1-1 with a 1.98 ERA in nine relief appearances before moving into the starting rotation May 7 is 4-1 with a 2.59 ERA (7 er in 24.1 ip) in five starting s has a 2.37 ERA overall and has posted an opponents batting average of.204 and slugging percentage (.321). IN MAY: Went 4-1 with a 2.70 ERA (8 er in 26.2 ip) and.208 (20 for 96) opponents batting average in six games, including five starts, in May tied for fourth in the American League in wins in May had just five wins over the first 42 games of his career. FIVE INNINGS OR FEWER/FEWER THAN SIX INNINGS: Tossed 5.1 innings in his last start, which was his longest outing since July 27, 2012 against Cincinnati when he also pitched 5.1 innings that snapped a streak of 20 consecutive starts of five innings or fewer, which was the longest such streak by a Major Leaguer since at least 1914 (previous: Len Barker, 14 from May 21, 1985-June 10, 1987) now has a streak of 24 consecutive starts of fewer than six innings, which is also the longest such streak by a Major Leaguer since at least 1914 (previous: Don Wengert, June 25, 1997-May 26, 2001) has not tossed at least six innings in a start since July 6, 2012 when he logged 6.1 innings at Washington has tossed more than five innings in just seven of his 35 career starts. OPPONENTS BATTING: Opponents are batting.136 (3 for 22) with runners in scoring position has allowed a.179 (5 for 28) batting average against left-handed hitters compared to.211 (23 for 109) against right-handers his career splits are.168 (24 for 143) against left-handers,.279 (145 for 519) against right-handers has surrendered four of his five home runs this year and 21 of 23 in his career to right-handers has a.464 career slugging percentage against righties compared to.224 by lefties four of his five home runs have been solo shots has a.116 (8 for 69) opponents average over his first 30 pitches in a game,.294 (20 for 68) after that. has allowed a.130 (10 for 77) batting average with two strikes opponents are 6 for 36 (.167) with three walks (.231 on-base percentage) when leading off an inning INNING BY INNING: Has not allowed a run in innings one through three (15.0 ip) and opponents are 4 for 48 (.083) has a 5.14 ERA (8 er in 14.0 ip) and.273 (15 for 55) opponents batting average in innings four through six has a 2.00 ERA (2 er in 9.0 ip) and.265 (9 for 34) opponents average from the seventh inning on. DAYS REST: Is scheduled to start on five days rest today is 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA (10.0 ip) in two starts on five days rest or more compared to 2-1 with a 4.40 ERA (7 er in 14.1 ip) in three starts on four days rest. HOME AND AWAY: Is 4-0 with a 2.33 ERA (5 er in 19.1 ip) and.134 (9 for 67) opponents batting average in seven games at home compared to 1-2 with a 2.41 ERA (5 er in 18.2 ip) and.271 (19 for 70) opponents batting average in seven games on the road is tied for third in the American League in home wins. SCORELESS STREAK SNAPPED: Had his scoreless streak snapped at a career-high and A s season-high 18.0 innings in the fourth inning May 25 at Toronto began the streak with three consecutive scoreless starts of exactly 5.0 innings from May 7 to 20 is the first A s pitcher with three consecutive scoreless outings of five or more innings since Ted Lilly (Sept , 2003) allowed three hits or fewer in each of those three starts, joining Steve Ontiveros (June 14-24, 1994) as the only A s pitchers since 1914 with three consecutive scoreless outings of five innings or more and three hits or fewer. WINNING STREAK SNAPPED: Had his three-game winning streak snapped May 25 went 3-0 and did not allow a run over a three start stretch from May 7 to 20 (15.0 ip, 8 h, 4 bb, 16 so) it marked the first time in his career he put together consecutive wins now has five wins in 2014 after tallying four wins in 34 games over his first three seasons. STARTING AND RELIEVING: First batters faced were 0 for 8 with a walk in his relief appearances this year and he stranded all three of his inherited runners began his career with 30 consecutive starts before making his final four appearances of 2013 in relief is 8-15 with a 4.96 ERA (86 er in ip) in 35 career starts compared to 1-1 with a 1.45 ERA (3 er in 18.2 ip) in 13 relief appearances. FIRST START: He combined with Dan Otero and Jim Johnson on a three-hit shutout in the A s 2-0 win in the second game of the doubleheader May 7 against Seattle it was his first win as a starter since Sept. 26, 2012 against Chicago (NL) tossed 5.0 innings and allowed two of the hits: a two-out single by Cano in the first and a one out single by Smoak in the fourth allowed just one base runner as far as second base. SECOND START: He won his second consecutive start in the A s 11-0 win over Chicago (AL) May 13 in Oakland it marks the first time in his career he has put together back-to-back wins combined with Dan Otero, Fernando Abad and Joe Savery on a four-hit shutout tossed five innings and allowed three of the hits while striking out a careerhigh eight. THIRD START: He combined with Dan Otero, Luke Gregerson and Sean Doolittle on a four-hit shutout in the A s 3-0 win at Tampa Bay May 20 tossed 5.0 innings and allowed three of the hits retired the side in order in the first and second inning but was aided by double plays in the third and fifth. FOURTH START: He was the losing pitcher in the A s 3-1 loss at Toronto May 25 blanked the Blue Jays on two walks over the first three innings to extend his scoreless streak to a career-high 18.0 innings the streak was snapped on a one-out solo home run by Encarnacion in the fourth loaded the bases with no outs in the fifth and was relieved by Johnson, who allowed one of the inherited runners to score Happ shut out the A s on four hits over the first seven innings. LAST START: He was the winning pitcher in the A s 9-5 win over Los Angeles last Friday in Oakland retired nine of the first 10 batters he faced (Ianneta walk) and had a 7-0 lead when he allowed three runs in the fourth inning on a solo home run by Trout and a two-run home run by Kendrick the A s increased the lead to 9-3 before he was relieved by Otero with runners on first and second and one out in the sixth Otero allowed a two-run double to Cron. POMERANZ 2014 APPEARANCES Date Opponent Score Dec ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR #PIT *April 2 Cleveland (N) *April 3 Seattle 3-2 W *April 5 Seattle *April 11 at Seattle *April 15 at Los Angeles (AL) 10-9 (11) *April 16 at Los Angeles (AL) 4-5 (12) L *April 23 Texas *April 24 at Houston April Totals (8 games, 0 starts) *May 2 at Boston May 7 Seattle (G#2) 2-0 W May 13 Chicago (AL) 11-0 W May 20 at Tampa Bay 3-0 W May 25 at Toronto 1-3 L May 30 Los Angeles (AL) 9-5 W May Totals (6 games, 5 starts) *indicates relief appearance POMERANZ vs. NEW YORK: Has never faced the Yankees in his career. CAREER STARTS CAREER MATCHUPS DATE H/A DEC IP H R ER BB SO AVG. AB H HR BB SO Has never started against the Yankees Beltran Soriano RECAP: Was 0-4 with a 6.23 ERA in eight games, including four starts, over two stints with Colorado walked 19 and struck out 19 in 21.2 innings allowed a.301 opponents batting average, including.130 against left-handed hitters compared to.367 against righthanders issued 16 of his 19 walks and yielded nine of his 10 extra base hits to righties had a.405 OPS against lefties compared to against righties held opponents to a.190 average with runners in scoring position, including.091 with RISP and two outs was 0-2 with a 4.61 ERA and.255 opponents average in six games at Coors Field, 0-2 with a 9.00 ERA and.375 opponents average in two starts on the road in three seasons with the Rockies, he went 2-7 with a 4.40 ERA in 19 games at home compared to 2-7 with a 6.20 ERA in 15 games on the road opponents batted.158 when leading off an inning was on the disabled list from July 22 to Sept. 5 with left biceps tendinitis WITH COLORADO SPRINGS: Began the season at Triple-A Colorado Springs and went 8-1 with a 4.20 ERA in 15 starts before the Rockies called June 30 struck out 96 batters in 85.2 innings, an average of 10.1 per nine innings allowed a.256 opponents batting average, including.180 against left-handed hitters compared to.290 against right-handers opponents hit.217 with the bases empty compared to.306 with runners on base. POMERANZ 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 POMERANZ CAREER HIGHS Low Hit CG: None IP: 6.2, 5/2/12 vs. LAD Fewest IP, GS: 2.0, 9/23/11 at HOU H: 9 (twice), last: 7/20/12 at SD R: 7, 7/20/12 at SD ER: 7, 7/20/12 at SD BB: 5 (three times), last: 7/11/13 at LAD SO: 8, 5/13/14 vs. CWS HR: 2 (five times), last: 5/30/14 vs. LAA Pitches: 113, 5/2/12 vs. LAD Win Streak: 3, 5/7/14 to 5/20/14 Loss Streak: 6, 7/15/12 to 9/15/12 Scoreless Streak: 18.0, 5/7/14 to 5/25/14 Complete Games: None Shutouts: None TOMORROW S PROBABLE STARTING PITCHER LHP Tommy Milone (3-3, 3.60 ERA): Is 3-0 with a 1.67 ERA and.208 opponents batting average over his last five starts after going 0-3 with a 5.86 ERA and.274 opponents average over his first five starts opponents are batting.224 with runners in scoring position has allowed eight runs in the first inning for a 7.20 ERA has a 2.88 ERA from the second inning on has received two runs of support or fewer in five of his 10 starts and is 0-3 in those games is now 6-19 in 35 career starts with support of two runs or fewer, 23-3 in 37 starts with support of three runs or more has held the opponents number three, four and five hitters to a.138 batting average has yielded three of his six home runs to the number nine hitter in the order had a no decision in his last start, an 11-3 A s win over Los Angeles last Saturday in Oakland (6.0 ip, 9 h, 3 r, 3 er, 1 bb, 3 so) is 1-1 with a 0.69 ERA in two career appearances against Baltimore, both starts in Oakland.

3 ATHLETICS BULLPEN BRIEFS TEAM 12-10, 2.68 ERA (54 er in ip) Saves/Opportunities: 12-for-21 (57.1%) The A s bullpen is leads the American League in ERA (2.68) and is tied for the second most wins (12) ranks first in opponents batting average (.210), opponents on-base percentage (.271) and opponents slugging percentage (.282). Has not allowed a run over the last five games (15.2 ip, 8 h, 3 bb, 17 so) has a 1.42 ERA over its last 11 games (5 er in 31.2 ip)...has earned two wins and three saves over the last four games after recording just two wins and three saves over its previous 20 contests (May 9-30). Is tied for second most blown saves (9) in the AL, has the third lowest save percentage (57.1%) and is tied for the third fewest saves (12) has allowed the fourth highest inherited runners scored percent (24 of 76, 31.6%). Has allowed the fewest home runs (9) and is tied for the fewest walks (54) among AL bullpens. 56 LHP FERNANDO ABAD Last Outing: 6/4 at New York-AL (ND, 0.1 ip, 1 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 0 so) Saves/Opportunities: 0-0 Inherited Runners/Scored: 12/0 First Hitters: 3-24, 3 bb Has not allowed an earned run over his last nine outings (6.2 ip, 4 h, 1 r, 4 bb, 6 so) after posting a ERA over a five-game stretch from May 7-17 (5 er in 3.2 ip) did not allow a run over his first 14 appearances (13.1 ip) this season. Is second among AL relievers in opponents batting average (.136) and slugging percentage (.136), and tied for seventh in on-base percentage (.228) all 11 of his hits allowed this season have been singles. Is eighth among AL relievers in WHIP (0.85). Has stranded all 12 inherited runners this season is the second most in the AL without allowing an inherited runner to score. Has a 15-game losing streak dating back to April 9, 2011 that is the longest active losing streak in the majors and is the longest losing streak in the majors over the last 21 years the last longer streak was a 27-game losing streak by Anthony Young from May 6, 1992-July 24, Two appearances this series were the first two against the Yankees in his career. Last Year: Began the season at Triple-A Syracuse and was 1-0 with a 1.06 ERA in 17 relief appearances was promoted to Washington May 21 and went 0-3 with a 3.35 ERA in a career-high 39 relief appearances. 48 RHP RYAN COOK Last Outing: 5/7 (Gm. 1) vs. Seattle (L, 0.2 ip, 1 h, 2 r, 2 er, 1 bb, 1 so) Saves/Opportunities: 0-0 Inherited Runners/Scored: 4/3 First Hitters: 3-10, 2 bb Was reinstated from the DL Tuesday after missing 22 games with a strained right forearm was his second stint on the DL this season...was originally placed on the DL March 29 (retroactive to March 21) with right shoulder tendinitis came off the DL on April 7 and pitched in 12 games with the A s (0-1, 2.92 ERA in 12.1 ip). Posted a 0.96 ERA (1 er in 9.1 ip) over his first nine games this season before allowing three earned runs over his last three games (3.0 ip, 9.00 ERA). Has a win and a save in eight career games against the Yankees (8.2 ip, 9 h, 4 r, 4 er, 0 bb, 8 so, 4.15 ERA). Last Year: Was 6-4 with two saves and a 2.54 ERA in a team-leading 71 relief appearances allowed just two home runs in 67.1 innings, an average of 0.27 per nine innings, which was fourth lowest among AL relievers. 62 LHP SEAN DOOLITTLE Last Outing: 6/4 at New York-AL (S, 1.0 ip, 0 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 0 so) Saves/Opportunities: 7-8 Inherited Runners/Scored: 8/1 First Hitters: 4-27 Has not allowed a run over his last 15 outings (16.1 ip, 5 h, 1 bb, 26 so) after giving up seven earned runs over his previous five games (4.0 ip, 9 h, 7 er, 5 so, ERA) his 16.1 inning scoreless streak is an ongoing career high (previous, 13.2, April 29-May 29, 2013). Has issued just one walk in 28.0 ip this season is tied for the fewest walks allowed in the Majors (min ip) has just one walk since Sept. 1, 2013, the fewest in the Majors over that stretch (min. 20 ip) is second among AL relievers in opponents on-base percentage (.192) and second in WHIP (0.71). Is 1-0 and a perfect 6-for-6 in save opportunities in his last 10 outings over that stretch, has allowed just three baserunners in 11.0 innings (2 h, 1 bb) team is 10-0 in those games. Is tied for third among AL relievers in strikeouts (39). Is 1-1 with three saves in three opportunities in 10 career games against the Yankees (11.0, 3 h, 1 r, 1 er, 1 bb, 11 so, 0.82 ERA) earned his first career save against the Yankees on July 21, Allowed an inherited runner to score on May 12, breaking streak of stranding 25 straight inherited runners (55 games) for his career, has allowed just 6 of 62 (9.7%) inherited runners to score, which is the lowest among active relievers (min. 30 inherited runners). Last Year: Went 5-5 with two saves and a 3.13 ERA in 70 games allowed just 2-of-32 (6.3%) inherited runners to score, which was the lowest mark in the majors...issued 13 walks in 69.0 innings (1.70 per nine innings). 29 LHP JEFF FRANCIS Last Outing: 5/24 at Toronto (ND, 1.0 ip, 0 h, 0 r, 0 er, 1 bb, 1 so) Saves/Opportunities: 0-0 Inherited Runners/Scored: 0/0 First Hitters: 0-1 Was claimed off waivers by the A s from Cincinnati May 18 and made his A s debut May 24 at Toronto is his only appearance with the A s so far this season also appeared in one game this season with the Reds, a start on May 15 against San Diego. Is 1-1 in two games (both starts) in his career against the Yankees (11.0 ip, 9 h, 3 r, 3 er, 3 bb, 12 so, 2.45 ERA). Spent most of this season with Triple-A Louisville in the Reds organization his complete 2014 statistics with Louisville: W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO Louisville (AAA) Last Year: Split the season between the Colorado Rockies and Triple-A Colorado Springs went 3-5 with a 6.27 ERA in 23 games (12 starts) with the Rockies 2-2 with a 4.34 ERA in 11 games (6 starts) at Colorado Springs. 44 RHP LUKE GREGERSON Last Outing: 6/3 at New York-AL (ND, 1.0 ip, 0 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 1 so) Saves/Opportunities: 3-8 Inherited Runners/Scored: 16/8 First Hitters: 7-28, 2 bb Has thrown five straight scoreless outings (6.0 ip) since allowing a run in back-to-back games on May 22 and 25. Has 16 strikeouts and two walks over his last 12 games has struck out 28 and walked five this season strikeout-to-walk ratio of 5.60 is ninth best among AL relievers. Has five blown saves, which is tied for the most in the majors. Has allowed 8 of 16 (50.0%) inherited runners to score, which is the third highest percentage in the majors. Is tied for third in the AL in games pitched (30) now has 393 games pitched since 2009, which is the most in the majors over that span. Has appeared in two career games against the Yankees (2.0 ip, 2 so) last night was his first career outing at Yankee Stadium. Last Year: Went 6-8 with four saves and a 2.71 ERA in a team-leading 73 games in his fifth and final season with San Diego topped 70 games for the fourth time in the last five years. 45 RHP JIM JOHNSON Last Outing: 5/29 vs. Detroit (ND, 1.0 ip, 3 h, 2 r, 2 er, 0 bb, 0 so) Saves/Opportunities: 2-3 Inherited Runners/Scored: 5/2 First Hitters: 6-18, 3 bb Has allowed nine runs, all earned, over his last nine outings (8.1 ip, 9.72 ERA) after an eight-game, 10.1-inning scoreless streak. Is 3-0 with a 1.98 ERA (3 er in 13.2 ip) and a.208 (10 for 48) opponents batting average in 11 games on the road compared to 0-2 with two saves, a blown save, a ERA (13 er in 8.1 ip) and.465 (20 for 43) opponents average in 11 games at home. Is tied for fifth among American League relievers in wins (3). Is 1-6 with nine saves in 12 opportunities in 40 career games against the Yankees (46.0, 40 h, 20 r, 18 er, 11 bb, 35 so, 3.52 ERA) are his second most losses against any team (Cleveland, 7) has allowed three earned runs over his last 15.1 innings against New York (1.76 ERA). Last Year: Led the AL and tied Atlanta s Craig Kimbrel for the ML lead with 50 saves is one of three relievers with two 50-save seasons in his career (Gagne, Rivera) was 3-8 with a 2.94 ERA in career-high 74 appearances. 61 RHP DAN OTERO Last Outing: 6/4 at New York-AL (ND, 1.2 ip, 1 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 2 so) Saves/Opportunities: 0-2 Inherited Runners/Scored: 22/9 First Hitters: 6-26, sf Has allowed just two home runs in his career (in 87.2 ip) is third among active relievers with a 0.21 HR/9 ip ratio (min ip). Leads Major League relievers in innings pitched (36.1). Tied for the Major League lead in wins as a reliever (5). Had a 14.1-inning scoreless streak from May 3-20 (eight appearances). Has a 1.23 ERA at home (2 er in 14.2 ip) compared to a 2.91 ERA on the road (7 er in 21.2 ip). Righties are 15 for 76 (.197) off him, lefties are 17 for 60 (.283). Has a 1.55 ERA (5 er in 29.0 ip) when pitching on two days rest or fewer and a 5.14 ERA (4 er in 7.0 ip) when pitching on three days rest or more. Has pitched in both games of this series were his first two career appearances against the Yankees. Last Year: Began the year at Triple-A Sacramento where he went 1-0 with 15 saves and a 0.99 ERA in 23 appearances was promoted to Oakland June 14 and finished the season with the A s, going 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA in 33 games.

4 ATHLETICS BATTING NOTES 88 KYLE BLANKS Current Streak: 6 games (7 for 15) New York Series: 2-4, 2b, 2 rbi, sf Last Homestand: 4-8, 4 r, 2 hr, 2 rbi, 3 bb, 2 so Has hit safely in each of his last six games (7 for 15,.467) after going 1 for 8 over his first four contests with the A s. Has homered twice in his last five games, including Monday against Detroit, which was his first home run since June 16, 2013 that snapped a career-high 49-game homerless streak. Was acquired from San Diego on May 15 for minor league outfielder Jake Goebbert and a PTBNL (minor league pitcher Ronald Herrera). Began the season at Triple-A El Paso but was recalled by San Diego May 5 made two starts at first base with the Padres and was 2 for 10 (.200) in five games overall when he was optioned back to El Paso May 13 his complete 2014 stats with El Paso: AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBP El Paso (AAA) Last Year: Began the season at Triple-A Tucson but was promoted to San Diego April 14 hit.243 and had career highs in games (88), runs (31), hits (68), doubles (14), RBI (35) and walks (21). 18 ALBERTO CALLASPO Current Streak: 0 for 7 New York Series: 0-6, 2 r, rbi, sf, bb, so Last Homestand: 8-25, 3 r, 2 2b, 3 rbi, bb, 2 so, cs Recorded his third three-hit game of the season Sunday (last: April 30 at Texas). Hit.194 with no home runs and four RBI in May after batting.269 with three home runs and 15 RBI in April. Is 2 for 4 (.500) with two walks as a pinch hitter. Ranks third in the American League in grounded into double plays (10). Has started at least five games at four different positions (25 at designated hitter, 10 at first base, six at third base, five at second base). Last Year: Was acquired by the A s from the Angels one day before the trading deadline and batted.270 with five home runs and 22 RBI in 50 games with Oakland combined for a.258 batting average in 136 games overall. 52 YOENIS CÉSPEDES Current Streak: 2 games (4 for 8) New York Series: 4-8, 2 hr, 3 r, bb, 2 so Last Homestand: 6-31, 5 r, 2b, 3b, 2 hr, 7 rbi, 8 so Hit a career-tying two homers last night, the fourth time he s accomplished that feat (all coming on the road). Is tied for third in the American League in extra base hits (30), tied for fourth in triples (3), ninth in RBI (39) and tied for 10 th in home runs (12). Is batting.235 (16 for 68) over his last 16 games, but has 17 RBI over that span, including two five-rbi games. Of his last 20 hits, 13 are for extra bases (six doubles, two triples, five home runs) 30 of his 53 hits for the season for extra bases. Matched his career-high with five RBI (May 18, 2014 at Cleveland) and nine total bases (June 4, 2013 at Milwaukee) Saturday and had the first three-extra-base hit game of his career. Had two assists in the second inning Saturday to become the first A s outfielder with two assists in an inning since Matt Stairs on April 16, 1996 at Texas is the first to throw out two runners at home in one inning since Dave Henderson on July 7, 1990 at Cleveland now has six assists for the season, which is tied for the Major League lead among outfielders. The A s are with him in the starting lineup, 2-4 when he doesn t start in his three seasons with the club, the A s are (.637) with him in the starting lineup and (.391) when he doesn t start. Last Year: Batted.240 with 26 home runs and 80 RBI in 135 games in his second season in the majors the home runs were a career high but his batting average dropped 52 points from his.292 in COCO CRISP Current Streak: 8 games (10 for 31) New York Series: 1-4, bb Last Homestand: 9-27, 7 r, 3 2b, 3 rbi, 3 bb, 3 so, sf, sb, cs Extended his hitting streak to eight games Tuesday night (10 for 31,.323), which is an ongoing season-high. Is batting.329 (23 for 70) with two of his three home runs in Oakland compared to.198 (17 for 86) on the road Has a.309 (29 for 94) batting average at night compared to.177 (11 for 62) during the day. Last Year: Hit a career-high 22 home runs and stole 21 bases to become the 10 th player in Athletics history with 20 HR and 20 SB in a season also had career highs in runs (93) and walks (61) batted.261 in 131 games. 20 JOSH DONALDSON Current Streak: 1 game (3 for 5) New York Series: 3 for 10, hr, 2 r, rib, so, gidp Last Homestand: 11-28, 7 r, 2b, 4 hr, 12 rbi, 4 bb, 6 so Is batting.322 (28 for 87) with 25 runs scored, two doubles, a triple, nine home runs, 25 RBI and 16 walks over his last 23 games (.427 on-base percentage,.678 slugging percentage). Leads the majors with 50 runs scored those are the most in Oakland history by a player at the end of May (previous: 47, Jose Canseco in 1988 and Rickey Henderson in 1982). Ranks first in the majors in game-winning RBI (11) ranks third in the American League in total bases (128), is tied for third in goahead RBI (13), ranks fourth in home runs (16), is tied for fourth in RBI (49), tied for fifth in extra base hits (29), eighth in walks (33) and slugging percentage (.552) and 10 th in on-base percentage (.375) is second in the AL in home runs with runners on base (10). Did not reach base safely Tuesday night, which snapped his 47- game streak of reaching safely as a third baseman that was the longest such streak by an Athletics third baseman since at least 1914 it was the longest by a Major League third baseman since Alex Rodriguez had a 53-game streak (April 18-June 17, 2004) has reached base safely in 51 of his last 53 games overall and 53 of 58 for the season. Had his 30-game streak of reaching base safely on the road dating back to Sept. 28 of last year snapped Tuesday night, which was the longest by an Athletic since Mark McGwire had a 55-game streak from Sept. 3, 1995-July 26, Is 12 for 60 (.200) in his career against New York (AL). Had his second career two-homer game April 24 at Houston). Is the leading vote getter among AL third baseman in All-Star balloting results released Monday with 956,811 votes (Longoria is second with 589,621) the A s have not had a position player in the All-Star Game since Ramon Hernandez in 2003 and have not had a player elected since Jason Giambi in Has committed nine errors, which is second most in the majors among third basemen (Alvarez, PIT 12). Last Year: Batted.301 with 24 home runs and 93 RBI in 158 games ranked sixth in the American League in on-base percentage (.384), tied for seventh in walks (76), ninth in slugging percentage (.499) and 10th in RBI. 3 CRAIG GENTRY Current Streak: 0 for 8 New York Series: 0-7 Last Homestand: 3-10, 5 r, rbi, bb, 3 so, sh, sb Batted.236 in May after hitting.317 in April. Is 1 for 8 (.125) with a walk as a pinch hitter is batting.264 (24 for 91) in his starting s (17 in center field, six in right field, four in left field). Has been successful in each of his nine stolen base attempts and his nine stolen bases are the most in the majors among players without a caught stealing now has a streak of 21 consecutive steals without a caught stealing dating back to Aug. 14 of last year. Began the season on the 15-day disabled list with a lower back strain and missed 10 games before he was reinstated April 12. Last Year: Batted.280 with two home runs and 22 RBI in 106 games with Texas had career highs in runs (39), triples (4), home runs, walks (29), onbase percentage (.373), stolen bases (24) and extra base hits (18). 5 JOHN JASO Current Streak: 0 for 7 New York Series: 0-4, bb Last Homestand: 6-15, 4 r, hr, 2 rbi, 2 bb, 2 hbp, 2 so Batted.359 with four home runs and 10 RBI in 19 games in May after hitting.236 with a home run and four RBI in 22 games in April the four home runs in May were his most ever in a month. Has made 34 starts, all against right-handed pitching is batting.299 (35 for 117) with all five of his home runs and 13 of his 14 RBI against righties is 2 for 12 (.167) against lefties has made each of his 89 starts in two seasons with the A s against righties. Is batting.338 (22 for 63) with four of his five home runs in Oakland compared to.234 (15 for 64) on the road. Two of his five home runs have given the A s the lead 15 of his 28 career home runs have put his team ahead. Is 3 for 7 (.429) with three walks, a double, home run and two RBI as a pinch hitter leads American League pinch hitters in extra base hits (2) and is tied for the lead in home runs and walks since 2010, he leads AL pinch hitters in walks (17) and is tied for third in hits (14). Has tossed out 2 of 17 (11.8%) attempted base stealers. Last Year: Batted.271 with three home runs and 21 RBI in 70 games in a season that ended July 25 after suffering a concussion added 38 walks for a.387 on-base percentage, which was fifth best in the AL (min. 200 PA).

5 8 JED LOWRIE Current Streak: 3 games (5 for 11) New York Series: 3-8, 2 r, 2b, 2 rbi, sf, 2 so, gidp Last Homestand: 5-21, 5 r, 2b, hr, 3 rbi, 6 bb, ibb, 2 so Is 9 for 41 (.220) over his last 13 games after missing two games with a strained neck. Batted.189 with nine walks and a.257 on-base percentage in May after hitting.298 with 20 walks and a.437 on-base percentage in April. Is tied for seventh in the American League in doubles (16) and tied for 11 th in walks (30). Has struck out just 26 times and his average of 9.31 plate appearances per strikeout is ninth best in the AL. Last Year: Batted.290 with 45 doubles, 15 home runs and 75 RBI in 154 games set an Athletics record for doubles by a switch hitter and an Oakland record for hits by a switch-hitter (175) ranked second in the AL in doubles. 37 BRANDON MOSS Current Streak: 3 games (4 for 10) New York Series: 3-8, 2 r, 2 hr, 3 rbi, hb, 3 so Last Homestand: 2-16, 2 r, 2 hr, 5 rbi, 2 bb, 4 so Hit a career-high tying two home runs Tuesday night for the sixth time in his career and second time this season (also: May 13 vs. Chicago-AL). Has now homered in back-to-back games (three total) for the eighth time in his career. Is batting.309 (31 for 101) with eight doubles, two triples, 11 home runs and 28 RBI over his last 27 games (.752 slugging percentage). Is fourth in the American League in slugging percentage (.591) and home runs (15), tied for fourth in RBI (49) and hit by pitches (5), and tied for seventh in extra base hits (28). Hit his first career grand slam Friday night vs. the Angels became the fourth cleanup hitter in Oakland history with a grand slam in the first inning joins Dave Kingman (June 20, 1984 vs. Kansas City), Mark McGwire (June 26, 1997 vs. Texas) and Matt Stairs (June 6, 2000 vs. San Diego). The grand slam was his 19 th extra base hit in May, which set an Oakland record for extra base hits in the month of May (previous: 18, Giambi in 2001) those were the most extra base hits by an Athletic in May since Sam Chapman had 20 in 1941 had the most extra base hits by an Athletic in any month since Mark McGwire had 19 in April, Left the game Friday night in the third inning with tightness in his right calf returned to action in Tuesday s series opener here. Had nine home runs and 25 RBI in May, which were his most ever in a month. Nine of his 15 home runs have come with runners on base (five two-run, three three-run, one grand slam), which is tied for third in the AL 13 have come at night and 12 have come off righthanders. Has started games at four different positions (29 at first base, 10 in left field, six at designated hitter, five in right field) 40 of his 50 starts have come against right-handed pitching however, is batting.323 (13 for 38) against lefties compared to.265 (41 for 155) against righties. Last Year: Led the A s with 30 home runs and finished second with 87 RBI despite spending most of the season in a platoon ranked sixth in the AL in slugging percentage (.522) and tied for eighth in home runs. 36 DEREK NORRIS MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS SINCE THE 2013 ALL-STAR BREAK HOME RUNS 30 Edwin Encarnacion 30 Giancarlo Stanton 29 Brandon Moss 26 Nelson Cruz 25 Paul Goldschmidt 25 Miguel Cabrera RBI 92 Brandon Moss 92 Miguel Cabrera 90 Paul Goldschmidt 86 Giancarlo Stanton 82 Edwin Encarnacion OAKLAND A s MOST RBI BY THE END OF MAY 52 Jason Giambi, Jose Canseco, Brandon Moss, Josh Donaldson, J C 1986 Current Streak: 1 game (1 for 4) New York Series: 1-4, r, bb, so, sf Last Homestand: 1-16, 2 r, hr, 5 rbi, 4 bb, 9 so, sf Is 8 for 54 (.148) with 13 walks over his last 18 games batted.211 in May after hitting.386 in April. Is batting.378 (14 for 37) with runners in scoring position,.320 (24 for 75) on the road and.328 (20 for 61) against left-handed pitching. Is 3 for 9 (.333) with a double, two RBI and two walks as a pinch hitter is tied for fourth among American League pinch hitters in hits and walks and tied for sixth in plate appearances (11). Is hitting.305 (65 for 213) in 79 games since the 2013 All-Star Break after batting.204 over the first 126 games of his career. Four of his five home runs this year and seven of 21 in his career have come with at least two men on base. Has tossed out 2 of 24 (8.3%) attempted base stealers, which is the lowest percentage in the majors. Last Year: Hit.246 in 98 games with the A s, which was a 45-point improvement over his rookie season average of.201 in 2012 added nine home runs and 30 RBI walked 37 times for a.345 on-base percentage. 1 NICK PUNTO Current Streak: 4 games (4 for 11) New York Series: 1-3, bb, 2 so Last Homestand: 2-5, 2 r, hr, rbi, 4 bb, 2 so, cs Is batting.316 (12 for 38) with seven RBI over his last 13 games after hitting.200 with one RBI over his first 22 contests. Is hitting.188 (13 for 69) at night compared to.379 (11 for 29) during the day. Is 0 for 8 as a pinch hitter. Hit his first home run of the season Thursday, snapping a 51-game homerless streak dating back to his last home run on Aug. 12, Has appeared in 25 games at second base (17 starts) and 10 at shortstop (six starts). Last Year: Spent the entire season with Los Angeles (NL) and hit.255 with two home runs and 21 RBI in 116 games the games played were his most since 2009 batted.309 against left-handed pitching,.228 against right-handers. 16 JOSH REDDICK Current Streak: 0 for 4 Was placed on the disabled list Tuesday retroactive to June 1 with a hyperextended right knee it is his first stint on the DL this season and his third career. Batted.188 in May after hitting.253 in April however, had three home runs and 13 RBI in 25 games in May after tallying one home run and nine RBI in 24 games in April. Last Year: Batted.226 with 12 home runs and 56 RBI in 114 games in a season interrupted by two stints on the disabled list with a sprained right wrist the home runs were 20 fewer than his 32 from ERIC SOGARD Current Streak: 0 for 5 New York Series: 0-4 Last Homestand: 5-13, r, 2b, hbp, so, 2 gidp Recorded a season-high tying three hits Sunday (also: April 6 vs. Seattle). Batted.158 in May after hitting.220 in April. Has made 36 of his 38 starts against right-handed pitching is batting.211 (23 for 109) against righties,.125 (2 for 16) against lefties. Has not committed an error and his 177 total chances are the most among Major League second basemen who have not made an error has a career-high 42-game errorless streak as a second baseman dating back to Sept. 28 of last year. Last Year: Batted.266 with two home runs and 35 RBI in 130 games in his first full Major League season made 104 of his 110 starts against right-handed pitchers hit.274 against right-handers,.230 against left-handers. 21 STEPHEN VOGT Current Streak: 1 game (1 for 1) New York Series: 1-1, 2b, rbi Last Homestand: 0-4, so Recorded a pinch-hit, game-tying RBI double in the eighth inning Tuesday night. Was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento Sunday for his first stint with the A s this year. Hit.433 with three home runs and 15 RBI over his final 14 games with Sacramento batted.413 against right-handed pitching and.400 with runners in scoring position was on the disabled list from April 9 to May 11 with a strained oblique muscle his complete 2014 statistics with the River Cats: AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBP Sacramento (AAA) Last Year: Spent most of the season at Triple-A Sacramento where he was named to the Pacific Coast League Postseason All-Star Team at catcher also had two stints with the A s and batted.252 with 4 HR and 16 RBI in 47 games. A s vs. NEW YORK 2014 CAREER AVG. AB H HR RBI PLAYER AVG. AB H HR RBI Blanks Callaspo Céspedes Crisp Donaldson Gentry Jaso Lowrie Moss Norris Punto ##### Reddick Sogard Vogt TOTALS

6 2014 OAKLAND ATHLETICS SCHEDULE AND RESULTS GA/ LEADER CUM. DATE G OPP W-L SCORE REC POS GB AND LEAD WINNER LOSER SAVE ATT. ATT. 3/31 1 CLE L t3-1 SEA ½ Allen Johnson Axford 36,067* 36,067 4/1 CLE PPD, Rain 4-1½ SEA ½ 4/2 2 CLE (D) W Kazmir Kluber 15,134 51,201 3 CLE (N) L SEA ½ Allen Johnson Axford 12,198 63,399 4/3 4 SEA W 3-2 (12) SEA ½ Pomeranz Noesi 11,236 74,635 4/4 SEA PPD, Wet Field t2-1 SEA 1 4/5 5 SEA L t2-2 SEA 2 Hernandez Straily Rodney 30, ,925 4/6 6 SEA W t2-1 SEA 1 Gray Ramirez Johnson 32, ,777 (6 dates) 4/7 7 at MIN W ½ SEA ½ Kazmir Correia 35,837 35,837 4/8 OFF DAY 2-1 SEA 1 4/9 8 at MIN W 7-4 (11) 5-3 t1 -- OAK/SEA -- Otero Burton 22,973 58,810 4/10 9 at MIN W ½ OAK ½ Straily Pelfrey 20,650 79,460 4/11 10 at SEA L ½ SEA ½ Hernandez Milone Rodney 38, ,428 4/12 11 at SEA W ½ OAK ½ Gray Ramirez Gregerson 22, ,489 4/13 12 at SEA W ½ OAK 1½ Otero Furbush Doolittle 22, ,117 4/14 13 at LAA W ½ OAK 1½ Johnson Frieri Gregerson 37, ,237 4/15 14 at LAA W 10-9 (11) ½ OAK 2½ Johnson Herrera 34, ,124 4/16 15 at LAA L 4-5 (12) OAK 2 Smith Pomeranz 37, ,468 (9 dates) 4/17 OFF DAY 1 +1½ OAK 1½ 4/18 16 HOU W ½ OAK 1½ Gray Cosart 18, ,011 4/19 17 HOU W ½ OAK 1½ Otero Qualls 33, ,177 4/20 18 HOU W ½ OAK 2½ Chavez Peacock Gregerson 16, ,559 4/21 19 TEX L ½ OAK 1½ Cotts Doolittle Soria 13, ,856 4/22 20 TEX L ½ OAK ½ Ogando Gregerson Soria 15, ,600 4/23 21 TEX L ½ TEX ½ PEREZ Gray 18, ,940 (12 dates) 4/24 22 at HOU W t1 -- OAK/TEX -- Kazmir Oberholtzer 19, ,455 4/25 23 at HOU W OAK 1 Gregerson Fields 17, ,163 4/26 24 at HOU L t1 -- OAK/TEX -- Williams Doolittle Valdes 17, ,013 4/27 25 at HOU L t1 -- OAK/TEX -- McHugh Milone 18, ,948 4/28 26 at TEX W OAK 1 GRAY Darvish 28, ,496 4/29 27 at TEX W OAK 2 Kazmir Perez 30, ,717 4/30 28 at TEX W OAK 3 Chavez Ross 32, ,696 5/1 OFF DAY 1 +3 OAK 3 5/2 29 at BOS L OAK 2 Buchholz Straily 34, ,546 5/3 30 at BOS L OAK 2 Lester Milone Uehara 37, ,588 5/4 31 at BOS W 3-2 (10) OAK 2 Johnson Capuano 35, ,237 (19 dates) 5/5 32 SEA L OAK 2 Young Kazmir Rodney 11, ,959 5/6 33 SEA L OAK 2 Elias Chavez 12, ,065 5/7 34 SEA (1) L 4-6 (10) Medina Cook Rodney 35 SEA (2) W OAK 2 Pomeranz Ramirez Johnson 17, ,402 5/8 OFF DAY 1 +1½ OAK 1½ 5/9 36 WSH W OAK 2 Milone Fister 20, ,561 5/10 37 WSH W 4-3 (10) ½ OAK 2½ Doolittle Storen 36,067* 349,628 5/11 38 WSH W OAK 3 Kazmir Gonzalez 28, ,833 5/12 39 CWS W ½ OAK 3½ Chavez Danks Doolittle 10, ,953 5/13 40 CWS W OAK 4 Pomeranz Carroll 13, ,779 5/14 41 CWS L OAK 3 Belisario Abad Lindstrom 18, ,814 (21 dates) 5/15 OFF DAY 1 +2½ OAK 2½ 5/16 42 at CLE W ½ OAK 3½ Gray McAllister 21, ,626 5/17 43 at CLE W ½ OAK 3½ Otero Tomlin 18, ,984 5/18 44 at CLE W ½ OAK 3½ Chavez Masterson 14, ,856 5/19 OFF DAY 1 +4 OAK 4 5/20 45 at TB W OAK 4 Pomeranz Odorizzi Doolittle 11, ,225 5/21 46 at TB W OAK 4 Milone Bedard Doolittle 10, ,780 5/22 47 at TB L 2-5 (11) ½ OAK 3½ Lueke Otero 11, ,037 5/23 48 at TOR L ½ OAK 2½ Hendriks Kazmir Janssen 21, ,044 5/24 49 at TOR L ½ OAK 2½ Dickey Chavez Cecil 29, ,416 5/25 50 at TOR L ½ OAK 1½ Happ Pomeranz Janssen 45, ,693 (28 dates) 5/26 51 DET W ½ OAK 2½ Milone Smyly 35,067* 454,881 5/27 52 DET L ½ OAK 1½ Albuquerque Abad Nathan 21, ,430 5/28 53 DET W ½ OAK 2½ KAZMIR Nathan 15, ,020 5/29 54 DET L ½ OAK 1½ Porcello Chavez Nathan 21, ,880 5/30 55 LAA W ½ OAK 2½ Pomeranz Richards 23, ,264 5/31 56 LAA W ½ OAK 3½ Rodriguez Skaggs 35,067* 572,331 6/1 57 LAA W ½ OAK 4½ Gray Weaver Doolittle 32, ,562 (28 dates) 6/2 OFF DAY 1 +4½ OAK 4½ 6/3 58 at NYY W 5-2 (10) ½ OAK 5½ Otero Warren Doolittle 41, , at NYY W ½ OAK 5½ Chavez Ramirez Doolittle 37, ,104 DATE G OPP TIME TV PROMOTION 6/5 60 at NYY 10:05 CSNCA 6/6 61 at BAL 4:05 CSNCA 6/7 62 at BAL 4:15 FOX 6/8 63 at BAL 10:35 CSNCA 6/9 64 at LAA 7:05 CSNCA 6/10 65 at LAA 7:05 CSNCA 6/11 66 at LAA 7:05 CSNCA 6/12 OFF DAY 6/13 67 NYY 7:05 CSNCA Super Mario Bros. Fireworks Show 6/14 68 NYY 7:05 CSNCA 6/15 69 NYY 1:05 CSNCA 6/16 70 TEX 7:05 CSNCA 6/17 71 TEX 7:05 CSNCA 6/18 72 TEX 12:35 CSNCA 6/19 73 BOS 7:05 CSNCA 6/20 74 BOS 7:05 CSNCA 6/21 75 BOS 1:05 CSNCA 6/22 76 BOS 1:05 CSNCA Coco Crisp Gnome (20,000 fans) 6/23 OFF DAY 6/24 77 at NYM 4:10 CSNCA 6/25 78 at NYM 4:10 CSNCA 6/26 OFF DAY 6/27 79 at MIA 4:10 CSNCA 6/28 80 at MIA 1:10 CSNCA 6/29 81 at MIA 10:10 CSNCA 6/30 82 at DET 4:08 CSNCA 7/1 83 at DET 4:08 CSNCA 7/2 84 at DET 10:08 7/3 85 TOR 6:05 CSNCA Patriotic Fireworks 7/4 86 TOR 1:05 CSNCA 7/5 87 TOR 7:05 CSNCA 7/6 88 TOR 1:05 CSNCA 7/7 89 SF 7:05 CSNCA 7/8 90 SF 7:05 CSNCA 7/9 91 at SF 7:15 CSNCA 7/10 92 at SF 12:45 CSNCA 7/11 93 at SEA 7:10 CSNCA 7/12 94 at SEA 7:10 CSNCA 7/13 95 at SEA 1:10 CSNCA 7/14 ALL 7/15 STAR 7/16 BREAK 7/17 (at Minn.) 7/18 96 BAL 7:05 CSNCA 7/19 97 BAL 6:05 CSNCA 1989 Reunion T-Shirt (15,000 fans)/1989 World Series Reunion 7/20 98 BAL 1:05 CSNCA 7/21 OFF DAY 7/22 99 HOU 7:05 CSNCA 7/ HOU 7:05 CSNCA 7/ HOU 12:35 7/ at TEX 5:05 CSNCA 7/ at TEX 5:05 CSNCA 7/ at TEX 4:05 CSNCA 7/ at HOU 5:10 CSNCA 7/ at HOU 5:10 CSNCA 7/ at HOU 11:10 7/31 OFF DAY 8/1 108 KC 6:35 CSNCA Super Heroes Fireworks Show/Italian Heritage Day 8/2 109 KC 1:05 CSNCA Yoenis Céspedes La Potencia T-Shirt (10,000 fans) 8/3 110 KC 1:05 CSNCA 8/4 111 TB 7:05 CSNCA 8/5 112 TB 7:05 CSNCA 8/6 113 TB 12:35 8/7 114 MIN 7:05 CSNCA 8/8 115 MIN 7:05 CSNCA 8/9 116 MIN 6:05 CSNCA Tony La Russa Hall of Fame Bobblehead (20,000 fans) 8/ MIN 1:05 CSNCA 8/ at KC 5:10 CSNCA 8/ at KC 5:10 CSNCA 8/ at KC 5:10 CSNCA 8/ at KC 11:10 8/ at ATL 4:35 CSNCA 8/ at ATL 4:10 CSNCA 8/ at ATL 10:35 CSNCA 8/18 OFF DAY 8/ NYM 7:05 CSNCA Jewish Heritage Day 8/ NYM 12:35 CSNCA 8/21 OFF DAY 8/ LAA 7:05 CSNCA Filipino Heritage Day 8/ LAA 6:05 CSNCA Disney/Pixar s The Incredibles Fireworks 8/ LAA 1:05 CSNCA 8/ at HOU 5:10 CSNCA 8/ at HOU 5:10 CSNCA 8/ at HOU 5:10 CSNCA 8/ at LAA 7:05 CSNCA 8/ at LAA 7:05 CSNCA 8/ at LAA 6:05 CSNCA 8/ at LAA 12:35 CSNCA 9/1 137 SEA 1:05 CSNCA Coco Crisp Jersey (15,000 fans) 9/2 138 SEA 7:05 CSNCA 9/3 139 SEA 12:35 9/4 OFF DAY 9/5 140 HOU 7:05 CSNCA 9/6 141 HOU 1:05 CSNCA Reusable Tote Bag (10,000 fans) /Faith & Family Day 9/7 142 HOU 1:05 CSNCA 9/8 143 at CWS 5:10 CSNCA 9/9 144 at CWS 5:10 CSNCA 9/ at CWS 5:10 CSNCA 9/ at CWS 11:10 9/ at SEA 7:10 CSNCA 9/ at SEA 6:10 CSNCA 9/ at SEA 1:10 CSNCA 9/15 OFF DAY 9/ TEX 7:05 CSNCA 9/ TEX 7:05 ESPN 9/ TEX 12:35 9/ PHI 6:35 CSNCA Star Wars Fireworks Show 9/ PHI 1:05 CSNCA Oktoberfest Stein (10,000 fans) 9/ PHI 1:05 CSNCA Team Photo (10,000 fans)/fan Appreciation Day 9/ LAA 7:05 CSNCA 9/ LAA 7:05 CSNCA 9/ LAA 12:35 CSNCA 9/ at TEX 5:05 CSNCA 9/ at TEX 5:05 CSNCA 9/ at TEX 5:05 CSNCA 9/ at TEX 12:05 CSNCA