BOSTON RED SOX NOTES:
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OAKLAND ATHLETICS NOTES:
ABOUT THE A’S: The A’s have lost each of the last eight games to fall a season-low 46 games under .500 at 25-71 (.260)…that matches the A’s most games under .500 last year (56-102 on Oct. 1)…have not been more than 46 games under .500 since finishing the 1979 season 54 under at 54-108…have the lowest winning percentage in the majors behind the Royals (27-68, .284)…the last two Major League teams to finish with a winning percentage under .290 are the 2003 Tigers (43-119, .265) and 1962 Mets (40-120, .250)…were swept by the Twins to open the homestand and have been swept 13 times, which matches the season total from last year…have one sweep this season…are 5-7- 1 over the last 13 series after going 1-16 over the first 17.
EIGHT-GAME LOSING STREAK: The A’s extended their losing streak to eight games yesterday, which matches their second longest losing streak of the season (June 14-22)…the longest is an 11-game losing streak from May 17-28… have a 7.54 ERA (57 er in 68.0 ip) during the current streak, including 9.00 (29 er in 29.0 ip) by the starters…are batting .218 (56-for-257) and have been outscored 57-24.
OFFENSE: The A’s were held to one hit last night, which marks the third time this year they have been limited to one hit or fewer…that matches the most such games in a season in Athletics history (1906, 1908, 1979, 2006, 2012)… are now batting .221 for the season, which is the lowest mark in the majors… have hit under .223 once in Athletics history and that was last year (.216)… were shut out for the 11th time last night, which is tied for second most in the majors…struck out a season-high 18 times last night, which fell one short of the Athletics record for strikeouts in a nine-inning game…have struck out 894 times for the season, which is third most in the majors…are on pace for 1,509 strikeouts, which would break the Athletics record of 1,491 set in 2017…rank last in the majors in slugging (.353), OPS (.652), runs scored (344) and extra base hits (228), second in fewest doubles (126), fourth in lowest on-base percentage (.299) and sixth in fewest home runs (88)…also rank tied for second in sacrifice hits (18) and third in hit by pitches (53).
IN THE PINCH: A’s pinch hitters are 25-for-94 (.266) with four doubles, two home runs, 10 RBI and 10 walks…lead the majors in hits, rank third in plate appearances (105), tied for fourth in doubles and extra base hits (6), tied for seventh in walks, tied for ninth in home runs and tied for 10th in RBI.
PITCHING: The A’s have the highest ERA (6.08) and opponents on-base percentage (.361) in the majors and the second highest opponents OPS (.830), batting average (.274) and slugging percentage (.469)…lead the majors in most walks (417) and hit batters (62), rank second in most home runs (135), tied for second in most wild pitches (43) and eighth in fewest strikeouts (765).
STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers 0-5 with a 6.75 ERA (37 er in 49.1 ip) in July and are 8-45 with a 6.37 ERA for the season…no other team has fewer than 15 wins and the fewest wins from starting pitchers in Major League history is 21 by the Pirates last year…have the second highest ERA to the Rockies (6.44) and are tied for the second most losses…have tossed 7.1 innings or fewer in each game and have the second fewest innings pitched (439.1).
THE BULLPEN: The A’s bullpen is 0-4 with two blown saves and a 6.91 ERA (22 er in 28.2 ip) over the last six games and is now 17-26 with a 5.77 ERA for the season…has the highest ERA in the majors and the most losses and innings pitched (405.2)…has converted 14-of-31 (45.2%) save opportunities, which is the lowest percentage…has the third fewest saves and is tied for the seventh most blown saves (17)…has allowed 72-of-183 (39.3%) inherited runners to score, which is the third highest percentage…has the second most inherited runners.
ON THE BASES: The A’s are 5-for-5 in stolen base attempts since the All-Star Break and 17-for-18 (94.4%) over the last 14 games…are 96-for-115 (83.5%) for the season…rank third in the majors in stolen bases and attempts and sixth in percentage…the stolen bases are the most by an A’s team since 2012 (122)…A’s opponents are 70-for-102 (68.6%) in stolen base attempts, which is the second lowest success rate in the majors…the 32 caught stealings are eight more than any other team…A’s pitchers have 11 pickoffs, which is third most.
DEFENSIVE DOINGS: The A’s have not committed an error in the last four games but have 56 for the season, which is sixth most in the majors…have turned 70 double plays, which is tied for sixth fewest…A’s outfielders have 16 assists, which is tied for eighth most…A’s catchers have six passed balls, which is tied for seventh most.
WINNING LATE: The A’s have scored the winning run in their final at bat in 13 of their 25 victories (52.0%)…are 6-6 (.500) in extra inning games and the six wins matches the A’s total from last year…are tied for fourth in the majors in extra inning games (12), tied for fifth in wins and tied for sixth in losses…have six walk-off wins, which is tied for second most…have 12 wins when tied or trailing after seven innings, which is tied for fifth most.
RUN DIFFERENTIAL: The A’s lost 7-0 last night and are now 2-18 in games decided by seven or more runs…have a run differential of -260, which is the lowest in the majors…had a run differential of -202 all last year, which was second lowest in Oakland history (-287 in 1979)…are 10-51 (.164) in games decided by two or more runs and 15-20 (.429) in one-run games…three of the A’s last five games and 16 of the last 32 have been decided by one run…six of the A’s last eight wins and 15 of 25 overall have been by one run…are tied for the most one-run losses in the majors, rank third in games (35) and tied for ninth in wins.
HOME AND AWAY: The A’s are 0-4 on this 10-game homestand against Minnesota (0-3), Boston (0-1) and Houston (four games) and now have a five-game home losing streak…this is the first of two 10-game homestand and it begins a 27-day stretch where the A’s will leave the state of California once (July 28- 30 at Colorado)…went 3-3 on the last homestand against New York-AL (1-2) and Chicago-AL (2-1) and are 12-36 (.250) at home, which is the lowest home winning percentage in the majors…went 2-4 on the last road trip to Detroit (2- 1) and Boston (0-3) and are 13-35 (.271) on the road, which is the worst road record in the majors…have compiled a 5.41 ERA (267 er in 444.0 ip) at home compared to 6.80 on the road.
PLAYERS USED: The A’s have used 52 players, which is tied with the Angels and Reds for the most in the majors…employed a franchise record 64 players last year…have used 32 pitchers, which is third most in the majors (Reds and Rays, 33) and third most in Athletics history…used 34 pitchers in 2018 and 2022… have used an Athletics record 28 relievers, topping the previous mark of 27 set in 2018 and 2022…14 pitchers have started a game, which is tied for third most in Oakland history (16 in 1983, 15 in 2018)…17 of the 52 players are rookies after using an Oakland-record 34 rookies last year…10 have made their Major League debuts (had 23 do that last year).
THIS AND THAT: The A’s have used the injured list 24 times, including 15 times for pitchers…currently have 12 players on the IL, including seven pitchers…are 20-33 (.377) in night games, 5-38 (.116) during the day…are 7-7 (.500) on Tuesday, 6-9 (.400) on Friday and 12-55 (.179) on all other days of the week… are 3-27 (.100) in the final game of a series…have an average time of game of 2:45, which is second longest in the majors (Orioles, 2:46)…however, have not averaged under 2:53 per game since 2010 (2:44).
A’S VS. RED SOX
- The A’s have lost the season series for the second consecutive season as they are 0-4 with two games remaining…have also lost three of the last four season series and five of the last eight.
- Have lost 10 of the last 11 games, including five straight in Oakland…the five-game home losing streak matches the second longest such streak in Oakland history…the record is six from July 10, 1993-July 15, 1994.
- Are 17-31 (.354) against the Red Sox dating back to 2015, which includes 11-13 in Oakland and 6-18 in Boston.
- Went 0-3 in Oakland last year marking just the third time the A’s went winless in the season series in the Coliseum (were also 0-3 in 2002 and 2004).
Year Home Road Totals
2023 0-1 0-3 0-4
2022 0-3 1-2 1-5
Oakland History: 251-312
at the Coliseum: 151-129
at Fenway Park (since 1968): 99-182
All-Time: 893-1093
TODAY’S TIDBITS
Tony Kemp is batting .309 (25-for-81) with a .371 on-base percentage (7 bb, 1 hbp) over his last 24 games dating back to June 15, after hitting .146 with a .244 on-base percentage over his first 51 contests…Ryan Noda leads the American League and is tied for third in the majors in walks (60)…ranks 16th in the majors in on-base percentage (.374)…leads Major League rookies in walks.
TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: Luis Medina (2-7, 6.34 ERA)
FOR STARTERS: Is scheduled to make his 13th appearance and ninth start of the season…is 1-1 with a 3.98 ERA (9 er in 20.1 ip) and .241 (19-for-79) opponents batting average over his last four games after going 1-6 with a 7.55 ERA and .288 opponents average over his first eight contests…was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas May 11 for his second stint with the A’s this year… was called up for the first time on April 25, started and lost the next day at Los Angeles (AL) in his Major League debut, and was optioned back to Las Vegas on April 27…was 0-1 with a 7.42 ERA in five games, four starts, with the Aviators.
STARTING AND RELIEVING: Is 1-6 with a 6.92 ERA (30 er in 39.0 ip) in eight starts and is 1-1 with a 5.23 ERA (12 er in 20.2 ip) in four games where he pitched in relief in a game started by an opener (Waldichuk on May 28 vs. Houston, Moll on June 9 at Milwaukee, Waldichuk on June 20 at Cleveland, Long on July 7 at Boston)…has tossed at least 4.1 innings in 11 of his 12 games, with the exception being a start of 2.0 innings in a 12-1 loss at Miami on June 3…his season high is 6.0 innings in starts on May 11, May 17 and July 7.
OPPONENTS BATTING: Has allowed nine home runs in 145 at bats against right-handed hitters (16.1 at bats per home run) compared to two in 90 against left-handers (45.0 at bats per home run)…opponents are batting .231 (30-for-130) with the bases empty, .324 (34-for-105) with runners on… seven of the 11 home runs he has allowed have come with the bases empty.
THIS AND THAT: Has allowed just one home in his last seven games and 32.0 innings after surrendering 10 home runs in his first five games and 27.2 innings…has walked 22 batters in 32.0 innings in June and July (6.19 per nine innings) after combining for 10 walks in 27.2 innings in April and May (3.25 per nine innings)…is tied for 10th in the majors in wild pitches (6)…has allowed 16 of his 44 runs in the second inning for an 11.91 ERA (15 er in 11.1 ip)…picked up his first win of the season June 9 after starting the season 0-5…is one of four Oakland pitchers this year to start the season 0-4 or worse…Rucinski and Fujinami also started the year 0-4 and Kaprielian was 0-6…the A’s are 1-7 in his starting assignments and 2-10 when he pitches.
2023 DAY-BY-DAY: Began the season at Triple-A Las Vegas and was 0-0 with a 3.86 ERA in three starts when he was recalled by Oakland on April 25… made his Major League debut the next day with a start at Los Angeles (AL) and was the losing pitcher in the A’s 11-3 loss…became the 59th pitcher in Oakland history to start in his ML debut, the third this year (Fujinami on April 1, Miller on April 19)…allowed eight runs in 5.0 innings, which match the most runs in Oakland history by a pitcher in his debut…the first pitcher to do it was Fujinami earlier this year on April 1…it matches the most runs by an Athletics pitcher in his debut over the last 103 years (fifth time)…in addition to runs, he also had a career high in hits (8)…was optioned back to Las Vegas on April 27 and went 0-1 with a 15.75 ERA in two starts before he was recalled by Oakland a second time on May 11…matched his career high with 6.0 innings pitched on May 11 against Texas and May 17 against Arizona…his fifth career appearance on May 28 against Houston came in relief of opener Ken Waldichuk…allowed a career high three home runs and took the loss in a 10-1 decision…started in his next outing on June 3 at Miami but took the loss after allowing six runs on six hits and four walks in 2.0 innings… it was the shortest start of his career…it gave him a career-opening streak of six consecutive games with three or more runs allowed, which matched the longest such streak in Oakland history…joins Mike Morgan (June 11, 1978- July 7, 1979) and Dillon Overton (June 25-Sept. 15, 2016)…pitched in relief of opener Sam Moll on June 9 at Milwaukee and picked up his first Major League win in the A’s 5-2 victory…allowed two runs on three hits in5.0 innings…allowed a career-high tying eight hits in 4.2 innings in a start and loss to Tampa Bay on June 14…had a no decision in the A’s 3-2, 10-inning loss at Cleveland on June 20…pitched in relief of opener Ken Waldichuk and was the pitcher of record when he was relieved by Moll with a 2-0 lead in the seventh…Moll allowed an inherited runner to score plus a run of his own for the blown save…walked a career-high seven batters in 5.0 innings in a 12-1 loss at Toronto on June 25…is one of two A’s pitchers to walk seven batters in a game over the last eight years (Kaprielian earlier this year on April 14)… logged a career-high 100 pitches in 5.0 innings on June 30 against Chicago (AL) but allowed just one run for the win.
LAST APPEARANCE: He pitched in relief of opener Sam Long in the A’s 7-3 loss at Boston on July 7…struck out a career-high nine batters in a career-high tying 6.0 innings…Long did not allow a run in the first but was charged with three runs in the second inning when Medina allowed two runs of his own… retired 13 straight at one point before allowing two more runs in the seventh on RBI singles by Duvall and Verdugo.
