BOSTON RED SOX NOTES:
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OAKLAND ATHLETICS NOTES:
ABOUT THE A’S: The A’s snapped their eight-game losing streak last night and are now 5-9 over the last 14 games…are 14-21 (.400) over the last 35 games dating back to June 6 after going 12-50 (.194) over the first 62 contests…are 26-71 (.268) overall, which is the lowest winning percentage in the majors behind the Royals (28-68, .292)…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.
OFFENSE: The A’s are batting .236 (110-for-467) with 61 runs scored over the last 14 games (4.4 runs per game)…however, rank last in the majors with a .221 batting average and 347 runs scored overall…also rank last in the majors in slugging (.355), OPS (.654) and extra base hits (234), tied for second in fewest doubles (129) and most times shut out (11), third in lowest on-base percentage (.299) and most strikeouts (903) and tied for sixth in fewest home runs (90)…are tied for second in sacrifice hits (18) and tied for 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, are tied for 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 tossed their second shutout of the season last night, which is tied with the Red Sox and Phillies for the fewest in the majors…both of the shutouts have come over the last 11 games (also July 4 at Detroit), but the A’s have a 5.63 ERA (60 er in 96.0 ip) over that span…have a 6.02 ERA overall, which is the highest in the majors…the highest ERA in Athletics history is 6.07 in 1936…the last team to finish the year with an ERA above 6.00 is the 1999 Rockies (6.03)…also have the highest opponents on-base percentage in the majors this year (.360), the second highest slugging percentage (.466) and OPS (.826) and third highest batting average (.272)…lead the majors in most walks (418) and hit batters (62), are tied for the lead in wild pitches (44), tied for second in most home runs (135) and rank eighth in fewest strikeouts (773)…are the only team without a balk.
STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers 1-5 with a 6.05 ERA (37 er in 55.0 ip) in July and are 9-45 with a 6.29 ERA for the season…no other team has fewer than 16 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 (6.49) 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 (445.0).
THE BULLPEN: The A’s bullpen is 0-4 with a save, two blown saves and a 6.19 ERA (22 er in 32.0 ip) over the last seven games and is now 17-26 with a 5.72 ERA for the season…has the highest ERA in the majors and the most losses and innings pitched (409.0)…has converted 15-of-32 (46.9%) 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-184 (39.1%) inherited runners to score, which is the fourth highest percentage…has the second most inherited runners.
ON THE BASES: The A’s are 17-for-19 (89.4%) in stolen bases attempts over the last 15 games and 96-for-116 (82.8%) for the season…rank third in the majors in attempts, fourth in steals 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 five games, which matches their second longest errorless streak of the season… the longest is eight games from May 28-June 5…have 56 errors, which is tied for seventh most in the majors…are tied for ninth in outfield assists (16)…are tied for sixth in fewest double plays (70) and tied for ninth in most passed balls (6)
WINNING LATE: The A’s have scored the winning run in their final at bat in 13 of their 26 victories (50.0%)…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 most 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.
ONE-RUN GAMES AND THE REST: The A’s are 15-20 (.429) in one-run games and 11-51 (.177) in games decided by two or more runs, including 2-18 in games decided by seven or more runs…have a run differential of -257, 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)…16 of the last 33 games have been decided by one run and 15 of the A’s 26 wins are 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 1-4 on this 10-game homestand against Minnesota (0-3), Boston (1-1) and Houston (four games)…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 13-36 (.265) 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 5.30 ERA (267 er in 453.0 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 are 3-27 (.100) in the final game of a series…are 21-33 (.389) in night games, 5-38 (.116) during the day…are 8-7 (.533) on Tuesday, 6-9 (.400) on Friday and 12-55 (.179) on all other days of the week…have used the injured list 24 times, including 15 times for pitchers…currently have 12 players on the IL, including seven pitchers…have an average time of game of 2:45, which is fourth longest in the majors…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 1-4 entering the final game today…have also lost three of the last four season series and five of the last eight.
- Have lost 10 of the last 12 games, including five of the last six in Oakland…snapped a five-game home losing streak last night, which fell one short of the Oakland record of six.
- Are 18-31 (.367) against the Red Sox dating back to 2015, which includes 12-13 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 1-1 0-3 1-4
2022 0-3 1-2 1-5
Oakland History: 252-312
at the Coliseum: 152-129
at Fenway Park (since 1968): 99-182
All-Time: 894-1093
TODAY’S TIDBITS
Tony Kemp is batting .310 (26-for-84) with a .370 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 14th in the majors in on-base percentage (.375)…leads Major League rookies in walks.
TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: Ken Waldichuk (2-6, 6.66 ERA)
FOR STARTERS: Is scheduled to make his 23rd appearance and 13th start of the season…it will be his 11th traditional start as he also has two appearances as an opener…has also pitched twice in relief of an opener…began the season in the A’s starting rotation and went 1-4 with a 6.85 ERA over his first nine starts through May 19…is 1-3 with a save and a 6.37 ERA (21 er in 29.2 ip) in 13 appearances since then.
RANKINGS: Ranks fifth among Major League rookies in innings pitched (75.2), strikeouts (73) and games pitched (22) and tied for 10th in games started (12)…ranks second in most runs (60) and most walks (46), third in most hits (93) and most home runs (15) and tied for sixth in most losses (6)…among all pitchers with 70 or more innings pitched, he has the highest opponents on-base percentage (.400) in the majors, the second highest OPS (.943) and highest batting average (.306), third highest slugging percentage (.543) and fourth highest ERA (6.66).
HOME AND AWAY: Is 0-2 with a 4.41 ERA (16 er in 34.2 ip) and .818 opponents OPS in 10 games at home compared to 2-4 with an 8.56 ERA (39 er in 41.0 ip) and 1.044 OPS in 12 games in the road…has surrendered 10 of his 15 home runs on the road…is now 2-3 with a 4.15 ERA and .770 OPS in 13 career games in the Coliseum, 2-5 with a 7.87 ERA and .996 OPS in 16 games on the road.
OPPONENTS BATTING: Has allowed 17 hits to left-handed hitters, 12 of which are for extra bases (seven doubles, one triple, four home runs)…has allowed a .333 (52-for-156) batting average with the bases empty compared to .277 (41-for-148) with runners on base…opponents are hitting .260 (26-for-100) with runners in scoring position and are 2-for-13 (.154) with the bases loaded…has allowed a .297 opponents batting average or higher in each spot in the batting order except second (.231) and sixth (.2207).
STARTING, RELIEVING AND OPENING: Has pitched in 22 games…that includes 10 traditional starts, two starts as an opener (May 28, June 20), two appearances in relief of an opener (May 24, July 5) and eight traditional relief appearances…has tossed five innings or fewer in six of his 10 traditional starts and never more than 6.1 innings…tossed 1.0 inning and 1.2 innings in his two starts as an opener (May 28 vs. Houston, June 20 at Cleveland)…had a 3.38 ERA (2.2 ip, 3 h, 1 r, 1 er, 4 so) in those two games…has tossed at least 2.0 innings in seven of his 10 relief appearances.
THAT’S ODD: Has a 3.83 ERA (18 er in 42.1 ip) in odd numbered innings, a 10.26 ERA (38 er in 33.1 ip) in even numbered innings…last year, he had a 7.52 ERA and .962 opponents OPS in odd numbered innings, a 1.26 ERA and .523 OPS in even numbered innings.
THIS AND THAT: Has allowed just one home run over his last 11 games and 26.0 innings after yielding 14 home runs over his first 11 games and 49.2 innings…has left with the lead in three times in position to win only to have the bullpen blow the save (April 12, April 24, April 30).
2023 DAY-BY-DAY: Allowed six runs on a career-high nine hits in his first start of the season on April 2 against Los Angeles (AL) and was the losing pitcher in the A’s 6-0 loss…surrendered a three-run home run to O’Hoppe in the fourth to snap a career-high 14.0-inning scoreless streak dating back to last year…allowed three home runs against the Angels and a career-high four in his next start on April 7 at Tampa Bay…the seven home runs in back-to-back starts match the most in Oakland history by a pitcher over a two-game stretch…Mike Fiers (Sept. 3-9, 2019) is the only other one to do it over the last 25 years…allowed a career-high eight runs in 3.0 innings in the start against the Rays, which was his shortest outing of the season in a traditional start… tossed a season-high 6.1 innings April 12 at Baltimore but had a no decision in the A’s 8-4 win…left with a 4-2 lead but Familia blew the save…tossed 5.0 scoreless innings in his fourth start on April 18 at Chicago (NL) but had a no decision as the A’s were shutout 4-0…struck out a season-high seven batters in 5.2 innings on April 30 against Cincinnati…finished April 0-2 with a 7.26 ERA and .976 opponents OPS in six starts…had the highest opponents OPS (.976) and slugging percentage (.598) in the majors in April, the fourth highest on-base percentage (.378) and the fifth highest ERA and batting average (.307)…the ERA was the highest April ERA in Athletics history among pitchers with 30 or more innings…allowed 10 home runs, which were the most in the majors and matched Gil Heredia (2001) for the most home runs in April in Athletics history…walked a career-high six batters and tossed a career-high 114 pitches on May 6 at Kansas City but picked up his first win of the season in the A’s 5-4 victory…then walked five batters in each of his next two starts and his streak of three consecutive games with five or more walks matches the longest by an A’s pitcher over the last 30 years (Chad Gaudin, July 12-23, 2007)…was moved out of the starting rotation after allowing four runs on five hits and five walks in 5.0 innings in a 5-1 loss at Houston on May 19… took the loss in his first relief appearance on May 24 at Seattle…struck out a season-high tying seven batters in 2.2 innings but allowed five runs on eight hits and three walks…made his first start as an opener on May 28 against Houston (1.0 ip, 1 h, 1 r, 1 er, 2 so)…earned the first save of his career on June 12 against Tampa Bay when he tossed 3.0 scoreless innings in the A’s 4-3 win…became the first A’s pitcher to toss three or more scoreless innings for
the save in a one-run game since Elias Sosa on May 2, 1978…made his second stat as an opener on June 20 at Cleveland (1.2 ip, 2 h, 2 so)…allowed six runs in 2.1 innings of relief on June 25 at Toronto.
LAST START: He had a no decision in the A’s 5-4 loss to Minnesota on Friday in Oakland…pitched 3.2 innings and logged 74 pitches, which were his most in an outing since May 24 (77)…yielded two runs in the first innig on a Buxton sacrifice fly and Farmer RBI triple…was relieved by Pruitt with two outs in the fourth inning, runners on first and third and the A’s leading 3-2…Pruitt allowed one of those runners to score.
