OAKLAND ATHLETICS NOTES:
ABOUT THE A’S: The A’s dropped game one of this three-game set against Miami…won two of three from Atlanta to close out the last homestand…it was just the second series win of the season (May 5-7 at Kansas City) and Oakland is now 2-16-0 in series play…won on Monday and Tuesday, marking the second time the A’s have won back-to-back games this year (May 5-6 at Kansas City)…have lost 21 of the last 25 games and are 12-47 (.203) overall, which is the third worst record after 59 games by an AL, NL or FL team since 1900…the worst is 10-45 (.182) by the 1904 Senators (had three games called with the score tied) and the 1932 Red Sox (11-47, .190) are second worst… snapped an 11-game losing streak on Monday, which tied for fourth longest in Oakland history…snapped a six-series losing streak on Tuesday…have been swept eight times.
A’s IN MAY: The A’s went 6-23 (.207) in May after going 5-23 (.179) in April… both records were the worst in the majors…set an Athletics record for losses in May after setting a Major League record for losses in April…the 23 losses this May matched the A’s total from April this year for second most in any month in Oakland history (24 in June, 1979)…it is the 16th 20-loss month in Oakland history, the fourth in the last two years…it is the second time since 1954 the A’s had back-to-back 20-loss months…the other time was in May and June last year when they had 21 each month…the May winning percentage was second lowest in May in Athletics history (4-17, .190 in 1919) and fourth lowest in any month of 10 or more games in Oakland history…compiled a 5.54 ERA in May after posting a 7.97 ERA in April, both of which were the highest in the majors…surrendered 49 home runs, which is second most in May in Athletics history (57 in 1964) and second most in any month in Oakland history (50 in April, 2023)…batted .208, which was the lowest mark in the majors and second lowest for any month in Athletics history (.207 in Aug. 1906)…struck out 264 times, which is the most in May in Athletics history and fourth most for any month…scored 87 runs in May, which was second fewest in the majors and third fewest in May in Oakland history…it was the fewest since 1978 (79)…stole 25 bases, which tied for fifth most in the majors and was the most by an A’s team in the month of May since 1992 when they had 39.
HOME AND AWAY: The A’s continue a nine-game road trip to Miami (0-1), Pittsburgh (three games) and Milwaukee (three games) today…it is the first of two three-city road trips this year…went 0-7 on the last road trip to Houston (0-3) and Seattle (0- 4)…it was the eighth time in Oakland history the A’s went winless on a road trip of seven or more games, the first time since Aug. 11-17, 2015 when they went 0-7 against Toronto (0-3) and Baltimore (0-4)…now have a 12-game road losing streak, which is tied for third longest road in Oakland history…are 5-23 (.179) on the road, which is the worst road record in the majors…went 2-4 on the last homestand against Houston (0-3) and Atlanta (2-1) and are 7-24 (.226) at home, which is the lowest home winning percentage in the majors.
OFFENSE: The A’s have scored two runs or fewer in 12 of their last 14 games and are batting .179 (77-for-431) with 27 runs scored over that span (1.93 runs per game)…have scored 200 runs for the season (3.39 per game), which is the fewest in the majors…have the lowest batting average in the majors (.218), the lowest OPS (.648), the second lowest slugging percentage (.350) and third lowest on-base percentage (.298)…rank second in fewest extra base hits (138), third in fewest doubles (75) and third in most strikeouts (550)… are tied for the most sacrifice hits (12) and have the third most hit by pitches (34)…have been shut out eight times, which is tied for the most in the majors (Royals, 8)…A’s pinch hitters lead the majors in hits (14) and are tied for the lead in walks (9), and are second in plate appearances (62).
PITCHING: The A’s have a 6.60 ERA, which is the highest in the majors…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, the highest ERA by an AL or NL team since the earned run became an official stat is 6.70 by the 1930 Philadelphia Phillies… also have the highest opponents OPS (.857), batting average (.277), on-base percentage (.367) and slugging percentage (.490) in the majors this year… lead the majors in most walks (265), home runs (100) and hit batters (40), have the second most wild pitches (29) and are tied for the fifth fewest strikeouts (447)…have surrendered six grand slams, which are the most in the majors and tied for fifth most in a season in Athletics history (8 in 1993 and 1999, 7 in 1954 and 1997).
STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are 0-15 with a 5.77 ERA (72 er in 112.1 ip) in the 25 games since recording their only two wins of the season on May 5 and 6 at Kansas City…went 0-16 over the first 32 games and are 2-31 with a 7.01 ERA for the season…the ERA is the highest in the majors and no other team has fewer than eight wins from its starters…the fewest wins from a starting rotation in a full season in Major League history is 21 by the Pirates last year…the A’s have the third fewest innings pitched this year (274.2).
THE BULLPEN: The A’s bullpen is 0-for-1 in save opportunities over the last 25 games…the streak of 25 consecutive games without a save is tied for the longest by an A’s team over the last 19 years (25, April 19-May 17, 2019)…the last streak longer than 25 is a 26-game streak from April 9-May 6, 1994…the A’s last save was on May 6 at Kansas City…the pen is 4-for-14 (28.6%) in save opportunities for the season…has the lowest save percentage and fewest saves in the majors and the 10 blown saves are tied for 10th most…has the highest ERA in the majors (6.13) and the second most innings pitched (242.1)…has allowed 43-of-106 (40.6%) inherited runners to score, which is the fourth*-highest percentage in the majors…has the fifth most inherited runners and are 10 behind the lead (STL, 116).
ON THE BASES: The A’s are 55-for-69 (79.7%) in stolen base attempts…rank third in the majors in stolen bases and attempts…opponents are 43-for-61 (70.5%), which is the fifth lowest success rate in the majors…the 18 caught stealings are one short of the Rockies for second most in the majors…A’s pitchers are tied for second in the majors in pickoffs (6).
WINNING LATE: The A’s have scored the winning run in their final at bat in eight of their 12 wins…have won via the walkoff five times, which is tied with the Yankees for the most in the majors…have six wins when tied after seven innings, three when trailing after seven innings and three when leading after seven innings…are tied for the second most wins in the majors when tied after seven innings and are tied for eighth in wins when trailing after seven innings…however, no other team has fewer than 13 wins when leading after seven innings…are 3-4 (.429) in extra inning games…are tied for third in the majors in extra inning losses and tied for seventh in extra-innings wins and games (7).
RUN DIFFERENTIAL: The A’s are 8-10 (.444) in one-run games…are tied for seventh in the majors in one-run losses and tied for eighth in games (18)…are 4-37 (.098) in games decided by two or more runs and 0-13 in games decided by six or more runs…have a run differential of -199, 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).
THIS AND THAT: The A’s are 11-24 (.314) in night games, 1-23 (.042) in day games…have employed 45 players, which is the most in the majors (Brewers, 43)…have used 29 pitchers, which is also the most (Rays, 28)…are tied for sixth in the majors in most errors (35) and are tied for first in outfield assists (12).
A’S VS. MARLINS
- The A’s and Marlins are meeting in Miami for the first time since 2017 when Oakland was swept in a two-game series from June 13-14.
- The A’s lost the season series last year after dropping two of three in Oakland.
Year Home Road Totals
2023 0-0 0-1 0-1
2022 1-2 0-0 1-2
Oakland History: 9-11
at the Coliseum: 5-6
at Loandepot Park: 3-3
TODAY’S TIDBITS
Ryan Noda leads Major League rookies in on-base percentage (.390) and walks (35), ranks fifth in OPS (.833), is seventh in runs (28), tied for seventh in doubles (11), sixth in slugging (.442), eighth in extra base hits (18), tied for eighth in home runs (6) and tied for 10th in RBI (19)…Esteury Ruiz leads ML rookies in stolen bases (28) and hit by pitches (12), ranks tied for first in hits (61), is tied for fourth in doubles (13), ranks fifth in batting (.269), tied for sixth in RBI (24), sixth in on-base percentage (.333) and tied for ninth in extra base hits (15)
TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: Luis Medina (0-4, 6.83 ERA)
FOR STARTERS: Is scheduled to make his sixth appearance and fifth start of the season…his one relief appearance came after the A’s used Ken Waldichuk as an opener last Sunday…was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas May 11 for his second stint with the A’s this year and is 0-3 with a 5.56 ERA (22.2 ip, 20 h, 14 r, 14 er, 7 bb, 18 so, 8 hr) in four games, including three starts, since his return…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.
THE LONG BALL: Has allowed 11 runs in his last three appearances and all 11 runs have scored on home runs…15 of the 22 runs he has allowed this year have scored on home runs (seven total)…has yielded at least one home run in each of his five appearances, including two or more four times…has surrendered 10 home runs in 27.2 innings for the season, an average of 5.06 per nine innings…the only AL, NL or FL pitchers since 1900 to allow more home runs over the first five games of their career are Dillon Overton (11 for Oakland in 2016) and Matt Swarmer (11 for the Cubs in 2022).
THIS AND THAT: Has started the season 0-4 and is one of four Oakland pitchers this year to lose at least each of his first four decisions…has not allowed a run in the first inning (4.0 ip).
LAST APPEARANCE: He was the losing pitcher in the A’s 10-1 loss to Houston last Sunday in Oakland…started the second inning in relief of opener Ken Waldichuk with the scored tied 1-1…blanked the Astros over his first two innings before allowing a three-run home run to Meyers in the fourth…surrendered back-to-back home runs to McCormick and Altuve in the seventh and allowed five runs and three home runs in 5.1 innings of work.
MIAMI MARLINS NOTES:
MARLINS MINUTE
The Marlins today continue a nine-game homestand – matching their longest ‘stand of the year (also Sept. 15-24). Play the second of three games vs. Oakland today, coming off a series loss (1-2) vs. San Diego. Will host Kansas City for three from Mon.- Weds. Are coming off a 5-5 road trip, which began by dropping two of three in San Francisco and three of four in Colorado before sweeping a three-game series in Anaheim over the weekend.
- Are 8-2 in Interleague games this year.
YESTERDAY’S RECAP
Miami earned their fourth shutout victory of the season, 4-0, in the series opener against Oakland. RHP Edward Cabrera recorded 10 strikeouts over 6.0 scoreless innings for his second career double-digit strikeout effort. RF Jesus Sanchez (3×4, 1 HR, 2 RBI) had his second 3-hit effort of the year and first home run since returning from the IL. DH Jorge Soler plated a run on his 150th career double and LF Bryan De La Cruz recorded an RBI of his own on his 200th career hit.
UP THE RANKS
At 30-28 through the club’s first 57 games, marks the latest in a non-shortened season the Marlins have owned a winning record since August of 2017.
- Marlins entered June with a winning record for the first time since 2016 (27-25), and just the fourth time since moving into this ballpark (also 2012 and 2014).
CALIFORNIA LOVE
Miami has won 6 of its last 8 games against Oakland dating back to 2017 with an 11-9 record all-time.
- The Marlins went 8-8 vs. AL West opponents in 2022; are 4-0 this year after a 3-game sweep of the Angels in Anaheim last weekend and last night’s series opening win vs. Oakland. Marked their first-ever series sweep vs. the Angels and their first sweep of at least three games against an AL West opponent since July 25-27, 2014 at Houston (3-0).
‘CATCH’ING FIRE
Since May 20, Marlins’ catchers are batting .326 (15×46) with 3 doubles, 2 home runs, 8 RBI, and a .895 OPS, marking the third-highest AVG in MLB at the position behind only Baltimore (.357) and Toronto (.327). From Opening Day until May 19, the Marlins ranked 29th in MLB with their catchers batting a combined .171 (25×148).
HE’S HERE AND HE’S PERFECT
RHP Eury Perez made his Major League debut on May 12 at 20 years and 27 days, becoming the youngest pitcher in Marlins’ history. The previous youngest pitcher was Jose Fernandez, who debuted at 20 years and 250 days. Became the second youngest player (position / pitcher) to debut with the Marlins in club history, behind only INF Edgar Renteria who debuted at 19 years and 277 days.
- With a win today, Eury would become the youngest pitcher in MLB to record 3 or more wins in their first 5 starts since Rick Wise from June 21 – Aug. 20, 1964 at 18 yrs at 342 days. He would become just 11th pitcher in club history to accomplish the feat and first since Sixto Sanchez in 2020.
- Has held opponents to 3 earned runs or less and 4 hits or less in his first 4 career starts, tied for the second-longest streak in Marlins history and behind only Jordan Yamamoto’s 6-game streak (June 12 – July 16, 2019). Is one shy of the longest streak in MLB this year by Mariners’ rookie starter Bryce Miller, who did so in his first 5 career starts.
CLOSE CALLS
Miami is 16-4 (.800) in games decided by one run, the best such win pct. in the Majors. The second-best mark is Milwaukee (9-3, .750). The 20 one-run contests are the fourth-most among Major League teams. Miami started the year with a 12-0 record in one-run games, surpassing the 1972 New York Mets 11-0 stretch of one-run games, the most in MLB history.
- According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Miami’s .800 winning pct. in one-run games in 2023 compared to its .375 (24- 40) win pct. in 2022 marks the 2nd-highest year-to-year winning pct. bump in one-run games behind the 1889-1890 Louisville Colonels.
JESUS IS BACK
Despite missing 14 games with a right hamstring strain, OF Jesus Sanchez has hit safely in 13 of his last 17 games dating back to April 25, batting .412 (21×51) in this span with 7 doubles, 4 home runs, 12 RBI and a 1.207 OPS. Includes a 3×4 effort last night with a go-ahead, two-run homer.
GOOD FIRST IMPRESSIONS
2B Luis Arraez leads MLB with his .374 batting avg. (73×195) and a .429 OBP, and is tied for3rd with 73 hits. Also ranks tied for 3rd with 22 multi-hit games. Has struck out just 10 times in 210 PA (.047 K/PA), the lowest mark in MLB among qualified batters.
- Is the highest AVG through a player’s first 53 games to start a season since Cody Bellinger’s .382 AVG with the Dodgers in 2019.
- Only Dee Strange-Gordon (84 in 2015) has more hits for a Marlins player through his first 53 games of a season.
GREAT WHEN LATE
The Marlins’ offense ranks second in MLB with a .271 AVG (174×643) in the seventh inning or later, behind only Toronto (.275) and Houston (.274). Their .287 AVG (49×171) in the ninth inning is the second-best in MLB behind Toronto (.292).
LEFTY LOVE
- LHP Andrew Nardi has not allowed an earned run in his last 15 apps. (May 2 to June 2) with a 0.98 WHIP and 16 strikeouts in this span. and is currently riding a career-high scoreless innings streak. His 29 relief apps. leads the Marlins bullpen.
- LHP Tanner Scott is tied for second among NL relievers with 39 strikeouts. Led the Marlins ‘pen with 90 strikeouts in 2022. Has held opponents scoreless in last 10 apps. (9.2 innings).
- LHP Steven Okert has made 20 apps. for Miami, allowing just 5 runs (4 earned) on 5 hits with 26 strikeouts and ranks 11th among NL relievers (min. 20 apps.) with his 2.08 ERA.
SEND THE FISH TO THE SEA
Major League Baseball on Wednesday launched the 2023 All-Star Ballot for the 2023 MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard, which will be held on Tuesday, July 11 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. The Marlins’ nominees at their positions: Garrett Cooper (1B), Luis Arraez (2B), Jean Segura (3B), Jon Berti (SS), Jacob Stallings (C), Jorge Soler (DH), Bryan De La Cruz (OF), Jazz Chisholm Jr. (OF), and Avisail Garcia (OF).
MR. MARLIN
On Sunday, June 4, the first 8,000 fans will receive a special Jeff Conine Mystery Jersey presented by Norwegian Cruise Lines. Conine will join fans at the gates from 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. to hand out giveaways.
TODAY’S STARTER – #39 EURY PEREZ
- Eury Rafael Perez will make his first career start against the Oakland Athletics today and his fifth start of the season.
- In his last outing on Sunday, May 28 at Los Angeles – AL, earned his first road win and first scoreless outing, after pitching 5.0 innings and allowing just 2 hits. Walked 4 batters and struck out 3.
- Has held opponents to 3 earned runs or less in each of his first 4 career starts. Is the eighth Marlins pitcher since 2010 to do so.
- Earned his first MLB win on Thursday, May 18 vs. the Washington Nationals, becoming the youngest pitcher in Club history to earn a win (20 years, 33 days). Threw 5.0 innings, struck out 6, and allowed only 3 hits and 1 run.
- Made his Major League debut on Friday, May 12 vs. the Reds and became the youngest pitcher in Marlins history and youngest Dominican-born starting pitcher (20 yrs, 27 days). Pitched 4.2 innings and allowed 2 runs on 4 hits with 7 strikeouts and 2 walks.
- In his debut, recorded 7 strikeouts over 4.2 innings, the second-most for a pitcher in Club history in their debut with Anthony Desclafani (May 14, 2014 at LAD), Scott Olsen (June 25, 2005 at TB), and Dontrelle Willis (May 9, 2003 vs. COL). Falls one behind the club record of 8 set by Jose Fernandez on Apr. 7, 2013 vs. NYM and matched by Dillon Peters on Sept. 1, 2017 vs. PHI.
- Pre-2023 was ranked Miami’s No. 1 prospect and the No. 13 overall prospect according to MLBPipeline. Was also named the No. 3 RHP prospect.
- In 6 starts this season with the Blue Wahoos, went 3-1 with a 2.32 ERA (31.0/8 ER), allowing 5 home runs and striking out 42 batters against 9 walks.
