SEATTLE MARINERS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners embark on their final road trip of the season, beginning with the 1st of 3 games against the Oakland Athletics…following an off day Thursday, the Mariners will also visit the Texas Rangers (3 G, 9/22-24) on the current road trip…the Mariners are coming off a 2-4 homestand against the Los Angeles Angels (2-1) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (0-3)…tonight’s game will be televised live on ROOT SPORTS with Aaron Goldsmith and Mike Blowers on the call…the game will also be broadcast live on Seattle Sports (710 AM) and Mariners.com with Rick Rizzs and Dave Sims on the call.
ODDS AND ENDS…the Mariners lost yesterday’s game against the Dodgers by a 6-1 score…despite the loss, the Mariners are 18-13 over their last 31 games, 26-16 over their last 42, 28-17 over their last 45, 31- 18 over their last 49, 34-20 over their last 54 and 43-26 over their last 69 games…the Mariners are 62-24 when scoring at least 4 runs and 19-44 when scoring 3-or-fewer…the Mariners are 41-33 at T-Mobile Park and 40-35 on the road this season…they are 27-26 in day games and 54-42 at night. • Wild Wild West – The Mariners final 13 games of the season are against AL West Division opponents (OAK 3, TEX 7, HOU 3). Brashty – Matt Brash has 101 strikeouts this season, the 6th-most in franchise history by a reliever, trailing Edwin Diaz (124 in 2018), Bill Caudill (111 in 1982), Enrique Romo (105 in 1977), J.J. Putz (104 in 2006) and Paul Sewald (104 in 2021)…Brash’s 73 appearances are also tied for the 4th-most by a pitcher in team history, trailing Ed Vande Berg’s franchise record of 78 games in 1982. Leaders – Julio Rodriguez (6.1 fWAR, 2nd among OF), Cal Raleigh (4.0 fWAR, 5th among C), J.P. Crawford (4.1 fWAR, 6th among SS) and Matt Brash (2.0 fWAR, 4th among RP) all rank in the top 10 in the Majors at their position in fWAR this season Yard Work – The Mariners have hit 195 home runs this season, 12th-most in the Majors…Seattle has hit 200+ home runs in a season 7 times: 1996-99, 2016-17 and 2019.
PLAYOFF PICTURE…the Mariners enter play today in 3rd place in the AL West, 2.5 games back of division-leaders Houston Astros, 1.0 game back of Texas Rangers for the 3rd AL Wild Card and 1.5 games back of the Toronto Blue Jays for the 2nd AL Wild Card…the Astros have 12 games remaining (3 vs. BAL, 3 vs. KC, 3 at SEA and 3 at ARI), Texas has 13 games remaining (3 vs. BOS, 3 vs. SEA, 3 at LAA and 4 at SEA) and Toronto has 12 games remaining (3 at NYY, 3 at TB, 3 vs. NYY and 3 vs. TB).
THE J-ROD SHOW IS MUST-SEE TV…since July 1, Julio Rodríguez is batting .344 (97×282) with 48 runs, 21 doubles, 1 triple, 17 home runs, 57 RBI and 18 stolen bases, getting on base at a .389 clip and slugging .606 (.996 OPS)…since Aug. 4, he is batting .395 (64×162) with 31 runs, 14 doubles, 1 triple, 13 home runs, 41 RBI and a 1.168 OPS…overall this season, Julio leads the American League in hits (174), ranks 2nd in the AL in total bases (303) behind Shohei Ohtani-LAA (325), 3rd in RBI (99), T-4th in extrabase hits (67), 7th in home runs (30), 5th in runs (95) and 3rd in stolen bases (36). Keeping It 100 – Rodríguez is 1 RBI away from a 100-RBI season…Julio would join Alex RodriguezSEA (1998) & Ronald Acuña Jr.-ATL (2019) to become just the 3rd player age 22-or-younger with a 30/30 season and 100 RBI in the same year…Julio would join Ken Griffey Jr. (2x, 1991-92) and A-Rod (2x, 1996, ’98) as the only Mariners with 100+ RBI in age 22-or-younger seasons. Playing the Hits – J-Rod leads the AL in hits this season with 174, ranking ahead of Marcus SemienTEX (171 H) and Bobby Witt Jr.-KC (165 H)…if he finishes with the league lead in hits, he will become just the 3rd player in franchise history to lead the AL in hits, joining Alex Rodriguez (1998) and Ichiro Suzuki (7x, 2001, 2004, 2006-10) and just the 9th player age 22-or-younger to lead the AL in hits… he would join Ty Cobb-DET (3x, 1907-09), Dick Wakefield-DET (1943), Harvey Kuenn-DET (1953), Al Kaline-DET (1955), George Brett-KC (1975), Rickey Henderson-OAK (1981), Cal Ripken Jr.-BAL (1983) and Alex Rodriguez-SEA (1998).
TEO THE TERRIFIC…Teoscar Hernández had his 30-game on-base streak snapped in yesterday’s game (8/15-9/16)…the streak was the longest by a Mariners player this season, surpassing Julio Rodríguez (27 G, July 1-Aug. 2), the longest on-base streak by a Mariners player since Robinson Canó’s 34-game on-base streak from April 30-June 5, 2016, and the 28th streak of at least 30 games in franchise history… Since August 1, Teo is batting .323 (54×167) with 21 runs, 11 doubles, 9 home runs and 30 RBI, getting on base at a .359 clip and slugging .551 (.910 OPS).
PITCH PERFECT…the Mariners pitching staff leads the Majors in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.60), walksper-9 innings (2.53) and ERA (3.74), while ranking 3rd in fewest runs allowed (612), 2nd in fWAR (20.1), T-2nd in WHIP (1.18), 2nd in FIP (3.82), 2nd in quality starts (69), T-5th in opponent batting average (.236), 7th in strikeouts (1,351), and 8th in strikeouts-per-9 innings (9.11).
STEADY SHORTSTOP…J.P. Crawford went 2-for-4 with 1 double, 1 walk and 1 RBI in yesterday’s game, tying his career-high of 54 RBI previously registered during the 2021 season…the Mariners shortstop this year has already tallied career-highs in home runs (15) and walks (83) and is on pace to set career-highs in on-base percentage (.378), slugging (.425) and OPS (.803)…among qualified Major League shortstops this season, Crawford ranks 7th in fWAR (4.1), 2nd in wRC+ (130), 2nd in OBP and 5th in OPS.
CAL RALEIGH IS QUITE A CATCH…Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh has 16 home runs over his last 50 games (7/22-c) batting .258 (47×182) with 30 runs, 8 doubles, 33 RBI and a .896 OPS during that span… he leads Major League catchers with 28 home runs overall this season and leads AL catchers in fWAR (4.3) trailing only William Contreras-MIL (4.7 fWAR) and Sean Murphy-ATL (4.4) for the MLB lead among catchers…with 2 more homers this season, #29 would become the 29th catcher in MLB history (min. 60% of games at catcher) with a 30+ home run season.
THE 100 RBI CLUB…Julio Rodríguez (99 RBI), Teoscar Hernández (89 RBI) and Eugenio Suárez (88 RBI) all have a chance to reach 100 RBI this season…they could become just the 7th trio of Mariners with 100 RBI in a season and the first since Bret Boone, Mike Cameron and Edgar Martinez in 2001…only 18 different players in franchise history have had 100 RBI in a season, most recently done by Mitch Haniger (100 RBI) and Kyle Seager (101 RBI) in 2021.
AS YOU MAY KNOW…the Mariners lead the Majors in fWAR among players age 26-or-younger, with 28.3 fWAR among that group (14.1 batting fWAR, 14.2 pithing fWAR), ranking ahead of Atlanta (24.1 fWAR) and Houston (19.1 fWAR), but…DID YOU KNOW?…that the Mariners have the top pitcher and hitter aged 26-and-younger in the American League according to fWAR?…Julio Rodríguez leads AL hitters with 5.9 fWAR, while George Kirby leads AL pitchers with 4.0 fWAR…Cal Raleigh (T-7th, 4.3) also ranks among the top 10 hitters age 26-and-younger, while Logan Gilbert (T-2nd, 3.2 fWAR) and Bryce Miller (T-7th, 2.3 fWAR) both rank in the top 10 in fWAR in that age group.
MARINERS STARTER – RHP BRYAN WOO
2023/Career MLB Breakdown:
W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Overall 3-4 4.16 15/15 75.2 65 38 35 22 76 9
Home 2-2 3.69 6/6 31.2 28 15 13 6 40 6
Road 1-2 4.50 9/9 44.0 37 23 22 16 36 3
vs. OAK 1-0 0.00 1/1 6.0 3 0 0 1 5 0
ABOUT BRYAN WOO…
- The 23-year-old right-handed pitcher is scheduled to make his 16th Major League start and 1st career start against Los Angeles-NL. Selected by Seattle in the 6th round (174th overall) of the 2021 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Cal Poly University… signed by Mariners scout Chris Hom. Spent 3 seasons at Cal Poly before being drafted, making 31 appearances (6 GS) for the Mustangs. Did not pitch in 2021 while recovering from right elbow surgery.
LAST TIME OUT…W#3 in his 15th Major League start vs. Los Angeles-AL, tossed 5.2 scoreless innings and allowed 4 hits while striking out 8.
FINDING HIS GROOVE…over his last 5 starts (8/3-c) Woo has gone 2-1 and owns a 2.70 ERA (8 ER, 26.2 IP) with 7 walks, 1 home run allowed and 22 strikeouts…over that span opponents are batting just .188 (18×96) against him and he has given up just 4 extra-base hits…in these 5 games Woo has made 2 starts of 6.0 innings and has recorded 2 scoreless outings.
WEST COAST, BEST COAST…is set to make his 2nd career start against Oakland…against teams from California, Woo owns a 1.92 ERA (6 ER, 28.1 IP) and has only given up 6 walks and 2 home runs while striking out 33 in 5 starts…Woo was born in Oakland and played 3 seasons at Cal Poly.
DIVISIONAL RIVALS…is set to make his 7th start against an AL West opponent and his 2nd start against Oakland…over his previous 6 starts Woo owns a 3.26 ERA (11 ER, 30.1 IP) with 6 walks and 34 strikeouts.
IN THE ZONE…has allowed 22 walks while striking out 76 batters in 15 starts…he currently has a 3.45 strikeout-to-walk ratio…Woo also owns a 9.0 strikeouts- per-nine which ranks 3rd on team behind Luis Castillo (9.9) and Logan Gilbert (9.2)… Woo’s 2.6 walks-per-nine rank 5th among Mariners starters this season.
HIGH QUALITY…recorded his 3rd career quality start after pitching 6.0 innings and allowing just 3 hits and 1 walk in his outing on 8/28 against Oakland…his first career quality start came on 7/3 against San Francisco.
AUGUST REVIEW…Woo finished August with a 1.69 ERA (3 ER, 16.0 IP) and allowed just 4 walks with 14 strikeouts in 3 games started…his 1.69 ERA was the 5th best in the majors among pitchers who made at least 2 starts during the month…in those three games Woo did not give up a home run and he pitched at least 6.0 innings in two of those starts.
AMONG MARINERS GREATS…Woo’s 76 strikeouts are the 6th most in Mariners history in a pitcher’s first 15 career starts, he trails Michael Pineda (94), Félix Hernández (94), Logan Gilbert (84), George Kirby (81) and Roenis Elías (80).
IN THE WIN COLUMN…Woo earned his 1st career win on 6/22 against New York-AL…he carried a no hitter into the 6th inning before giving up a 1-out single to Gelyber Torres…he became the 5th Mariners pitcher this season to carry a no-hitter into the 6th inning (also: Bryce Miller, Logan Gilbert, Luis Castillo, Easton McGee).
OAKLAND ATHLETICS NOTES:
ABOUT THE A’S: Were swept by the Padres to start the homestand…it was the 18th time the A’s have been swept this year, which is an Oakland record and the most by an A’s team since 1960 Kansas City A’s were swept 19 times…the loss on Sunday dropped the A’s 57 games under .500 for the first time since the Philadelphia A’s finished the 1920 season 58 under at 48-106…the loss was the A’s 103rd of the season, which surpasses last year (102) for second most in Oakland history…the Oakland record is 108 in 1979…this is the third 100-loss season in Oakland history and the 18th in Athletics history…it is the first time the A’s have lost 100 games in back-to-back seasons since the Kansas City A’s did it in 1964 (105) and 1965 (103)…the 205 losses over the last two years are their most in consecutive seasons since 1964-65 (208)…have lost four straight and six of the last eight games and are 12-13 dating back to Aug. 21…are 46-103 (.309) overall, which is the lowest winning percentage in the majors behind the Royals (48-102, .320).
RUN DIFFERENTIAL: The A’s lost 10-1 yesterday, which marks the 16th time this year they have lost a game by nine or more runs…that is the most in American League or National League history since 1901…have a run differential of -316, which is the lowest in the majors…the last time the A’s were outscored by 300 or more runs was in 1954 (-333).
OFFENSE: The A’s rank last in the majors in batting (.224), slugging (.373), OPS (.672) and runs scored (545) and tied for last in extra base hits (388)…are second in lowest on-base percentage (.299), tied for second in most times shut out (14), third in fewest doubles (209), seventh in most strikeouts (1373) and fewest walks (459) and tied for ninth in fewest home runs (160)…are second in sacrifice hits (27) and sixth in hit batters (82)…the hit batters are fourth most in Oakland history (98 in 2021, 88 in 2001, 87 in 2019) and the sacrifice hits are the most since 2012 (27…had 34 in 2011).
IN THE PINCH: The A’s have 40 pinch hits, which matches the most by an American League team over the last 26 years (Rays, 2015)…the last AL team with more than 40 pinch hits is the 1997 A’s (57), and that is the only Oakland team in the designated hitter era with more than 40 pinch hits…the A’s have the most pinch hits in the majors and have not led the majors in pinch hits since 1927 when they had 50…have 187 plate appearances, which is second most in the majors and second most by an A’s team over the last 26 years (189 in 2014)…also rank fourth in the majors in walks (16) and tied for eighth in extra base hits (9), doubles (5) and home runs (4).
PITCHING: The A’s have a 5.56 ERA, which is second highest in the majors…it is currently the highest in Oakland history (5.48 in 1997) and third highest in Athletics history (6.07 in 1936, 5.79 in 1939)…have the second highest opponents OPS (.812), slugging percentage (.456) and on-base percentage (.356) in the majors and fourth highest batting average (.268)…lead the majors in hit batters (91) and walks (642) and have allowed the fifth most home runs (198)…the hit batters are an Athletics record and fourth short of the American League record (95, 2003 Devil Rays)…the home runs are fourth most in Oakland history (210 in 2017, 205 in 1996, 201 in 2019) and the walks are tied for seventh most and the most since 1997 (also 642)…also have the most wild pitches in the majors (67), rank fourth in fewest shutouts (5) and fifth in fewest strikeouts (1189).
WITH THE BASES LOADED: The A’s allowed their seventh grand slam of the season yesterday, which is one short of the Athletics record of eight set in 1993 and matched in 1999…have set a franchise record for bases loaded wild pitches (7) and tied the record for walks (25, also 1935) and hit batters (6, also in 2008)…lead the majors in hits (51), walks and wild pitches with the bases loaded and are tied for the lead in grand slams and hit batters.
STARTING PITCHING: A’s starting pitchers are 17-64 with a 5.81 ERA…have the fewest wins in the majors, the second highest ERA and are tied for the second most losses…the fewest wins from starting pitchers in Major League history is 21 by the Pirates last year…the ERA is currently second highest in Oakland history (5.94 in 1997)…have tossed one inning or fewer 13 times, three innings or fewer 30 times and fewer than five innings 63 times…have a 17-30 record when pitching enough innings to qualify for the win…have logged 7.1 innings or fewer in each game and have the fewest innings pitched in the majors (670.1)…will set an Athletics record for fewest innings pitched by starting pitchers in a full season (previous: 824.1 in 2018).
THE BULLPEN: The A’s bullpen has a 5.29 ERA, which is the highest in the majors and is currently the highest in Oakland history (5.22 in 1980)…has the most losses in the majors (39) and the second most innings pitched (636.1)… has 341 walks, which is third most by a bullpen in Major League history (Tigers, 347 in 1996; Pirates, 343 in 2000)…in addition to walks, has also set Athletics single-season records for most losses and runs allowed (405) by relievers…has the second most innings (record is 641.1 in 2018) and hits (620, record is 678 in 1997) and the third most strikeouts (580, had 627 in 2018 and 603 in 2019) and home runs (78, had 92 in 1964 and 81 in 2017)…is 27-for-52 (51.9%) in save opportunities…is tied for the third fewest saves in the majors and has the fifth lowest save percentage…has allowed 104-of-265 (39.2%) inherited runners to score, which is the third highest percentage…has the second most inherited runners.
ON THE BASES: The A’s are 136-for-162 (84.0%) in stolen base attempts…the stolen bases are second most by an A’s team over the last 30 years (156 in 2010) and the only time in Athletics history the A’s had a stolen base percentage above 81.5 was in 2020 (89.7%)…rank fourth in the majors in stolen base percentage, tied for fifth in steals and tied for sixth in attempts…A’s opponents are 103-for-149 (69.1%) in stolen base attempts, which is the lowest success rate in the majors…the 46 caught stealings are the most…A’s pitchers have 16 pickoffs, which is tied for second most.
HOME AND AWAY: The A’s lost their 50th home game of the season yesterday, which is one short of the Oakland record of 51 set last year…are 0-3 on their final homestand of the season, a season-long tying 10-game stand against San Diego (0-3), Seattle (three games) and Detroit (four games)…are 24-50 (.324) at home, which is the lowest home winning percentage in the majors… have a 5.03 ERA (380 er in 680.0 ip) at home, which is third highest in the majors and third highest in Oakland history (5.57 in 1997, 5.12 in 1996, 4.55 in 2022)…are batting .216 (516-for-2385), which is the lowest in the majors and second lowest in Oakland history (.209 in 2022, .225 in 1979)…also have the fewest runs scored at home in the majors (250) and the fewest in Oakland history is 251 last year…went 3-3 on the last road trip vs Texas (1-2) and Houston (2-1) and are 22-53 (.293) on the road, which is tied with the Rockies for the second worst road record in the majors (Royals, 20-55/.267)…the 53 road losses are second most in Oakland history (58 in 1979).
PLAYER NOTES: Yesterday, Joe Boyle became the A’s 61st player, 40th pitcher, 23rd starting pitcher and 21st rookie for the A’s this year…have set Athletics records for most pitchers and relievers (36) and have employed the second most players (had 64 last year)…the 21 rookies are tied with the 2008 club for second most in Oakland history (had 34 last year)…the 23 starting pitchers are one short of the Major League record of 24 set by the 1915 Philadelphia A’s…are tied with the Rays and Reds for the most pitchers in the majors this year and rank third in players (Reds 65, Angels 64)…to get Boyle on the active roster yesterday, the A’s placed Sean Newcomb on the injured list…have now used the IL 31 times, which matches the Athletics record set last year…the 31 placements last year included nine times for Covid.
A’S VS. MARINERS
- The A’s have lost the season series for the third consecutive year and ninth time in the last 11 seasons as they are 1-9 entering this final three-game series.
- Are 13-35 (.271) over the last three years and 75-116 (.393) over the last 11.
- Have lost nine of the last 10, 12 of the last 14 and 32 of the last 41.
- Have lost four straight and 14 of the last 18 in Oakland
- Were swept in a four-game series in Seattle, May 22-25…it was the first time the A’s were swept in a four-game series at Seattle since Aug. 12- 15, 1991…have lost six of the last seven, 10 of the last 12 and 18 of the last 23 at T-Mobile Park.
TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: JP Sears (5-11, 4.45 ERA)
FOR STARTERS: Is 5-11 with a 4.45 ERA and .777 opponents OPS in 29 starts In his second season in the majors…went 6-3 with a 3.86 ERA and .716 OPS in 17 games, including 11 starts, as a rookie last year…has lowered his opponents batting average (.247 vs. .256 last year) and on-base percentage (.314 vs. .319 last year) and improved his strikeouts per nine innings (8.22 vs. 6.56 last year)…is scheduled to make his team-leading 30th start of the season… is the only A’s pitcher to spend the entire season in the starting rotation.
SEPTEMBER AND THE REST: Is 3-0 with a 1.59 ERA (3 er in 17.0 ip) in three starts in September after collecting just two wins over his first 26 starts… over the last 10 years, the only A’s pitcher to win four games in September is Sean Manaea in 2019…the three-game winning streak is the longest by an Athletic this year…went 0-2 with a 6.23 ERA and .846 opponents OPS in five starts in April, 2-5 with a 3.47 ERA and .681 OPS in 16 starts in May, June and July, and 0-4 with an 8.25 ERA and 1.120 OPS in five starts in August.
AMONG THE LEADERS: Leads the majors in hit batters (15) and is tied for fifth in most home runs allowed (31)…is one of just 46 pitchers in the majors with enough innings pitched to qualify for the ERA title…among those pitchers, he has the sixth highest opponents OPS (.777) and seventh highest slugging percentage (.463)…his five wins are second fewest (Lyles, KC 4).
OPPONENTS BATTING: Has a .231 (112-for-484) opponents batting average and .744 OPS against right-handed hitters compared to .311 (37-for-119) with a .909 OPS against left-handers…opponents are 3-for-54 (.056) on an 0-2 count…they are 0-for-6 with three strikeouts with the bases loaded.
HIT BATTERS: His 15 hit batters are an Oakland single-season record and tied for 14th most in Athletics history…however, has the most hit batters by an A’s pitcher over the last 112 years…the last time an A’s pitcher had 15 or more hit batters was in 1911 when Cy Morgan had 21 and Jack Coombs had 16…14 of his 15 hit batters are right-handed hitters.
THE LONG BALL: Has not allowed a home run in his last three starts after yielding six over his previous three…has allowed 31 for the season and is the 14th player (16th time) in Athletics history to allow 30 or more home runs in a season…is one of two left-handers to do it (Curt Young, 38 in 1987)…his 31 home runs are tied for 10th most in Athletics history and are the most since A.J. Griffin had 36 in 2013…19 of the 31 home runs are solo shots.
DECISIONS: Has 13 no decisions, which are tied for fourth most in Oakland history by a starting pitcher…only Ron Darling (15 in 1993), Ken Waldichuk (15 in 2023) and Mike Fiers (14 in 2019) have more…has left with the lead and was in position to win in four of his no decisions…has a 2.82 ERA (23 er in 73.1 ip) in his no decisions.
2023 DAY-BY-DAY: Allowed eight hits in his first start on April 4 against Cleveland but then allowed six hits or fewer in each of his next 18 starts through July 16, which was the third longest such streak by a starting pitcher in Oakland history…fell two short of the record of 20 by Trevor Cahill (May 5-Aug. 14, 2010) and Tim Conroy (June 23, 1978-Aug. 31, 1983)…struck out a career-high 11 batters in 6.0 innings on April 21 at Texas but had a no decision in the A’s 5-4 win…finished April with an 0-2 record, a 6.23 ERA and .846 opponents OPS in five starts…then went 0-1 with a 2.94 ERA and .669 opponents OPS in six starts in May…tossed 6.0 scoreless innings on May 3 against Seattle but had a no decision in the A’s 7-2 10-inning loss…left with a 2-0 lead but the pen allowed one run in the seventh and one in the ninth for the blown save…it was the first of four times he left with the lead and was in position to get the win only to have the bullpen blow the save (May 25 at Seattle, July 9 at Boston, July 16 vs. Minnesota)…surrendered a career-high tying three home runs in a 7-2 loss at New York (AL) on May 8…that extended
his losing streak to a career-high four games dating back to Sept. 25, 2022… posted a 5.55 ERA and .782 opponents OPS over that stretch, which spanned nine games, including eight starts…had a no decision in an 11-3 loss to Texas on May 14 to start a stretch of five consecutive no decisions from May 14 to June 5…compiled a 2.33 ERA and .609 opponents OPS during the streak, which fell one short of the Oakland record for consecutive starts without a decision…had tossed six innings or fewer in each of the first 24 starts of his career before logging 7.0 innings in back-to-back starts on June 16 vs. Philadelphia and June 22 at Cleveland, both losses…retired the final 10 batters he faced against the Phillies and the first 11 against the Guardians for a streak of 21 consecutive batters retired…tossed a career-high 7.1 scoreless innings, scattered five hits, and did not walk a batter on July 4 at Detroit but had a no decision in the As 1-0, 10-inning win…snapped his career-high tying fourgame losing streak in the A’s 8-5 win at Colorado on July 28…then had another four-game losing streak from Aug. 3 to 26…compiled an 8.25 ERA and 1.120 opponents OPS during the streak, which spanned five starts…went 0-4 with an 8.25 ERA and 1.120 opponents OPS in five starts in August…the losses tied for second in the majors this year and matched the most by an Athletic in August over the last 54 years…based on a minimum of 20 innings, he had the second highest August OPS in Athletics history (Troy Herriage, 1.186 in 1956)…tossed 6.0 scoreless innings on Sept. 1 in a 9-2 win over Los Angeles (AL)…it snapped his career-high tying four-game losing streak and it also snapped a six-game home losing streak dating back to 2022…it was his first win in the Coliseum since Sept. 20, 2022 against Seattle…it was his first win of 2023 against an American League team and snapped a nine-game losing streak against AL competition, which is the longest by an A’s pitcher against the AL since the start of interleague play in 1997.
LAST START: He won his third consecutive start in the A’s 6-2 win at Houston last Tuesday…the A’s scored three times in the first and he allowed a run in the bottom of the first when Altuve scored on a ground out…also allowed a RBI double to Peña in the fifth and was relieved by Erceg to start the seventh with the A’s leading 5-2.
