The A's road trip continues with their 2nd visit of the year to Baltimore. Back in April, the O's took 2 of 3 from the A's at Camden Yards.
This Date in A's History - July 27, 1965
In the 2nd game of a double-header at Fenway Park, 19-year old Jim "Catfish" Hunter recorded his 1st of 224 career wins. The future Hall-of-Famer went 5 innings allowing 5 runs (including a grand slam to 20-year old Tony Conigliaro) but thanks to an A's 6-run 1st inning left the game with a 8-5 lead. The Kansas City A's would go on to win the game 10-8. (Bert Campaneris went 4 for 5 with an HR and 4 runs scored)
Best Records in JulyAmerican league
Athletics16-3.842Tigers15-6.714Yankees12-9.571White Sox11-9.550Angels11-10.524 Best in Majors
With 5 games left in the month, the A's have a chance to have their best July since moving to Oakland.
Oakland AthleticsBest Months of July
201216-3.842200520-6.769197420-8.714200119-8.704198019-10.655
The A's have a 15-9 record vs the A.L. East this season.
Highest Win Pct vs A.L. EastAmong A.L. teams
Rangers14-7.667Athletics15-9.625Yankees18-13.581Tigers13-10.565Rays23-18.561 Last season: 20-23 (.465) vs A.L. East
Most RunsGame since All-Star BreakAmerican League
Athletics5.8Angels5.6Tigers4.9Blue Jays4.8Twins4.7 Before Break: 3.7 - Fewest in A.L.
Jarrod ParkerThis Season
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HomeRoadStarts97Rec3-24-2ERA2.281.08Opp Avg.211.240HR22Walks 9IP3.34.5
Lowest ERA among Rookie StartersA.L. (min 10 Starts)
JoseQuintanaCWS2.58Jarrod ParkerOAK3.00Scott DiamondMIN3.16Zach McAllisterCLE3.18Tommy MiloneOAK3.51Wei-Yin ChenBAL3.82Yu DarvishTEX3.88
Yoenis CespedesA.L. Ranks since All-Star Break
.458Average1st4 Home RunsT-5th14 RBI1st12 RunsT-3rd.500 OBT-4th.792 Slug3rd1.292 OPS2nd
On June 14th Coco Crisp moved back to being the A's regular lead-off hitter:
Coco CrispSeason Breakdown
Thru June 13Since June 14Games3831AVG.172.344OB.234.400Slug.231.508Runs1019Steals911A's Record13-2523-8 In Games Crisp Played
Highest On-Base Pct A.L. Leadoff MenSince June 14th
AlexGordonKC.430Mike TroutLAA.428Austin JacksonDET.416Coco CrispOAK.400 Oakland AthleticsMost HR in a Season since 2007
Jack Cust200833Josh Willingham201129JackCust200726JackCust200925Nick Swisher200722Josh Reddick201222
The Orioles have lost 9 of their last 12 home games and have a better record on the road then at home.
Orioles This Season
HomeRoadRecord24-2428-23AVG.249.230RGM4.43.8HR6458ERA4.363.80 Lost 9 of last 12 at Home
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The thing you don't want to do with Orioles is go to extra-innings;
Most Wins in Extra-Innings This Season
Orioles10-2Athletics7-2Giants7-2Marlins7-3Nationals7-6
It hasn't just been extra-innings, the O's have been clutch late in games:
Orioles This Season
A.L. Rank10-2 in Extra-Inning Games1st19-6 in 1-run games1st39-0 when Leading after 7 inn.1st41-0 when Leading after 8 inn.1st13 Wins when Trailing after 6 inn.1st
Adam JonesLast 4 Seasons
AVGHROPS2009.22719.7922010.28419.7672011.28025.7852012.29323.877
All-Star Matt Wieters has only 1 hit in his last 30 at-bats and had had an up-and-down season:
Matt WietersThis Season by Month
AVGHRRBIApril.279615May.18827June.290316July.19718
While Jim Thome is 7th on the all-time Home Run list with 611, he is only 65 K's behind Reggie on the Strikeout list:
Most Strikeouts All-Time
ReggieJackson2,597Jim Thome2,532Sammy Sosa2,306Andres Galarraga2,003Alex Rodriguez2,000Adam Dunn1,956 Jackson has held the Strikeout record since 1982