The A's and White Sox meet for the 2nd time this season.
White Sox at A's
April 23
CHW 4
OAK 0
Jake Peavey 3-Hit Shutout, Dunn, Konerko Back-to-Back HR
April 24 CHW 2 OAK 2
Tommy Milone 8 Shutout Innings, Suzuki & Sogard RBI-Hits in 8th
April 25 CHW 4 OAK 5 (14)
Konerko 400th career HR in 9th ties Game.
Sox take lead in top 14th on Ramirez 2-Run Double
Cespedes 2-Run HR in bottom 14, Ka'aihue Walk-Off Single
Since the start of the 2008 season, the A's and White Sox have split their 40 meetings Since 2008
A's vs. White Sox in Oakland 9-9
A's vs. White Sox in Chicago 11-11
A's on just completed 10-game homestead
Record 5-5 AVG .216 RunsGM 3.9 HR 12 Steals 9-11
ERA 3.72
SavesOpps 24
1,661 Pitches Thrown over 104 Innings
A's Home Runs by Season
HR A.L. Rank
2008 125 11th
2009 135 Last
2010
109 13th
2011
114 12th
2012 123 8th
81 Since June ist -t-3rd Most in A.L.
Ryan Cook
Last 8 Games
3 Saves
4 Blown Saves
8 Innings Pitched
13 hits
9 ER
4 Home Runs
Only one 1-2-3 inning
Allowed runs in 6 of 8 Games
Coco Crisp Season Breakdown
Since May 1st
Through June 12th Since June 13th
Games 37 41
AVG .165 .323
OB .224 .388
HR 1 4
RBI 11 16
Runs 9 26
Steals 8 16
A's Rec 12-25 30-11
in Games Played
Since coming up on June 29th, Chris Carter has been homering and walking at a league-leading rate:
A.L. Leaders since June 29thFewest At-Bats per Home Run Chris Carter OAK 9.0
Josh Willingham MIN 9.3
Miguel Cabrera DET 10.2
Albert Pujols LAA 11.4
Mike Trout LAA 11.6
Fewest Plate Appearances per Walk
Chris Carter OAK 5.1
Carlos Santana CLE 5.5
Edwin Encamacion TOR 5.5
Nick Swisher NYY 5.8
Kevin Youkilis CHW 6.2
The A's have 7 players with 10 HR for the first time since 2005. The last A's team with 8 was 2004.
Josh Reddick 25
Yoenis Cespedes 14
Jonny Gomes 12
Brandon Inge 11
Seth Smith 11
Chris Carter 10
Inge also hit one in Detroit
Brandon McCarthy is scheduled to make his 1st start since June 19th. Last 7 Starts
6-0 Record
1.96 ERA
.208 Opp AVG
2 HR
12 BB34 K's
Last start: June 19 vs. Dodgers
This will be the first time that Brandon McCarthy, the former White Sox, will pitch at U.S. Cellular Field since Sept. 22, 2006.
Chicago White Sox
Last 15 Games
Record 10-5
AVG .263
RGM 5.1
HR 25
ERA 3.13
Run Diff 23
After a terrific 2008 season, Gavin Floyd has become a mediocre starter
Rec
ERA
2008 17-8 3.84
2009 11-11 4.06
2010
10-13 4.08
2011 12-13 4.37
2012 8-9 4.43
Adam Dunn
2011 2012
Games
122 109
Avg .159 .206
HR 11 31
RBI 42 75
Walks 75 80
K's 177 163
Leads A.L. Oldest Catcher to Hit 20 Home Runs in a Season
Year AGE HR
Carlton Fisk 1987 39 23
Carlton Fisk 1985 37 37
Jorge Posada 2009 37 22
Mike Piazza 2006 37 22
Carlton Fisk 1984 36 21
Carlton Fisk 1983 35 26
Jorge Posada 2007 35 20
A.J. Pierzynski 2012 35 21
Career-high
