Oakland has won six straight and 17-6 the last 23 and 38-18. San Francisco is 3-9 and 6-18 the last 24 and 7-20 last 27, 3-14 at home. San Francisco has dropped five with Matt Cain and 7-22 going back further with him, 3-13 at home with him. Oakland is 7-2 to Cain.

In their last five games Oakland OBP is .340 to .254 for the Gints. In their last 10 games Oakland has a slugging percentage of .361 to .287. Athletics are 22-7 in their last 29 when their opponent scores two runs or fewer in their previous game, 44-20 if their opponent allowed five or more runs last game. Oakland is 24-8 versus an opponent with bullpen ERA less than 1.000 in their last five games.