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81-81, Finished 2nd in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bob Geren (81-81)
Scored 663 runs, Allowed 626 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-77
Ballparks: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Attendance: 1,418,391 (13th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100
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| Season Summary | 81-81, Final Rank:2, GB: 9.0 | |
| Days in First | 30 | last on Thursday, Jun 3, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day |
| 34 | last on Jun 3, counts all days of the season including off days | |
| Biggest Lead | 2.5 | last on Sunday, Apr 18, for days on which they played |
| Farthest Behind | 11 | last on Thursday, Sep 30, for days on which they played |
| Most Games over .500 | 5 | last on Saturday, Apr 17 |
| Most Games under .500 | 6 | last on Wednesday, Jun 23 |
| Longest Winning Streak | 5 | Saturday, Jul 10 to Sunday, Jul 18 |
| Longest Losing Streak | 6 | Friday, Sep 24 to Wednesday, Sep 29 |
| Most Runs Allowed | 16 | Sunday, Sep 26 |
| Most Runs Scored | 15 | Saturday, Jul 10 |
| Longest Game (innings) | 13 | Tuesday, May 11 |
| Times Shutout by Opponent | 7 | |
| Times Opponent Shutout | 17 | |
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| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Monday, Apr 5 | boxscore | OAK | SEA | L | 3 | 5 | 0-1 | 4 | 1.0 | League | Ziegler | Aardsma | 2:47 | N | 30,686 | - | ||
| 2 | 2 | Tuesday, Apr 6 | boxscore | OAK | SEA | W | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1-1 | 2 | 0.5 | Ramirez | Texeira | 2:47 | N | 10,090 | + | ||
| 3 | 3 | Wednesday, Apr 7 | boxscore | OAK | SEA | W | 6 | 5 | 2-1 | 1 | up 0.5 | Blevins | Lowe | 3:11 | N | 18,194 | ++ | |||
| 4 | 4 | Thursday, Apr 8 | boxscore | OAK | SEA | W | 6 | 2 | 3-1 | 1 | up 1.5 | Anderson | Fister | 2:50 | D | 12,464 | +++ | |||
| 5 | 5 | Friday, Apr 9 | boxscore | OAK | @ | LAA | W | 10 | 4 | 4-1 | 1 | up 1.5 | Gonzalez | Palmer | 2:59 | N | 40,034 | ++++ | ||
| 6 | 6 | Saturday, Apr 10 | boxscore | OAK | @ | LAA | L | 3 | 4 | 4-2 | 1 | up 1.5 | Rodney | Breslow | 2:35 | N | 40,249 | - | ||
| 7 | 7 | Sunday, Apr 11 | boxscore | OAK | @ | LAA | W | 9 | 4 | 5-2 | 1 | up 1.5 | Braden | Saunders | Ross | 2:48 | D | 40,601 | + | |
| 8 | 8 | Monday, Apr 12 | boxscore | OAK | @ | SEA | W | 4 | 0 | 6-2 | 1 | up 1.5 | Duchscherer | Rowland-Smith | 2:20 | D | 45,876 | ++ | ||
| 9 | 9 | Tuesday, Apr 13 | boxscore | OAK | @ | SEA | L | 0 | 3 | 6-3 | 1 | up 1.0 | Fister | Ziegler | Aardsma | 2:21 | N | 18,043 | - | |
| 10 | 10 | Wednesday, Apr 14 | boxscore | OAK | @ | SEA | L | 2 | 4 | 6-4 | 1 | Tied | Vargas | Gaudin | Aardsma | 2:45 | N | 15,978 | -- | |
| 11 | 11 | Thursday, Apr 15 | boxscore | OAK | BAL | W | 6 | 2 | 7-4 | 1 | up 1.0 | Sheets | Hernandez | 2:44 | N | 17,382 | + | |||
| 12 | 12 | Friday, Apr 16 | boxscore | OAK | BAL | W | 4 | 2 | 8-4 | 1 | up 2.0 | Braden | Millwood | Bailey | 2:09 | N | 12,225 | ++ | ||
| 13 | 13 | Saturday, Apr 17 | boxscore | OAK | BAL | W | 4 | 3 | 9-4 | 1 | up 2.5 | Blevins | Johnson | 2:48 | D | 15,072 | +++ | |||
| 14 | 14 | Sunday, Apr 18 | boxscore | OAK | BAL | L | 3 | 8 | 9-5 | 1 | up 2.5 | Matusz | Anderson | Johnson | 2:32 | D | 14,451 | - | ||
| 15 | 15 | Tuesday, Apr 20 | boxscore | OAK | NYY | L | 3 | 7 | 9-6 | 1 | up 1.0 | Vazquez | Gonzalez | 3:21 | N | 19,849 | -- | |||
| 16 | 16 | Wednesday, Apr 21 | boxscore | OAK | NYY | L | 1 | 3 | 9-7 | 1 | Tied | Hughes | Sheets | Rivera | 2:47 | N | 30,211 | --- | ||
| 17 | 17 | Thursday, Apr 22 | boxscore | OAK | NYY | W | 4 | 2 | 10-7 | 1 | up 0.5 | Braden | Sabathia | Bailey | 2:07 | D | 21,986 | + | ||
| 18 | 18 | Friday, Apr 23 | boxscore | OAK | CLE | W | 10 | 0 | 11-7 | 1 | up 1.5 | Duchscherer | Westbrook | 2:36 | N | 11,547 | ++ | |||
| 19 | 19 | Saturday, Apr 24 | boxscore | OAK | CLE | L | 1 | 6 | 11-8 | 1 | up 1.5 | Hernandez | Gaudin | 2:30 | D | 15,873 | - | |||
| 20 | 20 | Sunday, Apr 25 | boxscore | OAK | CLE | W | 11 | 0 | 12-8 | 1 | up 2.0 | Gonzalez | Masterson | 2:27 | D | 16,946 | + | |||
| 21 | 21 | Tuesday, Apr 27 | boxscore | OAK | @ | TBR | L | 6 | 8 | 12-9 | 1 | up 1.5 | Davis | Sheets | Soriano | 2:49 | N | 10,825 | - | |
| 22 | 22 | Wednesday, Apr 28 | boxscore | OAK | @ | TBR | L | 3 | 10 | 12-10 | 1 | up 0.5 | Shields | Braden | 2:57 | N | 10,691 | -- | ||
| 23 | 23 | Thursday, Apr 29 | boxscore | OAK | @ | TOR | L | 3 | 6 | 12-11 | 1 | Tied | Romero | Duchscherer | Gregg | 2:37 | N | 10,721 | --- | |
| 24 | 24 | Friday, Apr 30 | boxscore | OAK | @ | TOR | L | 2 | 10 | 12-12 | 1 | Tied | Morrow | Cahill | 2:41 | N | 12,722 | ---- | ||
| 25 | 25 | Saturday, May 1 | boxscore | OAK | @ | TOR | W | 4 | 3 | 13-12 | 1 | up 0.5 | Gonzalez | Eveland | Bailey | 2:33 | D | 13,951 | + | |
| 26 | 26 | Sunday, May 2 | boxscore | OAK | @ | TOR | L | 3 | 9 | 13-13 | 2 | 0.5 | Marcum | Sheets | 2:33 | D | 14,725 | - | ||
| 27 | 27 | Monday, May 3 | boxscore | OAK | TEX | L | 2 | 4 | 13-14 | 2 | 1.5 | Harden | Braden | Feliz | 2:40 | N | 8,874 | -- | ||
| 28 | 28 | Tuesday, May 4 | boxscore | OAK | TEX | W | 7 | 6 | 14-14 | 2 | 0.5 | Ziegler | Feldman | Bailey | 2:30 | N | 10,135 | + | ||
| 29 | 29 | Wednesday, May 5 | boxscore | OAK | TEX | W | 4 | 1 | 15-14 | 1 | up 0.5 | Cahill | Lewis | Bailey | 2:26 | D | 15,403 | ++ | ||
| 30 | 30 | Friday, May 7 | boxscore | OAK | TBR | L | 1 | 4 | 15-15 | 2 | 1.0 | Price | Gonzalez | Soriano | 2:42 | N | 19,193 | - | ||
| 31 | 31 | Saturday, May 8 | boxscore | OAK | TBR | W | 4 | 2 | 16-15 | 2 | 1.0 | Sheets | Davis | Bailey | 2:31 | D | 15,493 | + | ||
| 32 | 32 | Sunday, May 9 | boxscore | OAK | TBR | W | 4 | 0 | 17-15 | 2 | 1.0 | Braden | Shields | 2:07 | D | 12,228 | ++ | |||
| 33 | 33 | Tuesday, May 11 | boxscore | OAK | @ | TEX | W | 7 | 6 | 13 | 18-15 | 1 | Tied | Ross | Nippert | 4:08 | N | 15,474 | +++ | |
| 34 | 34 | Wednesday, May 12 | boxscore | OAK | @ | TEX | L | 1 | 10 | 18-16 | 2 | 1.0 | Holland | Gonzalez | 3:08 | N | 26,625 | - | ||
| 35 | 35 | Thursday, May 13 | boxscore | OAK | @ | TEX | L | 1 | 2 | 12 | 18-17 | 2 | 2.0 | Nippert | Bailey | 3:51 | D | 27,507 | -- | |
| 36 | 36 | Friday, May 14 | boxscore | OAK | @ | LAA | L | 0 | 4 | 18-18 | 2 | 2.0 | Saunders | Braden | 2:05 | N | 41,290 | --- | ||
| 37 | 37 | Saturday, May 15 | boxscore | OAK | @ | LAA | L | 3 | 12 | 18-19 | 2 | 2.0 | Santana | Ross | 2:57 | N | 41,744 | ---- | ||
| 38 | 38 | Sunday, May 16 | boxscore | OAK | @ | LAA | L | 0 | 4 | 18-20 | 2 | 2.0 | Pineiro | Cahill | 2:06 | D | 41,569 | ----- | ||
| 39 | 39 | Monday, May 17 | boxscore | OAK | SEA | W | 8 | 4 | 19-20 | 2 | 2.0 | Gonzalez | Rowland-Smith | 2:22 | N | 10,051 | + | |||
| 40 | 40 | Tuesday, May 18 | boxscore | OAK | SEA | W | 6 | 5 | 10 | 20-20 | 2 | 2.0 | Breslow | League | 3:38 | N | 10,512 | ++ | ||
| 41 | 41 | Wednesday, May 19 | boxscore | OAK | DET | L | 1 | 5 | 20-21 | 2 | 3.0 | Verlander | Braden | 2:26 | N | 19,284 | - | |||
| 42 | 42 | Thursday, May 20 | boxscore | OAK | DET | L | 2 | 5 | 20-22 | 2 | 4.0 | Bonderman | Ross | Valverde | 2:50 | D | 24,146 | -- | ||
| 43 | 43 | Friday, May 21 | boxscore | OAK | SFG | W | 6 | 1 | 21-22 | 2 | 4.0 | Cahill | Zito | 2:31 | N | 33,369 | + | |||
| 44 | 44 | Saturday, May 22 | boxscore | OAK | SFG | W | 1 | 0 | 22-22 | 2 | 3.0 | Gonzalez | Cain | Bailey | 2:20 | D | 35,067 | ++ | ||
| 45 | 45 | Sunday, May 23 | boxscore | OAK | SFG | W | 3 | 0 | 23-22 | 2 | 2.0 | Wuertz | Sanchez | Bailey | 2:42 | D | 35,067 | +++ | ||
| 46 | 46 | Tuesday, May 25 | boxscore | OAK | @ | BAL | L | 1 | 5 | 23-23 | 2 | 3.0 | Guthrie | Ross | 2:41 | N | 14,686 | - | ||
| 47 | 47 | Wednesday, May 26 | boxscore | OAK | @ | BAL | W | 6 | 1 | 24-23 | 2 | 2.0 | Cahill | Matusz | 2:51 | N | 19,153 | + | ||
| 48 | 48 | Thursday, May 27 | boxscore | OAK | @ | BAL | W | 7 | 5 | 25-23 | 2 | 1.5 | Wuertz | Hendrickson | Bailey | 3:00 | N | 26,279 | ++ | |
| 49 | 49 | Friday, May 28 | boxscore | OAK | @ | DET | W | 5 | 4 | 26-23 | 2 | 0.5 | Ziegler | Perry | Bailey | 2:43 | N | 40,210 | +++ | |
| 50 | 50 | Saturday, May 29 | boxscore | OAK | @ | DET | W | 6 | 0 | 27-23 | 1 | up 0.5 | Anderson | Porcello | 2:35 | N | 39,750 | ++++ | ||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 51 | 51 | Sunday, May 30 | boxscore | OAK | @ | DET | L | 2 | 10 | 27-24 | 1 | up 0.5 | Scherzer | Braden | Zumaya | 2:43 | D | 32,510 | - | |
| 52 | 52 | Monday, May 31 | boxscore | OAK | @ | DET | W | 4 | 1 | 28-24 | 1 | up 1.0 | Cahill | Verlander | Bailey | 2:48 | D | 23,641 | + | |
| 53 | 53 | Tuesday, Jun 1 | boxscore | OAK | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 9 | 28-25 | 1 | Tied | Lackey | Ross | 3:29 | N | 37,337 | - | ||
| 54 | 54 | Wednesday, Jun 2 | boxscore | OAK | @ | BOS | L | 4 | 6 | 28-26 | 2 | 1.0 | Matsuzaka | Sheets | Papelbon | 2:53 | N | 37,783 | -- | |
| 55 | 55 | Thursday, Jun 3 | boxscore | OAK | @ | BOS | W | 9 | 8 | 29-26 | 1 | Tied | Mazzaro | Wakefield | Bailey | 3:17 | D | 37,386 | + | |
| 56 | 56 | Friday, Jun 4 | boxscore | OAK | MIN | L | 4 | 5 | 11 | 29-27 | 2 | 1.0 | Guerrier | Bailey | Rauch | 2:58 | N | 21,703 | - | |
| 57 | 57 | Saturday, Jun 5 | boxscore | OAK | MIN | L | 3 | 4 | 29-28 | 3 | 2.0 | Burnett | Ziegler | Rauch | 2:51 | N | 16,421 | -- | ||
| 58 | 58 | Sunday, Jun 6 | boxscore | OAK | MIN | W | 5 | 4 | 30-28 | 3 | 1.0 | Gonzalez | Blackburn | Wuertz | 2:45 | D | 20,059 | + | ||
| 59 | 59 | Monday, Jun 7 | boxscore | OAK | LAA | L | 2 | 4 | 30-29 | 3 | 1.5 | Kazmir | Sheets | Fuentes | 2:37 | N | 10,071 | - | ||
| 60 | 60 | Tuesday, Jun 8 | boxscore | OAK | LAA | W | 10 | 1 | 31-29 | 3 | 1.0 | Mazzaro | Weaver | 2:50 | N | 11,860 | + | |||
| 61 | 61 | Wednesday, Jun 9 | boxscore | OAK | LAA | L | 1 | 7 | 31-30 | 3 | 2.0 | Saunders | Braden | 2:26 | N | 18,285 | - | |||
| 62 | 62 | Thursday, Jun 10 | boxscore | OAK | LAA | W | 6 | 1 | 32-30 | 3 | 2.0 | Cahill | Santana | 2:27 | D | 12,328 | + | |||
| 63 | 63 | Friday, Jun 11 | boxscore | OAK | @ | SFG | L | 2 | 6 | 32-31 | 3 | 2.0 | Lincecum | Gonzalez | Wilson | 2:21 | N | 41,817 | - | |
| 64 | 64 | Saturday, Jun 12 | boxscore | OAK | @ | SFG | L | 4 | 5 | 32-32 | 3 | 3.0 | Zito | Sheets | Wilson | 2:45 | N | 36,861 | -- | |
| 65 | 65 | Sunday, Jun 13 | boxscore | OAK | @ | SFG | L | 2 | 6 | 32-33 | 3 | 4.0 | Cain | Mazzaro | Casilla | 2:48 | D | 39,187 | --- | |
| 66 | 66 | Tuesday, Jun 15 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CHC | W | 9 | 5 | 33-33 | 3 | 4.0 | Cahill | Zambrano | 2:44 | N | 34,390 | + | ||
| 67 | 67 | Wednesday, Jun 16 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CHC | L | 2 | 6 | 33-34 | 3 | 5.0 | Dempster | Gonzalez | 2:33 | N | 36,244 | - | ||
| 68 | 68 | Thursday, Jun 17 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CHC | L | 2 | 3 | 33-35 | 3 | 6.0 | Marmol | Blevins | 2:50 | D | 36,942 | -- | ||
| 69 | 69 | Friday, Jun 18 | boxscore | OAK | @ | STL | L | 4 | 6 | 33-36 | 3 | 7.0 | Carpenter | Ziegler | Franklin | 2:28 | N | 40,083 | --- | |
| 70 | 70 | Saturday, Jun 19 | boxscore | OAK | @ | STL | L | 3 | 4 | 33-37 | 3 | 8.0 | Wainwright | Sheets | Motte | 2:15 | N | 43,682 | ---- | |
| 71 | 71 | Sunday, Jun 20 | boxscore | OAK | @ | STL | W | 3 | 2 | 34-37 | 3 | 8.0 | Breslow | Hawksworth | Bailey | 2:52 | D | 42,271 | + | |
| 72 | 72 | Monday, Jun 21 | boxscore | OAK | CIN | L | 4 | 6 | 10 | 34-38 | 3 | 8.5 | Cordero | Wuertz | Smith | 3:05 | N | 11,088 | - | |
| 73 | 73 | Tuesday, Jun 22 | boxscore | OAK | CIN | L | 2 | 4 | 34-39 | 3 | 9.5 | Arroyo | Braden | Cordero | 2:27 | N | 12,136 | -- | ||
| 74 | 74 | Wednesday, Jun 23 | boxscore | OAK | CIN | L | 0 | 3 | 34-40 | 3 | 10.5 | Cueto | Mazzaro | Cordero | 2:34 | D | 20,824 | --- | ||
| 75 | 75 | Friday, Jun 25 | boxscore | OAK | PIT | W | 14 | 4 | 35-40 | 3 | 10.0 | Sheets | Lincoln | 3:05 | N | 11,154 | + | |||
| 76 | 76 | Saturday, Jun 26 | boxscore | OAK | PIT | W | 5 | 0 | 36-40 | 3 | 10.0 | Cahill | McCutchen | 2:18 | N | 25,068 | ++ | |||
| 77 | 77 | Sunday, Jun 27 | boxscore | OAK | PIT | W | 3 | 2 | 37-40 | 3 | 10.0 | Breslow | Meek | Bailey | 2:37 | D | 15,238 | +++ | ||
| 78 | 78 | Tuesday, Jun 29 | boxscore | OAK | @ | BAL | W | 4 | 2 | 38-40 | 3 | 9.0 | Mazzaro | Matusz | Bailey | 3:06 | N | 11,987 | ++++ | |
| 79 | 79 | Wednesday, Jun 30 | boxscore | OAK | @ | BAL | L | 6 | 9 | 38-41 | 3 | 10.0 | Albers | Bowers | Simon | 3:08 | N | 21,392 | - | |
| 80 | 80 | Thursday, Jul 1 | boxscore | OAK | @ | BAL | W | 8 | 1 | 39-41 | 3 | 9.0 | Cahill | Arrieta | 2:55 | N | 15,712 | + | ||
| 81 | 81 | Friday, Jul 2 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CLE | W | 3 | 0 | 40-41 | 3 | 8.0 | Gonzalez | Talbot | Bailey | 2:49 | N | 18,629 | ++ | |
| 82 | 82 | Saturday, Jul 3 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CLE | L | 4 | 5 | 10 | 40-42 | 3 | 9.0 | Sipp | Breslow | 3:22 | N | 25,483 | - | |
| 83 | 83 | Sunday, Jul 4 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CLE | W | 3 | 1 | 41-42 | 3 | 8.0 | Mazzaro | Hernandez | Bailey | 2:21 | D | 13,940 | + | |
| 84 | 84 | Monday, Jul 5 | boxscore | OAK | NYY | L | 1 | 3 | 41-43 | 3 | 8.0 | Vazquez | Sheets | Rivera | 2:35 | N | 27,405 | - | ||
| 85 | 85 | Tuesday, Jul 6 | boxscore | OAK | NYY | L | 1 | 6 | 41-44 | 3 | 9.0 | Sabathia | Cahill | 2:44 | N | 20,473 | -- | |||
| 86 | 86 | Wednesday, Jul 7 | boxscore | OAK | NYY | L | 2 | 6 | 41-45 | 3 | 10.0 | Burnett | Gonzalez | 2:58 | N | 31,518 | --- | |||
| 87 | 87 | Friday, Jul 9 | boxscore | OAK | LAA | L | 5 | 6 | 10 | 41-46 | 3 | 9.5 | Jepsen | Bailey | Fuentes | 2:59 | N | 13,156 | ---- | |
| 88 | 88 | Saturday, Jul 10 | boxscore | OAK | LAA | W | 15 | 1 | 42-46 | 3 | 8.5 | Sheets | Kazmir | 2:32 | N | 30,035 | + | |||
| 89 | 89 | Sunday, Jul 11 | boxscore | OAK | LAA | W | 5 | 2 | 43-46 | 3 | 7.5 | Cahill | Weaver | Bailey | 2:43 | D | 15,164 | ++ | ||
| 90 | 90 | Friday, Jul 16 | boxscore | OAK | @ | KCR | W | 5 | 1 | 44-46 | 3 | 8.0 | Gonzalez | Greinke | 2:33 | N | 37,312 | +++ | ||
| 91 | 91 | Saturday, Jul 17 | boxscore | OAK | @ | KCR | W | 6 | 5 | 45-46 | 3 | 7.0 | Breslow | Soria | Bailey | 2:52 | N | 26,634 | ++++ | |
| 92 | 92 | Sunday, Jul 18 | boxscore | OAK | @ | KCR | W | 9 | 6 | 46-46 | 3 | 7.0 | Mazzaro | Bannister | Bailey | 2:47 | D | 18,702 | +++++ | |
| 93 | 93 | Monday, Jul 19 | boxscore | OAK | BOS | L | 1 | 2 | 46-47 | 3 | 8.0 | Matsuzaka | Sheets | Papelbon | 2:40 | N | 19,341 | - | ||
| 94 | 94 | Tuesday, Jul 20 | boxscore | OAK | BOS | W | 5 | 4 | 10 | 47-47 | 3 | 8.0 | Bailey | Ramirez | 3:30 | N | 20,271 | + | ||
| 95 | 95 | Wednesday, Jul 21 | boxscore | OAK | BOS | W | 6 | 4 | 48-47 | 3 | 7.0 | Gonzalez | Buchholz | Wuertz | 3:02 | D | 30,456 | ++ | ||
| 96 | 96 | Friday, Jul 23 | boxscore | OAK | CHW | L | 1 | 5 | 48-48 | 3 | 8.5 | Buehrle | Cahill | 2:16 | N | 15,103 | - | |||
| 97 | 97 | Saturday, Jul 24 | boxscore | OAK | CHW | W | 10 | 2 | 49-48 | 3 | 7.5 | Mazzaro | Garcia | 3:04 | D | 17,439 | + | |||
| 98 | 98 | Sunday, Jul 25 | boxscore | OAK | CHW | W | 6 | 4 | 50-48 | 3 | 7.5 | Braden | Hudson | Wuertz | 2:46 | D | 17,148 | ++ | ||
| 99 | 99 | Tuesday, Jul 27 | boxscore | OAK | @ | TEX | L | 1 | 3 | 10 | 50-49 | 2 | 8.5 | Feliz | Wuertz | 3:02 | N | 28,124 | - | |
| 100 | 100 | Wednesday, Jul 28 | boxscore | OAK | @ | TEX | W | 3 | 1 | 51-49 | 2 | 7.5 | Cahill | Lewis | Breslow | 2:40 | N | 38,269 | + | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 101 | 101 | Thursday, Jul 29 | boxscore | OAK | @ | TEX | L | 4 | 7 | 51-50 | 2 | 8.5 | Wilson | Mazzaro | 2:43 | N | 28,793 | - | ||
| 102 | 102 | Friday, Jul 30 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 6 | 51-51 | 3 | 8.5 | Harrell | Anderson | 2:34 | N | 29,431 | -- | ||
| 103 | 103 | Saturday, Jul 31 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CHW | W | 6 | 2 | 52-51 | 2 | 8.5 | Braden | Danks | 2:27 | N | 35,852 | + | ||
| 104 | 104 | Sunday, Aug 1 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CHW | L | 1 | 4 | 52-52 | 3 | 8.5 | Floyd | Gonzalez | Jenks | 2:19 | D | 32,118 | - | |
| 105 | 105 | Monday, Aug 2 | boxscore | OAK | KCR | W | 6 | 0 | 53-52 | 2 | 8.0 | Cahill | Bannister | 2:22 | N | 10,047 | + | |||
| 106 | 106 | Tuesday, Aug 3 | boxscore | OAK | KCR | L | 2 | 3 | 53-53 | 2 | 8.0 | Chavez | Breslow | Soria | 2:45 | N | 10,670 | - | ||
| 107 | 107 | Wednesday, Aug 4 | boxscore | OAK | KCR | W | 4 | 3 | 54-53 | 2 | 8.0 | Anderson | O'Sullivan | Wuertz | 2:38 | D | 22,325 | + | ||
| 108 | 108 | Friday, Aug 6 | boxscore | OAK | TEX | L | 1 | 5 | 54-54 | 2 | 9.5 | Lee | Braden | 2:19 | N | 26,388 | - | |||
| 109 | 109 | Saturday, Aug 7 | boxscore | OAK | TEX | W | 6 | 2 | 55-54 | 2 | 8.5 | Gonzalez | Harden | 2:38 | D | 16,104 | + | |||
| 110 | 110 | Sunday, Aug 8 | boxscore | OAK | TEX | W | 3 | 2 | 56-54 | 2 | 7.5 | Cahill | Oliver | Wuertz | 2:42 | D | 18,050 | ++ | ||
| 111 | 111 | Monday, Aug 9 | boxscore | OAK | @ | SEA | L | 1 | 3 | 56-55 | 2 | 8.0 | Fister | Mazzaro | Aardsma | 2:16 | N | 19,943 | - | |
| 112 | 112 | Tuesday, Aug 10 | boxscore | OAK | @ | SEA | L | 0 | 2 | 56-56 | 3 | 9.0 | Hernandez | Anderson | Aardsma | 2:21 | N | 21,377 | -- | |
| 113 | 113 | Wednesday, Aug 11 | boxscore | OAK | @ | SEA | W | 5 | 1 | 57-56 | 3 | 8.0 | Braden | French | 2:17 | D | 31,560 | + | ||
| 114 | 114 | Friday, Aug 13 | boxscore | OAK | @ | MIN | L | 3 | 4 | 57-57 | 3 | 9.0 | Pavano | Gonzalez | Capps | 2:46 | N | 40,622 | - | |
| 115 | 115 | Saturday, Aug 14 | boxscore | OAK | @ | MIN | L | 0 | 2 | 57-58 | 3 | 9.0 | Duensing | Cahill | 2:15 | N | 40,830 | -- | ||
| 116 | 116 | Sunday, Aug 15 | boxscore | OAK | @ | MIN | L | 2 | 4 | 57-59 | 3 | 10.0 | Slowey | Mazzaro | Capps | 2:45 | D | 40,602 | --- | |
| 117 | 117 | Monday, Aug 16 | boxscore | OAK | TOR | L | 1 | 3 | 57-60 | 3 | 10.0 | Marcum | Anderson | 2:16 | N | 10,136 | ---- | |||
| 118 | 118 | Tuesday, Aug 17 | boxscore | OAK | TOR | W | 6 | 2 | 58-60 | 3 | 9.0 | Braden | Tallet | Wuertz | 2:46 | N | 13,237 | + | ||
| 119 | 119 | Wednesday, Aug 18 | boxscore | OAK | TOR | W | 5 | 4 | 59-60 | 2 | 8.0 | Ziegler | Janssen | 2:54 | D | 18,046 | ++ | |||
| 120 | 120 | Thursday, Aug 19 | boxscore | OAK | TBR | W | 4 | 3 | 60-60 | 2 | 7.0 | Cahill | Wheeler | Blevins | 2:27 | N | 10,118 | +++ | ||
| 121 | 121 | Friday, Aug 20 | boxscore | OAK | TBR | W | 5 | 4 | 61-60 | 2 | 7.0 | Rodriguez | Benoit | Breslow | 3:01 | N | 13,207 | ++++ | ||
| 122 | 122 | Saturday, Aug 21 | boxscore | OAK | TBR | L | 4 | 5 | 61-61 | 2 | 7.0 | Choate | Breslow | Soriano | 3:00 | N | 16,202 | - | ||
| 123 | 123 | Sunday, Aug 22 | boxscore | OAK | TBR | L | 2 | 3 | 61-62 | 2 | 8.0 | Garza | Braden | Soriano | 2:34 | D | 18,749 | -- | ||
| 124 | 124 | Tuesday, Aug 24 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CLE | W | 5 | 0 | 62-62 | 2 | 8.5 | Gonzalez | Hernandez | 2:41 | N | 11,751 | + | ||
| 125 | 125 | Wednesday, Aug 25 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CLE | W | 6 | 1 | 63-62 | 2 | 8.5 | Cahill | Talbot | 2:43 | N | 10,514 | ++ | ||
| 126 | 126 | Thursday, Aug 26 | boxscore | OAK | @ | CLE | L | 2 | 3 | 63-63 | 2 | 8.5 | Masterson | Mazzaro | Perez | 2:39 | N | 11,826 | - | |
| 127 | 127 | Friday, Aug 27 | boxscore | OAK | @ | TEX | L | 3 | 7 | 63-64 | 2 | 9.5 | Hunter | Anderson | 2:50 | N | 34,962 | -- | ||
| 128 | 128 | Saturday, Aug 28 | boxscore | OAK | @ | TEX | W | 5 | 0 | 64-64 | 2 | 8.5 | Braden | Harden | 2:28 | N | 47,411 | + | ||
| 129 | 129 | Sunday, Aug 29 | boxscore | OAK | @ | TEX | W | 8 | 2 | 65-64 | 2 | 7.5 | Gonzalez | Lewis | 2:46 | D | 37,188 | ++ | ||
| 130 | 130 | Monday, Aug 30 | boxscore | OAK | @ | NYY | L | 5 | 11 | 65-65 | 2 | 8.5 | Vazquez | Cahill | 3:09 | N | 46,356 | - | ||
| 131 | 131 | Tuesday, Aug 31 | boxscore | OAK | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 9 | 65-66 | 2 | 8.5 | Hughes | Mazzaro | 2:56 | N | 44,575 | -- | ||
| 132 | 132 | Wednesday, Sep 1 | boxscore | OAK | @ | NYY | L | 3 | 4 | 65-67 | 2 | 9.5 | Burnett | Anderson | Rivera | 2:55 | N | 45,222 | --- | |
| 133 | 133 | Thursday, Sep 2 | boxscore | OAK | @ | NYY | L | 0 | 5 | 65-68 | 2 | 10.0 | Sabathia | Braden | 2:45 | D | 44,644 | ---- | ||
| 134 | 134 | Friday, Sep 3 | boxscore | OAK | LAA | W | 8 | 0 | 66-68 | 2 | 9.0 | Gonzalez | Kazmir | 2:58 | N | 23,401 | + | |||
| 135 | 135 | Saturday, Sep 4 | boxscore | OAK | LAA | W | 3 | 1 | 67-68 | 2 | 8.0 | Cahill | Weaver | Bailey | 2:32 | D | 14,227 | ++ | ||
| 136 | 136 | Sunday, Sep 5 | boxscore | OAK | LAA | L | 4 | 7 | 67-69 | 2 | 8.0 | Santana | Mazzaro | 3:04 | D | 16,413 | - | |||
| 137 | 137 | Monday, Sep 6 | boxscore | OAK | SEA | W | 6 | 2 | 68-69 | 2 | 7.0 | Anderson | Vargas | 2:19 | D | 11,581 | + | |||
| 138 | 138 | Tuesday, Sep 7 | boxscore | OAK | SEA | L | 5 | 7 | 68-70 | 2 | 7.0 | Fister | Braden | Aardsma | 3:00 | N | 10,067 | - | ||
| 139 | 139 | Wednesday, Sep 8 | boxscore | OAK | SEA | W | 4 | 3 | 69-70 | 2 | 7.0 | Gonzalez | French | Bailey | 2:23 | N | 15,180 | + | ||
| 140 | 140 | Friday, Sep 10 | boxscore | OAK | BOS | W | 5 | 0 | 70-70 | 2 | 7.5 | Cahill | Buchholz | 2:43 | N | 19,139 | ++ | |||
| 141 | 141 | Saturday, Sep 11 | boxscore | OAK | BOS | W | 4 | 3 | 71-70 | 2 | 7.5 | Anderson | Lackey | Bailey | 2:42 | N | 22,932 | +++ | ||
| 142 | 142 | Sunday, Sep 12 | boxscore | OAK | BOS | L | 3 | 5 | 71-71 | 2 | 8.5 | Beckett | Braden | Papelbon | 2:59 | D | 19,806 | - | ||
| 143 | 143 | Monday, Sep 13 | boxscore | OAK | @ | KCR | W | 3 | 1 | 72-71 | 2 | 8.0 | Cramer | Hochevar | Bailey | 2:43 | D | 20,695 | + | |
| 144 | 144 | Tuesday, Sep 14 | boxscore | OAK | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 11 | 72-72 | 2 | 9.0 | Greinke | Gonzalez | 2:38 | N | 12,852 | - | ||
| 145 | 145 | Wednesday, Sep 15 | boxscore | OAK | @ | KCR | L | 3 | 6 | 72-73 | 2 | 10.0 | Chen | Cahill | Soria | 2:53 | N | 11,087 | -- | |
| 146 | 146 | Friday, Sep 17 | boxscore | OAK | @ | MIN | W | 3 | 1 | 73-73 | 2 | 9.0 | Anderson | Blackburn | Bailey | 2:34 | N | 40,681 | + | |
| 147 | 147 | Saturday, Sep 18 | boxscore | OAK | @ | MIN | L | 2 | 4 | 73-74 | 2 | 10.0 | Slowey | Braden | Capps | 2:29 | D | 40,847 | - | |
| 148 | 148 | Sunday, Sep 19 | boxscore | OAK | @ | MIN | W | 6 | 2 | 74-74 | 2 | 9.0 | Cramer | Liriano | 3:02 | D | 40,088 | + | ||
| 149 | 149 | Monday, Sep 20 | boxscore | OAK | CHW | W | 3 | 0 | 75-74 | 2 | 8.0 | Bonser | Linebrink | Breslow | 2:53 | N | 10,090 | ++ | ||
| 150 | 150 | Tuesday, Sep 21 | boxscore | OAK | CHW | W | 7 | 2 | 76-74 | 2 | 7.0 | Cahill | Buehrle | 2:30 | N | 11,158 | +++ | |||
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak | |||
| 151 | 151 | Wednesday, Sep 22 | boxscore | OAK | CHW | L | 3 | 4 | 76-75 | 2 | 8.0 | Thornton | Ziegler | Sale | 2:38 | D | 16,056 | - | ||
| 152 | 152 | Thursday, Sep 23 | boxscore | OAK | TEX | W | 5 | 0 | 77-75 | 2 | 7.0 | Braden | Lee | 2:22 | N | 10,815 | + | |||
| 153 | 153 | Friday, Sep 24 | boxscore | OAK | TEX | L | 3 | 10 | 77-76 | 2 | 8.0 | Hunter | Cramer | 3:03 | N | 13,539 | - | |||
| 154 | 154 | Saturday, Sep 25 | boxscore | OAK | TEX | L | 3 | 4 | 77-77 | 2 | 9.0 | O'Day | Wuertz | Feliz | 3:14 | D | 20,136 | -- | ||
| 155 | 155 | Sunday, Sep 26 | boxscore | OAK | TEX | L | 9 | 16 | 77-78 | 2 | 10.0 | Lewis | Cahill | 3:27 | D | 21,030 | --- | |||
| 156 | 156 | Monday, Sep 27 | boxscore | OAK | @ | LAA | L | 5 | 6 | 77-79 | 2 | 10.0 | Kohn | Ziegler | Rodney | 3:11 | N | 40,414 | ---- | |
| 157 | 157 | Tuesday, Sep 28 | boxscore | OAK | @ | LAA | L | 2 | 4 | 77-80 | 2 | 10.0 | Haren | Braden | Rodney | 2:30 | N | 43,163 | ----- | |
| 158 | 158 | Wednesday, Sep 29 | boxscore | OAK | @ | LAA | L | 1 | 2 | 11 | 77-81 | 3 | 11.0 | Cassevah | Ziegler | 3:20 | D | 39,199 | ------ | |
| 159 | 159 | Thursday, Sep 30 | boxscore | OAK | @ | SEA | W | 8 | 1 | 78-81 | 2 | 11.0 | Gonzalez | Fister | 2:39 | N | 16,940 | + | ||
| 160 | 160 | Friday, Oct 1 | boxscore | OAK | @ | SEA | W | 9 | 0 | 79-81 | 2 | 10.0 | Cahill | French | 2:22 | N | 19,656 | ++ | ||
| 161 | 161 | Saturday, Oct 2 | boxscore | OAK | @ | SEA | W | 5 | 3 | 80-81 | 2 | 10.0 | Anderson | Pauley | Breslow | 2:29 | N | 17,717 | +++ | |
| 162 | 162 | Sunday, Oct 3 | boxscore | OAK | @ | SEA | W | 4 | 3 | 81-81 | 2 | 9.0 | Braden | Varvaro | Breslow | 2:53 | D | 23,263 | ++++ | |
| Rk | Gm# | Date | Tm | Opp | R | RA | Inn | W-L | Rank | GB | Win | Loss | Save | Time | D/N | Attendance | Streak |
Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.