--LHP Dallas Braden, the A's top starter, was struck on the left hand and on his neck by a line drive by Vernon Wells in the first inning on Sunday. Braden was initially felled by the drive and tended to by trainer Walt Horn for several minutes, but he got up and remained in the game; X-rays taken after the game were negative but Braden has a deep bone bruise on the back of his left hand. His lower arm was placed in a splint, but Braden does not believe he will miss his next start Friday at Detroit. Braden's 2.50 ERA was the third lowest in the league entering Sunday.
--RHP Santiago Casilla pitched a perfect inning in a rehab appearance with Class-A Stockton on Saturday night. Casilla, who is out with a right knee strain, will make a rehab appearance with Class AAA Sacramento on Tuesday before joining the A's in Detroit for Friday's game. BY THE NUMBERS: 100 -- Games since Oakland's last complete game, a franchise record for consecutive games without a complete game, topping the previous mark of 96 set from June 21, 1997, to April 10, 1998. Justin Duchscherer threw the team's last complete game on July 8.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "It looked like a ball of cotton candy hanging from my wrist." -- LHP Dallas Braden, who continued to pitch with a severely swollen left hand on Sunday after being hit by a line drive by Vernon Wells.
