--LHP Brett Anderson (blister) will start Saturday at Detroit if Dallas Braden is able to take his regular turn on Friday. Braden was hit by a line drive on his left hand on Sunday but he remained in the game. If Braden cannot go, Anderson is likely to take the mound Friday at Detroit if he has had no more blister problems on his left index finger.
--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.
