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An interference call on Ron Fairly with two out in the 10th inning opened the gates for the Athletics, who pushed over two unearned runs to defeat the Blue Jays, 6-5. The Blue Jays overcame a 3-0 deficit earlier in the game by rallying for four runs in the fifth, breaking a string of 17 consecutive scoreless innings. Rich McKinney saved the A's from defeat by hitting a pinch-homer in the eighth. Oakland Athletics 6, Toronto Blue Jays 5Game Played on Wednesday, May 25, 1977 (Night game) at Exhibition StadiumA's 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 - 6 9 1 Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 10 2 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Alexander ss 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250 Scott lf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .170 Picciolo ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .169 xTorres ss 4 1 0 0 0 0 .000 McKinney ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .194 Bailor dh 5 1 3 1 0 1 .387 Scott ss 1 1 1 0 0 0 .288 Velez rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .303 Sanguillen dh 5 1 2 1 0 0 .304 Howell 3b 4 1 2 0 1 1 .313 Page lf 4 0 2 2 0 0 .319 Ault 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Allen 1b 3 0 0 0 2 2 .270 Fairly ph,1b 3 0 1 2 0 1 .310 Newman c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Ashby c 3 1 1 1 2 0 .226 Gross 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .277 G. Woods cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .231 E. Williams c,1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .274 Ewing ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .303 Jorgensen rf 3 1 0 0 1 3 .174 Garcia 2b 3 0 1 1 2 0 .213 Armas cf 3 1 1 2 1 0 .195 Garvin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Perez 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .160 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lintz pr,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .107 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Umbarger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Coleman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Giusti p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 6 9 6 5 5 Totals 35 5 10 5 8 4 Time of Game: 3:11 Attendance: 36,097 Left on Base: A's 5, Blue Jays 11 DP: A's 2, Blue Jays 0 Errors: E. Williams, Howell, Fairly Doubles: Sanguillen (7), Garcia (10), Ashby (6) Home Runs: Armas (3), McKinney (4) Stolen Bases: Alexander (7), Howell (1) Caught Stealing: Lintz (1), Scott (9), Ashby (1), Scott (2) Sacrifice Hits: Velez (1), Scott (1) Sacrifice Flies: Page (2) GIDP: Ault (7), G. Woods (4) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Umbarger 4.1 6 4 2 5 1 0 23 5.60 Coleman 0.1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 2.31 Lacey 2.1 2 0 0 1 2 0 10 0.92 Giusti W(1-2) 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 9 2.77 Totals 10 10 5 3 8 4 0 46 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Garvin L(6-2) 9.2 9 6 3 4 5 2 39 3.42 Johnson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2.67 Willis 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.75 Totals 10 9 6 3 5 5 2 41 Wild Pitches: Johnson (3) Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Ken Kaiser ATHLETICS 1ST: Alexander walked; Alexander stole second; Sanguillen grounded out (second to first) [Alexander to third]; Page hit a sacrifice fly to left [Alexander scored]; Allen walked; Allen was picked off first (pitcher to first); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: PICCIOLO REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING SS); Scott grounded out (third to first); Torres flied out to right; Bailor singled to shortstop; Velez walked [Bailor to second]; Howell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross flied out to center; E. Williams singled to left; E. Williams was picked off first (pitcher to first); Jorgensen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Ault flied out to right; Ashby walked; Ashby was caught stealing second (catcher to second); G. Woods singled; Garcia walked [G. Woods to second]; Scott walked [G. Woods to third, Garcia to second]; Torres flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Armas flied out to center; Perez grounded out (second to first); Picciolo popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bailor singled to center; Velez flied out to right; Howell singled to left [Bailor to second]; Ault grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Howell out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first); Page singled to third; Allen forced Page (shortstop to second); Gross popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Ashby grounded out (third to first); G. Woods popped to second; Garcia flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: E. Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); Howell dropped a foul fly hit by Jorgensen for an error; Jorgensen walked; Armas homered [Jorgensen scored (unearned)]; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Scott singled to shortstop; Torres reached on catcher's interference by E. Williams [Scott to second]; Bailor singled [Scott scored, Torres to second]; Velez out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Torres to third, Bailor to second]; Howell walked; COLEMAN REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING); FAIRLY BATTED FOR AULT; Fairly singled to right [Torres scored (unearned), Bailor scored, Howell to third]; Ashby grounded out (second to first) [Howell scored (unearned), Fairly to second]; G. Woods walked; Garcia walked [Fairly to third, G. Woods to second]; LACEY REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Scott flied out to left; 4 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 4. ATHLETICS 6TH: FAIRLY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Sanguillen flied out to right; Page flied out to left; Allen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Torres grounded out (third to first); Bailor struck out; Velez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 4. ATHLETICS 7TH: Gross grounded out (pitcher to first); E. Williams grounded out (second to first); Jorgensen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Howell singled to right; Howell stole second; Fairly struck out; Ashby walked; G. Woods grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to second to first) [Ashby out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 4. ATHLETICS 8TH: Armas walked; Perez forced Armas (first to shortstop); LINTZ RAN FOR PEREZ; MCKINNEY BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Lintz was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); McKinney homered; Sanguillen singled; Page grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 8TH: SCOTT REPLACED MCKINNEY (PLAYING SS); LINTZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Garcia doubled to left; Scott reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Garcia to third]; GIUSTI REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Torres reached on a fielder's choice [Garcia out at home (shortstop to catcher), Scott to second]; Scott was caught stealing third (catcher to third) [Torres to second]; Bailor flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Blue Jays 4. ATHLETICS 9TH: Allen struck out; Gross flied out to center; E. Williams singled to left; Jorgensen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Velez struck out; Howell popped to catcher; Fairly grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Blue Jays 4. ATHLETICS 10TH: Armas popped to second; Lintz popped to catcher in foul territory; Scott singled to center; Scott was picked off and caught stealing second but was safe at second (error by Fairly; assists by Garvin, Fairly and Torres); Ron Fairly called for obstruction in rundown; Sanguillen doubled to right [Scott scored (unearned)]; Page singled to center [Sanguillen scored (unearned), Page to second (on throw to home)]; JOHNSON REPLACED GARVIN (PITCHING); Johnson threw a wild pitch [Page to third]; Allen walked; WILLIS REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Gross grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 10TH: NEWMAN REPLACED ALLEN (PLAYING C ); E. WILLIAMS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Ashby doubled to right; EWING BATTED FOR G. WOODS; Ewing grounded out (second to first) [Ashby to third]; Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first) [Ashby scored]; Scott grounded out (catcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Blue Jays 5. |
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