Four homers, including two by Otto Velez and one each by John Scott and Doug Ault, powered the Blue Jays to a 7-3 victory over the Athletics. Velez also hit a sacrifice fly and single. Vida Blue, pitching for the A's, had a 2-1 lead going into the third when the Jays exploded for four runs.

Scott hit his first major league homer to spark the rally. After a walk to Roy Howell and single by Velez, Ault also connected for the circuit. Velez homered off Blue in the sixth and added his other round-tripper off Joe Coleman in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Toronto Blue Jays 7, Oakland Athletics 3

Game Played on Sunday, June 5, 1977 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Blue Jays    1  0  4    0  0  1    0  1  0  -   7  9  2
A's          2  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3 11  0


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Scott cf              4   2   2   1     0   1   .266      Perez 2b              5   1   1   0     0   1   .238
Bailor ss             4   0   2   0     0   0   .348      Sanguillen dh         5   1   1   1     0   0   .276
Howell 3b             3   1   0   0     1   1   .280      Page lf               5   0   1   0     0   3   .310
Velez rf              3   3   3   3     0   0   .305      E. Williams c         5   1   1   0     0   2   .243
Ault 1b               4   1   2   3     0   0   .246      Gross 3b              4   0   3   0     0   0   .274
Ashby c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .228      Armas cf              3   0   1   1     1   2   .250
McKay 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .181      Tyrone rf             4   0   2   0     0   1   .302
Garcia dh             1   0   0   0     1   1   .211      Jorgensen 1b          2   0   0   0     0   0   .217
  Ewing ph,dh         1   0   0   0     1   0   .269        McKinney ph,1b      2   0   1   0     0   0   .195
Bowling lf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .111      Picciolo ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .179
Garvin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Scott ph,ss         0   0   0   0     2   0   .276
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Coleman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Torrealba p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   7   9   7     3   5             Totals               36   3  11   2     3   9

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance:  4,580
Left on Base: Blue Jays 2, A's 10
DP: Blue Jays 2, A's 3
Errors: Howell, Ault
Doubles: Gross (10)
Triples: Perez (2)
Home Runs: Scott (1), Ault (7), Velez 2 (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Picciolo (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Velez (4)
GIDP: Bowling 2 (4), Howell (3), McKinney (5), Perez (4)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Garvin W(7-3)           5     8   3   2   1   4   0  25   3.51
Johnson SV(2)           4     3   0   0   2   5   0  15   2.82
Totals                  9    11   3   2   3   9   0  40

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue L(3-7)             6     7   6   6   2   4   3  25   4.25
Coleman                 2     2   1   1   0   1   1   8   2.33
Torrealba               1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   0.66
Totals                  9     9   7   7   3   5   4  36

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Joe Brinkman


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Scott singled to shortstop; Bailor singled to
third [Scott to second]; Howell grounded out (first unassisted)
[Scott to third, Bailor to second]; Velez hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Scott scored]; Ault grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Perez tripled; Sanguillen singled to center
[Perez scored]; Page struck out; E. Williams struck out; Gross
singled to right [Sanguillen to second]; Gross was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Ault [Sanguillen scored
(unearned), Gross to third]; Doug Ault made a high throw to
3B; Armas struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 1, Athletics 2.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Ashby grounded out (third to first); McKay flied
out to center; Garcia struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Tyrone singled to center; Jorgensen popped to
third in foul territory; Picciolo out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Tyrone to second]; Perez made an out to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bowling flied out to center; Scott homered;
Bailor grounded out (pitcher to first); Howell walked; Velez
singled to center [Howell to second]; Ault homered [Howell
scored, Velez scored]; Ashby struck out; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 5, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Sanguillen popped to first in foul territory;
Page grounded out (first to pitcher); E. Williams singled to
left; Gross singled to center [E. Williams to second]; Armas
singled to right [E. Williams scored, Gross to third, Armas to
second (on throw)]; Tyrone grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Athletics 3.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: McKay struck out; Garcia walked; Bowling grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Garcia out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Jorgensen popped to first in foul territory;
Picciolo popped to first in foul territory; Perez grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 5,
Athletics 3.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Scott struck out; Bailor singled to left; Howell
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Bailor out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 5,
Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Sanguillen popped to first in foul territory;
Page struck out; E. Williams reached on an error by Howell;
Gross grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 5, Athletics 3.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Velez homered; Ault grounded out (second to
first); Ashby popped to first; McKay grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Armas walked; Tyrone singled to left [Armas to
second]; MCKINNEY BATTED FOR JORGENSEN; JOHNSON REPLACED GARVIN
(PITCHING); McKinney grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Armas to third, Tyrone out at second]; SCOTT
BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Scott walked; Perez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Athletics 3.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: MCKINNEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); SCOTT
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); COLEMAN REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING);
EWING BATTED FOR GARCIA; Ewing flied out to center; Bowling
grounded out (third to first); Scott flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first);
Page singled to left; E. Williams struck out; Gross doubled to
right [Page to third]; Armas struck out (catcher to first); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Athletics 3.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Bailor flied out to left; Howell struck out;
Velez homered; Ault singled to left; Ashby flied out to right; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 7, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Tyrone was called out on strikes; McKinney
singled to right; Scott walked [McKinney to second]; Perez
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Scott out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 7,
Athletics 3.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: TORREALBA REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); McKay
grounded out (third to first); Ewing walked; Bowling grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Ewing out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 7, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Sanguillen grounded out (second to first); Page
struck out; E. Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 7, Athletics 3.

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