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The Athletics collected 18 hits and stole six bases, both representing their season highs, but they still had difficulty beating the Blue Jays, 9-8. The Blue Jays had only nine hits, including a homer by Doug Rader. Two unearned runs in the third inning proved essential to the A's, who finally decided the outcome in the seventh when Rob Picciolo batted in two runs with a single. [The Sporting News] Oakland Athletics 9, Toronto Blue Jays 8Game Played on Saturday, August 27, 1977 (Day game) at Exhibition StadiumA's 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 - 9 18 0 Blue Jays 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 - 8 9 2 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG North cf 4 2 3 0 0 0 .260 Staggs 2b 4 0 0 1 0 0 .253 Murray ph,lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .175 A. Woods lf 5 0 1 2 0 0 .272 Scott 2b 5 0 3 0 0 0 .261 Howell 3b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .308 Page lf 2 1 0 0 3 0 .292 Fairly 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .279 Newman c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Rader dh 4 2 1 1 1 1 .251 Tabb 1b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .216 Ewing rf 3 0 1 2 0 0 .295 E. Williams dh 5 2 3 2 0 0 .249 Velez ph,rf 1 1 0 0 1 1 .250 Mallory pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Torres ss 3 2 2 0 1 0 .259 Sanguillen c 4 1 3 1 0 0 .270 Ashby c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .201 Alexander pr,cf 1 1 0 0 0 0 .231 Bowling cf 2 1 1 1 2 1 .176 Gross 3b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .225 Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tyrone rf 3 0 2 1 2 0 .241 Murphy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Picciolo ss 5 0 2 2 0 0 .175 Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Medich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bair p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 41 9 18 6 5 3 Totals 35 8 9 8 6 4 Time of Game: 2:52 Attendance: 23,651 Left on Base: A's 10, Blue Jays 7 DP: A's 0, Blue Jays 0 Errors: Fairly, Bowling Doubles: E. Williams (10), Bowling (3), Howell (12), Ewing (7), A. Woods (15) Home Runs: Rader (13) Stolen Bases: North 2 (16), Page (32), Sanguillen (2), Scott (21), Alexander (20) Caught Stealing: Mallory (5) Sacrifice Flies: Staggs (1) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Medich W(7-6) 5.1 7 5 5 2 2 1 25 4.71 Lacey 2 1 3 3 4 0 0 11 3.33 Bair SV(2) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 4.01 Totals 9 9 8 8 6 4 1 42 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lemanczyk L(10-12) 3.1 9 6 4 2 1 0 20 4.53 Murphy 2.2 6 3 3 2 0 0 15 5.37 Vuckovich 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 3.49 Willis 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 4.56 Totals 9 18 9 7 5 3 0 46 Wild Pitches: Medich 2 (3), Lemanczyk (14) Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Fred Spenn, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Jim McKean ATHLETICS 1ST: North singled to left; North stole second; Scott flied out to left; Page walked; Tabb struck out; E. Williams doubled to left [North scored, Page scored]; Sanguillen singled to center [E. Williams scored, Sanguillen out at second (center to first to second)]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Staggs grounded out (pitcher to first); A. Woods made an out to shortstop; Howell singled to center; Fairly struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross flied out to left; Tyrone singled to right; Lemanczyk threw a wild pitch [Tyrone to second]; Picciolo made an out to shortstop; North singled to left [Tyrone to third]; Scott grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Rader flied out to right; Ewing flied out to center; Torres walked; Medich threw a wild pitch [Torres to second]; Medich threw a wild pitch [Torres to third]; Ashby singled [Torres scored]; Bowling doubled to left [Ashby scored]; Staggs grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 2. ATHLETICS 3RD: Page grounded out (shortstop to first); Tabb singled; E. Williams singled [Tabb scored (error by Fairly) (unearned)]; Sanguillen flied out to right; Gross reached on an error by Bowling [E. Williams scored (unearned) (no RBI), Gross to third]; Tyrone walked; Picciolo forced Tyrone (third to second); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 3RD: A. Woods made an out to second; Howell doubled to left; Fairly flied out to left; Rader walked; Ewing doubled to right [Howell scored, Rader scored]; Torres flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Blue Jays 4. ATHLETICS 4TH: North singled; North stole second; Scott singled to center [North scored (no RBI), Scott out at second (center to third to second)]; MURPHY REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING); Page walked; Page stole second; Tabb flied out to center; Page was picked off second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Ashby grounded out (first unassisted); Bowling struck out; Staggs flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Blue Jays 4. ATHLETICS 5TH: E. Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); Sanguillen singled to right; Sanguillen stole second; Gross grounded out (first to pitcher) [Sanguillen to third]; Tyrone singled [Sanguillen scored]; Picciolo singled to left [Tyrone to second]; North forced Picciolo (second unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 7, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 5TH: A. Woods grounded out (second to first); Howell grounded out (shortstop to first); Fairly grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, Blue Jays 4. ATHLETICS 6TH: Scott singled; Scott stole second; Page grounded out (first unassisted) [Scott to third]; Tabb lined to pitcher; E. Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 7, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Rader homered; Ewing flied out to left; Torres singled; LACEY REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); Ashby grounded out (third to first) [Torres to second]; Bowling walked; Staggs popped to second in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 7, Blue Jays 5. ATHLETICS 7TH: Sanguillen singled to right; ALEXANDER RAN FOR SANGUILLEN; Alexander stole second; Gross singled [Alexander to third]; Tyrone walked [Gross to second]; VUCKOVICH REPLACED MURPHY (PITCHING); Picciolo singled [Alexander scored, Gross scored, Tyrone out at third (center to second)]; MURRAY BATTED FOR NORTH; Murray struck out; Scott singled [Picciolo to second]; Page walked [Picciolo to third, Scott to second]; Tabb flied out to left; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 9, Blue Jays 5. BLUE JAYS 7TH: ALEXANDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); MURRAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); NEWMAN REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING C ); A. Woods grounded out (third to first); Howell walked; Fairly popped to catcher in foul territory; Rader flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 9, Blue Jays 5. ATHLETICS 8TH: WILLIS REPLACED VUCKOVICH (PITCHING); E. Williams singled to left; MALLORY RAN FOR E. WILLIAMS; Alexander popped to pitcher; Mallory was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Gross was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 9, Blue Jays 5. BLUE JAYS 8TH: MALLORY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); VELEZ BATTED FOR EWING; Velez walked; Torres singled to left [Velez to second]; Ashby flied out to center; Bowling walked [Velez to third, Torres to second]; BAIR REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Staggs hit a sacrifice fly to center [Velez scored, Torres stayed at second, Bowling stayed at first]; A. Woods doubled to left [Torres scored, Bowling scored]; Howell grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 9, Blue Jays 8. ATHLETICS 9TH: VELEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Tyrone made an out to third; Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first); Murray flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 9, Blue Jays 8. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Fairly made an out to second; Rader struck out; Velez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 9, Blue Jays 8. |
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