Toronto Blue Jays vs. Oakland Athletics - Box Score - August 04, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 4, 2012

Final in 11

Series: Game 3 of 4

Oakland leads 2-1 (as of 8/4)

Game 1: Thursday, August 2
Toronto	1	Final
Oakland	4	Final
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Game 2: Friday, August 3
Toronto	4	Final in 15
Oakland	5	Final in 15
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Game 3: Saturday, August 4
Toronto	3	Final in 11
Oakland	1	Final in 11
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Game 4: Sunday, August 5
Toronto	6	Final
Oakland	5	Final
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Blue Jays 3

(52-55, 24-32 away)

Athletics 1

(58-49, 32-24 home)

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4:05 PM ET, August 4, 2012

O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
TOR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	10	0
OAK	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1

W: J. Chavez (1-1)

L: J. Blevins (4-1)

S: D. Oliver (2)

Toronto Blue Jays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
Y Escobar SS	5	0	1	0	0	1	27	.256	.302	.347
K Johnson 2B	5	0	0	0	0	3	18	.230	.317	.370
E Encarnacion 1B	5	1	2	0	0	0	18	.290	.387	.565
D Cooper DH	5	1	1	1	0	0	15	.282	.322	.459
R Davis LF	4	1	1	0	1	0	24	.261	.313	.412
Y Gomes C	2	0	0	0	1	0	17	.177	.239	.371
a-J Mathis PH-C	2	0	0	0	0	1	10	.234	.271	.468
M Sierra RF	5	0	3	1	0	1	16	.444	.444	.556
A Gose CF	4	0	2	0	0	0	17	.205	.255	.250
A Hechavarria 3B	3	0	0	0	1	2	21	.000	.250	.000
Totals	40	3	10	2	3	8	183
a-flied out to center for Y Gomes in the 9th
BATTING 2B: A Gose (2, J Norberto); M Sierra (1, J Blevins) HR: D Cooper (3, 9th inning off R Cook 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: D Cooper (7), M Sierra (2) S: A Gose 2-out RBI: M Sierra Blue Jays RISP: 3-8 (Y Escobar 0-1, M Sierra 1-2, R Davis 1-1, Y Gomes 0-1, J Mathis 0-1, A Gose 1-1, K Johnson 0-1) Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING SB: R Davis 2 (30, 2nd base off J Norberto/G Kottaras, 2nd base off J Blevins/G Kottaras); E Encarnacion 2 (12, 2nd base off J Blevins/G Kottaras, 3rd base off J Blevins/G Kottaras)
FIELDING DP: 2 (Y Escobar-K Johnson-E Encarnacion, Y Escobar-E Encarnacion).

Toronto Blue Jays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R Romero	7.0	3	1	1	4	5	0	99-60	5.47
S Delabar	1.1	0	0	0	1	3	0	33-21	3.83
C Janssen	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-2	2.16
J Chavez (W, 1-1)	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	28-16	8.44
D Oliver (S, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14-10	1.34
Totals	11.0	4	1	1	7	10	0	177-109
PITCHING WP: R Romero 2 First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: R Romero 18/27; S Delabar 3/5; C Janssen 1/1; J Chavez 2/6; D Oliver 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: R Romero 19-7-17-17; S Delabar 6-2-12-1; C Janssen 1-0-0-1; J Chavez 4-2-7-3; D Oliver 3-1-4-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Romero 8-8; S Delabar 0-1; C Janssen 2-0; J Chavez 0-2; D Oliver 0-2 Game Scores: R Romero 68

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Weeks 2B	4	0	1	0	1	2	22	.221	.305	.305
M Taylor RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	21	.143	.143	.190
a-C Crisp PH-CF	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	.251	.314	.356
J Reddick CF-RF	5	0	0	0	0	2	20	.261	.333	.511
C Carter 1B	2	0	0	0	2	1	19	.260	.406	.636
Y Cespedes PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.370	.531
B Moss 1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	.231	.306	.531
J Gomes LF	5	0	0	0	0	1	20	.251	.374	.455
B Inge 3B	5	1	0	0	0	1	16	.207	.260	.379
D Norris DH	3	0	1	1	1	0	18	.198	.266	.326
G Kottaras C	3	0	1	0	1	1	17	.222	.364	.222
A Rosales SS	2	0	1	0	1	0	10	.156	.372	.156
b-E Sogard PH-SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.172	.212	.283
Totals	35	1	4	1	7	10	177
a-walked for M Taylor in the 10th b-flied out to center for A Rosales in the 10th
BATTING 2B: D Norris (2, R Romero) RBI: D Norris (12) 2-out RBI: D Norris GIDP: M Taylor, B Inge Athletics RISP: 1-6 (D Norris 1-1, M Taylor 0-1, A Rosales 0-1, J Reddick 0-1, G Kottaras 0-2) Team LOB: 8
FIELDING E: G Kottaras (1, throw) Outfield Assist: J Reddick (M Sierra at Home).

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
A Griffin	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	32-19	2.42
J Norberto	3.2	4	0	0	0	4	0	64-39	2.70
P Neshek (H, 1)	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	27-16	0.00
G Balfour (H, 15)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13-8	2.60
R Cook (B, 7)	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	12-10	2.47
J Blevins (L, 4-1)	2.0	4	2	2	2	3	0	35-22	2.45
Totals	11.0	10	3	3	3	8	1	183-114
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: A Griffin 4/6; J Norberto 8/14; P Neshek 4/6; G Balfour 2/3; R Cook 2/4; J Blevins 8/11 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: A Griffin 6-1-6-6; J Norberto 11-10-8-10; P Neshek 5-3-4-4; G Balfour 2-1-2-3; R Cook 4-1-2-3; J Blevins 4-6-6-6 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A Griffin 1-4; J Norberto 4-2; P Neshek 2-2; G Balfour 1-2; R Cook 0-3; J Blevins 1-1 Game Scores: A Griffin 53

Scoring Summary

			TOR	OAK
	2nd	D Norris doubled to deep right, B Inge scored.	0	1
	9th	D Cooper homered to right center (398 feet).	1	1
	11th	J Mathis struck out swinging, E Encarnacion stole third, R Davis stole second. E Encarnacion scored, R Davis to third on throwing error by catcher G Kottaras.	2	1
	11th	M Sierra doubled to deep left, R Davis scored.	3	1
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Game Notes

ATHLETICS PITCHER A.J. GRIFFIN LEFT THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE SECOND INNING WITH A SHOULDER INJURY.

Game Information

Stadium	O.co Coliseum, Oakland, CA
Attendance	17,121 (48.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:37
Weather	62 degrees, cloudy
Wind	9 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Gerry Davis, First Base - Phil Cuzzi, Second Base - Greg Gibson, Third Base - Manny Gonzalez