August 23, 1999 Toronto Blue Jays at Oakland Athletics Box Score and Play by Play

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ANA 6
DET 5 BAL 4
@KCR 2 BOS 4
@MIN 1 TOR 9
@OAK 4 SEA 4
CLE 1 CHW 10
@TBD 2 NYY 21
@TEX 3 ATL 6
CIN 2 LAD 8
@MIL 4 MON 11
STL 7 NYM 3
HOU 2 SDP 7
@PHI 6 ARI 2
@PIT 1

Standings at end of play this day

Network Associates Coliseum, Attendance: 10,047

Monday, August 23, 1999, 1:05PM
Time of Game: 3:35

Blue Jays

67-60

Won 1

3rd, 10½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Blue Jays       0  2  0   5  0  2   0  0  0    9 14  1
Athletics       1  0  0   3  0  0   0  0  0    4 11  3

W: D Wells (12-8), L: K Appier (12-11)

Athletics

68-57

Lost 1

2nd, 6½ GB

BATTING

Toronto Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
S Stewart LF                  6   2   2   0    0   0  .308  .803   14    4   0   
B McRae CF                    4   1   1   2    1   1  .220  .684   23    3   0   HR
  J Brumfield CF              0   0   0   0    0   0  .264  .697         1   0   
S Green RF                    5   2   3   1    0   0  .316  .987   21    4   0   2·2B,SB
C Delgado 1B                  4   1   1   0    1   1  .270  .932   20    7   0   
T Fernandez 3B                5   1   4   3    0   0  .338  .909   14    0   2   3·2B
D Fletcher C                  4   1   0   0    1   0  .280  .800   13    5   1   
T Batista SS                  5   1   3   2    0   1  .277  .860   18    1   1   HR,2B
W Greene DH                   5   0   0   0    0   2  .204  .675   18    0   0   
H Bush 2B                     5   0   0   1    0   0  .327  .786   20    2   3   

D Wells P                                                                0   0
  J Frascatore P                                                         0   0
  P Quantrill P                                                          0   0
Totals                       43   9  14   9    3   5              161   27   7

BATTING

2B: T Fernandez 3 (36, off T Worrell, 2 off K Appier); T Batista (19, off K Appier); S Green 2 (38, off T Worrell, off K Appier).

HR: T Batista (25, off K Appier; 4th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF Line); B McRae (11, off K Appier; 4th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep RF Line).

TB: T Fernandez 7; T Batista 7; S Green 5; B McRae 4; S Stewart 2; C Delgado.

RBI: T Fernandez 3 (67); B McRae 2 (41); T Batista 2 (71); S Green (103); H Bush (41).

2-out RBI: T Fernandez 3; B McRae 2.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 4 for 15.

FIELDING

E: T Fernandez (13).

BASERUNNING

SB: S Green (20, 2nd base off K Appier/A Hinch).

Oakland Athletics            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Christenson CF              4   2   2   1    0   0  .214  .622   12    4   0   2B
  R Becker PH-CF              1   0   1   0    0   0  .256  .822    1    0   0   
R Velarde 2B                  4   0   2   2    1   1  .310  .815   21    2   3   3B
J Giambi DH                   3   0   0   0    1   0  .317  .973   21    0   0   HBP
O Saenz 1B                    5   0   1   0    0   3  .270  .804   20    7   1   
S Spiezio 3B                  5   0   1   0    0   0  .231  .720   19    2   0   
M Tejada SS                   5   0   0   0    0   0  .247  .749   19    2   2   
B Grieve LF                   3   1   1   0    0   0  .266  .868   21    1   0   2B,HBP
J McDonald RF                 4   0   1   0    0   1  .211  .583   15    3   0   
A Hinch C                     4   1   2   0    0   0  .217  .599   16    5   1   

K Appier P                                                               0   1
  T Worrell P                                                            0   0
  J Isringhausen P                                                       1   0
Totals                       38   4  11   3    2   5              165   27   8

BATTING

2B: B Grieve (16, off D Wells); R Christenson (9, off D Wells).

3B: R Velarde (6, off D Wells).

HBP: B Grieve (8, by D Wells); J Giambi (4, by D Wells).

TB: R Velarde 4; R Christenson 3; A Hinch 2; B Grieve 2; S Spiezio; O Saenz; J McDonald; R Becker.

RBI: R Velarde 2 (56); R Christenson (20).

2-out RBI: R Christenson; R Velarde.

Team LOB: 11.

With RISP: 4 for 12.

FIELDING

PB: A Hinch (10).

E: R Christenson (6); M Tejada 2 (16).

PITCHING

Toronto Blue Jays             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Wells, W (12-8)              5.2   8   4   4    2   4   0   5.17   29  124-75   47· 9·19   10· 7· 4· 0     39    -     0.94   0.00
J Frascatore, H (9)            2.1   2   0   0    0   1   0   3.77    9   23-19   16· 1· 2    3· 3· 2· 0          3-0    0.48   0.09
P Quantrill                    1     1   0   0    0   0   0   2.78    4   18-13    8· 1· 4    1· 3· 0· 0          0-0    0.16   0.01
Totals                         9    11   4   4    2   5   0          42  165-107  71·11·25   14·13· 6· 0          3-0

Oakland Athletics             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
K Appier, L (12-11)            3.2   8   7   3    3   2   2   4.90   23   88-51   29· 7·15    6· 8· 4· 0     24    -     1.03  -0.37
T Worrell                      3.1   3   2   2    0   3   0   4.01   14   44-33   26· 4· 3    5· 6· 0· 0          1-0    0.34  -0.04
J Isringhausen                 2     3   0   0    0   0   0   5.04    9   23-17   12· 0· 5    2· 4· 3· 0          0-0    0.06   0.01
Totals                         9    14   9   5    3   5   2          46  155-101  67·11·23   13·18· 7· 0          1-0

Balks: K Appier (1).

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: D Wells 2 (5; J Giambi, B Grieve).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Fieldin Culbreth, 2B - Mike Everitt, 3B - Doug Eddings.

Time of Game: 3:35.

Attendance: 10,047.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 69° F, Wind 10mph out to Rightfield, Sunny, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Toronto Blue Jays             Oakland Athletics                    
1. S Stewart            LF    1. R Christenson        CF 
2. B McRae              CF    2. R Velarde            2B 
3. S Green              RF    3. J Giambi             DH 
4. C Delgado            1B    4. O Saenz              1B 
5. T Fernandez          3B    5. S Spiezio            3B 
6. D Fletcher           C     6. M Tejada             SS 
7. T Batista            SS    7. B Grieve             LF 
8. W Greene             DH    8. J McDonald           RF 
9. H Bush               2B    9. A Hinch              C  

   D Wells              P        K Appier             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 4   2  1-3  -2-  5   14%  85% B McRae         K Appier        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Stewart Scores/unER; McRae Scores/unER
   t 2   0  1-0  12-  6   14%  64% T Batista       K Appier        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep 3B); Fernandez Scores; Fletcher to 3B
   t 4   0  1-2  ---  4   10%  72% T Batista       K Appier        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
   t 3   0  1-2  1--  3   10%  74% S Green         K Appier        Double to CF (Fly Ball); McRae to 3B
   t 3   1  1-2  -23  2   -9%  60% T Fernandez     K Appier        Fielder's Choice P; McRae out at 3B/P-C-3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 0-0, Kevin Appier facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  6   53%  S Stewart       Single to SS (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  1   50%  B McRae         Flyball: CF (Short LF-CF)
   O      1--  8   47%  S Green         Flyball: LF
          1--      48%  C Delgado       Passed Ball; Stewart to 2B
          -2-      49%  " "             Balk; Stewart to 3B
   O      --3  4   45%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Athletics Batting, Tied 0-0, David Wells facing 1-2-3
          ---  2   39%  R Christenson   Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
   R      -2-  6   33%  R Velarde       Single to CF (Ground Ball); Christenson Scores
          1--  5   28%  J Giambi        Hit By Pitch; Velarde to 2B
   O      12-  4   33%  O Saenz         Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  2   36%  S Spiezio       Foul Popfly: 1B (1B-C Foul)
   O      12-  3   40%  M Tejada        Groundout: 2B-1B (Weak 2B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 1.

Top of the 2nd, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 0-1, Kevin Appier facing 5-6-7
          ---  3   46%  T Fernandez     Double to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line)
          -2-  4   50%  D Fletcher      Walk
   R      12-  6   64%  T Batista       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep 3B); Fernandez Scores; Fletcher to 3B
   O      -23  5   59%  W Greene        Strikeout Swinging
   RO     -23  1   59%  H Bush          Groundout: 2B-1B (Weak 2B); Fletcher Scores; Batista to 3B
   O      --3  2   55%  S Stewart       Groundout: SS-1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 1.

Bottom of the 2nd, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-2, David Wells facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  3   58%  B Grieve        Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  6   59%  J McDonald      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  8   58%  A Hinch         Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF)
   O      1--  1   61%  R Christenson   Bunt Groundout: C-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 1.

Top of the 3rd, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 2-1, Kevin Appier facing 2-3-4
          ---  7   64%  B McRae         Walk
          1--  3   74%  S Green         Double to CF (Fly Ball); McRae to 3B
   O      -23  4   69%  C Delgado       Popfly: 1B (Short 1B Line)
   O      -23  2   60%  T Fernandez     Fielder's Choice P; McRae out at 3B/P-C-3B
   O      12-  4   56%  D Fletcher      Flyball: RF (Short RF Line)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-2, David Wells facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  5   58%  R Velarde       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   55%  J Giambi        Walk
   O      1--  6   59%  O Saenz         Strikeout Looking
   O      1--  5   62%  S Spiezio       Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 1.

Top of the 4th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 2-1, Kevin Appier facing 7-8-9
   R      ---  4   72%  T Batista       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
   O      ---  5   70%  W Greene        Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
   O      ---  4   69%  H Bush          Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  3   71%  S Stewart       Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); Stewart to 2B
   RR     -2-  5   85%  B McRae         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Stewart Scores/unER; McRae Scores/unER
          ---  1   85%  S Green         Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
          1--      86%  C Delgado       Green Steals 2B
          -2-  4   86%  " "             Walk
   RR     12-  2   94%  T Fernandez     Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep 2B); Green Scores/unER; Delgado Scores/unER; Fernandez to 3B/Adv on E8
                  Tim Worrell replaces Kevin Appier pitching
   O      --3  1   93%  D Fletcher      Popfly: SS (Deep SS)
                  5 runs, 4 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Athletics 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-7, David Wells facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   95%  M Tejada        Flyball: LF
          ---  6   93%  B Grieve        Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep 1B)
   O      -2-  1   94%  J McDonald      Flyball: RF (Short RF Line)
          -2-  3   94%  A Hinch         Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B); Grieve to 3B
   RR     1-3  4   86%  R Christenson   Single to 3B (Ground Ball); Grieve Scores; Hinch Scores/No RBI/Adv on E5; Christenson to 3B
   R      --3  5   79%  R Velarde       Triple to RF (Fly Ball); Christenson Scores
   O      --3  5   83%  J Giambi        Flyball: CF
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Athletics 4.

Top of the 5th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 7-4, Tim Worrell facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  1   81%  T Batista       Groundout: 2B-1B (Weak 2B)
   O      ---  6   80%  W Greene        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   80%  H Bush          Foul Popfly: 2B (1B Foul)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Athletics 4.

Bottom of the 5th, Athletics Batting, Behind 4-7, David Wells facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2   82%  O Saenz         Flyball: RF
   O      ---  2   84%  S Spiezio       Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      --- 10   85%  M Tejada        Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Athletics 4.

Top of the 6th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 7-4, Tim Worrell facing 1-2-3
          ---  1   87%  S Stewart       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  5   85%  B McRae         Strikeout Swinging
   R      1--  7   92%  S Green         Double to RF (Ground Ball); Stewart Scores
   O      -2-  1   90%  C Delgado       Flyball: CF
   R      -2-  1   94%  T Fernandez     Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Green Scores
   O      -2-  1   94%  D Fletcher      Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 9, Athletics 4.

Bottom of the 6th, Athletics Batting, Behind 4-9, David Wells facing 7-8-9
          ---  5   91%  B Grieve        Hit By Pitch
          1--  6   87%  J McDonald      Single to CF (Line Drive); Grieve to 2B
   O      12-  4   90%  A Hinch         Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B (Weak 2B); Grieve to 3B
   O      1-3  5   94%  R Christenson   Flyball: RF (Short RF)
          1-3  4   92%  R Velarde       Walk; Hinch to 2B
                  John Frascatore replaces David Wells pitching
   O      123  1   96%  J Giambi        Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 9, Athletics 4.

Top of the 7th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 9-4, Tim Worrell facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  4   96%  T Batista       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   96%  W Greene        Groundout: 2B-1B
          --- 12   96%  H Bush          Reached on E6 (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  1   96%  S Stewart       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 9, Athletics 4.

Bottom of the 7th, Athletics Batting, Behind 4-9, John Frascatore facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   97%  O Saenz         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  3   96%  S Spiezio       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF)
   O      1--  2   97%  M Tejada        Lineout: CF
   O      1--  7   98%  B Grieve        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 9, Athletics 4.

Top of the 8th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 9-4, Jason Isringhausen facing 2-3-4
                  Jason Isringhausen replaces Tim Worrell pitching
   O      ---  5   98%  B McRae         Lineout: CF
   O      ---  2   98%  S Green         Groundout: 1B-P
          ---  1   98%  C Delgado       Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 2B-1B)
          1--  6   98%  T Fernandez     Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Delgado to 2B
   O      12-  3   98%  D Fletcher      Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 9, Athletics 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Athletics Batting, Behind 4-9, John Frascatore facing 8-9-1
                  Jacob Brumfield replaces Brian McRae playing CF batting 2nd
   O      ---  2   99%  J McDonald      Flyball: LF (Short LF)
   O      ---  1   99%  A Hinch         Flyball: LF (Short LF-CF)
                  Rich Becker pinch hits for Ryan Christenson batting 1st
          ---  1   99%  R Becker        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  1   99%  R Velarde       Groundout: 2B unassisted/Forceout at 2B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 9, Athletics 4.

Top of the 9th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 9-4, Jason Isringhausen facing 7-8-9
                  Rich Becker moves to CF
          ---  3   99%  T Batista       Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B)
   O      1--  1   99%  W Greene        Popfly: SS (SS-2B)
   O      1--  1   99%  H Bush          Popfly: RF (Short RF Line)
   O      1--  1   99%  S Stewart       Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 9, Athletics 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Athletics Batting, Behind 4-9, Paul Quantrill facing 3-4-5
                  Paul Quantrill replaces John Frascatore pitching
   O      ---  6  100%  J Giambi        Flyball: LF
          ---  3   99%  O Saenz         Single to 3B (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  7  100%  S Spiezio       Popfly: CF (Short LF-CF)
   O      1--  2  100%  M Tejada        Flyball: RF
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 9, Athletics 4.

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