August 28, 2007 Toronto Blue Jays at Oakland Athletics Box Score and Play by Play

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TBD 15
@BAL 8 CLE 6
MIN 5 KCR 6
DET 3 NYY 5
BOS 3 TOR 5
@OAK 4 LAA 10
@SEA 6 TEX 4
CHW 3 CHC 5
MIL 3 FLA 4
ATL 3
(11) STL 7
@HOU 0 LAD 4
WSN 3 PHI 4
NYM 2
(10) PIT 6
CIN 4 PIT 3
CIN 2 SDP 6
ARI 4 SFG 3
COL 1

Standings at end of play this day

Network Associates Coliseum, Attendance: 20,542

Tuesday, August 28, 2007, 7:07PM
Time of Game: 2:48

Blue Jays

67-65

Won 2

3rd, 13 GB

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

W: B Wolfe (3-1), L: A Brown (2-1), S: C Janssen (4)

Athletics

65-69

Lost 5

3rd, 14 GB

BATTING

Toronto Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
V Wells CF                    5   1   1   0    0   1  .258  .740   14    1   0   3B
R Johnson LF                  5   1   1   0    0   0  .257  .673   22    3   0   
A Rios RF                     4   1   2   1    0   1  .307  .876   15    2   0   2B
M Stairs DH                   3   1   2   1    1   1  .295  .935   16    0   0   HR,2B,IW
T Glaus 3B                    1   1   0   0    3   0  .253  .801   23    0   1   
L Overbay 1B                  4   0   1   2    0   0  .254  .748   15   11   2   2B,2·GDP
A Hill 2B                     3   0   1   1    0   0  .270  .749   14    2   2   SF
C Thigpen C                   4   0   0   0    0   3  .231  .558   18    4   0   
J McDonald SS                 3   0   0   0    1   2  .257  .613   13    2   3   

J Litsch P                                                               0   2
  B Wolfe P                                                              1   0
  J Accardo P                                                            0   0
  C Janssen P                                                            1   0
Totals                       32   5   8   5    5   8              150   27  10

BATTING

2B: A Rios (36, off C Gaudin); M Stairs (23, off C Gaudin); L Overbay (29, off A Brown).

3B: V Wells (4, off C Gaudin).

HR: M Stairs (16, off C Gaudin; 4th inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF-CF).

SF: A Hill (4, off A Brown).

IBB: M Stairs (5, by C Gaudin).

TB: M Stairs 6; V Wells 3; A Rios 3; L Overbay 2; A Hill; R Johnson.

GIDP: L Overbay 2 (9).

RBI: L Overbay 2 (40); M Stairs (47); A Hill (67); A Rios (69).

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 3 for 10.

FIELDING

DP: 1. J McDonald-A Hill-L Overbay.

Oakland Athletics            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
S Stewart LF                  5   0   0   0    0   0  .286  .739   14    0   0   
M Ellis 2B                    4   1   1   0    0   0  .260  .742   16    2   2   
N Swisher CF                  4   1   1   0    0   0  .269  .851   18    7   0   2B
J Cust RF                     3   1   1   2    1   1  .269  .949   20    4   0   
M Piazza DH                   4   0   1   0    0   0  .273  .711   10    0   0   
D Johnson 1B                  4   0   0   0    0   2  .234  .760   24    5   0   
M Scutaro SS                  3   1   1   1    1   0  .253  .701   16    2   2   
J Hannahan 3B                 3   0   1   1    1   1  .265  .837   18    0   0   
K Suzuki C                    3   0   1   0    0   0  .252  .765   14    7   1   HBP,GDP

C Gaudin P                                                               0   0
  A Brown P                                                              0   0
  S Casilla P                                                            0   0
Totals                       33   4   7   4    3   4              150   27   5

BATTING

2B: N Swisher (29, off J Litsch).

HBP: K Suzuki (3, by J Litsch).

TB: N Swisher 2; M Ellis; K Suzuki; M Scutaro; J Cust; J Hannahan; M Piazza.

GIDP: K Suzuki (3).

RBI: J Cust 2 (71); J Hannahan (8); M Scutaro (36).

2-out RBI: M Scutaro; J Hannahan.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 3 for 7.

FIELDING

DP: 2. M Ellis-M Scutaro-D Johnson; M Ellis-D Johnson.

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
J Litsch                       6     4   2   2    1   3   0   3.40   24   98-58   35· 4·19    5· 8· 6· 0     58    -     0.87   0.09
B Wolfe, W (3-1)               2     0   0   0    1   1   0   1.69    6   22-12    5· 3· 4    4· 0· 0· 0          0-0    1.34   0.14
J Accardo, H (2)               0.2   3   2   2    1   0   0   2.45    6   26-14    9· 1· 4    2· 1· 2· 0          0-0    1.67  -0.13
C Janssen, S (4)               0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   2.39    1    1-1     1· 0· 0    1· 0· 0· 0          2-0    6.80   0.17
Totals                         9     7   4   4    3   4   0          37  147-85   50· 8·27   12· 9· 8· 0          2-0

Oakland Athletics             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
C Gaudin                       7     5   2   2    4   5   1   4.06   28  107-63   32· 8·23    4·10· 5· 0     60    -     1.26   0.18
A Brown, L (2-1)               1     3   3   3    1   1   0   4.18    7   28-17   11· 2· 4    1· 2· 2· 0          0-0    2.49  -0.41
S Casilla                      1     0   0   0    0   2   0   4.43    3   15-12    4· 3· 5    0· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.13   0.01
Totals                         9     8   5   5    5   8   1          38  150-92   47·13·32    5·13· 7· 0           -

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: C Gaudin (7; M Stairs).

HBP: J Litsch (4; K Suzuki).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Bill Miller, 1B - Marvin Hudson, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Jerry Layne.

Time of Game: 2:48.

Attendance: 20,542.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 75° F, Wind 11mph from Left to Right, Sunny.

LINEUPS

   Toronto Blue Jays             Oakland Athletics                    
1. V Wells              CF    1. S Stewart            LF 
2. R Johnson            LF    2. M Ellis              2B 
3. A Rios               RF    3. N Swisher            CF 
4. M Stairs             DH    4. J Cust               RF 
5. T Glaus              3B    5. M Piazza             DH 
6. L Overbay            1B    6. D Johnson            1B 
7. A Hill               2B    7. M Scutaro            SS 
8. C Thigpen            C     8. J Hannahan           3B 
9. J McDonald           SS    9. K Suzuki             C  

   J Litsch             P        C Gaudin             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 8   1  2-2  123  3   23%  91% L Overbay       A Brown         Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Johnson Scores; Rios Scores; Glaus to 3B
   t 6   1  2-2  123  4  -21%  42% L Overbay       C Gaudin        Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
   b 9   2  5-4  12-  1   17% 100% S Stewart       C Janssen       Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
   t 6   0  2-1  ---  5   15%  49% V Wells         C Gaudin        Triple to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
   t 6   1  2-1  --3  4   12%  53% A Rios          C Gaudin        Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Wells Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 0-0, Chad Gaudin facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  4   48%  V Wells         Flyball: RF
   O      ---  3   46%  R Johnson       Lineout: SS (Weak SS)
   O      ---  2   45%  A Rios          Lineout: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Athletics Batting, Tied 0-0, Jesse Litsch facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   47%  S Stewart       Popfly: SS (Short CF)
          ---  3   45%  M Ellis         Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF)
          1--  5   37%  N Swisher       Double to RF (Ground Ball); Ellis to 3B
   RR     -23  1   26%  J Cust          Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep SS-3B Hole); Ellis Scores; Swisher Scores
   O      1--  1   29%  M Piazza        Lineout: 2B (2B-1B)
   O      1--  6   30%  D Johnson       Strikeout Looking
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2.

Top of the 2nd, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 0-2, Chad Gaudin facing 4-5-6
          ---  6   36%  M Stairs        Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  7   32%  T Glaus         Flyball: CF (LF-CF)
   O      -2-  4   28%  L Overbay       Flyball: CF
          -2-  6   30%  A Hill          Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Stairs to 3B
   O      1-3  3   25%  C Thigpen       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2.

Bottom of the 2nd, Athletics Batting, Ahead 2-0, Jesse Litsch facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  4   27%  M Scutaro       Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
   O      ---  6   28%  J Hannahan      Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  5   29%  K Suzuki        Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2.

Top of the 3rd, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 0-2, Chad Gaudin facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  2   26%  J McDonald      Flyball: RF (RF Line)
   O      ---  1   25%  V Wells         Flyball: RF (RF Line)
   O      ---  2   23%  R Johnson       Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Athletics Batting, Ahead 2-0, Jesse Litsch facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   25%  S Stewart       Foul Lineout: 1B (1B Foul)
   O      ---  2   26%  M Ellis         Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  3   27%  N Swisher       Flyball: LF (Short LF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2.

Top of the 4th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 0-2, Chad Gaudin facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  4   24%  A Rios          Strikeout Swinging
   R      ---  2   35%  M Stairs        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
          ---  4   38%  T Glaus         Walk
   OO     1--  4   31%  L Overbay       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2.

Bottom of the 4th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 2-1, Jesse Litsch facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  6   34%  J Cust          Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
   O      ---  3   35%  M Piazza        Popfly: 1B (Deep 1B)
   O      ---  6   36%  D Johnson       Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2.

Top of the 5th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 1-2, Chad Gaudin facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  4   33%  A Hill          Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  6   31%  C Thigpen       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   29%  J McDonald      Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2.

Bottom of the 5th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 2-1, Jesse Litsch facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  5   31%  M Scutaro       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
          ---  4   29%  J Hannahan      Walk
          1--  2   26%  K Suzuki        Hit By Pitch; Hannahan to 2B
   O      12-  3   28%  S Stewart       Groundout: P-1B (Front of Home); Hannahan to 3B; Suzuki to 2B
   O      -23  6   34%  M Ellis         Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2.

Top of the 6th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 1-2, Chad Gaudin facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   49%  V Wells         Triple to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
   O      --3  5   41%  R Johnson       Lineout: 1B
   R      --3  4   53%  A Rios          Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Wells Scores
          -2-  4   55%  M Stairs        Intentional Walk
          12-  5   64%  T Glaus         Walk; Rios to 3B; Stairs to 2B
   OO     123  4   42%  L Overbay       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2.

Bottom of the 6th, Athletics Batting, Tied 2-2, Jesse Litsch facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  7   46%  N Swisher       Popfly: SS (Deep SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  6   48%  J Cust          Strikeout Swinging
          ---  1   46%  M Piazza        Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF)
   O      1--  5   50%  D Johnson       Lineout: 1B (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2.

Top of the 7th, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 2-2, Chad Gaudin facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  3   46%  A Hill          Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  4   43%  C Thigpen       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   45%  J McDonald      Walk
   O      1--  1   41%  V Wells         Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2.

Bottom of the 7th, Athletics Batting, Tied 2-2, Brian Wolfe facing 7-8-9
                  Brian Wolfe replaces Jesse Litsch pitching
          ---  4   36%  M Scutaro       Walk
   O      1--  3   41%  J Hannahan      Strikeout Swinging
   OO     1--  5   50%  K Suzuki        Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2.

Top of the 8th, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 2-2, Andrew Brown facing 2-3-4
                  Andrew Brown replaces Chad Gaudin pitching
          ---  3   57%  R Johnson       Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
          1--  5   67%  A Rios          Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Johnson to 2B
   O      12-  4   57%  M Stairs        Strikeout Swinging
          12-  7   68%  T Glaus         Walk; Johnson to 3B; Rios to 2B
   RR     123  3   91%  L Overbay       Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Johnson Scores; Rios Scores; Glaus to 3B
   RO     -23  1   92%  A Hill          Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); Glaus Scores
   O      -2-  5   91%  C Thigpen       Popfly: 2B (Short CF-RF)
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Athletics 2.

Bottom of the 8th, Athletics Batting, Behind 2-5, Brian Wolfe facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   94%  S Stewart       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  5   96%  M Ellis         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  3   97%  N Swisher       Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Athletics 2.

Top of the 9th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 5-2, Santiago Casilla facing 9-1-2
                  Santiago Casilla replaces Andrew Brown pitching
   O      ---  3   96%  J McDonald      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   96%  V Wells         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  9   96%  R Johnson       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Athletics 2.

Bottom of the 9th, Athletics Batting, Behind 2-5, Jeremy Accardo facing 4-5-6
                  Jeremy Accardo replaces Brian Wolfe pitching
          ---  7   91%  J Cust          Walk
   O      1--  5   95%  M Piazza        Flyball: RF (Short RF)
          1--      95%  D Johnson       Defensive Indifference; Cust to 2B
   O      -2-  6   98%  " "             Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B); Cust to 3B
   R      --3  3   95%  M Scutaro       Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Cust Scores
          1--      95%  J Hannahan      Defensive Indifference; Scutaro to 2B
   R      -2-  3   90%  " "             Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Scutaro Scores
          1--  2   83%  K Suzuki        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Hannahan to 2B
                  Casey Janssen replaces Jeremy Accardo pitching
   O      12-  1  100%  S Stewart       Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
        2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Athletics 4.

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