September 4, 2000 Oakland Athletics at Toronto Blue Jays Play by Play and Box Score

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BOS 5
SEA 1 TEX 5
@CHW 4 CLE 5
TBD 1 DET 5
ANA 0 NYY 4
@KCR 3 BAL 3
@MIN 2 OAK 10
@TOR 0 CIN 6
NYM 2 COL 6
CHC 2 FLA 5
@HOU 2 PIT 12
@LAD 1 SDP 4
MIL 3 SFG 3
PHI 0 STL 4
MON 2

Standings at end of play this day

SkyDome, Attendance: 21,824

Monday, September 4, 2000, 1:05PM
Time of Game: 3:08

Athletics

72-64

Won 3

2nd, 1½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Athletics       5  2  0   0  0  0   2  1  0   10 19  0
Blue Jays       0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    0  2  0

W: B Zito (3-3), L: D Wells (19-6)

Blue Jays

71-66

Lost 3

3rd, 7½ GB

BATTING

Oakland Athletics            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
T Long CF                     6   3   4   2    0   1  .295  .819   21    3   0   HR,SB
R Velarde 2B                  3   2   3   0    2   0  .281  .762   18    4   0   SB
  F Menechino 2B              1   0   0   0    0   1  .243  .776    4    0   0   
J Giambi DH                   5   0   2   0    0   0  .319 1.059   14    0   0   
M Stanley 1B                  5   2   5   5    0   0  .243  .778   22    3   2   HR,2B
  M Valdez 1B                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         2   1   
A Piatt RF                    4   0   1   0    1   1  .313  .912   23    3   0   
B Grieve LF                   4   1   1   2    0   2  .283  .854   15    3   0   HR
  R Christenson LF            1   0   0   0    0   0  .246  .717    4    0   0   
M Tejada SS                   5   1   1   1    0   0  .271  .813   13    4   3   HR
E Chavez 3B                   5   0   0   0    0   0  .278  .843   19    0   3   
A Hinch C                     5   1   2   0    0   0  .400  .800   16    4   0   

B Zito P                                                                 1   1
  J Tam P                                                                0   0
  T Belitz P                                                             0   0
  T Mathews P                                                            0   0
  J Isringhausen P                                                       0   0
Totals                       44  10  19  10    3   5              169   27  10

BATTING

2B: M Stanley (11, off D Wells).

HR: T Long (16, off P Quantrill; 7th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to RF); B Grieve (25, off D Wells; 1st inn, 1 on, 2 outs to RF); M Stanley (13, off M Guthrie; 8th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to RF); M Tejada (24, off D Wells; 1st inn, 0 on, 2 outs to LF).

TB: M Stanley 9; T Long 7; M Tejada 4; B Grieve 4; R Velarde 3; A Hinch 2; J Giambi 2; A Piatt.

RBI: M Stanley 5 (43); T Long 2 (60); B Grieve 2 (91); M Tejada (94).

2-out RBI: T Long 2; B Grieve 2; M Tejada.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 6 for 13.

FIELDING

DP: 1. M Tejada-R Velarde.

BASERUNNING

SB: T Long (3, 3rd base off D Wells/A Castillo); R Velarde (8, 2nd base off D Wells/A Castillo).

Toronto Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
S Stewart LF                  4   0   0   0    0   0  .339  .939   12    1   1   
  D Wise LF                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .150  .377   10    0   0   HBP
A Gonzalez SS                 5   0   0   0    0   0  .260  .721   20    1   5   
D Martinez RF                 3   0   1   0    1   1  .289  .744   18    2   0   
C Delgado 1B                  3   0   0   0    1   0  .361 1.187   13   12   0   
T Batista 3B                  3   0   0   0    1   0  .276  .859   15    0   3   
T Greene DH                   3   0   0   0    1   1  .267  .773   11    0   0   
J Cruz CF                     3   0   0   0    0   2  .241  .792   12    1   0   
  V Wells CF                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    2    1   0   
C Grebeck 2B                  2   0   1   0    2   0  .294  .770   19    2   5   
A Castillo C                  1   0   0   0    3   0  .211  .557   21    7   0   

D Wells P                                                                0   0
  L Painter P                                                            0   0
  P Quantrill P                                                          0   1
  M Guthrie P                                                            0   0
  K Escobar P                                                            0   0
Totals                       28   0   2   0    9   4              153   27  15

BATTING

HBP: D Wise (1, by J Isringhausen).

TB: C Grebeck; D Martinez.

Team LOB: 11.

With RISP: 0 for 6.

FIELDING

DP: 1. C Grebeck-A Gonzalez.

PITCHING

Oakland Athletics             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Zito, W (3-3)                6.2   2   0   0    6   4   0   3.12   27  115-62   38·11·13    5· 6· 6· 0     68    -     0.25   0.13
J Tam                          0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   2.65    2    2-2     2· 0· 0    2· 0· 0· 0          3-0    0.08   0.01
T Belitz                       0     0   0   0    2   0   0  undef    2    8-0     0· 0· 0    0· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.01  -0.00
T Mathews                      0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   6.63    2    6-5     5· 0· 0    0· 2· 0· 0          2-0    0.02   0.00
J Isringhausen                 1     0   0   0    1   0   0   4.14    5   18-10    7· 1· 2    2· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9     2   0   0    9   4   0          38  149-79   52·12·15    9· 8· 7· 0          5-0

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, L (19-6)              1.1   9   7   7    1   1   2   4.24   14   42-24   14· 1· 9    2· 2· 6· 2      8    -     0.78  -0.41
L Painter                      2.2   2   0   0    1   3   0   3.90   10   47-27   14· 2·11    3· 1· 2· 0          3-0    0.20   0.05
P Quantrill                    3     6   2   2    1   0   1   4.72   15   46-29   16· 1·12    7· 1· 5· 1          0-0    0.06   0.00
M Guthrie                      1     1   1   1    0   0   1   4.76    4   16-13    9· 1· 3    3· 0· 0· 1          0-0    0.00   0.00
K Escobar                      1     1   0   0    0   1   0   5.31    4   15-10    4· 1· 5    1· 0· 2· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9    19  10  10    3   5   4          47  166-103  57· 6·40   16· 4·15· 4          3-0

T Belitz faced 2 batters in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: J Isringhausen (4); D Wells (9).

IBB: None.

HBP: J Isringhausen (3; D Wise).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Mark Wegner, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - Matt Hollowell, 3B - Charlie Williams.

Time of Game: 3:08.

Attendance: 21,824.

Weather: 72° F, Wind 0mph, In Dome.

LINEUPS

   Oakland Athletics             Toronto Blue Jays                    
1. T Long               CF    1. S Stewart            LF 
2. R Velarde            2B    2. A Gonzalez           SS 
3. J Giambi             DH    3. D Martinez           RF 
4. M Stanley            1B    4. C Delgado            1B 
5. A Piatt              RF    5. T Batista            3B 
6. B Grieve             LF    6. T Greene             DH 
7. M Tejada             SS    7. J Cruz               CF 
8. E Chavez             3B    8. C Grebeck            2B 
9. A Hinch              C     9. A Castillo           C  

   B Zito               P        D Wells              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 1   2  0-2  -2-  1   13%  78% B Grieve        D Wells         Home Run; Stanley Scores
   t 1   1  0-0  -23  5   10%  68% M Stanley       D Wells         Double (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Long Scores; Velarde Scores
   t 1   2  0-4  ---  3    6%  84% M Tejada        D Wells         Home Run
   t 1   0  0-0  12-  1   -5%  53% J Giambi        D Wells         Foul Flyball: C (Behind Home)
   t 1   0  0-0  1--  3    5%  58% R Velarde       D Wells         Single to CF (Line Drive); Long to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Athletics Batting, Tied 0-0, David Wells facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  3   53%  T Long          Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--  3   58%  R Velarde       Single to CF (Line Drive); Long to 2B
   O      12-  1   53%  J Giambi        Foul Flyball: C (Behind Home)
          12-      58%  M Stanley       Long Steals 3B; Velarde Steals 2B
   RR     -23  5   68%  " "             Double (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Long Scores; Velarde Scores
   O      -2-  4   65%  A Piatt         Strikeout Swinging
   RR     -2-  1   78%  B Grieve        Home Run; Stanley Scores
   R      ---  3   84%  M Tejada        Home Run
   O      ---  2   83%  E Chavez        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Blue Jays 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 0-5, Barry Zito facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   85%  S Stewart       Flyball: CF
   O      ---  8   86%  A Gonzalez      Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  4   87%  D Martinez      Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Blue Jays 0.

Top of the 2nd, Athletics Batting, Ahead 5-0, David Wells facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   86%  A Hinch         Flyball: RF
          ---  5   87%  T Long          Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF)
          1--  1   88%  R Velarde       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Long to 2B
          12-  4   90%  J Giambi        Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Long to 3B; Velarde to 2B
   RR     123  2   94%  M Stanley       Single to LF (Line Drive); Long Scores; Velarde Scores; Giambi to 2B
          12-      95%  A Piatt         Wild Pitch; Giambi to 3B; Stanley to 2B
          -23  5   95%  " "             Walk
                  Lance Painter replaces David Wells pitching
   O      123  8   94%  B Grieve        Strikeout Looking
   O      123  2   93%  M Tejada        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Athletics 7, Blue Jays 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 0-7, Barry Zito facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   94%  C Delgado       Flyball: LF
   O      ---  2   94%  T Batista       Flyball: LF
   O      ---  2   95%  T Greene        Lineout: 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, Blue Jays 0.

Top of the 3rd, Athletics Batting, Ahead 7-0, Lance Painter facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  6   94%  E Chavez        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   94%  A Hinch         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  6   94%  T Long          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, Blue Jays 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 0-7, Barry Zito facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  4   95%  J Cruz          Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   94%  C Grebeck       Walk
          1--  5   92%  A Castillo      Walk; Grebeck to 2B
   OO     12-  3   96%  S Stewart       Line Drive Double Play: SS-2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 7, Blue Jays 0.

Top of the 4th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 7-0, Lance Painter facing 2-3-4
          ---  6   96%  R Velarde       Walk
   O      1--  2   96%  J Giambi        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
          1--  5   96%  M Stanley       Single to LF (Line Drive); Velarde to 2B
   O      12-  5   96%  A Piatt         Single to LF (Line Drive); Velarde out at Hm/LF-C; Stanley to 2B
   O      12-  4   95%  B Grieve        Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Athletics 7, Blue Jays 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 0-7, Barry Zito facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  5   96%  A Gonzalez      Flyball: RF
          ---  5   95%  D Martinez      Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   96%  C Delgado       Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B
          1--  6   95%  T Batista       Walk; Delgado to 2B
   O      12-  3   97%  T Greene        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Athletics 7, Blue Jays 0.

Top of the 5th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 7-0, Paul Quantrill facing 7-8-9
                  Paul Quantrill replaces Lance Painter pitching
   O      ---  2   97%  M Tejada        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  2   96%  E Chavez        Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  5   97%  A Hinch         Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   96%  T Long          Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 7, Blue Jays 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 0-7, Barry Zito facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  4   97%  J Cruz          Flyball: RF
   O      ---  4   98%  C Grebeck       Popfly: 2B
          ---  7   97%  A Castillo      Walk
   O      1--  6   98%  S Stewart       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 7, Blue Jays 0.

Top of the 6th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 7-0, Paul Quantrill facing 2-3-4
          ---  5   98%  R Velarde       Walk
          1--  4   99%  J Giambi        Single (Ground Ball); Velarde to 2B
          12-  7   99%  M Stanley       Single to LF (Line Drive); Velarde to 3B; Giambi to 2B
   OO     123  1   98%  A Piatt         Line Drive Double Play: 2B-SS
   O      1-3  2   97%  B Grieve        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Athletics 7, Blue Jays 0.

Bottom of the 6th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 0-7, Barry Zito facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  3   98%  A Gonzalez      Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  5   99%  D Martinez      Groundout: 1B-P
   O      ---  2   99%  C Delgado       Lineout: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, Blue Jays 0.

Top of the 7th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 7-0, Paul Quantrill facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   99%  M Tejada        Flyball: RF
   O      ---  3   98%  E Chavez        Lineout: LF
          ---  1   99%  A Hinch         Single to LF (Line Drive)
   RR     1--  3  100%  T Long          Home Run; Hinch Scores
          ---  3  100%  R Velarde       Single (Ground Ball to SS-2B)
   O      1--  3  100%  J Giambi        Groundout: SS-1B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 9, Blue Jays 0.

Bottom of the 7th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 0-9, Barry Zito facing 5-6-7
                  Ryan Christenson replaces Ben Grieve playing LF batting 6th
   O      ---  2  100%  T Batista       Lineout: CF
          ---  5  100%  T Greene        Walk
   O      1--  4  100%  J Cruz          Strikeout Swinging
          1--  5  100%  C Grebeck       Single to RF (Line Drive); Greene to 2B
          12-  6   99%  A Castillo      Walk; Greene to 3B; Grebeck to 2B
                  Jeff Tam replaces Barry Zito pitching
   O      123  1  100%  S Stewart       Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Athletics 9, Blue Jays 0.

Top of the 8th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 9-0, Mark Guthrie facing 4-5-6
                  Mark Guthrie replaces Paul Quantrill pitching; Dewayne Wise replaces Shannon Stewart playing LF batting 1st; Vernon Wells replaces Jose Cruz playing CF batting 7th
   R      ---  1  100%  M Stanley       Home Run
   O      ---  7  100%  A Piatt         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4  100%  R Christenson   Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4  100%  M Tejada        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 10, Blue Jays 0.

Bottom of the 8th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 0-10, Jeff Tam facing 2-3-4
                  Mario Valdez replaces Mike Stanley playing 1B batting 4th; Frank Menechino replaces Randy Velarde playing 2B batting 2nd
   O      ---  1  100%  A Gonzalez      Groundout: SS-1B
                  Todd Belitz replaces Jeff Tam pitching
          ---  4  100%  D Martinez      Walk
          1--  4  100%  C Delgado       Walk; Martinez to 2B
                  T.J. Mathews replaces Todd Belitz pitching
   O      12-  5  100%  T Batista       Popfly: SS
   O      12-  1  100%  T Greene        Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Athletics 10, Blue Jays 0.

Top of the 9th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 10-0, Kelvim Escobar facing 8-9-1
                  Kelvim Escobar replaces Mark Guthrie pitching
   O      ---  6  100%  E Chavez        Lineout: CF
   O      ---  4  100%  A Hinch         Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  1  100%  T Long          Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4  100%  F Menechino     Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 10, Blue Jays 0.

Bottom of the 9th, Blue Jays Batting, Behind 0-10, Jason Isringhausen facing 7-8-9
                  Jason Isringhausen replaces T.J. Mathews pitching
   O      ---  2  100%  V Wells         Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  4  100%  C Grebeck       Walk
   O      1--  3  100%  A Castillo      Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B
          1--     100%  D Wise          Wild Pitch; Castillo to 2B
          -2-  6  100%  " "             Hit By Pitch
   O      12-  3  100%  A Gonzalez      Lineout: CF
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Athletics 10, Blue Jays 0.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:TOR200009040

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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