Ejections: Bob Welch by Drew Coble [Call at 3B (from bench)]
Time of Game: 2:59 Attendance: 24251
Starting Lineups:
Toronto Blue Jays Oakland Athletics
1. Henderson lf Bordick ss
2. White cf Browne cf
3. Molitor dh Neel 1b
4. Carter rf Sierra rf
5. Olerud 1b Aldrete lf
6. Alomar 2b Gates 2b
7. Fernandez ss D. Henderson dh
8. Sprague 3b Brosius 3b
9. Knorr c Hemond c
Guzman p Mohler p
BLUE JAYS 1ST: Henderson homered to left; White struck out;
Molitor walked; Carter grounded out (third to first) [Molitor to
second]; Olerud walked; Alomar flied to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 1ST: Bordick popped to shortstop; Browne grounded out
(first unassisted); Neel struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue
Jays 1, Athletics 0.
BLUE JAYS 2ND: On a bunt Fernandez made an out to first; Sprague
singled to right; Knorr lined to right; Henderson walked
[Sprague to second]; White walked [Sprague to third, Henderson
to second]; Molitor struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Blue Jays
1, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Sierra flied to left; Aldrete walked; Gates flied
to left; D. Henderson lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 1, Athletics 0.
BLUE JAYS 3RD: Carter doubled to left; Olerud reached on a
fielder's choice [Carter to third]; Oakland pitcher Welch,
not in game, ejected by 3B umpire Coble from the bench for
arguing Carter was out at 3rd; Alomar lined out on a
sacrifice fly to left [Carter scored]; Fernandez doubled to left
[Olerud to third]; Sprague grounded out (pitcher to first);
Knorr homered to left-center [Olerud scored, Fernandez scored];
Henderson was hit by a pitch; Henderson stole second; White
grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays
5, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Brosius singled to center; Brosius stole second;
Hemond flied to center [Brosius to third]; Bordick popped to
shortstop; Browne popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue
Jays 5, Athletics 0.
BLUE JAYS 4TH: SMITHBERG REPLACED MOHLER (PITCHING); Molitor
grounded out (shortstop to first); Debut game for Roger
Smithberg; Carter flied to left; Olerud grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Neel walked; Sierra popped to shortstop; Aldrete
grounded out (second to first) [Neel to second]; Gates walked;
D. Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 5,
Athletics 0.
BLUE JAYS 5TH: Alomar grounded out (pitcher unassisted);
Fernandez singled to pitcher; Sprague grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Fernandez out at second]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Brosius popped to second; Hemond was called out
on strikes; Bordick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays
5, Athletics 0.
BLUE JAYS 6TH: Knorr popped to shortstop; Henderson popped to
shortstop; White singled to center; Molitor forced White
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 5,
Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 6TH: Browne doubled to left; Neel flied to center
[Browne to third]; Sierra singled to right [Browne scored];
Sierra stole second; Aldrete singled to right [Sierra scored];
Gates grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Aldrete out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 5,
Athletics 2.
BLUE JAYS 7TH: HORSMAN REPLACED SMITHBERG (PITCHING); Carter
popped to center; Olerud singled to center; Alomar was hit by a
pitch [Olerud to second]; GRIFFIN RAN FOR ALOMAR; Fernandez
lined to right; BRISCOE REPLACED HORSMAN (PITCHING); Sprague
walked [Olerud to third, Griffin to second]; Knorr struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 7TH: GRIFFIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); D. Henderson
struck out; Brosius lined to shortstop; Hemond struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Athletics 2.
BLUE JAYS 8TH: Henderson walked; White singled to left
[Henderson to second]; Molitor reached on a fielder's choice
[White to third (error by Neel), Henderson scored (no RBI)];
Carter out on a sacrifice fly to left [White scored (unearned)];
Briscoe threw a wild pitch [Molitor to second]; Olerud was
walked intentionally; Griffin walked [Molitor to third, Olerud
to second]; Fernandez popped to center; Briscoe threw a wild
pitch [Molitor scored (unearned), Olerud to third, Griffin to
second]; Sprague grounded out (third to first); 3 R (1 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 8, Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 8TH: PAQUETTE BATTED FOR BORDICK; Paquette flied to
center; Browne grounded out (second to first); Neel grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 8,
Athletics 2.
BLUE JAYS 9TH: PAQUETTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); BROSIUS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); DOWNS REPLACED BRISCOE
(PITCHING); Knorr reached on an error by Paquette [Knorr to
first]; Henderson popped to first; White flied to center;
Molitor struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 8,
Athletics 2.
ATHLETICS 9TH: Sierra popped to shortstop; Aldrete singled to
right; Gates walked [Aldrete to second]; TIMLIN REPLACED GUZMAN
(PITCHING); D. Henderson walked [Aldrete to third, Gates to
second]; Brosius out on a sacrifice fly to left [Aldrete
scored]; Hemond forced Gates (third unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Blue Jays 8, Athletics 3.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Blue Jays 8 9 0 13
Athletics 3 5 2 6
