Toronto Blue Jays vs. Oakland Athletics - Box Score - May 08, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for May 8, 2012

Final

Series: Game 1 of 2

Blue Jays 3

(16-14, 8-7 away)

Athletics 7

(16-14, 7-7 home)

Alerts

10:05 PM ET, May 8, 2012

O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California

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

W: G. Balfour (1-1)

L: F. Cordero (1-2)

Toronto Blue Jays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
K Johnson 2B	4	1	2	3	1	0	21	.269	.383	.472
Y Escobar SS	3	0	0	0	2	0	17	.248	.296	.328
J Bautista RF	3	0	1	0	1	0	16	.187	.318	.355
A Lind 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	13	.186	.275	.309
E Encarnacion DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	.270	.326	.574
E Thames LF	4	0	1	0	0	2	22	.270	.320	.404
R Davis PR-LF	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.278	.313
B Lawrie 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	14	.276	.325	.397
C Rasmus CF	2	0	0	0	2	1	20	.206	.274	.363
J Arencibia C	3	1	1	0	0	0	9	.238	.279	.375
a-O Vizquel PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.176	.125
J Mathis C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.650
Totals	32	3	6	3	6	4	145
a-bunt popped out to third for J Arencibia in the 9th
BATTING 2B: J Arencibia (5, J Parker); B Lawrie (3, J Parker) 3B: E Thames (1, G Balfour) HR: K Johnson (7, 3rd inning off J Parker 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: K Johnson 3 (18) 2-out RBI: K Johnson Blue Jays RISP: 2-7 (Y Escobar 0-2, B Lawrie 0-1, K Johnson 2-2, O Vizquel 0-1, J Arencibia 0-1) Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING SB: K Johnson (2, 2nd base off J Parker/K Suzuki) Picked Off: Y Escobar (1st base by J Parker)
FIELDING E: R Romero (1, throw); A Lind (3, catch); Y Escobar (5, throw) DP: 1 (B Lawrie-K Johnson-A Lind). PB: J Mathis.

Toronto Blue Jays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R Romero	6.0	5	2	2	5	7	1	110-61	3.56
J Frasor	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13-7	3.75
D Oliver	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8-8	1.93
F Cordero (L, 1-2; B, 3)	0.1	3	5	5	2	0	1	21-8	9.53
Totals	8.1	8	7	7	8	8	2	152-84
PITCHING IBB: J Reddick (By F Cordero); J Gomes (By F Cordero) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: R Romero 17/29; J Frasor 3/3; D Oliver 3/3; F Cordero 2/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: R Romero 18-11-15-17; J Frasor 3-0-2-2; D Oliver 3-1-2-2; F Cordero 1-1-2-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Romero 6-5; J Frasor 2-1; D Oliver 1-1; F Cordero 1-0 Game Scores: R Romero 56

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Weeks 2B	3	1	2	0	1	0	9	.188	.260	.304
C Pennington SS	4	1	1	1	0	1	19	.214	.254	.295
J Reddick CF	3	2	1	2	2	1	23	.265	.312	.487
J Gomes DH	2	1	1	0	3	0	17	.264	.418	.585
B Inge 3B	5	1	1	4	0	2	18	.146	.208	.375
S Smith LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	16	.211	.360	.310
K Suzuki C	3	0	0	0	1	0	16	.227	.255	.299
D Barton 1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	18	.217	.338	.350
M Taylor RF	4	1	1	0	0	3	16	.250	.250	.333
Totals	31	7	8	7	8	8	152
BATTING 2B: J Weeks (5, R Romero); M Taylor (1, F Cordero) HR: J Reddick (6, 5th inning off R Romero 1 on, 1 Out); B Inge (3, 9th inning off F Cordero 3 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Reddick 2 (13), C Pennington (6), B Inge 4 (11) S: J Weeks, C Pennington GIDP: B Inge Athletics RISP: 3-9 (M Taylor 0-1, B Inge 1-3, J Reddick 1-2, C Pennington 1-3) Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING SB: J Weeks (6, 2nd base off R Romero/J Arencibia); C Pennington (5, 2nd base off F Cordero/J Mathis)

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Parker	7.0	4	2	2	5	3	1	105-56	1.80
R Cook	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13-7	0.00
G Balfour (W, 1-1)	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	27-14	4.70
Totals	9.0	6	3	3	6	4	1	145-77
PITCHING IBB: C Rasmus (By G Balfour) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Parker 18/29; R Cook 0/3; G Balfour 2/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Parker 18-7-10-21; R Cook 0-2-3-2; G Balfour 6-1-2-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Parker 5-12; R Cook 1-1; G Balfour 2-1 Game Scores: J Parker 59

Scoring Summary

			TOR	OAK
	3rd	K Johnson homered to left center (376 feet), J Arencibia scored.	2	0
	5th	J Reddick homered to right center (400 feet), J Weeks scored.	2	2
	9th	K Johnson singled to right, R Davis scored, C Rasmus to second.	3	2
	9th	C Pennington singled to right, M Taylor scored.	3	3
	9th	B Inge homered to left (366 feet), C Pennington, J Reddick and J Gomes scored.	3	7
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Game Notes

ATHLETICS PITCHER BRANDON MCCARTHY WAS SCRATCHED FROM TONIGHT'S START FOR PRECAUTIONARY EXTRA REST.

Game Information

Stadium	O.co Coliseum, Oakland, CA
Attendance	10,784 (30.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:58
Weather	65 degrees, clear
Wind	5 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Mark Carlson, First Base - Ed Hickox, Second Base - Ed Rapuano, Third Base - Angel Hernandez