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Toronto Blue Jays @ Oakland Athletics

1996-04-01 · Night game · Cashman Field · Att: 7294 · 68°F, night, dry · 3:02

Toronto Blue Jays defeated Oakland Athletics 9–6. Toronto Blue Jays put up 4 in the 5th. Erik Hanson earned the win and Mike Timlin picked up the save. John Olerud went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TOR	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	0	9	13
OAK	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	6	5

W: Erik Hanson L: Carlos Reyes SV: Mike Timlin

Umpires — HP: Rich Garcia · 1B: Vic Voltaggio · 2B: Mike Reilly · 3B: Terry Craft · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Toronto Blue Jays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Otis Nixon	5	2	1	0	0	1
Domingo Cedeno	3	1	1	1	0	2
Joe Carter	4	1	1	2	1	0
John Olerud	5	2	2	3	0	1
Ed Sprague	4	0	0	0	1	3
Carlos Delgado	5	0	2	1	0	0
Shawn Green	5	1	2	0	0	1
Sandy Martinez	4	0	1	0	0	1
Alex Gonzalez	3	1	2	2	1	0
Tilson Brito	1	1	1	0	1	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ernie Young	4	1	0	0	1	1
Brent Gates	3	1	1	0	1	1
Jason Giambi	3	1	1	1	1	1
Geronimo Berroa	4	1	1	3	0	1
Phil Plantier	2	0	0	0	2	0
Pedro Munoz	3	1	0	0	1	0
Terry Steinbach	4	1	1	2	0	0
Torey Lovullo	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mike Bordick	3	0	0	0	0	1
Matt Stairs	1	0	0	0	0	0

Toronto Blue Jays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Erik Hanson	7.0	4	4	5
Tony Castillo	1.0	1	2	0
Mike Timlin	1.0	0	0	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carlos Reyes	5.0	7	2	7
Mike Mohler	1.0	2	0	1
John Briscoe	0.2	0	2	0
Buddy Groom	1.0	3	0	0
Don Wengert	1.1	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Otis Nixon: K
Domingo Cedeno: HR/F9D
Joe Carter: 63/G6
John Olerud: K

Bot 1

Ernie Young: 43/G4
Brent Gates: K
Jason Giambi: K

Top 2

Ed Sprague: 8/F89D
Carlos Delgado: 2/P2RF
Shawn Green: S9/L9LS
Sandy Martinez: 5/P56S

Bot 2

Geronimo Berroa: 63/G56
Phil Plantier: W
Pedro Munoz: 64(1)/FO/G56
Terry Steinbach: HR.1-H
Torey Lovullo: K

Top 3

Alex Gonzalez: W
Otis Nixon: 8/F8RD
Domingo Cedeno: CS2(26)
Domingo Cedeno: K

Bot 3

Mike Bordick: 13/G13
Ernie Young: 1/L13
Brent Gates: 13/G13

Top 4

Joe Carter: 6/P6
John Olerud: D8/L89D
Ed Sprague: K
Carlos Delgado: S8/F89XD.2-H
Shawn Green: K

Bot 4

Jason Giambi: S9/F9D
Geronimo Berroa: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Phil Plantier: W
Pedro Munoz: 4/P34D

Top 5

Sandy Martinez: 8/F8RM
Alex Gonzalez: HR/F89XD
Otis Nixon: S6/G56
Domingo Cedeno: K
Joe Carter: SB2
Joe Carter: W
John Olerud: HR/F89XD.2-H;1-H
Ed Sprague: K

Bot 5

Terry Steinbach: 7/F78M
Torey Lovullo: 63/G6
Mike Bordick: K

Top 6

Carlos Delgado: S8/G4M
Shawn Green: 7/F78M
Sandy Martinez: K
Alex Gonzalez: S7/G56.1-2
Otis Nixon: 31/G34

Bot 6

Ernie Young: W
Brent Gates: D9/L3D.1-3
Jason Giambi: 63/G6.3-H
Geronimo Berroa: K
Phil Plantier: 43/G4

Top 7

Tilson Brito: W
Joe Carter: SB2
Joe Carter: 8/F8RD.2-3
John Olerud: 3/G3S
Ed Sprague: W
Carlos Delgado: 3/G3S

Bot 7

Pedro Munoz: W
Terry Steinbach: 6/P6M
Torey Lovullo: S7/F7S.1-2
Mike Bordick: 9/F9D
Ernie Young: 8/F8RM

Top 8

Shawn Green: S7/L56D
Sandy Martinez: S9/G34.1-3
Alex Gonzalez: 43/G4.3-H;1-2
Otis Nixon: FC6/G6.2X3(64)
Tilson Brito: S9/L9M.1-3
Joe Carter: T8/F89XD.3-H;1-H
John Olerud: 3/G3

Bot 8

Brent Gates: W
Jason Giambi: W.1-2
Geronimo Berroa: HR/F7D.2-H;1-H
Phil Plantier: 13/G13
Pedro Munoz: 53/G5
Terry Steinbach: 63/G6

Top 9

Ed Sprague: K
Carlos Delgado: 5/P5F
Shawn Green: 5/L5

Bot 9

Torey Lovullo: 63/G6
Matt Stairs: 3/G3L
Ernie Young: K

Notes & reviews

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