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Toronto Blue Jays @ Oakland Athletics

1997-06-01 · Day game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 21127 · 73°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 15 mph to RF · 2:46

Oakland Athletics defeated Toronto Blue Jays 8–2. Oakland Athletics put up 4 in the 3rd. Mike Oquist earned the win. Matt Stairs went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TOR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	10
OAK	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0		8	9

W: Mike Oquist L: Robert Person SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Young · 1B: Rich Garcia · 2B: Dale Ford · 3B: Mike Reilly · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Toronto Blue Jays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Otis Nixon	4	0	2	2	1	0
Orlando Merced	5	0	2	0	0	0
Joe Carter	4	0	0	0	1	1
Ed Sprague	3	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Delgado	2	0	2	0	0	0
Shawn Green	4	0	1	0	0	0
Benito Santiago	4	1	2	0	0	0
Alex Gonzalez	3	1	1	0	0	1
Tilson Brito	4	0	0	0	0	2
Juan Samuel	2	0	0	0	0	1
Robert Perez	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Damon Mashore	4	1	1	1	1	1
Matt Stairs	2	1	1	4	0	1
Jason Giambi	4	0	1	1	0	1
Mark McGwire	4	1	1	1	0	2
Geronimo Berroa	3	1	2	1	1	1
Scott Spiezio	4	0	0	0	0	1
George Williams	3	2	1	0	1	1
Scott Brosius	4	2	2	0	0	1
Scott Sheldon	3	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Lennon	1	0	0	0	1	0

Toronto Blue Jays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Robert Person	5.0	8	3	4
Paul Spoljaric	1.0	0	1	3
Dan Plesac	1.0	1	0	2
Paul Quantrill	1.0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Oquist	8.2	10	2	5
Billy Taylor	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Otis Nixon: 8/P8LS
Orlando Merced: S9/L34D
Joe Carter: 8/L8LS
Ed Sprague: 13/G15

Bot 1

Damon Mashore: S8/G4M
Matt Stairs: WP.1-2
Matt Stairs: K
Jason Giambi: D7/L7LS/R6.2-H
Mark McGwire: 7/L7M
Geronimo Berroa: W
Scott Spiezio: 7/P7S

Top 2

Carlos Delgado: HP
Shawn Green: S9/L9LS/R4.1-2
Benito Santiago: 3/P3F
Alex Gonzalez: 13/SH/BG25.2-3;1-2
Tilson Brito: 63/G6

Bot 2

George Williams: W
Scott Brosius: D7/L7LS/R65.1-3
Scott Sheldon: 5/L5
Damon Mashore: 3/P3
Matt Stairs: HR/F9LD.3-H;2-H
Jason Giambi: 43/G4M

Top 3

Otis Nixon: 8/F78M
Orlando Merced: 63/G4M
Joe Carter: 8/P4MD

Bot 3

Mark McGwire: HR/F89XD
Geronimo Berroa: HR/F7D
Scott Spiezio: 5/P5D
George Williams: S9/L89S
Scott Brosius: S7/L7S/R6.1-2
Scott Sheldon: HP.2-3;1-2
Damon Mashore: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Matt Stairs: 7/SF/F78M.3-H
Jason Giambi: 7/L7D

Top 4

Ed Sprague: 4/P89S
Carlos Delgado: S9/G34
Shawn Green: 46(1)/FO/G4
Benito Santiago: 8/F8LD

Bot 4

Mark McGwire: K
Geronimo Berroa: K
Scott Spiezio: 8/F89D

Top 5

Alex Gonzalez: 5/P56
Tilson Brito: K
Otis Nixon: S7/L78S
Orlando Merced: 3/G3S

Bot 5

George Williams: 4/P34D
Scott Brosius: K
Scott Sheldon: 8/L78D

Top 6

Joe Carter: K
Ed Sprague: 8/F78D
Carlos Delgado: S8/L8RS
Shawn Green: 8/F89M

Bot 6

Damon Mashore: K
Pat Lennon: W
Jason Giambi: K
Mark McGwire: K

Top 7

Benito Santiago: S9/L34D
Alex Gonzalez: K
Tilson Brito: K
Otis Nixon: W.1-2
Orlando Merced: 3/L3L

Bot 7

Geronimo Berroa: S7/L7S
Scott Spiezio: K
George Williams: K
Scott Brosius: 6/P56

Top 8

Joe Carter: 8/F8LD
Juan Samuel: K
Robert Perez: 63/G6M

Bot 8

Scott Sheldon: 3/G3
Damon Mashore: 43/G4
Pat Lennon: 43/G4M

Top 9

Shawn Green: 6/P6D
Benito Santiago: S5/BG25
Alex Gonzalez: D7/L7D/R6.1-3
Tilson Brito: 53/G5.3-3;2-2
Otis Nixon: S8/G6M/R6.3-H;2-H
Orlando Merced: S7/L78M/R6.1-2
Joe Carter: W.2-3;1-2
Juan Samuel: 3/P3L