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Toronto Blue Jays @ Oakland Athletics

2016-07-15 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 19192 · 63°F, cloudy · Wind 12 mph from RF · 3:09

Oakland Athletics defeated Toronto Blue Jays 8–7. Oakland Athletics opened the scoring in the 1st — Khris Davis singles on a ground ball to center fielder Kevin Pillar, deflected by second baseman Devon Travis. Jed Lowrie scores. Josh Reddick to 3rd. Toronto Blue Jays took the lead in the 3rd — Michael Saunders out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Khris Davis in foul territory. Josh Donaldson scores. Edwin Encarnacion to 3rd. Oakland Athletics took the lead in the 7th — Athletics challenged (tag play), call on the field was overturned: Stephen Vogt singles on a line drive to center fielder Kevin Pillar. Josh Reddick scores. Khris Davis to 3rd. Stephen Vogt to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Athletics challenged (tag play), call on the field was overturned: Stephen Vogt singles on a line drive to center fielder Kevin Pillar. Josh Reddick scores. Khris Davis to 3rd. Stephen Vogt to 2nd — worth 22% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Yonder Alonso (P): Balls and strikes.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TOR	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	7
OAK	2	0	1	1	3	0	1	0		8	12

W: Ryan Dull L: Brett Cecil SV: Ryan Madson

Umpires — HP: Mark Wegner · 1B: Mike Muchlinski · 2B: Paul Emmel · 3B: Marty Foster · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Toronto Blue Jays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ezequiel Carrera	4	1	0	1	1	1
Josh Donaldson	4	1	1	1	1	1
Edwin Encarnacion	4	0	0	0	1	2
Michael Saunders	2	1	0	1	2	0
Russell Martin	5	0	1	0	0	0
Troy Tulowitzki	4	1	1	1	0	0
Justin Smoak	2	1	1	0	2	1
Kevin Pillar	4	1	1	1	0	0
Devon Travis	3	1	2	1	1	1

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Coco Crisp	5	0	0	0	0	1
Jed Lowrie	4	1	1	0	0	2
Josh Reddick	2	4	2	1	2	0
Khris Davis	4	1	3	3	0	0
Stephen Vogt	4	2	3	3	0	0
Marcus Semien	4	0	0	0	0	2
Yonder Alonso	2	0	1	0	0	1
Jake Smolinski	3	0	1	1	1	1
Ryon Healy	4	0	0	0	0	1
Danny Valencia	2	0	1	0	0	0

Toronto Blue Jays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Marcus Stroman	4.2	9	1	5
Jesse Chavez	1.1	1	0	2
Brett Cecil	0.2	2	1	1
Bo Schultz	1.1	0	1	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Daniel Mengden	3.1	6	3	2
Liam Hendriks	1.2	1	1	1
John Axford	1.0	0	1	2
Marc Rzepczynski	0.1	0	1	0
Ryan Dull	1.2	0	2	1
Ryan Madson	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ezequiel Carrera: K
Josh Donaldson: 7/F78M
Edwin Encarnacion: K

Bot 1

Coco Crisp: 9/F89S
Jed Lowrie: S9/L89S+
Josh Reddick: W.1-2
Khris Davis: S48/G6M+.2-H;1-3
Stephen Vogt: 43/G4.3-H;1-2
Marcus Semien: 8/L8RD+

Top 2

Michael Saunders: E2/TH/G23-.B-2
Russell Martin: 43/G4.2-3
Troy Tulowitzki: 53/G56S-.3-H(UR)
Justin Smoak: S7/L6D
Kevin Pillar: 9/F9S

Bot 2

Yonder Alonso: S9/G34+
Jake Smolinski: 64(1)3/GDP/G6+
Ryon Healy: K

Top 3

Devon Travis: S8/L6MD+
Ezequiel Carrera: 54(1)/FO/G56S-
Josh Donaldson: W.1-2
Edwin Encarnacion: W.2-3;1-2
Michael Saunders: WP.3-H(NR);2-3;1-2
Michael Saunders: 7/F7LS/SF.3-H;2-3
Russell Martin: 9/F9D

Bot 3

Coco Crisp: K
Jed Lowrie: 3/G34
Josh Reddick: HR/F8RXD+
Khris Davis: 53/G

Top 4

Troy Tulowitzki: S8/G6
Justin Smoak: W.1-2
Kevin Pillar: WP.2-3;1-2
Kevin Pillar: S7/L78S+.3-H;2-3
Devon Travis: S9/L34D.3-H;1-3
Ezequiel Carrera: 63/G6S-.3-H;1-2
Josh Donaldson: S9/L4D+.2-H
Edwin Encarnacion: 64(1)3/GDP/G6+

Bot 4

Stephen Vogt: S9/L34D+
Marcus Semien: K
Yonder Alonso: K
Jake Smolinski: PB.1-2
Jake Smolinski: S8/G6M.2-H(UR)
Ryon Healy: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 5

Michael Saunders: W
Russell Martin: S8/G6.1-2
Troy Tulowitzki: 9/F9D.2-3
Justin Smoak: K
Kevin Pillar: 46(1)/FO/G4

Bot 5

Coco Crisp: 3/G3
Jed Lowrie: K
Josh Reddick: S9/L9S
Khris Davis: HR/F89XD+.1-H
Stephen Vogt: HR/F8RXD+
Marcus Semien: K

Top 6

Devon Travis: W
Ezequiel Carrera: 46(1)/FO/G4
Josh Donaldson: K
Edwin Encarnacion: K

Bot 6

Danny Valencia: S9/L4D
Jake Smolinski: K
Ryon Healy: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Top 7

Michael Saunders: W
Russell Martin: 8/F8LXD+
Troy Tulowitzki: 7/F6D
Justin Smoak: W.1-2
Kevin Pillar: 7/F78D

Bot 7

Coco Crisp: 7/L7M
Jed Lowrie: K
Josh Reddick: W
Khris Davis: S7/L78S+.1-2
Stephen Vogt: S8/MREV/L4MD+.2-H;1-3;B-2(THH)
Marcus Semien: 7/F7D+

Top 8

Devon Travis: K
Ezequiel Carrera: W
Josh Donaldson: 54(1)3/GDP/G56+

Bot 8

Danny Valencia: 8/L8RXD+
Jake Smolinski: W
Ryon Healy: 54(1)/FO/MREV/G56
Coco Crisp: 3/G34S

Top 9

Edwin Encarnacion: 53/G5
Michael Saunders: 43/G34
Russell Martin: 63/G6

Notes & reviews

Yonder Alonso and Athletics manager Bob Melvin ejected by HP umpire Mark Wegner
replay,7,vogts001,OAK,wegnm901,OAK01,,Y,M,OAK,A $when Josh Reddick was called out at HP, Athletics acting manager Mark Kotsay challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay, plating the go-ahead run
replay,8,healr001,OAK,wegnm901,OAK01,,N,M,TOR,E $when Jake Smolinski was called out at 2B but Devon Travis was not able to throw to 1B, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons challenged the slide by Smolinski; the call was upheld as a legal slide by replay

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