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Toronto Blue Jays @ Oakland Athletics

2026-09-08 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 7632 · 92°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 4 mph, L To R · 2:29

Toronto Blue Jays defeated Athletics 4–2. Toronto Blue Jays opened the scoring in the 2nd — Josh Smith homers (6) on a fly ball to right field. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Alejandro Kirk singles on a ground ball to center fielder Henry Bolte. Nathan Lukes scores. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to 3rd — worth 12% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TOR	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	11
OAK	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6

Toronto Blue Jays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brett Bateman CF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Nathan Lukes RF	4	1	1	0	0	0
Vladimir Guerrero 1B	4	1	2	0	0	1
Alejandro Kirk C	4	0	1	1	0	1
Josh Smith LF	4	1	2	1	0	1
Myles Straw LF	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuma Okamoto 3B	4	1	2	1	0	0
Andres Gimenez SS	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jesus Sanchez DH	4	0	1	0	0	2
Ernie Clement 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Henry Bolte CF	4	0	2	0	0	2
Jeff McNeil 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0
Zack Gelof 3B	3	0	0	0	1	2
Lawrence Butler RF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Carlos Cortes LF	4	1	1	1	0	0
Tommy White DH	4	0	0	0	0	1
Donovan Walton 2B	3	1	2	1	0	0
Alika Williams SS	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jonah Heim C	3	0	0	0	0	0

Toronto Blue Jays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Spencer Miles	2.0	0	0	0	0	3
Jose Soriano	7.0	6	2	2	1	3

Oakland Athletics — pitching