Athletics at Toronto Blue Jays

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Athletics

23-36, 14-17 Away

Final
7 - 8

Toronto Blue Jays

30-28, 19-12 Home

Springer hits 2 HRs as Blue Jays beat Athletics 8-7

Oakland Athletics vs. Toronto Blue Jays: Game Highlights

Springer had a solo shot in the third inning off right-hander Gunnar Hoglund and added another in the fifth.

Addison Barger hit a two-run homer in Toronto’s four-run first inning and Bo Bichette added a solo shot in the second.

Toronto closer Jeff Hoffman gave up a two-run homer to Brent Rooker in the ninth inning before nailing down his 13th save. With a runner in scoring position, second baseman Ernie Clement made a diving catch on a line drive hit by Shea Langeliers with the tying run on second to preserve the win.

Nathan Lukes had two RBI for Toronto and Clement chipped in with two hits and a run scored. Blue Jays center fielder Daulton Varsho left the game in the third inning due to left hamstring discomfort.

Hoglund (1-3) gave up all eight runs and 10 hits with one strikeout and two walks in six innings.

Tyler Soderstrom hit a three-run homer off Toronto opener Braydon Fisher in the first inning and rookie Denzel Clarke added a two-run shot for his first career home run in the second.

The Blue Jays extended their home winning streak to six games and have won eight of their last 12 overall. Toronto has scored 31 runs over the first three games of the four-game series.

The Athletics have lost five in a row, 16 of their last 17, and 10 straight road games.

Easton Lucas (3-2) came on in relief of Fisher after Clarke's homer and threw 4 2/3 shutout innings to get the win.

Key moment Clement doubled to left field leading off the sixth inning, advanced to third on a ground out and scored on Hoglund's wild pitch to push the Blue Jays' lead to 8-5.

Key stat Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. singled in the first inning to extend his career-high on-base streak to 31 games. It’s the longest active streak in the major leagues.

Up next Blue Jays RHP Kevin Gausman (5-4, 3.68 ERA) will start against Athletics LHP JP Sears (4-5, 5.18) in the series finale on Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Langeliers lined out to second.
	9th Inning	Soderstrom doubled to left.
	9th Inning	Rooker homered to center (407 feet), Butler scored.
	9th Inning	Wilson flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Butler walked.
	9th Inning	Avans struck out swinging.

Statistics

ATH		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	13
7	Strikeouts	2
7	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	8
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	31
3	Home Runs	4
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	6
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
17	Fly Balls	16
1	Caught Stealing	0
165	Pitches	116
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
21	Total Bases	24
41	Plate Appearances	33
486.0	Projected Home Runs	648.0
4	Extra Base Hits	6
7.3	Runs Created	7.4
.306	Batting Average	.323
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.583	Slugging Percentage	.774
.389	Secondary Average	.516
.390	On Base Percentage	.364
.974	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.138
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
7.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.7
50.0	Batter Rating	56.0
12.0	At Bats Per Home Run	7.8
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.02	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.52
.278	Isolated Power	.452
0.71	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.122	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.061
.083	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.194
14.0	Runs Produced	15.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.9
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.8
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
98.0	MLB Rating	102.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0