Oakland Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays
August 4, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 2008 at Rogers Centre. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 1, Toronto Blue Jays 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Hannahan 3b 4 0 0 0
Suzuki c 4 0 0 0
Cust lf 4 0 2 0
Thomas dh 2 0 0 0
Gonzalez cf 4 0 0 0
Brown rf 4 0 0 0
Ellis 2b 3 0 1 0
Crosby ss 3 1 2 1
Barton 1b 3 0 0 0
Gallagher p 0 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
  Blevins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Scutaro 3b 3 0 1 1
Eckstein 2b 5 1 2 0
Rios cf 4 1 2 0
Overbay 1b 4 1 0 1
Barajas c 4 2 1 0
Lind lf 4 1 1 1
Stairs dh 4 0 2 1
Wilkerson rf 3 0 1 1
McDonald ss 3 0 0 0
Halladay p 0 0 0 0
  Downs p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 5
Oakland 000 000 010150
Toronto 014 000 01x6100
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Gallagher  L(1-1) 3.0 4 5 4 4 4
  Meyer   4.0 4 0 0 0 3
  Blevins   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
2
1
1
0
0
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Halladay  W(13-8) 8.0 4 1 1 1 8
  Downs   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
1
1

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 1. Scutaro-Eckstein-Overbay.  PB–Suzuki (5).  2B–Oakland Cust (11,off Halladay), Toronto Rios (29,off Gallagher); Wilkerson (11,off Meyer); Scutaro (11,off Meyer); Eckstein (17,off Blevins).  HR–Oakland Crosby (5,8th inning off Halladay 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  SF–Wilkerson (4,off Gallagher).  HBP–Scutaro (5,by Gallagher); Lind (1,by Gallagher); Rios (1,by Meyer).  Team–12.  U-HP–Mark Wegner, 1B–Jeff Kellogg, 2B–Sam Holbrook, 3B–Mike Estabrook.  T–2:43.  A–24,761.
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