Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics
August 3, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 2012 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 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

Toronto Blue Jays 4, Oakland Athletics 5

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Lawrie 3b 1 0 0 0
  Vizquel 3b 6 0 2 0
Rasmus cf 5 0 2 0
  Lincoln p 0 0 0 0
  Loup p 1 0 0 0
Encarnacion dh,1b 4 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 6 1 1 0
Escobar ss 6 0 2 0
Cooper 1b 4 0 2 0
  Sierra pr 0 1 0 0
  Gomes 1b,lf 3 0 0 0
Davis lf,rf 5 1 1 1
Mathis c 6 1 1 3
Gose rf,cf 6 0 0 0
Cecil p 0 0 0 0
  Lyon p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver p 0 0 0 0
  Janssen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 53 4 11 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Crisp cf 5 1 2 1
Gomes dh 5 1 2 1
Reddick rf 5 0 2 1
Cespedes lf 3 1 2 0
  Taylor ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Moss ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Carter 1b 5 1 1 1
Inge 3b 6 0 1 1
Norris c 6 0 1 0
Rosales ss 3 0 0 0
  Sogard ph,ss 3 0 0 0
Weeks 2b 6 1 3 0
Straily p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Blevins p 0 0 0 0
  Neshek p 0 0 0 0
  Doolittle p 0 0 0 0
  Blackley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 5 14 5
Toronto 000 100 003 000 0004111
Oakland 011 110 000 000 0015140
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Cecil   5.0 9 4 4 1 1
  Lyon   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Oliver   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Janssen   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Lincoln   3.1 1 0 0 2 3
  Loup  L(0-2) 2.0 2 1 1 0 3
Totals
14.1
2
1
1
0
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Straily   6.0 5 1 1 1 5
  Balfour   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Cook   1.0 3 3 3 0 2
  Blevins   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Neshek   1.1 0 0 0 0 3
  Doolittle   1.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Blackley  W(4-3) 3.0 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
15.0
1
0
0
2
2

  E–Rasmus (6).  DP–Toronto 3. Escobar-Johnson-Cooper, Escobar-Johnson-Cooper, Rasmus-Mathis-Escobar.  2B–Toronto Cooper (6,off Straily); Escobar (13,off Straily); Rasmus (20,off Doolittle).  3B–Oakland Weeks (7,off Loup).  HR–Toronto Mathis (6,9th inning off Cook 2 on 2 out), Oakland Gomes (11,3rd inning off Cecil 0 on 2 out); Carter (9,4th inning off Cecil 0 on 0 out).  SF–Davis (3,off Straily); Reddick (3,off Cecil); Crisp (2,off Loup).  HBP–Rasmus (5,by Blevins).  IBB–Encarnacion (4,by Doolittle); Escobar (1,by Blackley).  Team LOB–11.  Team–7.  SB–Encarnacion (10,2nd base off Blackley/Norris).  U-HP–Manny Gonzalez, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Phil Cuzzi, 3B–Greg Gibson.  T–4:47.  A–30,169.
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