Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics
August 4, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 2012 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 3, Oakland Athletics 1

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Escobar ss 5 0 1 0
Johnson 2b 5 0 0 0
Encarnacion 1b 5 1 2 0
Cooper dh 5 1 1 1
Davis lf 4 1 1 0
Gomes c 2 0 0 0
  Mathis ph,c 2 0 0 0
Sierra rf 5 0 3 1
Gose cf 4 0 2 0
Hechavarria 3b 3 0 0 0
Romero p 0 0 0 0
  Delabar p 0 0 0 0
  Janssen p 0 0 0 0
  Chavez p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 3 10 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Weeks 2b 4 0 1 0
Taylor rf 4 0 0 0
  Crisp ph,cf 0 0 0 0
Reddick cf,rf 5 0 0 0
Carter 1b 2 0 0 0
  Cespedes pr 0 0 0 0
  Moss 1b 1 0 0 0
Gomes lf 5 0 0 0
Inge 3b 5 1 0 0
Norris dh 3 0 1 1
Kottaras c 3 0 1 0
Rosales ss 2 0 1 0
  Sogard ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Norberto p 0 0 0 0
  Neshek p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Blevins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 4 1
Toronto 000 000 001 023100
Oakland 010 000 000 00141
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Romero   7.0 3 1 1 4 5
  Delabar   1.1 0 0 0 1 3
  Janssen   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Chavez  W(1-1) 1.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Oliver  SV(2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
0
0
0
0
1
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Norberto   3.2 4 0 0 0 4
  Neshek   1.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Balfour   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Cook   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Blevins  L(4-1) 2.0 4 2 2 2 3
Totals
11.0
4
2
2
2
3

  E–Kottaras (1).  DP–Toronto 2. Escobar-Johnson-Encarnacion, Escobar-Encarnacion.  2B–Toronto Gose (2,off Norberto); Sierra (1,off Blevins), Oakland Norris (2,off Romero).  HR–Toronto Cooper (3,9th inning off Cook 0 on 1 out).  SH–Gose (1,off Blevins).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  SB–Davis 2 (30,2nd base off Norberto/Kottaras,2nd base off Blevins/Kottaras); Encarnacion 2 (12,2nd base off Blevins/Kottaras,3rd base off Blevins/Kottaras).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Phil Cuzzi, 2B–Greg Gibson, 3B–Manny Gonzalez.  T–3:37.  A–17,121.
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