OAK 17 vs. TOR 27

BOXSCORE: 2012 Oakland A's At 2012 Toronto Bluejays                 5/23/2012
 
  A's                AB  R  H RBI AVG     Bluejays           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Crisp CF          4  1  1  0 .324     R.Davis LF          5  0  0  0 .248  
  J.Gomes DH          3  0  0  0 .250     C.Rasmus CF         3  0  1  0 .252  
  J.Reddick RF        3  0  0  1 .183     A.Lind DH           4  0  1  0 .235  
  Y.Cespedes LF       4  2  2  0 .298     J.Bautista RF       4  0  0  0 .165  
  C.Carter 1B         4  1  2  3 .351     E.Encarnacion 1B    4  0  1  0 .316  
  B.Inge 3B           4  0  0  0 .150     B.Lawrie 3B         3  1  0  0 .301  
  D.Norris C          4  0  0  0 .184     K.Johnson 2B        4  1  3  1 .257  
  C.Pennington SS     3  0  0  0 .183     J.Arencibia C       4  0  1  0 .234  
  J.Weeks 2B          3  0  0  0 .191     Y.Escobar SS        4  0  1  1 .265  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  4  5  4                 Totals      35  2  8  2
 
 
A's............. 0 1 0  2 0 0  0 1 0  -  4  5  1
Bluejays........ 0 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 1  -  2  8  2
 
A's (11-6)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
A.Griffin WIN(1-1)        6 2/3   7   1   1   2   5   0 112   5.19
J.Blevins HOLD(3rd)       0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   1.86
R.Cook HOLD(4th)          1       0   0   0   0   2   0  14   0.87
G.Balfour SAVE(8th)       1       1   1   1   0   1   1  16   2.16
Totals                    9       8   2   2   2   8   1
 
Bluejays (12-15)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Happ LOSS(0-1)          7 1/3   5   4   3   1  12   1 107   3.68
D.Oliver                  1 2/3   0   0   0   0   2   0  21   2.51
Totals                    9       5   4   3   1  14   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 17,117 DATE-  TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Mike Dimuro, James Hoye, Jim Joyce, Jim Reynolds
T- 2:58
LEFT ON BASE- A's: 3  Bluejays: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- A's: 0  Bluejays: 0
ERRORS- Y.Cespedes, R.Davis, E.Encarnacion
DOUBLES- Y.Cespedes(3rd)
HOME RUNS- C.Carter(8th), K.Johnson(1st)
RBIs- J.Reddick(14th), C.Carter-3(10th), K.Johnson(8th), Y.Escobar(14th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Crisp(5th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Reddick
WALKS- J.Gomes, C.Rasmus, B.Lawrie
STRIKE OUTS- C.Crisp, J.Gomes-2, J.Reddick-2, Y.Cespedes, C.Carter, B.Inge,
             D.Norris-3, C.Pennington-2, J.Weeks, C.Rasmus, A.Lind, J.Bautista,
             E.Encarnacion, B.Lawrie, K.Johnson, Y.Escobar-2
RLISP 2-out- C.Pennington, A.Lind-2, J.Arencibia-2
TEAM RISP- A's: 1 for 5  Bluejays: 2 for 6
WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Colby Rasmus robbed Brandon Inge of an extra base hit.
 
In a two run game the Oakland A's got by the Toronto Bluejays by the score of
4 to 2.
 
Oakland took the lead for good in the 2nd inning plating an isolated run on 2
hits.  Toronto had 8 hits in the game while Oakland had 5, but Oakland had
the more timely hits.  
 
A.J. Griffin(1-1) allowed 1 run in 6 and 2/3 innings, and picked up the
victory. Grant Balfour recorded his 8th save.  The loss was charged to J.A.
Happ(0-1).  Despite the loss, he struckout 12 Oakland batters in 7 and 1/3
innings.  
 
'He gutted it out' Lee Michaels said of Griffin.  'I was very impressed by his
tenacity.'