AL: TORONTO at OAKLAND <div class="pre">AL AT OAKLAND - PITCHING CHANGE TOR: BRIAN WOLFE (2-1, 1.86) STARTING THE 12TH CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 6, OAKLAND 2 DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: M ELLIS (.261, 0-FOR-4)</div>
AL: TORONTO at OAKLAND <div class="pre">AL AT OAKLAND - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: B Wolfe relieved J Accardo. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 6 OAKLAND 2 BOTTOM, 12TH DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: M Ellis (.261, 0-FOR-4)</div>
AL: TORONTO at OAKLAND <div class="pre">AL FINAL 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - - - - - - - - - TORONTO 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 OAKLAND 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 11 12 R H E -- -- -- - - - TORONTO 0 0 4 6 12 0 OAKLAND 0 0 0 2 9 1 (FINAL 12) BATTERIES: TOR - A.J. BURNETT, CASEY JANSSEN (8TH), SCOTT DOWNS (8TH), JASON FRASOR (9TH), JEREMY ACCARDO (11TH), BRIAN WOLFE (12TH) AND GREGG ZAUN OAK - ESTEBAN LOAIZA, ANDREW BROWN (8TH), HUSTON STREET (9TH), ALAN EMBREE (11TH), RUDDY LUGO (12TH) AND KURT SUZUKI HOME RUNS: TOR - NONE OAK - NICK SWISHER (17) OFF A.J. BURNETT IN THE 1ST, 0 ON</div>
AL: TORONTO at OAKLAND <div class="pre">AL FINAL 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - - - - - - - - - TORONTO 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 OAKLAND 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 11 12 R H E -- -- -- - - - TORONTO 0 0 4 6 12 0 OAKLAND 0 0 0 2 9 1 (FINAL 12) BATTERIES: TOR - A.J. BURNETT, CASEY JANSSEN (8TH), SCOTT DOWNS (8TH), JASON FRASOR (9TH), JEREMY ACCARDO (11TH), BRIAN WOLFE (12TH) AND GREGG ZAUN OAK - ESTEBAN LOAIZA, ANDREW BROWN (8TH), HUSTON STREET (9TH), ALAN EMBREE (11TH), RUDDY LUGO (12TH) AND KURT SUZUKI WP - JEREMY ACCARDO (3-3) LP - ALAN EMBREE (1-2) SAVE - NONE HOME RUNS: TOR - NONE OAK - NICK SWISHER (17) OFF A.J. BURNETT IN THE 1ST, 0 ON TIME: 3:50 ATT: 18,092 PROBABLES: TOR - JESSE LITSCH (5-6, 3.44) OAK - CHAD GAUDIN (10-9, 4.12)</div>
AL: TORONTO at OAKLAND <div class="pre">TORONTO (6) VS OAKLAND (2) - FINAL IN 12 INNINGS TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg M Stairs lf 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .291 R Johnson pr-lf 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 .258 L Overbay 1b 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 .254 A Rios rf 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 .306 V Wells cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 .258 F Thomas dh 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 .265 R Adams pr-dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .100 T Glaus 3b 5 1 2 1 0 1 0 .254 A Hill 2b 5 0 2 1 0 1 1 .270 G Zaun c 5 1 0 1 0 1 2 .223 R Olmedo ss 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 .278 Totals 45 6 12 6 2 5 10 BATTING: 2B - L Overbay (28, E Loaiza); T Glaus (18, A Embree). RBI - L Overbay (38), A Rios (68), T Glaus (55), A Hill (66), G Zaun (35), R Johnson (12). 2-out RBI - L Overbay, A Rios, R Johnson. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Rios 1. GIDP - L Overbay 2, V Wells. Team LOB - 5. FIELDING: DP: 2 (A Hill-R Olmedo-L Overbay 2). OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg S Stewart lf 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 .289 J DaVanon cf 5 0 1 0 1 2 2 .250 N Swisher rf 5 1 3 1 0 0 3 .269 J Cust dh 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .268 J Furmaniak pr-dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 a-M Piazza ph-dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 .274 M Ellis 2b 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 .261 D Johnson 1b 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 .236 M Scutaro ss 6 0 0 0 0 0 8 .252 J Hannahan 3b 5 0 1 0 0 2 3 .261 K Suzuki c 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250 Totals 43 2 9 2 8 4 27 a-flied out to right for J Furmaniak in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - S Stewart (17, A Burnett); N Swisher (28, C Janssen). HR - N Swisher (17, 1st inning off A Burnett 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - N Swisher (63), D Johnson (49). 2-out RBI - N Swisher. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Scutaro 3, M Piazza 3, J DaVanon 1, J Hannahan 2. GIDP - K Suzuki, J Cust. Team LOB - 14. BASERUNNING: SB - M Ellis (8, 2nd base off A Burnett/G Zaun). FIELDING: E - M Scutaro (13, throw). DP: 4 (M Scutaro-M Ellis-D Johnson 3, J Hannahan-D Johnson). ---------------------------------------------------- TORONTO - 002 000 000 004 -- 6 OAKLAND - 100 000 010 000 -- 2 ---------------------------------------------------- TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era A Burnett 7 4 1 1 5 3 1 3.70 C Janssen (B, 4) 2/3 2 1 1 1 0 0 2.40 S Downs 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.15 J Frasor 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.02 J Accardo (W, 3-3) 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.15 B Wolfe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.80 OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era E Loaiza 7 7 2 2 2 1 0 1.84 A Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.33 H Street 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 2.78 A Embree (L, 1-2) 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 3.77 R Lugo 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.98 E Loaiza pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. A Embree pitched to 3 batters in the 12th. WP - S Downs, R Lugo. HBP - N Swisher (by A Burnett). Pitches-strikes: A Burnett 110-60; C Janssen 16-9; S Downs 16-9; J Frasor 15-11; J Accardo 29-14; B Wolfe 14-9; E Loaiza 102-66; A Brown 9-5; H Street 22-16; A Embree 26-17; R Lugo 16-13. Ground balls-fly balls: A Burnett 13-5; C Janssen 1-1; S Downs 2-1; J Frasor 1-2; J Accardo 0-3; B Wolfe 2-1; E Loaiza 6-13; A Brown 2-1; H Street 1-1; A Embree 3-0; R Lugo 3-0. Batters faced: A Burnett 29; C Janssen 5; S Downs 5; J Frasor 5; J Accardo 5; B Wolfe 3; E Loaiza 28; A Brown 2; H Street 6; A Embree 6; R Lugo 5. UMPIRES: HP--Jerry Layne. 1B--Bill Miller. 2B--Marvin Hudson. 3B--Ed Montague. T--3:50. Att--18,092. Weather: 67 degrees, clear. Wind: 14 mph, out to left.</div>
AL: TORONTO at OAKLAND <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TORONTO (6) AT OAKLAND (2) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OAKLAND 1ST: S Stewart grounded out to shortstop. J DaVanon struck out swinging. N Swisher homered to left center. J Cust grounded out to second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, OAKLAND 1. TORONTO 3RD: G Zaun bunt grounded out to third. R Olmedo reached on infield single to shortstop. M Stairs flied out to center, R Olmedo to second. L Overbay hit a ground rule double to deep right, R Olmedo scored. A Rios singled to left center, L Overbay scored. V Wells flied out to center. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, OAKLAND 1. OAKLAND 8TH: R Johnson in left field. C Janssen relieved A Burnett. N Swisher doubled to left. J Cust walked. J Furmaniak ran for J Cust. M Ellis bunted into fielder's choice to catcher, N Swisher out at third, J Furmaniak to second. D Johnson singled to right center, J Furmaniak scored, M Ellis to second. M Scutaro flied out to center. S Downs relieved C Janssen. M Ellis to third, D Johnson to second on wild pitch by S Downs. J Hannahan grounded out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, OAKLAND 2. TORONTO 12TH: V Wells singled to center. F Thomas singled to right, V Wells to third. R Adams ran for F Thomas. T Glaus doubled to deep center, V Wells scored, R Adams to third. R Lugo relieved A Embree. A Hill singled to center, R Adams scored, T Glaus to third. G Zaun grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, T Glaus scored, A Hill out at second. G Zaun to second on wild pitch by R Lugo. R Olmedo grounded out to second, G Zaun to third. R Johnson singled to center, G Zaun scored. L Overbay grounded out to second. (4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 6, OAKLAND 2.</div>
Four-run 12th lifts Blue Jays over Athletics <div class="pre">allowing one run in seven innings while walking five andstriking out three. He did not factor in the decision.Burnett faced Oakland and Esteban Loaiza in his last start andwas charged with the loss despite yielding just one earned runin seven innings. It was his first loss in four starts sincebeing reinstated from the disabled list on August 12.Loaiza, who had been on the disabled list since the beginning ofthe season with a bulging disk in his neck and a torn meniscusmuscle in his right knee, was impressive once again.The Mexican-born righthander allowing just two runs and sevenhits in seven innings while walking two and striking out one.He threw 66 of his 102 pitches for strikes.Loaiza made his first start of the season in last week's victoryagainst Toronto and allowed just one run and three hits in 72/3 innings.With Oakland trailing, 2-1, in the eighth, Nick Swisher greetedBlue Jays reliever Casey Janssen by lining a double down theleft field line. After Jack Cust walked, Dan Johnson hit an RBIbloop single to center to forge a 2-2 tie.Oakland opened the scoring the first inning off Burnett whenSwisher deposited a 1-2 offering into the left field bleachersfor a 1-0 edge. The blast was Swisher's 17th of the year.Toronto answered back in the third when Lyle Overbay belted arun-scoring double off the top of the right-center wall. AlexRios then singled to left, plating Overbay for a 2-1 lead.Oakland had chances to win the game in the ninth and 11thinnings, twice putting two men on with one out, but Swisher andMike Piazza failed to get the runners home in each instance.
AL: TORONTO at OAKLAND <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TORONTO (6) AT OAKLAND (2) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Toronto Starting Lineups -- M Stairs LF, L Overbay 1B, A Rios RF, V Wells CF, F Thomas DH, T Glaus 3B, A Hill 2B, G Zaun C, R Olmedo SS, A Burnett RHP. Oakland Starting Lineups -- S Stewart LF, J DaVanon CF, N Swisher RF, J Cust DH, M Ellis 2B, D Johnson 1B, M Scutaro SS, J Hannahan 3B, K Suzuki C, E Loaiza RHP. Umpires -- Jerry Layne (HP), Bill Miller (1B), Marvin Hudson (2B), Ed Montague (3B). Gametime Weather: 67 degrees, Clear, wind out to left at 14 mph. TORONTO 1ST: M Stairs walked. L Overbay grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, M Stairs out at second. A Rios flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, OAKLAND 0. OAKLAND 1ST: S Stewart grounded out to shortstop. J DaVanon struck out swinging. N Swisher homered to left center. J Cust grounded out to second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, OAKLAND 1. TORONTO 2ND: V Wells grounded out to pitcher. F Thomas flied out to center. T Glaus singled to center. A Hill flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, OAKLAND 1. OAKLAND 2ND: M Ellis grounded out to pitcher. D Johnson grounded out to first. M Scutaro flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, OAKLAND 1. TORONTO 3RD: G Zaun bunt grounded out to third. R Olmedo reached on infield single to shortstop. M Stairs flied out to center, R Olmedo to second. L Overbay hit a ground rule double to deep right, R Olmedo scored. A Rios singled to left center, L Overbay scored. V Wells flied out to center. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, OAKLAND 1. OAKLAND 3RD: J Hannahan reached on infield single to shortstop. K Suzuki grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, J Hannahan out at second. S Stewart grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, OAKLAND 1. TORONTO 4TH: F Thomas struck out swinging. T Glaus fouled out to first. A Hill singled to center. G Zaun flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, OAKLAND 1. OAKLAND 4TH: J DaVanon grounded out to pitcher. N Swisher singled to right. J Cust walked, N Swisher to second. M Ellis popped out to second. D Johnson walked, N Swisher to third, J Cust to second. M Scutaro flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, OAKLAND 1. TORONTO 5TH: R Olmedo safe at first on throwing error by shortstop M Scutaro. M Stairs popped into double play, third to first, R Olmedo doubled off first. L Overbay flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) TORONTO 2, OAKLAND 1. OAKLAND 5TH: J Hannahan flied out to left. K Suzuki flied out to center. S Stewart doubled to deep center. J DaVanon struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, OAKLAND 1. TORONTO 6TH: A Rios singled to left. V Wells grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, A Rios out at second. F Thomas flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, OAKLAND 1. OAKLAND 6TH: N Swisher hit by pitch. J Cust grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, N Swisher out at second. M Ellis walked. M Ellis stole second. D Johnson walked. M Scutaro grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, OAKLAND 1. TORONTO 7TH: T Glaus flied out to center. A Hill lined out to left. G Zaun flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, OAKLAND 1. OAKLAND 7TH: J Hannahan struck out looking. K Suzuki walked. S Stewart grounded into fielder's choice to second, K Suzuki out at second. J DaVanon grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, OAKLAND 1. TORONTO 8TH: R Olmedo singled to left. M Stairs walked, R Olmedo to second. A Brown relieved E Loaiza. R Johnson ran for M Stairs. L Overbay grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, R Johnson out at second, R Olmedo to third. A Rios flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, OAKLAND 1. OAKLAND 8TH: R Johnson in left field. C Janssen relieved A Burnett. N Swisher doubled to left. J Cust walked. J Furmaniak ran for J Cust. M Ellis bunted into fielder's choice to catcher, N Swisher out at third, J Furmaniak to second. D Johnson singled to right center, J Furmaniak scored, M Ellis to second. M Scutaro flied out to center. S Downs relieved C Janssen. M Ellis to third, D Johnson to second on wild pitch by S Downs. J Hannahan grounded out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, OAKLAND 2. TORONTO 9TH: H Street relieved A Brown. V Wells lined out to left. F Thomas grounded out to second. T Glaus struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, OAKLAND 2. OAKLAND 9TH: K Suzuki lined out to third. S Stewart singled to center. J DaVanon singled to right, S Stewart to second. N Swisher grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J DaVanon out at second, S Stewart to third. M Piazza hit for J Furmaniak. J Frasor relieved S Downs. N Swisher to second on fielder's indifference. M Piazza flied out to right. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, OAKLAND 2. TORONTO 10TH: A Hill struck out swinging. G Zaun struck out swinging. R Olmedo struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, OAKLAND 2. OAKLAND 10TH: M Ellis grounded out to second. D Johnson singled to center. M Scutaro fouled out to first. J Hannahan struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, OAKLAND 2. TORONTO 11TH: A Embree relieved H Street. R Johnson grounded out to third. L Overbay grounded out to second. A Rios grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, OAKLAND 2. OAKLAND 11TH: J Accardo relieved J Frasor. K Suzuki flied out to right. S Stewart walked. J DaVanon walked, S Stewart to second. N Swisher popped out to shortstop. M Piazza flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 2, OAKLAND 2. TORONTO 12TH: V Wells singled to center. F Thomas singled to right, V Wells to third. R Adams ran for F Thomas. T Glaus doubled to deep center, V Wells scored, R Adams to third. R Lugo relieved A Embree. A Hill singled to center, R Adams scored, T Glaus to third. G Zaun grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, T Glaus scored, A Hill out at second. G Zaun to second on wild pitch by R Lugo. R Olmedo grounded out to second, G Zaun to third. R Johnson singled to center, G Zaun scored. L Overbay grounded out to second. (4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 6, OAKLAND 2. OAKLAND 12TH: B Wolfe relieved J Accardo. M Ellis grounded out to third. D Johnson grounded out to second. M Scutaro fouled out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 6, OAKLAND 2.</div>
Four-run 12th lifts Blue Jays over Athletics <h3>TORONTO 6, OAKLAND 2 (12 INNINGS)</h3>By Tom Kent PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer OAKLAND, California (Ticker) - The Toronto Blue Jays erupted forfour runs in the 12th inning to defeat the Oakland Athletics,6-2, on Monday night. Vernon Wells singled to lead off the 12th against lefthanderAlan Embree and moved to third on Frank Thomas' flare singleinto right field. Glaus delivered the go-ahead run with abooming double off the wall in left center, knocking Embree(1-1) from the game. Aaron Hill greeted reliever Ruddy Lugo with a line single up themiddle, plating pinch runner Russ Adams for a 4-2 lead. GreggZaun followed with a hard grounder that Marco Scutaro knockeddown. Mark Ellis scooped up the ball and stepped on second fora force as Glaus scampered home for a 5-2 advantage. "We hung in there," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "You<div class="pre">get to that point where everyone is tired, but you just keep</div>battling. That's what we were able to do tonight." Reed Johnson capped the uprising with a two-out single, bringinghome Zaun with the final Blue Jays' run and dropping theAthletics to their fourth straight defeat. "You always want to come out on top especially after a long game<div class="pre">like that," Hill said. "When you're playing for that long,</div>it's always a little more special." Toronto closer Jeremy Accardo (3-3) picked up the win despitewalking a pair of batters in a shaky 11th inning. Brian Wolfe retired the side in order in the 12th to put theBlue Jays (66-65) back over the .500 mark. Blue Jays starter A.J. Burnett was stellar once again, allowingone run in seven innings while walking five and striking outthree. He did not factor in the decision. "I though I wasted a lot of pitches tonight," Burnett said. "Iwalked too many guys, but I made the pitches when I needed to." "He was great," Gibbons said. "He walked a few guys, and he'lldo that now and then, but he held them to one run. That's thebottom line." Burnett faced Oakland and Esteban Loaiza in his last start andwas charged with the loss despite yielding just one earned runin seven innings. It was his first loss in four starts sincebeing reinstated from the disabled list on August 12. Loaiza, who had been on the disabled list since the beginning ofthe season with a bulging disk in his neck and a torn meniscusmuscle in his right knee, was impressive once again. The Mexican-born righthander allowing just two runs and sevenhits in seven innings while walking two and striking out one. Hethrew 66 of his 102 pitches for strikes. "I felt good out there," Loaiza said. "We had a chance to win,and it didn't go our way. Those are the little things we needto work on and accomplish to win games." Loaiza made his first start of the season in last week's victoryagainst Toronto and allowed just one run and three hits in 72/3 innings. "He did a great job against us last time," Hill said. "Welearned kind of what not to do against him. If a guy gives itto you like he did to us last time, it's always nice to come outwith a win. He was great again, though." With Oakland trailing, 2-1, in the eighth, Nick Swisher greetedBlue Jays reliever Casey Janssen by lining a double down theleft field line. After Jack Cust walked, Dan Johnson hit an RBIbloop single to center to forge a 2-2 tie. Oakland opened the scoring the first inning off Burnett whenSwisher deposited a 1-2 offering into the left field bleachersfor a 1-0 edge. The blast was Swisher's 17th of the year. Toronto answered back in the third when Lyle Overbay belted arun-scoring double off the top of the right-center wall. AlexRios then singled to left, plating Overbay for a 2-1 lead. Oakland had chances to win the game in the ninth and 11thinnings, twice putting two men on with one out, but Swisher andMike Piazza failed to get the runners home in each instance. "We couldn't get the big hit when we needed it," Athleticsmanager Bob Geren said. in the game we had plenty ofopportunities. We were in a position to win so many times, andwe couldn't get it done."
