Toronto Blue Jays at Athletics

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Toronto Blue Jays

73-74, 36-39 Away

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Athletics

59-88, 27-45 Home

Henry Bolte's homer in the 4th inning helps Athletics beat Blue Jays 2-0

Toronto Blue Jays vs. Athletics: Game Highlights

Athletics left-handed pitcher Brady Basso allowed three hits and three walks with four strikeouts in four innings. Basso’s worked out of a jam in the fourth when the Blue Jays threatened with runners on the corners, but got out of the inning with a strikeout.

Scott Blewett (2-0) earned the win by working two innings and allowing two hits and a walk, with a strikeout.

Bolte hit his 10th home run of the season in the third inning off Michael Lorenzen (3-12), one of six pitchers used by Toronto in a bullpen game. Lorenzen worked 2 2/3 innings, giving up four hits, a walk and the only runs in the game.

A wild pitch that scored White in the fourth was enough for Toronto to pull Lorenzen.

The Athletics' bullpen held Toronto in check for the remaining five innings after Basso exited. The bullpen combined for four strikeouts and allowed just three hits. The A’s bullpen has allowed one earned run or fewer in 15 of its last 20 games.

Elvis Alvardo (4-3) entered in the ninth and struck out two before forcing a flyout to earn his sixth save.

Toronto’s rookie Kazuma Okamoto was held hitless in his three at-bats and struck out three times. He still sits behind Sal Stewart in the MLB’s rookie home run race by one with 30 on the season.

The Athletics won for the sixth time in eight games and took their first series from the Blue Jays since July 2025.

Toronto slipped 1 1/2 games behind Cleveland in the race for the final AL wild card.

Up next Athletics’ LHP Jeffrey Springs (4-13, 6.02 ERA) will start the opener of a series against visiting Seattle on Friday. The Mariners have not announced a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Clement flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Giménez singled to left.
	9th Inning	Okamoto struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Kirk struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Alvarado relieved Harris
	8th Inning	Gelof struck out swinging.

Statistics

TOR		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	7
9	Strikeouts	5
0	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	2
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	28
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
9	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
129	Pitches	119
0	Games Started	0
3	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
7	Total Bases	7
34	Plate Appearances	30
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
1.1	Runs Created	1.1
.194	Batting Average	.143
.333	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.226	Slugging Percentage	.250
.129	Secondary Average	.179
.265	On Base Percentage	.200
.491	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.450
1.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
1.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.3
8.0	Batter Rating	13.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	28.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.79	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.97
.032	Isolated Power	.107
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.088	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.067
-.065	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.036
0.0	Runs Produced	3.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	0.5
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.1
64.3	MLB Rating	66.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0