Game 2
Oakland (Gerrit Cole 13-13 4.71) vs Toronto (Kyle Hendricks 14-10 3.85)
Gerrit Cole continued a troubling trend of being homer prone as he faced up with the powerful
(to the tune of 231 HR) Toronto Blue Jays. Oakland actually opened the scoring in the top of
the first courtesy of a 2 run Adrian Beltre double. Emerging star Eugenio Suarez sent a
message by leading off the game in the bottom half of the first with a screaming homerun.
Michael Conforto tried to answer for the Athletics in the top half of the third with a solo
shot of his own, however his elation was short lived. Toronto proceeded to knock Gerrit Cole
out of the box in the bottom half of the third inning. The barrage included a 2 run double by
Dickerson, a 2 run single by veteran Ian Desmond, and a run scoring double by Cameron Maybin
(who was exacting some payback on the team that originally drafted him back in 2006). New
Oakland pitching coach Vida Blue was caught on a hot mic grumbling about some mechanical issues
he spotted with Gerrit, as his inconsistent starter trudged down the steps into the showers.
"We'll get the kid fixed" Joey Gallo would go on to add another homer for the Jays in the
6th as they went on to cruise 13-5.
9/29/2018, Oak18-Tor18, Rogers Centre
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2018 Athletics 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 5 1 6 1
2018 Blue Jays 1 0 6 1 1 3 0 1 x 13 18 2 10 1
Athletics AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Rendon 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0
Altuve 2b 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 0 2 0 0
Conforto lf 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 0 0 0 0
Beltre dh 4 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 0 0 0 0
Alonso 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5 0 1 0
McCutchen rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 0 0 0 0
Russell ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 1 1 0 0
Galvis ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0
Wieters c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 15 0 0 0
Lagares cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0
Garcia,Le ph 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 0 0 0
Cole,G p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0
Minaya p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Casilla p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Hatcher p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Motte p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
32 5 5 5 2 0 3 6 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 24 7 1 0
Blue Jays AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Suarez,E 3b 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 0 0 1 0
Judge rf 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 4 0 0 0
Dickerson lf 5 2 2 3 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 0 0 0 0
Perez,S c 4 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 5 1 0 0
Gallo 1b 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 11 0 0 0
Escobar,E ss 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 2 5 0 0
Desmond dh 4 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 0 0 0 0
Maybin cf 5 1 3 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .375 3 0 1 0
Asuaje 2b 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 2 0 0
Barney ph 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 1 3 0 0
Hendricks p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0
Oh p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0
Gregerson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
40 13 18 13 6 0 4 4 15 1 0 0 1 0 2 27 13 2 0
Athletics INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA
Cole,G L 0-1 2.1 7 7 6 3 3 71 41 17 1 0 0 0 1 23.14
Minaya 1.2 2 1 1 0 4 29 21 7 1 0 0 0 0 5.40
Casilla 2.0 6 4 4 0 3 45 27 13 2 0 1 0 0 18.00
Hatcher 1.0 2 0 0 0 3 23 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Motte 1.0 1 1 1 1 2 25 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 9.00
8.0 18 13 12 4 15 193 116 47 4 0 1 0 1
Blue Jays INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA
Hendricks W 1-0 6.1 4 4 4 5 2 110 59 28 2 1 0 0 0 5.68
Oh 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 11 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
Gregerson 1.2 1 1 1 0 2 25 17 6 1 0 0 0 0 5.40
9.0 5 5 5 6 4 146 80 38 3 1 0 0 1
Oak: Galvis inserted at ss in the 4th
Garcia,Le batted for Lagares in the 7th
Garcia,Le moved to cf in the 7th
Tor: Barney batted for Asuaje in the 3rd
Barney moved to 2b in the 4th
GWRBI: Escobar,E
Addison Russell was ejected from this game
Temperature: 70, Wind: none.
9/29/2018, Oak18-Tor18, Rogers Centre
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2018 Athletics 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 5 1 6 1
2018 Blue Jays 1 0 6 1 1 3 0 1 x 13 18 2 10 1
Athletics -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Rendon 3b 1>8 8 k W 9
Altuve 2b D CS2(24) 5>43 Oh k
63 143/gdp
Conforto lf W 3>HR 3/L 8>8
Beltre dh D.2-H;1-H 163 HR e8.B-1
Alonso 1b W 9 2/fl W.1-2
McCutchen rf 43.2-3;1-2 43 6>63 Gregerson
43.2-3;1-2
Russell ss IW 4>k
Galvis ss 9 6/fl
Wieters c 63 9 6/fl 9>k
Lagares cf 2>W e5.B-1
Garcia,Le ph 7>63 HR
Blue Jays -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Suarez,E 3b 1>HR S.1-2 53 HBP k
Judge rf S k 4>k D.1-3 7>Hatcher
S
Dickerson lf k D.2-H;1-H HR k k
Perez,S c 463/gdp W S 6>HR S.1-2
Gallo 1b 2>143 W.2-3;1-2 k HR k
Escobar,E ss 53 note 1 k S k
Desmond dh S note 2 5>Casilla D.1-3 8>Motte
k W
Maybin cf k D.3-H;1-3 D 63.3-H D.1-3
Asuaje 2b 3>W Minaya
Barney ph k SB3 8 note 3
8/SF.3-H
1: e3.3-H;2-3;1-2;B-1 2: S.3-H;2-H;1-3 3: 8/SF.3-H;2-3
Athletics -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------
Rendon 3b
Altuve 2b
Conforto lf
Beltre dh
Alonso 1b
McCutchen rf
Russell ss
Galvis ss
Wieters c
Lagares cf
Garcia,Le ph
Blue Jays -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------
Suarez,E 3b k
Judge rf k
Dickerson lf
Perez,S c
Gallo 1b
Escobar,E ss
Desmond dh
Maybin cf
Asuaje 2b
Barney ph
Athletics IN OUT ER Blue Jays IN OUT ER
Cole,G A1 B8 6 L 0-1 Hendricks A1 D1 4 W 1-0
Minaya B9 C6 1 Oh D2 D5 0
Casilla C7 E1 4 Gregerson D6 E2 1
Hatcher E2 E6 0
Motte E7 F2 1
9/29/2018, Oak18-Tor18, Rogers Centre
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2018 Athletics 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 5 1 6 1
2018 Blue Jays 1 0 6 1 1 3 0 1 x 13 18 2 10 1
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Athletics batting
0-0 0 --- 21 Rendon flied out to center (CBBX)
0-0 1 --- 10 Altuve lined a double to left center (BX)
0-0 1 -2- 32 Conforto walked (SBBBFB)
0-0 1 12- 22 Beltre lined a double to left center, Altuve scored,
Conforto scored (BSCBX)
2-0 1 -2- 32 Alonso walked (SBFBBB)
2-0 1 12- 12 McCutchen grounded out to second, Beltre to third, Alonso
to second (BSSX)
2-0 2 -23 30 Russell was walked intentionally (IIII)
2-0 2 123 10 Wieters grounded out to short (BX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Blue Jays batting
2-0 0 --- 11 Suarez,E homered deep to left (BCX)
2-1 0 --- 01 Judge lined a single to right (CX)
2-1 0 1-- 12 Dickerson struck out (CBFFFS)
2-1 1 1-- 21 Perez,S grounded into a double play, Altuve to Russell to
Alonso (BCBX)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Athletics batting
2-1 0 --- 31 Lagares walked (BCBBB)
2-1 0 1-- 12 Rendon flied out to center (BpFFFX)
2-1 1 1-- 00 Lagares was caught stealing second (>S)
2-1 2 --- 11 Altuve grounded out to short (>S.BX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Blue Jays batting
2-1 0 --- 11 Gallo grounded out to the mound (BFX)
2-1 1 --- 32 Escobar,E grounded out to third (BCBSBFFX)
2-1 2 --- 11 Desmond lined a single to shallow center (BCX)
2-1 2 1-- 32 Maybin struck out (B1CBSB>S)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Athletics batting
2-1 0 --- 21 Conforto homered deep to right (CBBX)
3-1 0 --- 32 Beltre grounded out to the mound (CFBBBX)
3-1 1 --- 01 Alonso flied out to right (FX)
3-1 2 --- 20 McCutchen grounded out to second (BBX)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Blue Jays batting
3-1 0 --- 30 Asuaje walked (BBBB)
3-1 0 1-- 10 Suarez,E grounded a single between first and second,
Asuaje to second (BX)
3-1 0 12- 12 Judge struck out (CBCS)
3-1 1 12- 01 Dickerson grounded a double down the first base line,
Asuaje scored, Suarez,E scored (CX)
3-3 1 -2- 31 Perez,S walked (FBBBB)
3-3 1 12- 31 Gallo walked, Dickerson to third, Perez,S to second
(BBBCB)
3-3 1 123 12 Dickerson scored, Perez,S to third, Gallo to second,
Escobar,E to first on an error by the first baseman
Alonso (CSBFFX)
3-4 1 123 22 Desmond lined a single to right center, Perez,S scored,
Gallo scored, Escobar,E to third (FBBFX)
3-6 1 1-3 11 Maybin lined a double down the first base line, Escobar,E
scored, Desmond to third (FBX)
Minaya now pitching
Barney pinch hitting for Asuaje
3-7 1 -23 02 Barney struck out (CFFC)
3-7 2 -23 11 Suarez,E grounded out to third (BSX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Athletics batting
Barney moved to second base
3-7 0 --- 02 Russell struck out (CCC)
Russell was ejected
3-7 1 --- 12 Wieters flied out to right (CFBX)
3-7 2 --- 32 Lagares to first on an error by the third baseman
Suarez,E (BCBFBX)
3-7 2 1-- 32 Rendon struck out (BCBFB>S)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Blue Jays batting
Galvis now playing shortstop
3-7 0 --- 32 Judge struck out (BBCBCFFS)
3-7 1 --- 12 Dickerson homered deep to right center (BCCX)
3-8 1 --- 00 Perez,S grounded a single up the middle (X)
3-8 1 1-- 22 Gallo struck out (BSCBS)
3-8 2 1-- 12 Escobar,E struck out (FFBS)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Athletics batting
3-8 0 --- 11 Altuve grounded out to second (BFX)
3-8 1 --- 02 Conforto lined out to first (CCX)
3-8 2 --- 21 Beltre homered deep to right center (CBBX)
4-8 2 --- 00 Alonso popped out to the catcher (X)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Blue Jays batting
Casilla now pitching
4-8 0 --- 12 Desmond struck out (CBSS)
4-8 1 --- 11 Maybin lined a double to left center (CBX)
4-8 1 -2- 00 Maybin stole third (>C)
4-8 1 --3 01 Barney hit a sacrifice fly to center, Maybin scored (>C.X)
4-9 2 --- 00 Suarez,E was hit by a pitch (H)
4-9 2 1-- 00 Judge doubled deep to right center, Suarez,E to third (X)
4-9 2 -23 32 Dickerson struck out (BBBCFS)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Athletics batting
4-9 0 --- 00 McCutchen grounded out to short (X)
4-9 1 --- 10 Galvis flied out to right (BX)
4-9 2 --- 11 Wieters popped out to short (BCX)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Blue Jays batting
4-9 0 --- 10 Perez,S homered deep to left (BX)
4-10 0 --- 01 Gallo homered deep down the right field line (CX)
4-11 0 --- 32 Escobar,E reached on an infield single to second (BCBSBX)
4-11 0 1-- 21 Desmond lined a double to left center, Escobar,E to third
(BBCX)
4-11 0 -23 22 Maybin grounded out to short, Escobar,E scored (CBSBX)
4-12 1 -2- 11 Barney popped out to center (BCX)
4-12 2 -2- 32 Suarez,E struck out (CBFBBS)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Athletics batting
Garcia,Le pinch hitting for Lagares
4-12 0 --- 32 Garcia,Le grounded out to short (CFBBBX)
4-12 1 --- 32 Rendon walked (CBBBFFB)
Oh now pitching
4-12 1 1-- 11 Altuve grounded into a double play, Oh to Barney to Gallo
(CBX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Blue Jays batting
Garcia,Le moved to center field
Hatcher now pitching
4-12 0 --- 31 Judge reached on an infield single to short (CBBBX)
4-12 0 1-- 12 Dickerson struck out (BFSS)
4-12 1 1-- 12 Perez,S lined a single to left, Judge to second (CBCX)
4-12 1 12- 32 Gallo struck out (CBSBBS)
4-12 2 12- 12 Escobar,E struck out (CCBS)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Athletics batting
4-12 0 --- 10 Conforto flied out to center (BX)
4-12 1 --- 10 Beltre to first on an error by the center fielder Maybin
(BX)
4-12 1 1-- 30 Alonso walked, Beltre to second (BBBB)
Gregerson now pitching
4-12 1 12- 01 McCutchen grounded out to second, Beltre to third, Alonso
to second (SX)
4-12 2 -23 21 Galvis popped out to short (CBBX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Blue Jays batting
Motte now pitching
4-12 0 --- 31 Desmond walked (BCBBB)
4-12 0 1-- 22 Maybin grounded a double down the third base line,
Desmond to third (FBBSX)
4-12 0 -23 12 Barney hit a sacrifice fly to center, Desmond scored,
Maybin to third (BFSX)
4-13 1 --3 22 Suarez,E struck out (BCBCS)
4-13 2 --3 32 Judge struck out (BBBCSS)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Athletics batting
4-13 0 --- 12 Wieters struck out (BFFS)
4-13 1 --- 00 Garcia,Le homered deep to right center (X)
5-13 1 --- 32 Rendon flied out to right (BBBCFFFX)
5-13 2 --- 22 Altuve struck out (BFSFBS)