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Athletics host Blue Jays in opener of three-game series

Jul 2, 2007 - 1:36 PM Toronto (39-42) at Oakland (42-39) 10:05 pm EDT

OAKLAND, California (Ticker) - Returning home after a disappointing road trip, the Oakland Athletics host the Toronto Blue Jays in the opener of a three-game series Monday.

While they went just 3-7 on their road trip, the Athletics did close the trek by taking two of three games against the New York Yankees over the weekend.

The A's hand the ball to lefthander Lenny DiNardo (3-4, 2.47 ERA), who avoided a third straight loss in his last start by beating Cleveland on Wednesday.

DiNardo is 0-1 with a 9.60 ERA in eight lifetime appearances - including one start - against Toronto.

The Blue Jays will counter with Josh Towers (3-5, 5.59), who will be targeting consecutive wins for the first time since August 12-17, 2005. In a 5-4 win over Minnesota on Wednesday, he surrendered four runs and nine hits over 6 1/3 innings.

Towers is 5-4 with a 5.16 ERA in 10 starts and one relief appearances against Oakland.

The Blue Jays enter with a four-game losing streak.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    TORONTO 0 0 6 0 0 2 2 0 1 11 16 0
    OAKLAND 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 7 11 2 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: TOR - JOSH TOWERS, BRIAN TALLET (6TH), JASON FRASOR (7TH), SCOTT
    DOWNS (7TH), CASEY JANSSEN (8TH) AND JASON PHILLIPS
    OAK - LENNY DINARDO, COLBY LEWIS (3RD), RON FLO

    Jul 3 1:14 AM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY SHANNON STEWART SCORED KURT SUZUKI.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, S STEWART ON FIRST, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 11
    OAKLAND 7 BOTTOM, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: M KOTSAY (.243, 0-FOR-3, SF, RBI)

    Blue Jays vs. AthleticsJul 3 1:08 AM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    ERROR BY RON FLORES ALLOWED ROYCE CLAYTON TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A RIOS ON FIRST, V WELLS ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 11
    OAKLAND 6 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: T GLAUS (.280, 2-FOR-4, SF, RBI)

    Blue Jays vs. AthleticsJul 3 12:56 AM


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    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY NICK SWISHER SCORED DONNIE MURPHY.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, N SWISHER ON SECOND, S STEWART ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 10
    OAKLAND 6 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: J CUST (.285, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Blue Jays vs. AthleticsJul 3 12:31 AM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY MARK KOTSAY SCORED MARK ELLIS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, S STEWART ON FIRST, D MURPHY ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 10
    OAKLAND 5 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: N SWISHER (.268, 0-FOR-3)

    Blue Jays vs. AthleticsJul 3 12:29 AM


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    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY TROY GLAUS SCORED JASON PHILLIPS.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, A RIOS ON FIRST, V WELLS ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 10
    OAKLAND 4 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: F THOMAS (.251, 3-FOR-4, 2 RBI)

    Blue Jays vs. AthleticsJul 3 12:13 AM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO ALEX RIOS SCORED ADAM LIND.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A RIOS ON FIRST, V WELLS ON SECOND, J
    PHILLIPS ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 9
    OAKLAND 4 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: T GLAUS (.280, 2-FOR-4)

    Blue Jays vs. AthleticsJul 3 12:10 AM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY FRANK THOMAS SCORED ALEX RIOS.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, F THOMAS ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 8
    OAKLAND 4 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: A HILL (.273, 1-FOR-3, RBI)

    Blue Jays vs. AthleticsJul 2 11:47 PM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY VERNON WELLS (11) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 0
    OUT IN THE 6TH OFF COLBY LEWIS.
    CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 7, OAKLAND 4
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: A RIOS (.287, 1-FOR-3)

    Blue Jays vs. AthleticsJul 2 11:43 PM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY DAN JOHNSON (10) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 1
    OUT IN THE 4TH OFF JOSH TOWERS SCORED ERIC CHAVEZ.
    CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 6, OAKLAND 4
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: M ELLIS (.269, 0-FOR-1)

    Blue Jays vs. AthleticsJul 2 11:23 PM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY ROYCE CLAYTON SCORED CURTIS THIGPEN.
    SITUATION: 6 RUNS IN, J PHILLIPS ON FIRST, A LIND ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 6
    OAKLAND 2 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: V WELLS (.252, 2-FOR-2, HR, RBI)

    Blue Jays vs. AthleticsJul 2 11:03 PM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    ERROR BY LENNY DINARDO ALLOWED AARON HILL TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, J PHILLIPS ON FIRST, A LIND ON SECOND, C
    THIGPEN ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 5
    OAKLAND 2 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: R CLAYTON (.229, 0-FOR-1)

    Blue Jays vs. AthleticsJul 2 11:00 PM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ADAM LIND SCORED FRANK THOMAS.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, A LIND ON FIRST, C THIGPEN ON SECOND, A HILL
    ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 4
    OAKLAND 2 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: J PHILLIPS (.211, 0-FOR-1)

    Blue Jays vs. AthleticsJul 2 10:58 PM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY AARON HILL SCORED TROY GLAUS.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, A HILL ON SECOND, F THOMAS ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 3
    OAKLAND 2 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: C THIGPEN (.357, 0-FOR-1)

    Blue Jays vs. AthleticsJul 2 10:55 PM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY FRANK THOMAS SCORED ALEX RIOS.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, F THOMAS ON FIRST, T GLAUS ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 2
    OAKLAND 2 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: A HILL (.272, 0-FOR-1)

    Blue Jays vs. AthleticsJul 2 10:53 PM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY VERNON WELLS (10) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 3RD OFF LENNY DINARDO.
    CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 1, OAKLAND 2
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: A RIOS (.286, 0-FOR-1)

    Blue Jays vs. AthleticsJul 2 10:46 PM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY MARCO SCUTARO SCORED ERIC CHAVEZ.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M SCUTARO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 0
    OAKLAND 2 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: K SUZUKI (.412, 2 HR, 4 RBI)

    Blue Jays vs. AthleticsJul 2 10:36 PM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DAN JOHNSON SCORED JACK CUST.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D JOHNSON ON FIRST, E CHAVEZ ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 0
    OAKLAND 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: M ELLIS (.270, 8 HR, 41 RBI)

    Blue Jays vs. AthleticsJul 2 10:33 PM

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