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Athletics
@ Blue Jays
Exhibition Stadium
September 9, 1983
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Oakland Athletics, played on September 9, 1983 at Exhibition Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | September 9, 1983 |
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Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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Home Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 9, 1983 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
Home Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Steve McCatty |
Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Clancy |
Ballpark | Exhibition Stadium |
City | Toronto |
State | ONT |
Attendance | 20,336 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 21 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Steve Palermo 1B: Tim Welke 2B: Jerry Neudecker 3B: George Maloney |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Rickey Henderson | Left Fielder |
Mike Davis | Center Fielder |
Bill Almon | First Baseman |
Wayne Gross | Third Baseman |
Dan Meyer | DH |
Garry Hancock | Right Fielder |
Mike Heath | Catcher |
Donnie Hill | Shortstop |
Tony Phillips | Second Baseman |
Steve Boros | Manager |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dave Collins | Left Fielder |
Rance Mulliniks | Third Baseman |
Lloyd Moseby | Center Fielder |
Willie Upshaw | First Baseman |
Jorge Orta | DH |
Ernie Whitt | Catcher |
Jesse Barfield | Right Fielder |
Damaso Garcia | Second Baseman |
Alfredo Griffin | Shortstop |
Bobby Cox | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Athletics
@ Blue Jays
Exhibition Stadium
September 9, 1983
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Clancy
Henderson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Clancy
Davis hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Clancy
Almon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Clancy
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Upshaw scoops it up and throws to first, with Clancy covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyer vs. Clancy
Meyer hits a fly ball into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. McCatty
Collins hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mulliniks vs. McCatty
There goes Collins. The throw from Heath and he is safe. Collins steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mulliniks vs. McCatty
Mulliniks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Collins moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Moseby vs. McCatty
Moseby takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Upshaw vs. McCatty
Upshaw hits a ball on the ground towards first. Almon fields it and throws to second for the out. Collins scores. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Orta vs. McCatty
Orta strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hancock vs. Clancy
Hancock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Clancy
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hill vs. Clancy
Hill hits a popup towards third. Mulliniks settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Clancy
Phillips hits a popup towards third. Mulliniks settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitt vs. McCatty
Whitt hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hancock. Whitt reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Barfield vs. McCatty
Barfield hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Whitt moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Garcia vs. McCatty
Garcia hits a fly ball into right field. Hancock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Whitt tags and scores. Barfield tags and moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Griffin vs. McCatty
Griffin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Collins vs. McCatty
Collins hits a line drive into center field. Davis picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Davis. Barfield scores. Griffin goes all the way around to score. Collins moves all the way to home. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mulliniks vs. McCatty
Mulliniks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hill scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moseby vs. McCatty
Moseby hits a fly ball into right field. Hancock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Clancy
Henderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Clancy
Davis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Henderson moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Almon vs. Clancy
Almon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin fields it and throws to second for the out. Henderson scores. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Clancy
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin misplays the ball. That's an error on Griffin. Almon moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Meyer vs. Clancy
Meyer hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Almon tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hancock vs. Clancy
Hancock strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Upshaw vs. McCatty
Upshaw hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. McCatty
Orta strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitt vs. McCatty
Whitt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McCatty fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Clancy
Heath hits a fly ball into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hill vs. Clancy
Hill strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Clancy
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barfield vs. McCatty
Barfield hits a fly ball into right field. Hancock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. McCatty
Garcia hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. McCatty
Griffin hits a popup towards first. Almon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Clancy
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Clancy
Davis strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Clancy
Almon hits a fly ball into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. McCatty
Collins hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mulliniks vs. McCatty
Mulliniks hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hancock. Mulliniks reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moseby vs. McCatty
Moseby hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Upshaw vs. McCatty
Upshaw takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Orta vs. McCatty
Orta hits a popup towards third. Gross settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Clancy
Gross hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Meyer vs. Clancy
Meyer hits a popup towards third. Mulliniks settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hancock vs. Clancy
Hancock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gross moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heath vs. Clancy
Heath strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hill vs. Clancy
Hill strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitt vs. McCatty
Whitt hits a fly ball into right field. Hancock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barfield vs. McCatty
Barfield strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. McCatty
Garcia hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Heath fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Clancy
Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Clancy
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Clancy
Davis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Almon vs. Clancy
Almon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. McCatty
Griffin strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. McCatty
Collins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Almon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Collins for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mulliniks vs. McCatty
Mulliniks strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Clancy
Gross hits a line drive into left field. That will be extra bases. Collins fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Collins. Gross moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Meyer vs. Clancy
Meyer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moseby. Meyer reaches second base with a double. Gross scores. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hancock vs. Clancy
Rusty McNealy pinch runs for Dan Meyer.
Hancock hits a popup towards short. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heath vs. Clancy
Heath hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McNealy scores. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hill vs. Acker
Jim Acker now pitching.
Hill hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Barfield fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Barfield. Heath goes all the way around to score. Hill moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Phillips vs. Acker
Phillips takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Henderson vs. Acker
There go the runners. The throw from Whitt to Mulliniks. The throw back to home, and Hill is out at the plate. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Acker
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mulliniks fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 7 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moseby vs. McCatty
Moseby hits a popup towards short. Hill settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Upshaw vs. McCatty
Upshaw hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hancock. Upshaw reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Orta vs. McCatty
Orta hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McCatty fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitt vs. McCatty
Whitt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McCatty fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 7 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Acker
Davis strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Acker
Almon hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Acker
Gross strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 7 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barfield vs. Atherton
Keith Atherton now pitching.
Barfield hits a popup in front of the plate. Heath settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Atherton
Garcia hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Atherton
Cliff Johnson pinch hits for Alfredo Griffin.
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Collins vs. Atherton
Collins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Phillips fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/9/1983 -- Oakland at Toronto (N) Oakland AB R H RBI Toronto AB R H RBI Henderson R, lf 5 2 2 1 Collins D, lf 5 2 2 1 Davis M, cf 5 1 3 1 Mulliniks R, 3b 4 0 1 0 Almon B, 1b 5 1 0 1 Moseby L, cf 3 0 0 0 Gross W, 3b 5 1 2 0 Upshaw W, 1b 3 0 1 1 Meyer D, dh 3 0 1 2 Orta J, dh 4 0 0 0 McNealy R, pr 0 1 0 0 Whitt E, c 4 1 1 0 Hancock G, rf 4 0 2 0 Barfield J, rf 4 1 1 0 Heath M, c 4 1 1 1 Garcia D, 2b 3 0 1 1 Hill D, ss 4 0 1 1 Griffin A, ss 2 1 0 0 Phillips T, 2b 3 0 0 0 Johnson C, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38 7 12 7 33 5 7 3 Oakland 202 000 030 -- 7 Toronto 140 000 000 -- 5 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO McCatty S (W) 8.0 6 5 4 3 5 Atherton K (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO Clancy J (L) 7.1 11 7 6 0 5 Acker J 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 E -- Davis M, Griffin A, Collins D, Barfield J LOB -- Oakland 6, Toronto 5 2B -- Whitt E, Mulliniks R, Gross W, Meyer D, Hill D, Upshaw W HR -- Henderson R, Davis M SB -- Collins D CS -- Hill D SF -- Garcia D, Meyer D T -- 2:21 A -- 20336
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