An interference call on Ron Fairly with two out in the 10th inning opened the gates for the Athletics, who pushed over two unearned runs to defeat the Blue Jays, 6-5. The Blue Jays overcame a 3-0 deficit earlier in the game by rallying for four runs in the fifth, breaking a string of 17 consecutive scoreless innings. Rich McKinney saved the A's from defeat by hitting a pinch-homer in the eighth.

In the 10th, Rodney Scott singled with two out and was caught off first, but when Fairly collided with the runner, Scott was awarded second base. Quickly capitalizing on Fairly's error, Manny Sanguillen doubled to drive in Scott and Mitchell Page doubled to score Sanguillen. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, Toronto Blue Jays 5
Game Played on Wednesday, May       25, 1977 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
A's          1  0  0    0  2  0    0  1  0    2  -   6  9  1
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  4  0    0  0  0    1  -   5 10  2


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alexander ss          0   1   0   0     1   0   .250      Scott lf              4   1   1   0     1   0   .170
  Picciolo ss         2   0   0   0     0   0   .169      xTorres ss            4   1   0   0     0   0   .000
  McKinney ph         1   1   1   1     0   0   .194      Bailor dh             5   1   3   1     0   1   .387
  Scott ss            1   1   1   0     0   0   .288      Velez rf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .303
Sanguillen dh         5   1   2   1     0   0   .304      Howell 3b             4   1   2   0     1   1   .313
Page lf               4   0   2   2     0   0   .319      Ault 1b               2   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Allen 1b              3   0   0   0     2   2   .270        Fairly ph,1b        3   0   1   2     0   1   .310
  Newman c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Ashby c               3   1   1   1     2   0   .226
Gross 3b              5   0   0   0     0   0   .277      G. Woods cf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .231
E. Williams c,1b      4   0   2   0     0   0   .274        Ewing ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .303
Jorgensen rf          3   1   0   0     1   3   .174      Garcia 2b             3   0   1   1     2   0   .213
Armas cf              3   1   1   2     1   0   .195      Garvin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Perez 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .160        Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lintz pr,2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .107        Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Umbarger p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Coleman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   6   9   6     5   5             Totals               35   5  10   5     8   4

Time of Game: 3:11   Attendance: 36,097
Left on Base: A's 5, Blue Jays 11
DP: A's 2, Blue Jays 0
Errors: E. Williams, Howell, Fairly
Doubles: Sanguillen (7), Garcia (10), Ashby (6)
Home Runs: Armas (3), McKinney (4)
Stolen Bases: Alexander (7), Howell (1)
Caught Stealing: Lintz (1), Scott (9), Ashby (1), Scott (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Velez (1), Scott (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Page (2)
GIDP: Ault (7), G. Woods (4)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Umbarger                4.1   6   4   2   5   1   0  23   5.60
Coleman                 0.1   1   0   0   2   0   0   4   2.31
Lacey                   2.1   2   0   0   1   2   0  10   0.92
Giusti W(1-2)           3     1   1   1   0   1   0   9   2.77
Totals                 10    10   5   3   8   4   0  46

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Garvin L(6-2)           9.2   9   6   3   4   5   2  39   3.42
Johnson                 0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   2.67
Willis                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.75
Totals                 10     9   6   3   5   5   2  41

Wild Pitches: Johnson (3)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Ken Kaiser


ATHLETICS 1ST: Alexander walked; Alexander stole second;
Sanguillen grounded out (second to first) [Alexander to third];
Page hit a sacrifice fly to left [Alexander scored]; Allen
walked; Allen was picked off first (pitcher to first); 1 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: PICCIOLO REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING SS); Scott
grounded out (third to first); Torres flied out to right; Bailor
singled to shortstop; Velez walked [Bailor to second]; Howell
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross flied out to center; E. Williams singled to
left; E. Williams was picked off first (pitcher to first);
Jorgensen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Ault flied out to right; Ashby walked; Ashby was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); G. Woods singled;
Garcia walked [G. Woods to second]; Scott walked [G. Woods to
third, Garcia to second]; Torres flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Armas flied out to center; Perez grounded out
(second to first); Picciolo popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bailor singled to center; Velez flied out to
right; Howell singled to left [Bailor to second]; Ault grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Howell out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first);
Page singled to third; Allen forced Page (shortstop to second);
Gross popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Ashby grounded out (third to first); G. Woods
popped to second; Garcia flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: E. Williams grounded out (shortstop to first);
Howell dropped a foul fly hit by Jorgensen for an error;
Jorgensen walked; Armas homered [Jorgensen scored (unearned)];
Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Picciolo grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Scott singled to shortstop; Torres reached on
catcher's interference by E. Williams [Scott to second]; Bailor
singled [Scott scored, Torres to second]; Velez out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Torres to third, Bailor to
second]; Howell walked; COLEMAN REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING);
FAIRLY BATTED FOR AULT; Fairly singled to right [Torres scored
(unearned), Bailor scored, Howell to third]; Ashby grounded out
(second to first) [Howell scored (unearned), Fairly to second];
G. Woods walked; Garcia walked [Fairly to third, G. Woods to
second]; LACEY REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Scott flied out to
left; 4 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 3, Blue Jays 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: FAIRLY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Sanguillen
flied out to right; Page flied out to left; Allen struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Torres grounded out (third to first); Bailor
struck out; Velez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Blue Jays 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Gross grounded out (pitcher to first); E.
Williams grounded out (second to first); Jorgensen struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Howell singled to right; Howell stole second;
Fairly struck out; Ashby walked; G. Woods grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to second to first) [Ashby out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Blue Jays 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Armas walked; Perez forced Armas (first to
shortstop); LINTZ RAN FOR PEREZ; MCKINNEY BATTED FOR PICCIOLO;
Lintz was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to shortstop); McKinney homered; Sanguillen singled; Page
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 4, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: SCOTT REPLACED MCKINNEY (PLAYING SS); LINTZ
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Garcia doubled to left; Scott
reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Garcia to
third]; GIUSTI REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Torres reached on a
fielder's choice [Garcia out at home (shortstop to catcher),
Scott to second]; Scott was caught stealing third (catcher to
third) [Torres to second]; Bailor flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Blue Jays 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Allen struck out; Gross flied out to center; E.
Williams singled to left; Jorgensen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 4, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Velez struck out; Howell popped to catcher;
Fairly grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 4, Blue Jays 4.

ATHLETICS 10TH: Armas popped to second; Lintz popped to catcher
in foul territory; Scott singled to center; Scott was picked off
and caught stealing second but was safe at second (error by
Fairly; assists by Garvin, Fairly and Torres); Ron Fairly
called for obstruction in rundown; Sanguillen doubled to
right [Scott scored (unearned)]; Page singled to center
[Sanguillen scored (unearned), Page to second (on throw to
home)]; JOHNSON REPLACED GARVIN (PITCHING); Johnson threw a wild
pitch [Page to third]; Allen walked; WILLIS REPLACED JOHNSON
(PITCHING); Gross grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R (0 ER), 3
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 6, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 10TH: NEWMAN REPLACED ALLEN (PLAYING C ); E. WILLIAMS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Ashby doubled to right; EWING
BATTED FOR G. WOODS; Ewing grounded out (second to first) [Ashby
to third]; Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first) [Ashby
scored]; Scott grounded out (catcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 6, Blue Jays 5.