Toronto Blue Jays at Athletics

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Toronto Blue Jays

73-73, 36-38 Away

Final
4 - 2

Athletics

58-88, 26-45 Home

Okamoto and Smith hit homers to help Blue Jays down Athletics 4-2

Toronto Blue Jays vs. Athletics: Game Highlights

Toronto (73-73) sits a game behind the Cleveland Guardians for the third and final AL wild-card spot.

Smith, who was traded from the Texas Rangers on Aug. 3, opened the scoring in the second inning with a 360-foot shot to give Toronto a 1-0 lead. In his 20 games with the Blue Jays, he has five homers.

Okamoto followed in the next at-bat with the 30th home run of his rookie season. He joins White Sox rookie first baseman Munetaka Murakami as the only other Japanese-born player to accomplish the feat in his rookie campaign.

The milestone also marked the first time in major league history that three rookies have hit 30 or more home runs in the same season. Cincinnati's Sal Stewart is the other.

Alejandro Kirk hit an RBI single, and Smith capped the scoring by grounding into a one-run double play.

Soriano (12-7), who was traded from the Los Angeles Angels on Aug. 3 as well, struck out three and gave up six hits. Spencer Miles worked two hitless innings for his second save of the season.

Carlos Cortes and Donovan Walton each had home runs for the Athletics.

Athletics starting pitcher Jack Perkins (3-11) allowed all four runs on seven hits while fanning three.

Up next Athletics’ LHP Brady Basso (1-2, 4.32 ERA) takes the mound while the Blue Jays have yet to announce a starter for the series finale on Wednesday.

This story has been updated to correct Toronto’s record and wild-card situation.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	White struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Cortes lined out to first.
	9th Inning	Butler grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Clement grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Giménez out at second.
	9th Inning	Sánchez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Giménez walked.

Statistics

TOR		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	19
6	Strikeouts	6
3	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	2
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
16	Fly Balls	7
1	Caught Stealing	0
150	Pitches	111
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
17	Total Bases	12
36	Plate Appearances	33
324.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
4.4	Runs Created	2.2
.314	Batting Average	.188
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.486	Slugging Percentage	.375
.171	Secondary Average	.219
.333	On Base Percentage	.212
.819	On-Base-Plus-Slugging	.587
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	2.7
4.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.2
31.0	Batter Rating	20.0
17.5	At Bats Per Home Run	16.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.17	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.36
.171	Isolated Power	.188
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.028	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.030
-.143	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.031
7.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
86.5	MLB Rating	73.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0