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September 9, 2026 · AL West

Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics

September 9, 2026Sutter Health ParkPartly Cloudy 89°F · 8 mph, Calm
AWAY
Toronto Blue Jays
73-74
0
vs
HOME
Oakland Athletics
59-88
2

Game Highlights

Published September 9, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B3 Henry Bolte Henry Bolte homers (10) on a fly ball to left center field. TOR 0, ATH 1
B4 Donovan Walton Donovan Walton flies out to right fielder Brett Bateman. Max Muncy to 3rd. TOR 0, ATH 2

Box score

  123456789 R
TOR 000000000 0
ATH 001100000 2

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Blue Jays AWAY 0

Blue Jays opened with Braydon Fisher, then turned the bulk of the game over to Michael Lorenzen.

workload · innings pitched
  • Braydon Fisher Opener 1.0 18 0 1
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Braydon Fisher threw
    CSW 33% 1st-pitch strike 67% 6.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Curveball 8 44% 2 2 2 1 1
    Slider 6 33% 0 1 2 3 0
    Four-Seam Fastball 4 22% 1 0 0 2 1
  • Michael Lorenzen Bulk 2.2 49 2 2 L
  • Paul Sewald Middle 1.0 6 0 0 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Joe Mantiply Middle 1.1 8 0 0
  • Tyler Rogers Setup 1.0 20 0 0
  • Louis Varland Closer 1.0 18 0 2
Athletics HOME 2

Brady Basso started for Athletics, leaving with a 1–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Brady Basso Starter 4.0 68 0 4
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Brady Basso threw
    CSW 26% 1st-pitch strike 65% 4.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 31 46% 3 7 4 11 6
    Cutter 15 22% 1 2 5 4 3
    Curveball 10 15% 3 0 2 4 1
    Sinker 5 7% 1 0 0 3 1
    Changeup 4 6% 0 0 0 4 0
    Slider 3 4% 0 1 1 1 0
  • Scott Blewett Middle 2.0 23 0 1 W
  • Luis Medina Middle 1.0 13 0 2 HLD
  • Hogan Harris Middle 1.0 9 0 0 HLD
  • Elvis Alvarado Middle 1.0 16 0 2 SV

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 3rd · off Lorenzen
  • Bolte HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · TOR
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Brett Bateman CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .327 .394 .389 .783 2B
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .260 .330 .352 .682
Alejandro Kirk DH 3 0 1 0 1 1 .276 .346 .418 .764
Kazuma Okamoto 3B 4 0 0 0 0 3 .232 .306 .451 .757
Andrés Giménez SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 .245 .291 .361 .652
Ernie Clement 2B 3 0 1 0 1 0 .273 .300 .382 .682
Brandon Valenzuela C 3 0 0 0 0 2 .215 .299 .363 .662
Josh Smith LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .226 .315 .356 .671
Charles McAdoo LF 2 0 1 0 0 1 .250 .299 .350 .649
Nathan Lukes RF 1 0 1 0 0 0 .274 .322 .392 .714
George Springer PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246 .320 .408 .728
Myles Straw LF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .236 .299 .346 .645
HOME · ATH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Henry Bolte LF 4 1 1 1 0 2 .277 .358 .403 .761 HR (10)
Lawrence Butler RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .225 .316 .362 .678
Zack Gelof 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .251 .316 .459 .775
Tommy White 1B 3 1 1 0 0 0 .250 .267 .321 .588
Max Muncy DH 2 0 2 0 1 0 .233 .300 .396 .696
Donovan Walton 2B 2 0 0 0 1 0 .269 .379 .446 .825
Brian Serven C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .212 .246 .455 .701
Alika Williams SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 .258 .294 .414 .708
Carlos Cortes LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .259 .326 .401 .727

Pitching lines

AWAY · TOR
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Braydon Fisher 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 3.15
Michael Lorenzen 2.2 4 2 2 1 2 1 49 7.02 L
Paul Sewald 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5.10
Joe Mantiply 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.28
Tyler Rogers 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 1.78
Louis Varland 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18 1.24
HOME · ATH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Brady Basso 4.0 3 0 0 2 4 0 68 3.86
Scott Blewett 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 23 2.22 W
Luis Medina 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 3.39 HLD
Hogan Harris 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.39 HLD
Elvis Alvarado 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 4.13 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · TOR
John Schneider
John Schneider
Lineup 2.5 R Bunts 5.3 R IBBs 6.9 R
HOME · ATH
Mark Kotsay
Mark Kotsay
Lineup 4.3 R Bunts 2.2 R IBBs 3.5 R

Recent form

AWAY · TOR
4-6 W1 -5 run diff
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HOME · ATH
3-7 L6 -34 run diff
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Season series: 1-2 with TOR listed first across 3 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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