The Oakland Athletics and the Toronto Blue Jays played 12 innings on Thursday night and the Athletics came out on top by the score of 3-2.  There was a scare in the bottom of the inning as the Blue Jays scored one, but the Athletics were able to hold on for the one run win.

Travis Buck had the big hit in the 12th inning as he double and scored two runs.  Without that hit I don’t know if the Athletics would have had enough to win the game in later innings.  Buckhad all three RBI’s for the Athletics.

Dana Eveland got the start for the A’s and did not allow a run in 6.1 innings of play.  Joey Devine picked up the win and Keith Foulke picked up the save.  The A’s bullpen did a pretty good job, atleats a good enough one to get the win.

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The Oakland Athletics scored four runs in the top of the 9th inning to come from behind and beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3.  What a great win for the A’s on the road against a good Blue Jays team!  Wins like this can really carry over and provide a lot of momentum for a team.

In the 9th inning, Mark Ellis got the scoring going as he tripled and scored Travis Buck.  Emil Brown then hit into a fielder choice that scored Ellis.  Bobby Crosby then doubled to left field that scored Chris Denorfia and Brown.

Ellis finished the game going 4-5 to raise his average to .250 on the season.

Fernando Hernandez picked up the win for the Athletics.  It was his first win of the season.

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The Oakland Athletics let a two run lead slip away in the bottom of the 8th inning, and then regained that lead on a Ryan Sweeney triple that scored Kurt Suzuki in the 9th inning as they went onto beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-8.

Sweeney collected two RBI, while, Travis Buck, Mark Ellis, Daric Barton, Mike Sweeney, Jack Cust, and Suzuki all collected one RBI.  Talk about spreading the offense up and down the lineup!

Alan Embree picked up the win for the Athletics and Huston Street picked up his first save of the season.

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