Blue Jays vs. A's Game Highlights (6/9/24) | MLB Highlights

Man. Oh man. What a beautiful day for baseball here at the Coliseum. It's the A's against the Toronto Blue Jays for the final game of this home stand and it's right hander mid spin on the mound once again for the green and gold. And we talked about mid spin being the poster child for taking advantage of opportunities. And he's got another one here. Spencer Horwitz, Danny Jetson and Vlad guerrero junior, the Buffalo Bisons, including spencer Horwitz who has had a lot of it against spin in the minor leagues and looked like he was sitting on a first pitch cutter. Horwitz knows him well and spent the plate that's lifted to center JJ breaks back and drifts in a few steps one away. Vladimir Guerrero Jr, a three game hit streak and that's a base hit up the middle for Guerrero and Horwitz will round the bag and Then put the brakes on 1st and 2nd 1 out for the Jays gets it on the ground. Good chance for Diaz flips to Schuman over to first and a 463 double play ends the traffic at the end of a half. It's Toronto nothing and the A are coming up and Francis walking up the hill for the Blue Jays as we're about to get underway in the bottom of the first innings switch hitter batting left Abraham Toro at the plate got him to chase and he strikes out to and Then it will be very interesting to see how often Bowen Francis goes to that new splitter of his and this is a good one down and in on to so a one out walk for JJ. Here comes Rooker. There's a ball lifted way up in the air. A glorified pop up H which is going way out there and he made the catch 286 for Miguel and 49 at bats hit, well, center field Kiermaier going back, turns at the track makes the catch one walk, but that's all the damage for the, as they leave one on score after one inning of work. Turner entered the game yesterday as a pinch hitter for Daniel Vogel back Turner is starting to come around again. Turner sends one to deep left field. It's going to be off the wall on a bounce on his way to second and he'll be in there with a leadoff double George Springer runner on second, no outs top of the second and he sends one to left and that's dropping for a base hit Turner had to make sure so he'll stop third runners on the corners. Nobody out back to back hits for the Blue Jays. They had two hits in the first but did not score. Here's Dalton V there goes, Springer pitches up and away. They'll throw through and Springer steals it and it is now eight for eight on the season. Three, two pitch does get his first man of the second. It's swinging. So now one out the infield, they've come in a little bit on the corners and Isaiah kiner FFA up the middle and through Turner in to score. Springer getting the way and he'll come in on a big two run single by Ike and Isaiah kind of stays hot for the Blue Jays second out. I wonder if they think or know that Spence is very slow to the plate because it looked like kind was getting frisky over there and he's going to go langeliers another chance and that will end the inning as Cameron will start at the bottom of the second for the athletics breaking ball off the end of the bat that's going to drop down for a leadoff single. Here's Shay langeliers, the catcher and he will sky one right near the plate. Jansen gets called off by and a good job by Gladius Soderstrom fists it into right field. Daz Cameron will stop at second and Tyler Soderstrom has another hit in this series. Here comes Alema Diaz who hasn't had a whole lot of opportunities. There's a high fly to left center Kiermaier is going to make the catch, the runner is tagging and the throw just a little bit off line Kiermaier with a very strong arm. First pitch to Max Schuman number nine hitter in shortstop , pops it up to first lady shielding his eyes from the sun with his glove falls back as he makes the catch in foul territory to end the inning two hits for the A's but they leave both on base turner and Springer numbers 45 and six A is trailing 202 runs, five hits for the Blue Jays. No runs, two hits for the A's all down to short. It will be scooped up by Schuman. Looks at the baseball fires the first in time and there is one away five in a six of seven retired by Mitch Spence that swung on and missed down. He goes into the glove of lang the fly ball to center field. The day is right there to make the catch 12, 3/4 inning for Spence's retired seven straight and we're through 3.5. It's two nothing blue Jays on Duard as Cameron and she Langler 45 and six for the athletics. He is and lining it down the left field line fair. It's cut off on the warning track by VHA. We'll see if on Duar tries to test it. He'll side and safely a leadoff aa good start for the A's in the bottom of the fourth high in the air to center. Now coming in and over a few steps will make the grab for the first out and he got him to swing through a slider two down check, swing bouncer back to the mound fielded by the righty. He'll flip to first and that's four scoreless innings in the start for Bowden Francis. It is indeed zack Pop who made his way in from the bullpen four scoreless for Bowen Francis today and now Pop coming in to face the 89 and one hitters of the open. A got him again that great two seamer. He strikes out, strikes out another one back to back cases swing and a miss strike three make it 102 strikeouts in the career of pop who strikes out the side all swinging Brent Rooker to the plate, one out bases empty. Two nothing blue Jays. He swings and slams with high in the air deep left. Suter. It's lucky number 13 for Brent Rooker sails it over the out of town scoreboard and into the seats. Oakland on the board. They trail 2 to 1. This ball was absolutely torched by Brent Rooker. That is one, brett Rooker 2 to 1 Blue Jays. Now after a brett Rooker solo home run in the bottom of the sixth inning, Mitch Spence still going and four straight 123 innings has retired 13 straight as you can hear the roar of the crowd. A wonderful catch made 32 to Bechet flies one to center a good jump on the ball makes the catch 14 in a row. Retired by the right hander. Turner goes, the diving catch made by Soderstrom, a Robin Justin Turner here Springer as he chopper up along third, charging to gloves at second up on the runs for in time 16 in a row retired by Mitch Spence 53 on the put out the leadoff walk Diaz that tying run at first base in Soderstrom looking for a knock right in the sixth gap. LMS Diaz has his first hit of the afternoon. Now, runners on 1st and 2nd with Max Schuman coming out. Richards delivers the bunt is down a good bunt, maybe a hit scooping it up kind of for on to first in time to sacrifice works and the A's now 2nd and 3rd 1 out for Toro two defensive swing. So should score score second base and have a 3 to 2 lead. The second steal today for the Blue Jays three to Oakland one out top of the eighth. A fly ball ties the game 1 to 0 pitch is hit in the air right, center field and deep Cameron going back to the track makes the catch tags comes in to score and Schneider comes through with a game tying sacrifice fly. The A's closer Mason Miller on and release top of the ninth inning. It's a 33 game, he's swinging a ground ball off the leg of Miller back behind second picked up by Diaz throws the first and they get the runner slider strike three called frozen at the plate. Gladd thought it was up and it was out but he's out and that's the second out of the inning. Swung on and popped up. Playable up the third base line. Toro coming down the line. He'll make the catch in foul territory and it's a 123 top of the ninth for Mason Miller, Jimmy Garcia from the Dominican Republic on in relief for the Blue Jays 3 to 3 game in the ninth Garcia kicks and delivers swing and a miss strike three. Let's play more baseball in Oakland. We're headed to the 10th in a 3 to 3 game. So the bases are loaded and the batter is Isaiah Kiner-Falefa at a two run single in the second swing and a smash left center field over the head of the outfielders and down on the track bat scores. Clement scores th around third throw to the plate late. It's a bases clearing double for Isaiah Ker FPA. The Blue Jays up 6 to 3 on a five RB I day by IK. So davis Schneider, the hitter, the left fielder and it's popped up. There might be a chance. Soderstrom is collided with, it's like a close line to Tyler. So a perfect what you're going to have here is a judgment call and it's based on interference. Tyler Soderstrom had a beat on the play. I think they got to call Schneider out. More importantly right now for the Blue Jays. Is you ok? But I got to believe you called him out. That first baseman is going over there to make a play. I think Kat would have a very good argument as he looks down and starts to see a guy coming at him. He just has to shut it down and he doesn't even have time. There you go. You don't run straight into the defender like that. You can't run into the field of play. And essentially, that's what's happening there. And that's just a byproduct and john Schneider and the rest of the Blue Jays, right. What we down here on the field have taken exception to how things have been handled and I think, you know, you've got some John going on back and forth. Yeah, this is Cabrera, the new pitcher on for Toronto 63. The Blue Jays lead it. Schuman advances to third and comes up with one out and he'll roll over. That will bring home a run now, 6 to 4. Toronto and a bouncer to second Kiner FFA again. And the Blue Jays will win it a crazy afternoon here in Oakland.