October 5, 2012: A's beat Blue Jays 5-0 in AL wild card game

It was all Oakland in this one. The Blue Jays got just 3 hits off Jarrod Parker of the A's, who went 7 shutout innings for the win. Grant Balfour took the last 2 innings to finish the shutout. Coco Crisp was 3 for 5, while Brandon Moss and Derek Norris both went deep.

BOXSCORE: 2012 Toronto Blue Jays At 2012 Oakland Athletics          10/5/2012
 
  Blue Jays          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Lawrie 3B         4  0  1  0 .250     C.Crisp CF          5  1  3  0 .600  
  C.Rasmus CF         4  0  0  0 .000     S.Drew SS           4  1  1  0 .250  
  E.Encarnacion DH    3  0  0  0 .000     J.Reddick RF        4  0  1  1 .250  
  A.Lind 1B           3  0  1  0 .333     Y.Cespedes LF       3  0  0  0 .000  
  Y.Escobar SS        3  0  1  0 .333     S.Smith DH          3  0  0  1 .000  
  K.Johnson 2B        3  0  0  0 .000     B.Moss 1B           4  1  1  1 .250  
  R.Davis LF          3  0  0  0 .000     J.Donaldson 3B      4  1  1  0 .250  
  J.Arencibia C       3  0  0  0 .000     D.Norris C          3  1  1  1 .333  
  A.Gose RF           3  0  0  0 .000     C.Pennington 2B     3  0  1  1 .333  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      29  0  3  0                 Totals      33  5  9  5
 
 
Blue Jays....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  3  1
Athletics....... 0 2 2  0 0 0  0 1    -  5  9  0
 
Blue Jays (0-1)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Villanueva LOSS(0-1)    7 2/3   8   5   5   2  11   2 132   5.87
A.Laffey                  0 1/3   1   0   0   1   1   0   7   0.00
Totals                    8       9   5   5   3  12   2
 
Athletics (1-0)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Parker WIN(1-0)         7       3   0   0   1   6   0  95   0.00
G.Balfour                 2       0   0   0   0   3   0  18   0.00
Totals                    9       3   0   0   1   9   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 33,184 DATE- Friday, October 5th 2012 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Dana Demuth, Kerwin Danley, Doug Eddings, Paul Nauert
T- 2:54
LEFT ON BASE- Blue Jays: 3  Athletics: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Blue Jays: 0  Athletics: 0
ERRORS- K.Johnson
DOUBLES- A.Lind(1st)
HOME RUNS- B.Moss(1st), D.Norris(1st)
RBIs- J.Reddick(1st), S.Smith(1st), B.Moss(1st), D.Norris(1st),
      C.Pennington(1st)
STOLEN BASES- C.Crisp(1st), J.Donaldson(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- S.Smith
WALKS- E.Encarnacion, Y.Cespedes, D.Norris, C.Pennington
STRIKE OUTS- B.Lawrie, C.Rasmus, E.Encarnacion, Y.Escobar, K.Johnson-2, R.Davis,
             A.Gose-2, C.Crisp-2, S.Drew-2, J.Reddick, Y.Cespedes-2, B.Moss-3,
             J.Donaldson, C.Pennington
2-out RBI- D.Norris, C.Pennington
RLISP 2-out- Y.Cespedes, J.Donaldson, K.Johnson, C.Crisp
 
Jarrod Parker had a strong outing as the Oakland Athletics defeated the
Toronto Blue Jays by the score of 5 to 0 at O.co Coliseum.
 
Parker(1-0) was solid in the win.  He didn't allow much, just 3 hits and 1
walk in 7 innings.  Oakland had 9 hits overall, while Toronto had 3.
 
Carlos Villanueva(0-1) was hit with the loss.  Despite the loss, he struckout
11 Oakland batters in 7 and 2/3 innings.