Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics Match Player Stats On Jun 05, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jun 6, 2017

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Ryon Healy hit two home runs and drove in a career-high five runs, Sean Manaea pitched six solid innings, and the Oakland Athletics defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 on Monday night at the Oakland Coliseum in the opener of a three-game series.

The two-homer game was the second of Healy's career, and it came two days after Healy had his first in a 10-4 win against the Washington Nationals. He went 4-for-4 that day with two blasts and two doubles, tying a franchise record for most extra-base hits in a game.

On Monday, Healy finished 2-for-3.

Healy had 11 home runs in 72 games last season, his first in the major leagues, and he has 13 in 56 games this year. Ten of his 13 homers have come at the Coliseum.

Manaea (5-3) extended his career-high winning streak to four games, holding the Blue Jays to two runs on four hits over six innings. He struck out seven, walked three and threw a career-high 111 pitches.

In his past three games, against the New York Yankees, the Cleveland Indians and the Blue Jays, Manaea has allowed three runs on 11 hits with 24 strikeouts and five walks over 20 innings.

Healy, who entered the game hitting .383 against left-handers, hit a three-run shot off Blue Jays lefty J.A. Happ in the second inning and a two-run blast off Happ in the fourth.

Happ (0-4) made his second start since being reinstated after a stint on the disabled list caused by left elbow inflammation. He gave up five runs on four hits over 5 1/3 innings with four strikeouts and two walks. He fell to 4-1 all-time against Oakland.

Yonder Alonso went 2-for-4 with a double and a run for the last-place A's, who remained 16 1/2 games behind the Houston Astros in the American League West.

Blue Jays first baseman Justin Smoak hit his 15th home run of the season, a solo shot in the eighth that cut Oakland's lead to 5-3.

Josh Donaldson, Kevin Pillar and Troy Tulowitzki each doubled for the Blue Jays, who dropped into sole possession of last place in the AL East, six games behind the first-place New York Yankees.

A's closer Santiago Casilla pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his ninth save in 11 opportunities.

Toronto scored a run in the top of the first inning when Pillar worked a leadoff walk and scored on Donaldson's double down the left field line.

Oakland took a 3-1 lead in the second. Khris Davis led off with a walk, Alonso singled to center, and Healy crushed a three-run homer into the left-center-field seats. The blast came on Happ's 0-1 changeup.

Healy went deep again in the fourth inning, launching a two-run shot into the left-center-field seats with one out and Davis aboard via a leadoff walk. This time he crushed a 2-2 fastball from Happ, increasing Oakland's lead to 5-1.

Toronto cut the deficit to 5-2 in the fifth as Ezequiel Carrera led off with a walk and scored on Pillar's double to left.

NOTES: Blue Jays LHP J.P. Howell (left shoulder tightness) was placed on the 10-day disabled list, and LHP Jeff Beliveau was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo. ... Toronto C Russell Martin (strained neck) returned to the starting lineup after missing three games. He went 0-for-4. ... Blue Jays 2B Devon Travis was out of the lineup after being hit on his left hand by a pitch Sunday against the Yankees. ... A's OF Mark Canha, who missed Sunday's game against Washington with stomach flu, started in right field on Monday. He went 0-for-3. ... A's LHP Sean Doolittle (strained left shoulder) pitched a perfect inning with three strikeouts for Class A Stockton in his second rehab appearance.