Jays and A's split a pair in Oakland

9/29 - Oakland Coliseum
Jim Clancy (1-5) vs Brian Kingman (5-2)
A's 7, Blue Jay 5
Of the 5 "young gun" starters in the Oakland A's rotation, Brian Kingman is the least heralded.  This is not surprising since Oakland's #5 guy lost 20 games last season and doesn't normally go deep into games.  One thing Kingman can rely on is that Oakland's enigmatic offense will come to life every time Kingman is on the hill.  Oakland scored 7 runs for Kingman.  Wayne Gross, who is hitting a robust .165 hit a 3 run shot in the bottom of the first to put the A's up 5-2.  Gross, who either hits homers or hits the pine, hit a monster blast off of the embattled Clancy, who's record fell to 1-5 after giving up 6 runs in 5 innings.  Rickey Henderson stole his league leading 27th base in Oakland's magical first.

9/30
Jackson Todd (2-6) vs Steve McCatty (4-6)
Blue Jays 6, A's 1
Jackson Todd was more like Sweeney Todd as he sliced through the A's lineup until Mitchell Page hit a meaningless solo homer in the bottom of the 8th.  Todd protected a 1 run lead that Toronto gained with a finely executed squeeze play in the first by catcher Ernie Whitt to score Lloyd Moseby who led the game off with a double.  The top of the 6th saw McCatty give up 3 runs.  Damasco Garcia knocked in 2 with an RBI single.  Otto Velez followed suit.  Dane Iorg was well on his way to doing the same, but the A's lucked out when Rickey Henderson threw out Garcia at the plate for the 2nd out of the inning.  Toronto added 2 more in the 9th on a solo shot by Moseby and an RBI single by Garcia.  McCatty once again found a way to show the world just how the staff's ace acts when he's either overused or under skilled.  For his punishment McCatty was left on the hill to go the distance, while throwing 135 pitches.  Both Moseby and Garcia hd 3 hit days, with Garcia knocking in 3 as well.