Opening a series in Toronto
The Oakland A’s won their series in Detroit, and now the road trip continues with a stop across the border to face the Toronto Blue Jays.
At 70-62, the Blue Jays trail Oakland by three games in the standings, with both clubs chasing a Wild Card spot.
Toronto’s offense ranks seventh in MLB in runs-per-game, and Sean Manaea will take the mound to face them. The Jays are putting out a lineup of all right-handed batters against the lefty pitcher, including several All-Star hitters. Manaea struggled in August, making five starts and completing just 20 innings, with 22 runs allowed including eight homers, and he has a tough matchup today.
The Blue Jays are sending out Alek Manoah, so this a pitching slate of Manaea vs. Manoah. The rookie Manoah is making his 15th career MLB start, and so far he’s had great results. He was a 1st-round draft pick in 2019.
For the third day in a row since being called up, Khris Davis is not in the A’s starting lineup.
A’s lineup (away)
- 2B Josh Harrison (R)
- CF Starling Marte (R)
- 1B Matt Olson (L)
- DH Jed Lowrie (S)
- 3B Matt Chapman (R)
- RF Mark Canha (R)
- LF Tony Kemp (L)
- C Yan Gomes (R)
- SS Elvis Andrus (R)
- LHP Sean Manaea
Gomes catches for the second game in a row.
Blue Jays lineup (home)
- DH George Springer (R)
- 2B Marcus Semien (R)
- 1B Vlad Guerrero Jr (R)
- SS Bo Bichette (R)
- RF Teoscar Hernandez (R)
- C Alejandro Kirk (R)
- LF Lourdes Gurriel Jr (R)
- CF Randal Grichuk (R)
- 3B Kevin Smith (R)
- RHP Alek Manoah
Let’s go Oakland!
How To Watch
- Date: Friday, September 3
- Time: 4:07 p.m. PT
- TV (local): NBC Sports California
- Radio: 960 AM (more listings here)
- Streaming (watch): NBCS website (with cable sub)
- Streaming (listen): A’s Cast
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