April 10, 1916: Jays, A's in epic slugfest at the Coliseum

35 runs, 36 hits, a combined 10 home runs. That's what transpired at the Oakland Coliseum where the Toronto Blue Jays and Oakland A's put on an epic slugfest won by the Jays, 19-16.

The A's started it off with a 4-run bottom of the 1st, all of the runs coming on homers off Luis Leal, a 3-run blast by Joe Morgan, then a solo shot by Bruce Bocthe. George Bell led off the Toronto 2nd with a solo homer, followed by a 2-run shot by Jesse Barfield, hit first of 2. Oakland got a 1-out solo home run by Davey Lopes to extend the lead to 5-3. Then, it got nuts.

The Jays chased A's starter Lary Sorenson with an 8-run third which started with a Lloyd Moseby single and ended 10 batters later with a Cliff Johnson strikeout. Moseby did add a 2nd hit that inning, a 3-run homer. The score was 11-5 after 2-1/2. It remained 11-5 until the bottom of the 4th, when Garry Hancock walked, Mike Heath singled and Donnie Hill doubled home Hancock. Luis Leal was relieved by Dennis Lamp, who allowed a 2-run single by Davey Lopes, cutting the lead to 11-8 after 4.

Toronto got 3 more in the 5th on a 2-run homer by Rance Mulliniks and a RBI single by Ernie Whitt, 14-8 at the halfway point. The Jays scored 1 more in the 6th on an RBI double by Mulliniks, making the score 15-8. In the bottom of the 7th, the A's would pull the plug on Dennis Lamp, starting with a lead-off homer by Dave Kingman. a string of back-to-back-to-back doubles off Jimmy Key by Joe Morgan, Carney Lansford and pinch-hitter Bill Almon tied the score at 15 after 7.

The Jays broke the tie on an RBI single by Lloyd Moseby in the top of the 8th. Then added 3 more in the 9th off Jeff Jones when Jesse Barfield's 2nd homer, a 2-run shot made the score 19-15. Both Barfield and Moseby drove in 5 runs. The A's had 1 shot left against Toronto reliever Jim Acker in the bottom of the 9th, a lead-off homer by Rickey Henderson to make the final score 19-16. 

TOR 19-19-3 OAK 16-17-2 WP-Acker (1-0) LP-Jones (0-1) HR-Morgan (1) Bocthe (1) Bell (4) Barfield (3, 4) Moseby (2) Mulliniks (2) Kingman (2) Lopes (1) Henderson (1) GWRBI-Moseby (1) TOR 3-4 OAK 5-2

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