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Rooker hits 2-run HR, Miller strikes out 2 with runner on 2nd in 9th as Athletics beat Blue Jays 4-3
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Athletics' Brent Rooker, right, celebrates hitting a two-run home run with Nick Kurtz, center, and Tyler Soderstrom, left, at home plate during the fifth inning of a baseball game Saturday, July 12, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. - photo by AP Photo/Sara Nevis
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Brent Rooker hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the fifth inning and Mason Miller struck out Ernie Clement and George Springer looking with the tying run on second in the ninth inning as the Athletics beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Saturday night. Miller walked pinch hitter Joey Loperfido leading off the ninth and Nathan Lukes bunted him to second. Miller struck Clement with a 103.3 mph fastball and Springer on a slider after topping 102 on his two previous pitches — both strikes.