Live Blogging: A’s @ Blue Jays Game 6

3:13PM EDT: So the A’s hold on. Great come from behind win. Way to claw it out against a very impressive pitcher in Ricky Romero. A’s improve to 2-0 in day games, let’s play them all midday and 2-4 overall. Cahill gets a much deserved win. Conor Jackson though deserves most of this credit, that catch he made stopped a possible Toronto rally and saved a run. That catch was a difference maker. So long for today A’s are winners 2-1.

3:08PM EDT: Interesting fact, the A’s bullpen has never blown a save in any of Trevor Cahill‘s 65 starts as per the Rogers SportsNet crew. Thats surprising, and interesting.

3:04PM EDT: Brian Fuentes apparently has solved his blister issue and is in to close it out and earn himself career save #188.

2:51PM EDT: So Cahill goes eight. It’ll be interesting to see what Bob Geren does with the bullpen which has been shaky at best.

2:47PM EDT: Strange to have Ellis come into the game if he is feeling dizziness, must be better? But this is why you want starters to keep a low pitch count. We still have Trevor Cahill going into the eighth, great outing for him so far.

2:44PM EDT: Good inning. LaRoche has looked really good thus far early on, his double and then a decent move getting Pennington to sacrifice (with runs at a premium let’s just tie the thing) and ridding ourselves of Romero, which in turn allows the tying run to score on a Jason Frasor wild pitch that also gets Coco Crisp to first. Aggressive baserunning allows Conor Jackson to score him, good work all around this inning.

2:14PM EDT: Kurt Suzuki displays some warning track power flying out to Rajai Davis and end the inning. Jays still lead 1-0. It is games like this that really show the threat that having home run hitters in your lineup presents. All you need is one bad pitch from Romero and the game is tied. We still don’t have too much in that department, Willingham has all two of the A’s home runs. Yesterday’s game is a great example. Travis Snider‘s home run = one bad pitch from Dallas Braden = a Jays victory.

2:06PM EDT: Great run saving play by Conor Jackson in right. Similar play to what David DeJesus muffed yesterday. Jays 1, Athletics 0 after six innings.

2:02PM EDT: After it looked like Cahill may get out of the sticky situation he got himself into, Jayson Nix gets a base hit and Toronto gains a 1-0 lead. Way Romero is pitching that is more of a lead than I am comfortable with.

1:53PM EDT: Ricky Romero is on. With Daric Barton stuck on third he just dropped that down into the zone on Josh Willingham. Remarkable pitch. Still tied at 0-0 going into the bottom of the sixth.

1:43PM EDT: Trevor Cahill has 62 pitches through his five innings thus far along with four strikeouts. So thus far at least the K/9 number is up but it is good to see he’s keeping the pitch count down as well which keeps him in longer.

1:30PM EDT: Through four, no score. Cahill is pitching well, solid outing for him and Romero – love pitching duels like this. In a tight game that missed call on Pennington could come back to haunt us.

1:23PM EDT: The Toronto broadcast crew of course did not mention it but glancing at the Stiglich update from prior to the game at Inside the A’s the reason Mark Ellis isn’t playing is an inner-ear problem. He also mentioned another interesting thing regarding Andy LaRoche:

“Andy LaRoche remains a busy guy. He’s starting at second base today with Mark Ellis experiencing an inner ear problem. LaRoche started at shortstop Tuesday, then played third base Wednesday night. It’s sort of a continuation of what we saw in the spring, when LaRoche bounced around to all four infield spots. Interesting story from the spring: Many utility infielders will have different gloves for different spots – a smaller one for turning double plays at second base or short, and maybe a bigger one for third base. LaRoche told me during camp he prefers sticking with one glove that he’s comfortable with at all three of those positions – advice he once received from Jeff Kent.

Ellis’ inner ear problem is causing him some dizziness but it’s not thought to be vertigo, he said. He felt it a bit during Wednesday’s game (can you imagine backpedaling on a shallow fly to right field if you were dizzy?). Ellis said it was tough sleeping last night, but he gradually felt his ear popping, which relieved some pressure. ‘I’m not looking forward to the flight (to Minnesota),’ he said. Manager Bob Geren said the team was weighing whether it was safe to have Ellis fly today, but driving to Minnesota is not a practical option – too far.”

1:18PM EDT: This game is really moving as both Romero and Cahill are making quick work of their opponents. Through three innings we’re tied at zero.

1:12PM EDT: Another Martinez is a moron remark: “Good defensive work by John McDonald getting the force out at second base.” When you just remark on how it looks like Cliff Pennington was likely safe at second, how can you then remark that McDonald made a good play to in reality not get him at second base but get a blown call at second base?

12:54PM EDT: Martinez is talking about how many runs driven in Hideki Matsui has against the Blue Jays and how they represent more than he has against any other club with the exception of Tampa Bay. Real useful conversation in the sense that RBI mean absolutely nothing, but even more useful given that there isn’t anyone on base to presumably drive in so it isn’t even particularly relevant if it were relevant.

12:36PM EDT: CSNCalifornia does not have this game being broadcast and I am not near my PS3 so to the Toronto broadcast it is off of Rogers SportsNet. If you are unfamiliar with the broadcast crew, be prepared for reams of idiocy coming from Buck Martinez. It is painful. But we got Ricky Romero and Trevor Cahill. Conor Jackson is again hitting in the third spot (not sure how I like that but it worked out fine on Tuesday) and playing right field.