Toronto Blue Jays vs California Angels
September 26, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1981 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Toronto Blue Jays 3, California Angels 6

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 3 0 1 0
  Bell ph 0 0 0 0
  Manrique ss 0 0 0 0
Woods lf 4 0 0 0
Barfield rf 4 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 2 1 1 0
Velez dh 4 0 0 0
Moseby cf 4 2 3 0
Cox 3b 4 0 2 2
Iorg 2b 4 0 2 1
Whitt c 2 0 0 0
Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 9 3
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Carew 1b 5 1 2 0
Burleson ss 4 1 1 0
Grich 2b 2 2 1 2
Sconiers dh 4 0 2 3
Harris lf 4 1 1 1
  Ford rf 0 0 0 0
Ott c 4 0 0 0
Harlow rf,lf 3 0 0 0
Beniquez cf 3 0 0 0
Hobson 3b 2 1 0 0
  Patek 3b 1 0 1 0
Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Hassler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 6
Toronto 000 200 100390
California 012 010 20x680
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Berenguer  L (2-12) 6.1 6 6 6 5 4
  Murray   1.2 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
5
7
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Renko  W (8-4) 6.0 9 3 3 2 0
  Hassler  SV (5) 3.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
1

  E–None.  DP–California 3.  2B–Toronto Moseby 3 (16,off Renko 3); Griffin (18,off Renko); Cox (3,off Renko), California Burleson (17,off Berenguer).  3B–California Sconiers (1,off Murray).  HR–California Harris (2,2nd inning off Berenguer 0 on, 1 out); Grich (19,3rd inning off Berenguer 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Whitt (7,off Hassler).  IBB–Bell (1,by Hassler).  CS–Iorg (2,2nd base by Renko/Ott); Cox (1,Home by Hassler/Ott).  IBB–Hassler (8,Bell).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:25.  A–18,886.
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