Baltimore Orioles vs Toronto Blue Jays
April 17, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1986 at Exhibition Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 5, Toronto Blue Jays 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins 2b 3 0 0 1
Lacy rf 5 1 3 1
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 1 1 2
Murray 1b 5 0 0 0
Lynn cf 3 0 2 0
Dempsey c 4 0 0 0
Beniquez dh 4 1 2 0
Young lf 2 1 1 0
Bonilla 3b 2 1 1 1
  Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Gutierrez 3b 0 0 0 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Bordi p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Aase p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 5
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Moseby cf 4 0 1 0
Fernandez ss 4 0 0 0
Bell lf 4 0 0 0
Barfield rf 4 1 1 0
Upshaw 1b 3 1 0 0
Fielder dh 3 0 0 0
  Mulliniks ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Garcia 2b 4 1 2 2
Iorg 3b 3 0 1 1
Martinez c 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Hearron c 0 0 0 0
Key p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 5 3
Baltimore 210 200 0005101
Toronto 000 000 300350
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  W (1-1) 6.2 5 3 0 0 4
  Bordi   1.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Martinez   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Aase  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
0
1
6
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Key  L (0-1) 3.1 6 5 5 3 3
  Gordon   3.2 3 0 0 0 4
  Davis   0.1 1 0 0 2 1
  Eichhorn   1.2 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
5
11

  E–Lynn (1).  DP–Toronto 1.  2B–Baltimore Lynn (2,off Key); Young (1,off Key); Lacy (2,off Gordon); Beniquez (1,off Davis), Toronto Moseby (2,off Flanagan); Garcia (1,off Flanagan).  HR–Baltimore Ripken (1,1st inning off Key 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Wiggins (1,off Key).  IBB–Young (1,by Davis).  CS–Lacy (2,2nd base by Gordon/Martinez); Lynn (1,2nd base by Gordon/Martinez).  IBB–Davis (1,Young).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–2:39.
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