Toronto Blue Jays vs Cleveland Indians
May 24, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1986 at Cleveland Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 9, Cleveland Indians 6

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Garcia 2b 4 1 2 0
  Gruber 3b 0 0 0 0
Moseby cf 5 2 2 4
Mulliniks 3b 4 0 2 1
  Iorg ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Upshaw 1b 5 1 2 1
Bell lf 4 1 1 3
Johnson dh 4 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 3 1 1 0
Leach rf 4 0 1 0
  Barfield pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Martinez c 3 2 2 0
  Whitt ph,c 1 0 0 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 13 9
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 5 0 1 1
Franco ss 3 0 0 0
Carter rf 4 1 1 0
Thornton dh 3 1 1 0
Hall lf 0 0 0 0
  Nixon pr,lf 3 1 1 1
Tabler 1b 3 1 0 0
Jacoby 3b 4 1 1 3
Bernazard 2b 4 0 0 0
Bando c 4 1 2 1
Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
  Ritter p 0 0 0 0
  Yett p 0 0 0 0
  Bailes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 7 6
Toronto 003 040 0029130
Cleveland 041 100 000671
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb   4.0 6 6 6 1 3
  Lamp  W (1-3) 2.2 0 0 0 2 1
  Eichhorn  SV (4) 2.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
3
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro   4.1 8 6 3 1 1
  Easterly  L (0-2) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Ritter   3.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Yett   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Bailes   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
9
6
1
1

  E–Bernazard (5).  DP–Cleveland 2.  2B–Toronto Garcia (5,off Niekro); Moseby (5,off Niekro); Leach (2,off Ritter), Cleveland Jacoby (8,off Stieb).  HR–Toronto Bell (6,5th inning off Easterly 2 on, 2 out), Cleveland Bando (1,4th inning off Stieb 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Garcia (3,by Yett); Hall (1,by Stieb).  CS–Upshaw (1,2nd base by Ritter/Bando); Nixon (2,2nd base by Stieb/Martinez).  SB–Butler (11,2nd base off Stieb/Martinez).  HBP–Stieb (6,Hall); Yett (1,Garcia).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–2:43.  A–12,348.
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