Cleveland Indians vs Toronto Blue Jays
April 6, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 6, 1987 at Exhibition 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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Cleveland Indians 3, Toronto Blue Jays 7

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bernazard 2b 4 0 0 0
Butler cf 3 0 0 0
Franco ss 4 0 1 0
Carter lf 4 0 0 0
Thornton dh 3 1 1 0
Jacoby 3b 3 0 0 0
Tabler 1b 4 1 2 2
Snyder rf 3 1 1 1
Bando c 3 0 1 0
  Hall ph 1 0 0 0
Candiotti p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Bailes p 0 0 0 0
  Waddell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 4 0 2 1
Mulliniks 3b 4 0 0 0
  Gruber 3b 1 0 0 0
Moseby cf 4 1 2 3
Bell lf 3 1 2 0
Barfield rf 4 0 2 1
Upshaw 1b 4 1 1 1
Whitt c 4 1 1 0
McGriff dh 2 2 0 0
Sharperson 2b 4 1 1 1
Key p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 11 7
Cleveland 000 200 100361
Toronto 120 013 00x7110
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Candiotti  L (0-1) 5.0 8 6 6 3 1
  Jones   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Bailes   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Waddell   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
4
4
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Key  W (1-0) 6.0 3 2 2 3 3
  Eichhorn   2.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Henke   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
4
5

  E–Bando (1).  DP–Cleveland 1, Toronto 1.  2B–Cleveland Thornton (1,off Key); Bando (1,off Eichhorn); Franco (1,off Eichhorn), Toronto Bell (1,off Candiotti); Barfield (1,off Candiotti); Whitt (1,off Candiotti); Sharperson (1,off Jones).  3B–Toronto Fernandez (1,off Candiotti).  HR–Cleveland Tabler (1,4th inning off Key 1 on, 2 out); Snyder (1,7th inning off Eichhorn 0 on, 2 out), Toronto Moseby (1,1st inning off Candiotti 0 on, 2 out); Upshaw (1,2nd inning off Candiotti 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Butler (1,2nd base by Key/Whitt).  SB–McGriff (1,2nd base off Candiotti/Bando); Fernandez (1,2nd base off Waddell/Bando).  WP–Key (1).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:50.  A–40,404.
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