Toronto Blue Jays vs Cleveland Indians
April 20, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1987 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 8, Cleveland Indians 7

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 2 0 1 0
  Iorg ph,3b 1 0 0 0
  Whitt ph,c 3 0 1 0
Gruber 3b,ss 5 1 2 1
Moseby cf 6 1 1 3
Bell lf,2b 6 1 2 0
Barfield rf 3 1 1 0
Upshaw 1b 4 0 1 0
Fielder dh 2 0 0 1
  McGriff ph,dh 1 1 0 0
Sharperson 2b 3 0 1 1
  Leach ph,lf 1 1 0 0
DeWillis c 2 0 1 0
  Mulliniks ph,3b 1 2 0 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez p 0 0 0 0
  Cerutti p 0 0 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 11 6
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Franco 2b 6 2 4 1
Tabler 1b 5 0 1 0
Carter rf 4 3 2 1
Thornton dh 4 0 1 1
Hall lf 4 0 1 2
  Gallagher cf 0 0 0 0
  Castillo ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Snyder ss 5 1 1 1
Jacoby 3b 5 1 1 0
Dempsey c 4 0 1 0
Nixon cf,lf,cf 3 0 0 0
Bailes p 0 0 0 0
  Yett p 0 0 0 0
  Vande Berg p 0 0 0 0
  Camacho p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Waddell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 12 6
Toronto 010 001 005 18111
Cleveland 211 101 001 07120
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb   2.0 6 4 4 2 1
  Nunez   5.0 5 2 2 2 7
  Cerutti   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Musselman  W (1-0) 2.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
10.0
12
7
7
5
9
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bailes   6.0 7 2 2 1 1
  Yett   2.0 1 1 1 1 3
  Vande Berg   0.0 0 2 2 2 0
  Camacho   0.2 1 2 2 2 0
  Jones  L (0-1) 1.0 2 1 1 1 2
  Waddell   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
11
8
8
7
6

  E–Mulliniks (1).  PB–Dempsey (1).  2B–Toronto Barfield (4,off Bailes); Bell (4,off Bailes); Moseby (3,off Camacho), Cleveland Jacoby (4,off Stieb); Carter (4,off Stieb); Tabler (4,off Nunez).  3B–Toronto Fernandez (2,off Bailes).  HR–Cleveland Carter (6,6th inning off Nunez 0 on, 0 out); Snyder (4,9th inning off Musselman 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Fielder (1,off Bailes).  HBP–Gruber (1,by Camacho); Tabler (2,by Stieb).  SH–Dempsey (1,off Stieb).  IBB–Carter (2,by Nunez).  SB–Barfield (1,2nd base off Camacho/Dempsey); Carter (4,Home off Stieb/DeWillis); Thornton (1,2nd base off Stieb/DeWillis).  CS–Nixon (1,2nd base by Stieb/DeWillis).  WP–Camacho 2 (3).  HBP–Stieb (2,Tabler); Camacho (2,Gruber).  IBB–Nunez (1,Carter).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–3:47.  A–11,164.
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