Cleveland Indians vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 31, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 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 8

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 1 1 1
Bell ss 4 0 0 0
Tabler 1b 3 0 0 0
  Hall lf 0 0 0 0
Carter lf,1b 4 1 1 0
Jacoby 3b 4 0 0 0
Castillo dh 3 1 1 0
Snyder rf 4 0 1 2
Bando c 3 0 1 0
Noboa 2b 2 0 0 0
Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Schrom p 0 0 0 0
  Vande Berg p 0 0 0 0
  Ritter p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 5 0 1 2
Moseby cf 5 1 1 1
Mulliniks 3b 4 0 2 0
  Gruber pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Bell lf 4 2 2 0
McGriff dh 3 0 1 1
Barfield rf 4 1 0 1
Upshaw 1b 2 0 0 0
  Beniquez ph 1 0 1 0
  Moore c 0 1 0 0
Whitt c 2 0 1 0
  Fielder ph 0 0 0 0
  Leach ph,1b 1 1 0 0
Iorg 2b 4 1 2 2
Key p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 11 7
Cleveland 001 200 000352
Toronto 000 000 26x8111
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro   6.0 3 2 1 1 3
  Schrom   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Vande Berg   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Ritter  L (0-1) 1.1 7 6 6 2 0
  Stewart   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
8
7
3
4
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Key  W (12-6) 8.0 4 3 3 3 6
  Henke   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
3
9

  E–Tabler (6), Jacoby (16), Mulliniks (8).  DP–Toronto 1.  2B–Cleveland Snyder (17,off Key), Toronto Mulliniks 2 (14,off Niekro,off Ritter); McGriff (8,off Ritter).  HR–Cleveland Butler (2,3rd inning off Key 0 on, 2 out), Toronto Moseby (17,8th inning off Ritter 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Butler (9,2nd base by Key/Whitt); McGriff (2,Home by Ritter/Bando).  U-HP–Larry Young, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–2:46.  A–30,256.
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