Toronto Blue Jays vs Cleveland Indians
August 7, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 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 15, Cleveland Indians 1

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 3 2 1 0
  Gruber ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Moseby cf 4 2 2 1
Whitt c 5 2 2 2
Bell lf 4 2 1 3
  Beniquez lf 1 0 1 1
McGriff dh 4 2 2 1
Mulliniks 3b 4 2 2 0
Upshaw 1b 5 1 1 1
Leach rf 3 1 1 2
Iorg 2b 5 1 1 2
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 15 14 13
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 0 2 0
Hinzo 2b 4 0 1 0
Tabler 1b 4 1 2 0
Jacoby 3b 3 0 0 0
  Noboa 3b 1 0 0 0
Hall lf 4 0 0 1
Castillo dh 3 0 0 0
Snyder rf 3 0 1 0
Bell ss 3 0 0 0
Allanson c 3 0 1 0
Akerfelds p 0 0 0 0
  Kaiser p 0 0 0 0
  Ritter p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Toronto 040 150 30215140
Cleveland 000 100 000171
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  W (11-5) 8.0 7 1 1 0 1
  Eichhorn   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
1
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Akerfelds  L (0-3) 4.0 5 7 6 3 0
  Kaiser   0.2 2 3 3 3 0
  Ritter   3.1 7 5 5 2 3
  Stewart   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
15
14
9
3

  E–Tabler (7).  DP–Toronto 1, Cleveland 1.  2B–Toronto Iorg (8,off Akerfelds); Whitt (18,off Kaiser); Moseby (16,off Ritter), Cleveland Tabler (29,off Stieb).  3B–Toronto Fernandez (7,off Akerfelds).  HR–Toronto McGriff (16,2nd inning off Akerfelds 0 on, 1 out); Bell (34,7th inning off Ritter 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Moseby (1,off Akerfelds).  HBP–Upshaw (3,by Akerfelds); Fernandez (4,by Akerfelds).  SB–Butler (21,2nd base off Stieb/Whitt).  CS–Hinzo (4,2nd base by Stieb/Whitt).  HBP–Akerfelds 2 (2,Upshaw,Fernandez).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Drew Coble.  T–2:54.  A–24,049.
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