Toronto Blue Jays vs California Angels
August 23, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1987 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 2, California Angels 5

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 5 0 1 0
Moseby cf 3 1 1 1
Whitt c 4 0 2 0
Bell lf 4 1 1 0
McGriff dh 3 0 0 0
Barfield rf 4 0 0 0
Mulliniks 3b 4 0 2 1
Upshaw 1b 2 0 0 0
Iorg 2b 3 0 0 0
  Leach ph 1 0 0 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
McLemore 2b 2 1 1 0
Howell rf 4 1 1 0
White cf 3 0 0 1
Joyner 1b 4 2 2 2
Buckner dh 3 1 1 1
  Downing ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Jones lf 3 0 1 0
  Armas ph,lf 1 0 1 1
DeCinces 3b 3 0 1 0
Boone c 4 0 1 0
Schofield ss 3 0 1 0
McCaskill p 0 0 0 0
  Buice p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 10 5
Toronto 100 001 000271
California 003 001 01x5100
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  L (13-6) 5.1 6 4 4 1 4
  Eichhorn   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Musselman   1.0 1 1 1 0 3
  Lavelle   0.2 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
2
8
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
McCaskill  W (4-5) 6.2 7 2 2 3 4
  Buice  SV (14) 2.1 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
7

  E–Fernandez (11).  DP–Toronto 1, California 1.  2B–Toronto Mulliniks (20,off McCaskill), California Joyner (26,off Musselman); Armas (1,off Lavelle).  HR–Toronto Moseby (21,1st inning off McCaskill 0 on, 1 out), California Joyner (25,3rd inning off Stieb 1 on, 2 out); Buckner (4,6th inning off Stieb 0 on, 1 out).  SH–McLemore 2 (13,off Stieb,off Eichhorn).  SF–White (2,off Stieb).  IBB–DeCinces (6,by Lavelle).  SB–Schofield (15,3rd base off Musselman/Whitt).  IBB–Lavelle (4,DeCinces).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:53.  A–42,000.
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