Toronto Blue Jays vs Baltimore Orioles
September 9, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1988 at Memorial Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 8, Baltimore Orioles 1

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 5 1 1 0
Moseby cf 4 1 2 0
Mulliniks dh 4 0 0 0
Bell lf 4 2 2 4
Whitt c 5 0 1 1
McGriff 1b 3 1 2 0
Barfield rf 5 2 2 1
Gruber 3b 5 0 2 1
Lee 2b 2 1 2 1
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 14 8
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Orsulak rf 4 1 2 1
Anderson cf 4 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 0 0 0
Murray dh 4 0 1 0
Sheets lf 4 0 0 0
Tettleton c 3 0 1 0
Traber 1b 3 0 1 0
Gonzales 3b,2b 3 0 0 0
Ripken 2b 2 0 2 0
  Schu 3b 1 0 0 0
Bautista p 0 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
Toronto 211 004 0008140
Baltimore 100 000 000170
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy  W (9-13) 8.0 7 1 1 2 2
  Castillo   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Bautista  L (6-13) 5.0 9 6 6 4 0
  Sisk   2.0 4 2 2 3 0
  Williamson   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
7
3

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 3, Baltimore 2.  2B–Toronto Fernandez (34,off Bautista); Barfield 2 (20,off Bautista 2); McGriff (32,off Bautista), Baltimore Murray (22,off Clancy).  HR–Toronto Bell (21,1st inning off Bautista 1 on, 2 out), Baltimore Orsulak (8,1st inning off Clancy 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Bell (4,2nd base off Bautista/Tettleton); Moseby 2 (28,2nd base off Bautista/Tettleton,2nd base off Sisk/Tettleton); Orsulak (9,2nd base off Clancy/Whitt).  WP–Williamson (5).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–2:49.  A–14,750.
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