Cleveland Indians vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 15, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1988 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Cleveland Indians 0, Toronto Blue Jays 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Franco 2b 3 0 0 0
Williams lf 3 0 0 0
  Hall ph 1 0 0 0
Carter cf 3 0 0 0
Snyder rf 3 0 0 0
Medina 1b 3 0 0 0
Jacoby 3b 3 0 2 0
Castillo dh 3 0 0 0
Tingley c 3 0 0 0
Bell ss 2 0 2 0
  Francona ph 1 0 1 0
Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Bailes p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 5 0
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 3 0 1 1
Moseby cf 2 1 0 0
McGriff 1b 4 0 1 1
Bell lf 4 0 1 0
Whitt c 3 1 1 0
Mulliniks dh 1 0 1 0
  Borders ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  Leach ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Barfield rf 4 0 1 0
Gruber 3b 3 0 0 1
Liriano 2b 3 1 1 0
Musselman p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 7 3
Cleveland 000 000 000050
Toronto 100 011 00x370
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Walker  L (0-1) 6.0 6 3 3 4 5
  Bailes   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Gordon   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
5
6
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Musselman  W (6-4) 8.0 4 0 0 1 4
  Henke  SV (24) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
5

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1, Toronto 4.  2B–Cleveland Bell (4,off Musselman), Toronto Mulliniks (19,off Walker); Fernandez (36,off Walker).  SH–Whitt (2,off Bailes).  SB–Fernandez (15,2nd base off Walker/Tingley); Moseby (29,2nd base off Walker/Tingley); Liriano (12,2nd base off Walker/Tingley).  WP–Gordon (1).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:30.  A–28,544.
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