Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics
July 21, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1990 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 2, Oakland Athletics 1

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Lee 2b 4 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 4 0 0 0
Gruber 3b 4 0 0 0
Bell lf 3 1 2 1
McGriff dh 4 0 0 0
Olerud 1b 3 0 0 0
Whiten rf 3 0 0 0
Borders c 3 1 1 1
Wilson cf 3 0 0 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 3 2
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Jennings lf 5 1 1 0
Henderson cf 3 0 0 0
Canseco J. dh 4 0 2 1
Hassey c 3 0 0 0
Jose rf 4 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 3 0 0 0
Weiss ss 4 0 1 0
Blankenship 3b 2 0 1 0
  Quirk ph 0 0 0 0
Gallego 2b 3 0 1 0
  Canseco O. ph 1 0 0 0
Sanderson p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Toronto 000 011 000231
Oakland 000 000 010161
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  W (12-3) 8.0 5 1 1 2 2
  Henke  SV (19) 1.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson  L (11-6) 8.0 3 2 2 0 4
  Honeycutt   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
1
5

  E–Gruber (10), Blankenship (2).  2B–Oakland J Canseco (5,off Stieb).  HR–Toronto Bell (18,5th inning off Sanderson 0 on, 0 out); Borders (11,6th inning off Sanderson 0 on, 0 out).  SH–D Henderson (1,off Stieb).  HBP–McGwire (3,by Stieb).  SB–Weiss (7,2nd base off Henke/Borders).  HBP–Stieb (5,McGwire).  U-HP–Mark Johnson, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Larry Young, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:40.  A–43,097.
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