Toronto Blue Jays vs Minnesota Twins
August 17, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1990 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 5, Minnesota Twins 1

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Felix rf 5 0 1 1
Fernandez ss 4 1 1 0
Gruber 3b 5 0 3 0
Bell lf 5 1 3 1
McGriff 1b 4 2 2 2
Olerud dh 5 0 1 0
Myers c 4 1 2 1
  Williams pr 0 0 0 0
  Borders c 1 0 0 0
Lee 2b 3 0 1 0
Wilson cf 4 0 2 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Ward p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 16 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Gladden lf 4 0 0 0
Liriano 2b 4 0 2 0
Puckett cf 4 1 1 0
Hrbek 1b 4 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 3 0 0 0
Bush dh 3 0 1 1
Larkin rf 3 0 0 0
Ortiz c 2 0 0 0
  Moses ph 1 0 0 0
  Harper c 0 0 0 0
Newman ss 3 0 1 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Toronto 000 200 0035160
Minnesota 000 000 100150
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  W (16-4) 6.0 2 0 0 0 4
  Ward  SV (9) 3.0 3 1 1 0 4
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
0
8
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  L (3-3) 6.2 12 2 2 1 4
  Berenguer   2.1 4 3 3 2 0
Totals
9.0
16
5
5
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Toronto Fernandez (17,off Erickson); McGriff (16,off Erickson); Wilson (27,off Erickson), Minnesota Liriano 2 (11,off Stieb,off Ward); Puckett (33,off Ward).  HR–Toronto McGriff (28,9th inning off Berenguer 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–McGriff (7,by Erickson).  SB–Gruber (11,2nd base off Erickson/Ortiz); Fernandez (14,2nd base off Berenguer/Harper).  CS–Williams (3,2nd base by Berenguer/Ortiz); Bush (3,2nd base by Ward/Myers).  WP–Erickson (3).  IBB–Erickson (3,McGriff).  U-HP–Ed Hickox, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:42.  A–28,173.
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