Toronto Blue Jays vs Cleveland Indians
August 31, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1990 at Cleveland Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 12, Cleveland Indians 8

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 6 1 2 1
Fernandez ss 1 0 0 0
  Sojo ss 4 2 2 5
Gruber 3b 3 1 1 1
McGriff 1b 4 0 2 1
Borders c 5 0 1 1
Hill dh 4 2 1 0
Williams lf 1 0 0 0
  Whiten lf 4 1 2 1
Lee 2b 5 2 1 0
Felix rf 5 3 3 2
Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
  Ward p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 12 15 12
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Browne 2b 5 1 3 0
Webster cf 5 1 1 0
Baerga 3b 5 1 0 1
Maldonado lf 5 1 3 3
James dh 5 1 1 0
Jacoby 1b 4 0 1 0
Snyder rf 4 1 1 0
Alomar, Jr. c 3 1 1 0
Fermin ss 4 1 1 3
Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Ward p 0 0 0 0
  Valdez p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 12 7
Toronto 000 046 10112153
Cleveland 000 404 0008120
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Wells   4.2 8 4 4 2 2
  Acker  W (3-4) 1.1 3 4 3 0 0
  Ward   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Henke   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
8
7
2
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Swindell  L (10-8) 5.0 10 8 8 2 8
  Ward   0.1 2 2 2 2 1
  Valdez   1.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Orosco   2.1 2 1 1 0 4
Totals
9.0
15
12
12
5
14

  E–Sojo 3 (5).  PB–Alomar (11).  2B–Toronto Sojo (2,off Swindell); Borders (21,off C Ward); Felix (23,off E Valdez), Cleveland Snyder (27,off Wells); Fermin (13,off Wells); Browne (18,off Wells).  3B–Toronto Hill (3,off Swindell).  HR–Toronto Sojo (1,6th inning off C Ward 2 on, 1 out); Felix (12,9th inning off Orosco 0 on, 1 out), Cleveland Maldonado (18,6th inning off Acker 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–Jacoby (2,by Wells).  IBB–Alomar (2,by Wells).  CS–Jacoby (4,2nd base by Wells/Borders).  WP–Henke (5).  HBP–Wells (2,Jacoby).  IBB–Wells (2,Alomar).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–3:44.  A–12,508.
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