Toronto Blue Jays vs Seattle Mariners
April 22, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 22, 1996 at Kingdome. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Toronto Blue Jays 16, Seattle Mariners 7

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 4 1 2 1
  Samuel cf 1 0 0 0
Brito 2b 2 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph,2b 3 2 2 2
Delgado dh 3 2 0 0
Carter lf 5 3 3 5
  Perez lf 1 0 0 0
Sprague 3b 6 4 4 5
Olerud 1b 4 1 0 0
O'Brien c 5 1 4 1
Green rf 4 2 1 1
Gonzalez ss 5 0 1 1
Quantrill p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Bohanon p 0 0 0 0
  Risley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 16 17 16
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cora 2b 3 0 0 0
  Sheets ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Sojo ss 5 0 0 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 3 1 1 0
  Amaral ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Martinez dh 3 1 1 1
  Jordan ph,dh 2 0 1 0
Buhner rf 3 1 1 2
  Strange ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Sorrento 1b 4 2 3 1
Davis R. 3b 3 1 1 2
Wilson c 3 0 1 0
  Marzano c 1 0 0 0
Diaz lf,cf 4 1 2 1
Hitchcock p 0 0 0 0
  Hurtado p 0 0 0 0
  Davis T. p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 11 7
Toronto 032 070 40016171
Seattle 004 100 0207110
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Quantrill   4.0 7 5 5 1 2
  Castillo  W (1-0) 3.0 2 0 0 0 4
  Bohanon   1.0 1 2 2 0 2
  Risley   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
2
9
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Hitchcock   2.1 8 5 5 1 2
  Hurtado  L (1-3) 2.1 2 4 4 4 1
  Davis   1.1 3 3 3 1 2
  Ayala   3.0 4 4 4 1 4
Totals
9.0
17
16
16
7
9

  E–Brito (4).  2B–Toronto Carter (3,off Hitchcock); Cedeno (2,off Ayala), Seattle Griffey (1,off Quantrill).  3B–Toronto Sprague (1,off Hurtado).  HR–Toronto Sprague 2 (5,3rd inning off Hitchcock 1 on, 0 out,7th inning off Ayala 2 on, 1 out); Carter (5,5th inning off T Davis 3 on, 2 out), Seattle Buhner (4,3rd inning off Quantrill 1 on, 2 out); Sorrento (5,3rd inning off Quantrill 0 on, 2 out); Diaz (1,4th inning off Quantrill 0 on, 0 out); R Davis (3,8th inning off Bohanon 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Nixon (1,by Hurtado).  HBP–Sorrento (2,by Bohanon).  CS–Nixon (3,2nd base by Hitchcock/Wilson).  WP–Risley (1).  HBP–Bohanon (1,Sorrento).  IBB–Hurtado (3,Nixon).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–(none), 3B–Ted Barrett.  T–3:09.  A–18,467.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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