Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox
May 4, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1996 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 4, Boston Red Sox 8

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 4 0 2 1
Cedeno 2b 5 1 1 0
Delgado dh 5 0 0 0
Carter lf 3 0 1 1
Sprague 3b 4 0 3 1
Olerud 1b 3 0 0 0
Green rf 3 0 0 0
  Perez ph,rf 2 0 0 0
O'Brien c 4 1 2 0
Gonzalez ss 4 2 3 0
  Brito pr 0 0 0 0
Viola p 0 0 0 0
  Risley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 12 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cole cf 4 1 1 0
Valentin ss 5 2 2 0
Vaughn 1b 3 1 2 1
Stanley dh 4 1 2 1
Cordero 2b 3 1 2 2
Naehring 3b 4 1 0 0
Haselman c 4 1 2 4
O'Leary lf 3 0 0 0
Cuyler rf 3 0 1 0
Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Maddux p 0 0 0 0
  Pennington p 0 0 0 0
  Garces p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
  Slocumb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 12 8
Toronto 120 000 0104121
Boston 400 010 03x8122
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Viola  L (0-2) 4.1 9 5 5 2 3
  Risley   3.2 3 3 2 3 4
Totals
8.0
12
8
7
5
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Gordon  W (2-2) 5.1 10 3 2 2 3
  Maddux   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Pennington   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Garces   1.1 1 1 1 1 2
  Stanton   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Belinda   0.2 0 0 0 3 0
  Slocumb  SV (6) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
4
3
9
5

  E–Carter (4), Vaughn (4), Cuyler (2).  DP–Toronto 3, Boston 2.  2B–Toronto Carter (6,off Gordon); Gonzalez 3 (8,off Gordon 2,off Garces); Sprague (5,off Gordon), Boston Valentin (9,off Viola); Vaughn (5,off Risley); Cordero (7,off Risley).  HR–Boston Haselman (1,8th inning off Risley 2 on, 0 out).  HBP–Gonzalez (3,by Belinda).  SB–Nixon (9,2nd base off Gordon/Haselman).  WP–Belinda (2).  HBP–Belinda (2,Gonzalez).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Ed Hickox, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:30.  A–29,785.
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