Minnesota Twins vs Toronto Blue Jays
May 23, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1996 at Skydome. 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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Minnesota Twins 4, Toronto Blue Jays 5

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 4 0 0 0
Becker cf 5 0 0 0
Molitor dh 5 0 0 0
Cordova lf 5 1 2 0
Hollins 3b 4 1 0 0
Kelly rf 4 1 3 3
Coomer 1b 3 1 2 0
Meares ss 2 0 1 0
  Hale ph 0 0 0 0
  Reboulet pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Durant c 3 0 1 1
  Myers ph,c 1 0 0 0
Mahomes p 0 0 0 0
  Naulty p 0 0 0 0
  Milchin p 0 0 0 0
  Bennett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Brumfield cf 5 1 1 1
Cedeno 2b 5 0 1 0
Delgado dh 5 1 3 0
Carter lf 5 0 1 0
Sprague 3b 5 1 1 0
Olerud 1b 4 1 3 2
  Crespo pr 0 1 0 0
Green rf 4 0 1 1
  Perez ph 0 0 0 0
Martinez c 3 0 0 0
  O'Brien ph 1 0 1 1
Gonzalez ss 4 0 2 0
Viola p 0 0 0 0
  Janzen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 14 5
Minnesota 010 300 000 0490
Toronto 010 111 000 15142
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Mahomes   6.0 10 4 4 1 6
  Naulty   3.0 2 0 0 1 5
  Milchin  L (1-1) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Bennett   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.1
14
5
5
2
11
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Viola   5.1 8 4 3 3 2
  Janzen  W (2-0) 4.2 1 0 0 2 6
Totals
10.0
9
4
3
5
8

  E–Carter (6), Martinez (2).  DP–Toronto 3.  2B–Minnesota Coomer (3,off Viola), Toronto Sprague (8,off Mahomes); Delgado (9,off Mahomes); Olerud (6,off Mahomes); Carter (11,off Naulty).  HR–Minnesota Kelly (1,4th inning off Viola 1 on, 1 out), Toronto Olerud (8,4th inning off Mahomes 0 on, 0 out); Brumfield (1,6th inning off Mahomes 0 on, 2 out).  SH–R Perez (1,off Milchin).  IBB–Olerud (3,by Naulty).  SB–Cordova (4,2nd base off Janzen/Martinez).  CS–Knoblauch (4,2nd base by Viola/Martinez).  IBB–Naulty (1,Olerud).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–3:11.  A–31,163.
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