Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers
July 5, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1996 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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 3, Detroit Tigers 4

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 3 1 1 0
Gonzalez ss 5 0 1 1
Delgado dh 3 1 1 1
  Brumfield ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Carter lf 4 0 1 0
Sprague 3b 4 0 1 1
  Cedeno pr 0 0 0 0
Olerud 1b 3 0 0 0
Green rf 3 0 0 0
  Perez R. ph,rf 2 1 2 0
Martinez c 2 0 1 0
  O'Brien ph,c 2 0 0 0
Perez T. 2b 3 0 1 0
Hanson p 0 0 0 0
  Quantrill p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Higginson lf,rf 4 1 2 2
Curtis cf,lf 3 0 1 0
Fryman 3b 4 0 0 0
Fielder 1b 2 0 0 0
Clark dh 3 1 0 0
Nieves rf 3 1 1 0
  Bartee cf 0 0 0 0
Lewis 2b 3 0 1 1
Trammell ss 4 1 0 1
Ausmus c 3 0 1 0
Sager p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Urbani p 0 0 0 0
  Lima p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 6 4
Toronto 100 000 110390
Detroit 000 400 00x460
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Hanson  L (8-10) 6.0 6 4 4 5 4
  Quantrill   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Crabtree   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
6
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sager  W (1-1) 6.0 5 1 1 7 4
  Walker   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Urbani   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Lima   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Myers   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Olson  SV (4) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
8
7

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 1, Detroit 1.  PB–Ausmus (1).  2B–Toronto Sprague (18,off Sager); Gonzalez (22,off Lima), Detroit Nieves (15,off Hanson).  HR–Toronto Delgado (13,7th inning off Walker 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Higginson (14,4th inning off Hanson 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–T Perez (1,by Lima).  SB–Nixon (20,2nd base off Sager/Ausmus).  CS–Curtis (9,2nd base by Hanson/Martinez).  WP–Hanson (6).  HBP–Lima (1,T Perez).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Mike Everitt, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:59.  A–20,808.
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