Detroit Tigers vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 21, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1996 at Skydome. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 4, Toronto Blue Jays 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Higginson lf 5 0 2 1
Curtis cf 5 0 1 0
Fryman 3b 5 0 0 0
Fielder dh 5 0 1 0
Clark 1b 4 0 1 0
Nieves rf 5 1 1 0
Lewis M. 2b 5 1 1 0
Parent c 2 1 1 1
  Pride ph 1 0 0 0
  Ausmus c 2 0 1 0
Cedeno ss 5 1 1 2
Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis R. p 0 0 0 0
  Lima p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 4 10 4
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 5 1 2 0
Perez T. 2b 3 0 2 0
Delgado dh 4 0 0 0
  Samuel ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Carter lf,1b 5 1 1 1
Sprague 3b 6 1 2 2
Olerud 1b 3 1 1 0
  Brumfield ph,rf 3 1 1 0
Green rf 3 0 1 1
  Perez R. ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Martinez c 6 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 6 0 3 1
Guzman p 0 0 0 0
  Brow p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
  Spoljaric p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 5 13 5
Detroit 000 010 300 0004103
Toronto 011 000 020 0015131
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Williams   7.0 9 4 4 3 4
  Myers   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Lewis   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Lima  L (0-5) 1.2 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
11.2
13
5
5
5
6
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Guzman   3.1 1 0 0 0 5
  Brow   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Castillo   2.1 4 3 3 0 4
  Crabtree   2.2 4 1 1 0 3
  Spoljaric  W (1-0) 3.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
12.0
10
4
4
1
14

  E–Fryman (6), Nieves (11), Cedeno (5), T Perez (8).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Higginson 2 (18,off Guzman,off Crabtree), Toronto Olerud (14,off B Williams); Green (17,off B Williams); T Perez (8,off Lima).  3B–Detroit Cedeno (2,off Crabtree).  HR–Detroit Parent (5,5th inning off Castillo 0 on, 1 out), Toronto Sprague (25,8th inning off B Williams 1 on, 0 out).  SH–T Perez (3,off B Williams); R Perez (4,off Lima).  SB–M Lewis (5,2nd base off Crabtree/Martinez); R Perez (3,2nd base off R Lewis/Ausmus).  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Ed Hickox.  T–3:54.  A–33,238.
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