Cleveland Indians vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 22, 1996 Box Score

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

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Cleveland Indians 4, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 0 0 0
Vizquel ss 4 1 2 0
Thome 3b 3 2 1 0
  Espinoza 3b 0 0 0 0
Belle lf 4 0 3 4
Ramirez rf 4 0 0 0
Burnitz dh 4 0 1 0
Baerga 2b 4 0 0 0
Carreon 1b 3 0 0 0
Alomar, Jr. c 4 1 1 0
Hershiser p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 4 0 0 0
Perez T. 2b 4 0 0 0
Delgado dh 1 1 0 0
  Perez R. ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Carter lf 4 0 1 0
Sprague 3b 4 0 0 0
Olerud 1b 4 1 3 1
O'Brien c 4 0 0 0
Green rf 2 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 3 0 0 0
Hanson p 0 0 0 0
  Quantrill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 1
Cleveland 003 000 010482
Toronto 000 100 100240
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hershiser  W (10-6) 7.0 4 2 1 1 7
  Assenmacher   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Mesa  SV (25) 1.2 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
4
2
1
1
11
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Hanson  L (8-12) 8.0 8 4 4 2 2
  Quantrill   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
2
2

  E–Vizquel (12), Baerga (15).  DP–Cleveland 1, Toronto 1.  2B–Cleveland Belle (22,off Hanson); Thome (20,off Hanson), Toronto Olerud (15,off Hershiser).  3B–Cleveland Belle (2,off Hanson).  HBP–Delgado (8,by Hershiser); Green (6,by Hershiser).  HBP–Hershiser 2 (9,Delgado,Green).  U-HP–Mike Everitt, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Eric Cooper, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:34.  A–35,517.
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