Chicago White Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays
August 31, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1996 at Skydome. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 5, Toronto Blue Jays 1

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Phillips lf 3 1 0 0
Durham 2b 4 2 2 0
Thomas 1b 4 0 1 1
Tartabull rf 3 0 1 2
  Martinez rf 0 0 0 0
Ventura 3b 5 2 2 1
Mouton dh 3 0 0 0
  Baines ph,dh 2 0 2 0
Martin ss 4 0 3 1
  Guillen ss 1 0 1 0
Borders c 4 0 0 0
Lewis cf 4 0 0 0
Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 12 5
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 3 1 2 0
Brumfield rf 4 0 2 1
Samuel 1b 4 0 1 0
Carter dh 4 0 0 0
Sprague 3b 3 0 1 0
O'Brien c 3 0 0 0
Perez lf 3 0 1 0
  Green ph 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 4 0 0 0
Brito 2b 3 0 0 0
Flener p 0 0 0 0
  Risley p 0 0 0 0
  Spoljaric p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Chicago 100 020 1015120
Toronto 001 000 000170
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Alvarez  W (15-7) 8.0 7 1 1 3 4
  Hernandez   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
7
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Flener  L (2-1) 5.0 5 3 3 5 4
  Risley   3.0 4 1 1 1 1
  Spoljaric   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
6
6

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 1.  2B–Chicago Durham (32,off Flener); Tartabull (22,off Flener); Martin (6,off Risley), Toronto Brumfield (17,off Alvarez); Sprague (28,off Alvarez).  HR–Chicago Ventura (30,9th inning off Spoljaric 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Borders (2,off Risley).  SB–Samuel (8,2nd base off Alvarez/Borders); Brumfield (7,3rd base off Alvarez/Borders).  CS–Brumfield (3,2nd base by Alvarez/Borders).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Ed Hickox, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–2:42.  A–32,141.
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