Toronto Blue Jays vs New York Yankees
September 8, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1996 at Yankee Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 4, New York Yankees 2

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 4 0 1 0
Brumfield rf 4 0 0 0
Samuel dh 2 1 0 0
  Delgado ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Carter 1b,lf 4 1 2 0
Sprague 3b 4 2 2 4
Perez lf 3 0 0 0
  Olerud ph,1b 1 0 0 0
O'Brien c 3 0 1 0
Gonzalez ss 4 0 0 0
Cairo 2b 3 0 0 0
Hanson p 0 0 0 0
  Spoljaric p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 6 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 5 0 3 0
Boggs 3b 3 0 0 0
  Hayes ph,3b 1 0 1 0
O'Neill rf 3 0 0 0
Fielder dh 4 0 0 0
Martinez 1b 2 0 1 0
Williams cf 4 1 2 0
Jeter ss 4 1 2 0
Leyritz c 3 0 0 0
  Girardi pr 0 0 0 0
Sojo 2b 2 0 0 0
  Aldrete ph 1 0 0 1
  Fox 2b 0 0 0 0
  Strawberry ph 1 0 0 0
Pettitte p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 9 1
Toronto 010 300 000460
New York 000 000 200290
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Hanson  W (12-16) 6.2 8 2 2 2 4
  Spoljaric   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Crabtree   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Timlin  SV (25) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
4
7
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Pettitte  L (20-8) 7.0 6 4 4 2 6
  Nelson   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
2
8

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 2.  2B–New York Jeter (22,off Hanson).  HR–Toronto Sprague 2 (33,2nd inning off Pettitte 0 on, 1 out,4th inning off Pettitte 2 on, 0 out).  WP–Hanson (11).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Sam Holbrook, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–2:49.  A–28,575.
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