Baltimore Orioles vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 27, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 1996 at Skydome. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 2, Toronto Blue Jays 3

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 4 1 2 1
Alomar 2b 1 0 0 0
  Ripken 2b 3 0 1 0
Zeile 3b 4 0 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 4 0 1 0
Bonilla rf 3 0 0 0
  Devereaux pr 0 1 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 0 1 0
Murray dh 4 0 1 1
  Tarasco pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Surhoff lf 3 0 1 0
Parent c 3 0 0 0
  Hoiles ph 1 0 0 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Brumfield cf 4 0 0 0
Crespo 2b 4 1 1 0
  Perez T. 2b 0 0 0 0
Delgado dh 4 0 1 0
Carter lf 2 0 1 1
  Perez R. pr,lf 2 0 1 0
Sprague 3b 3 1 1 0
Olerud 1b 1 0 1 2
  Samuel 1b 2 0 0 0
O'Brien c 3 0 0 0
Green rf 2 0 1 0
Gonzalez ss 1 1 0 0
Quantrill p 0 0 0 0
  Flener p 0 0 0 0
  Spoljaric p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 7 3
Baltimore 001 000 001270
Toronto 012 000 00x370
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  L (13-12) 6.2 6 3 3 3 5
  Orosco   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Mathews   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
3
8
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Quantrill   3.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Flener  W (3-2) 4.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Spoljaric   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Timlin  SV (30) 1.0 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 2.  2B–Baltimore B Ripken (8,off Quantrill); Murray (21,off Timlin), Toronto Sprague (35,off Erickson).  HR–Baltimore Anderson (49,3rd inning off Quantrill 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Sprague (12,by Erickson); Olerud (10,by Erickson).  SB–Gonzalez (16,2nd base off Erickson/Parent).  CS–Green (1,2nd base by Erickson/Parent).  HBP–Erickson 2 (11,Sprague,Olerud).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:32.  A–30,116.
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