Toronto Blue Jays vs Cleveland Indians
May 7, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1997 at Jacobs Field. 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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Toronto Blue Jays 1, Cleveland Indians 7

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 5 0 0 0
Merced rf 4 0 1 0
Carter dh 4 1 2 0
Sprague 3b 3 0 1 0
Delgado 1b 4 0 0 0
O'Brien c 3 0 0 0
Green lf 3 0 2 1
Garcia 2b 4 0 1 0
Person p 0 0 0 0
  Flener p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
  Quantrill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Grissom cf 5 1 2 1
Fernandez 2b 4 2 3 1
Thome 1b 4 2 3 1
Williams 3b 4 0 1 0
Justice lf 4 1 1 3
Ramirez rf 3 0 0 0
  Giles rf 1 0 0 0
Franco dh 4 1 3 0
Alomar, Jr. c 4 0 1 1
  Borders c 0 0 0 0
Vizquel ss 4 0 1 0
McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 15 7
Toronto 000 100 000170
Cleveland 200 140 00x7150
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Person  L (0-2) 1.1 2 2 2 0 3
  Flener   2.2 7 4 4 0 2
  Timlin   3.0 4 1 1 0 3
  Quantrill   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
15
7
7
0
8
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell  W (3-2) 8.0 6 1 1 3 8
  Mesa   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
10

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 2.  2B–Toronto Green 2 (3,off McDowell,off Mesa); Sprague (16,off McDowell); Garcia (5,off McDowell); Carter (5,off McDowell), Cleveland Fernandez (6,off Flener); Alomar (8,off Flener).  HR–Cleveland Fernandez (3,1st inning off Person 0 on, 1 out); Thome (6,1st inning off Person 0 on, 1 out); Grissom (2,5th inning off Flener 0 on, 0 out); Justice (10,5th inning off Timlin 2 on, 1 out).  WP–Flener (1).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:40.  A–42,463.
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