Toronto Blue Jays vs Minnesota Twins
May 9, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1997 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 4, Minnesota Twins 1

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 4 0 0 0
Brito ss 4 0 1 1
Merced rf 4 0 0 0
Carter dh 4 2 2 0
Sprague 3b 3 1 0 0
Delgado 1b 4 0 1 1
Santiago c 4 0 1 1
Green lf 4 1 1 0
Garcia 2b 3 0 2 0
Hentgen p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 3
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 3 0 1 0
Brede rf 4 0 1 0
Molitor dh 4 0 1 0
Lawton lf 4 0 0 0
Steinbach c 4 1 0 0
Becker cf 4 0 1 0
Colbrunn 1b 4 0 1 1
Walker 3b 3 0 0 0
Meares ss 3 0 1 0
Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Toronto 020 001 100481
Minnesota 000 100 000162
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Hentgen  W (3-1) 8.0 6 1 0 1 5
  Timlin  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
0
1
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez  L (1-3) 6.1 6 4 2 1 2
  Trombley   2.2 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
4
2
1
5

  E–Delgado (1), Brede (2), Walker (2).  DP–Toronto 1, Minnesota 2.  PB–Steinbach (3).  SH–Garcia (5,off Rodriguez).  HBP–Sprague (2,by Rodriguez).  SB–Green (2,2nd base off Rodriguez/Steinbach); Molitor (1,2nd base off Hentgen/Santiago).  HBP–Rodriguez (1,Sprague).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Fieldin Culbreth, 3B–Gary Cederstrom.  T–2:48.  A–13,277.
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