Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics
May 30, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1997 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics 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 7, Oakland Athletics 12

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 3 1 1 1
Merced rf 5 1 1 2
Carter lf 4 3 3 1
Sprague 3b 4 1 3 0
Delgado 1b 4 0 1 0
Sierra dh 5 0 0 1
Santiago c 5 0 1 2
Gonzalez ss 4 1 1 0
Brito 2b 3 0 1 0
  Green ph 1 0 0 0
  Garcia 2b 0 0 0 0
Hentgen p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
  Quantrill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 12 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Mashore cf 4 1 1 1
Giambi lf 4 1 3 2
  Lennon pr,lf 1 1 1 0
Canseco dh 4 1 1 3
McGwire 1b 5 1 1 0
Berroa rf 3 3 2 0
  Stairs rf 1 1 1 2
Spiezio 2b 3 1 2 3
Williams c 4 0 0 0
Brosius 3b 5 1 2 0
Sheldon ss 1 0 0 0
  Magadan ph 0 0 0 0
  Bournigal pr,ss 1 1 0 0
Prieto p 0 0 0 0
  Small p 0 0 0 0
  Mohler p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 12 14 11
Toronto 000 100 1237121
Oakland 000 213 15x12142
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Hentgen  L (5-2) 6.0 8 6 6 3 5
  Crabtree   1.1 5 6 6 2 1
  Quantrill   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
12
12
5
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Prieto  W (4-3) 7.0 5 2 1 2 5
  Small   1.0 4 2 2 0 2
  Mohler   0.1 3 3 3 1 1
  Taylor   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
6
3
8

  E–Gonzalez (5), Sheldon (2), Prieto (5).  DP–Oakland 2.  PB–Santiago (2).  2B–Toronto Santiago (2,off Small); Delgado (9,off Mohler), Oakland Brosius (6,off Hentgen); Giambi 2 (14,off Hentgen 2); Berroa (9,off Crabtree).  3B–Oakland Spiezio (1,off Hentgen).  HR–Toronto Merced (6,9th inning off Mohler 1 on, 0 out); Carter (6,9th inning off Mohler 0 on, 0 out), Oakland Canseco (11,8th inning off Crabtree 2 on, 1 out); Stairs (6,8th inning off Crabtree 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Nixon (2,off Prieto); Spiezio (1,off Crabtree).  HBP–Delgado (3,by Prieto); Spiezio (1,by Hentgen).  SH–Sheldon (1,off Hentgen).  WP–Crabtree (2), Prieto (5).  HBP–Hentgen (3,Spiezio); Prieto (3,Delgado).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Larry Young, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–3:30.  A–11,004.
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