Oakland Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays
June 5, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1997 at Skydome. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 4, Toronto Blue Jays 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
McDonald cf 5 1 1 0
Giambi lf,1b 4 0 2 1
Berroa rf 3 1 1 0
  Stairs rf 0 0 0 0
McGwire 1b 4 0 2 0
  Mashore pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Canseco dh 4 1 1 3
Spiezio 2b 3 0 0 0
Brosius 3b,ss 4 0 1 0
Williams c 2 0 0 0
Bournigal ss 2 0 0 0
  Magadan ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Prieto p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Small p 0 0 0 0
  Mohler p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 4 1 1 0
Merced rf 5 0 2 0
Carter lf 5 0 1 1
Sprague dh 4 0 0 0
Delgado 1b 3 1 1 1
Garcia 2b 4 0 0 0
Santiago c 4 1 2 0
Gonzalez ss 4 0 1 1
Brito 3b 2 0 0 0
Hentgen p 0 0 0 0
  Quantrill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Oakland 001 000 030480
Toronto 100 002 000380
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Prieto   6.2 8 3 3 3 6
  Groom   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Reyes  W (1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Small   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Mohler   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Taylor  SV (10) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
5
8
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Hentgen  L (5-3) 8.0 7 4 4 4 4
  Quantrill   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
4

  E–None.  2B–Oakland McDonald (1,off Hentgen); McGwire (12,off Hentgen); Brosius (9,off Quantrill), Toronto Santiago (3,off Prieto); Gonzalez (10,off Prieto).  HR–Oakland Canseco (12,8th inning off Hentgen 2 on, 2 out), Toronto Delgado (10,6th inning off Prieto 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Nixon (22,2nd base off Prieto/Williams).  WP–Prieto (6), Hentgen (2).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Larry Young, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Brian O'Nora.  T–2:57.  A–30,189.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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