Baltimore Orioles vs Toronto Blue Jays
June 21, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1997 at Skydome. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 5, Toronto Blue Jays 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson dh 5 2 3 0
Alomar 2b 5 1 1 0
Palmeiro 1b 5 0 2 2
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 0 0 0
Surhoff lf 4 0 1 2
Hammonds cf 4 0 2 0
Tarasco rf 3 0 0 0
Webster c 3 0 0 0
Bordick ss 4 2 2 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 4
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 4 1 1 0
Merced rf 4 0 2 1
Carter lf 4 0 0 0
Sprague dh 3 0 1 0
Delgado 1b 4 0 1 0
Santiago c 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 3 0 1 0
Brito 3b 2 0 0 0
Garcia 2b 2 0 0 0
  Green ph 0 0 0 0
  Perez R. ph 1 0 0 0
  Perez T. 2b 0 0 0 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
Baltimore 000 000 0235110
Toronto 000 001 000161
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  W (10-2) 7.1 6 1 1 1 3
  Orosco   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Benitez   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
6
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens   7.0 4 0 0 2 8
  Plesac  L (0-3) 1.0 3 2 2 2 3
  Timlin   1.0 4 3 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
4
5
12

  E–Merced (2).  DP–Baltimore 3, Toronto 1.  2B–Baltimore Anderson (15,off Plesac), Toronto Nixon (7,off Erickson).  IBB–Ripken (2,by Plesac); Surhoff (8,by Timlin).  SB–Hammonds 2 (8,2nd base off Clemens/Santiago 2); Merced (4,2nd base off Erickson/Webster).  IBB–Plesac (2,Ripken); Timlin (2,Surhoff).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Lazaro Diaz, 2B–Ray DiMuro, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–2:59.  A–40,139.
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