Montreal Expos vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 2, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1997 at Skydome. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 6, Toronto Blue Jays 7

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Grudzielanek ss 6 0 0 1
Lansing 2b 6 0 2 1
Rodriguez lf 5 0 0 0
Segui 1b 5 2 2 1
McGuire dh 4 1 1 0
  Obando ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  Orsulak ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Guerrero rf 5 1 2 3
Santangelo 3b 5 1 1 0
White cf 5 1 1 0
Widger c 4 0 1 0
Hermanson p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Valdes p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Telford p 0 0 0 0
  Urbina p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 6 10 6
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 5 2 0 0
Merced rf 6 0 2 0
Carter lf 5 2 3 4
Delgado 1b 5 1 2 2
Sprague 3b 6 0 0 0
Green dh 6 0 1 0
Santiago c 6 1 1 0
Gonzalez ss 6 0 2 1
Garcia 2b 6 1 4 0
Person p 0 0 0 0
  Spoljaric p 0 0 0 0
  Quantrill p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 51 7 15 7
Montreal 010 300 200 000 06101
Toronto 200 031 000 000 17150
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Hermanson   4.1 6 5 5 2 3
  Veres   1.2 5 1 1 0 1
  Valdes   4.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Smith   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Telford  L (2-2) 0.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Urbina   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.2
15
7
7
5
7
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Person   7.0 7 6 6 2 8
  Spoljaric   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Quantrill   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Plesac   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Timlin  W (2-0) 3.1 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
13.0
10
6
6
4
11

  E–Valdes (1).  DP–Montreal 1, Toronto 1.  2B–Montreal Guerrero (10,off Person); Lansing (25,off Person); Segui (16,off Timlin), Toronto Delgado (17,off Veres); Gonzalez (13,off Veres).  HR–Montreal Segui (7,2nd inning off Person 0 on, 0 out); Guerrero (5,4th inning off Person 2 on, 1 out), Toronto Delgado (16,1st inning off Hermanson 1 on, 2 out); Carter (10,5th inning off Hermanson 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Widger (1,off Person); Nixon (4,off Hermanson).  IBB–Guerrero (2,by Timlin); Carter (5,by Valdes); Delgado (7,by Valdes).  CS–Lansing (3,3rd base by Person/Santiago); Gonzalez (4,3rd base by Veres/Widger).  SB–Santiago (1,2nd base off Veres/Widger); Nixon (36,2nd base off Valdes/Widger).  WP–Valdes (1), Person (3).  IBB–Valdes 2 (3,Carter,Delgado); Timlin (3,Guerrero).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–3:59.  A–34,176.
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