New York Yankees vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 4, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1997 at Skydome. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 0, Toronto Blue Jays 1

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Jeter ss 4 0 1 0
Boggs 3b 4 0 0 0
Williams cf 3 0 0 0
Martinez 1b 3 0 1 0
O'Neill rf 3 0 0 0
Fielder dh 1 0 0 0
  Whiten pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Curtis lf 3 0 0 0
Girardi c 3 0 0 0
Kelly 2b 2 0 0 0
  Sojo ph 1 0 0 0
Cone p 0 0 0 0
  Lloyd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 2 0
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 4 0 2 0
Merced rf 4 1 1 1
Carter lf 3 0 0 0
Delgado 1b 1 0 0 0
Sprague 3b 3 0 1 0
Green dh 2 0 1 0
O'Brien c 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 2 0 1 0
Garcia 2b 3 0 0 0
Guzman p 0 0 0 0
  Escobar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 25 1 6 1
New York 000 000 000020
Toronto 000 001 00x160
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Cone  L (8-4) 7.1 6 1 1 4 7
  Lloyd   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
1
1
4
7
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Guzman   5.0 1 0 0 1 8
  Escobar  W (2-0) 4.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
2
11

  E–None.  DP–New York 3, Toronto 2.  2B–New York Jeter (13,off Guzman).  HR–Toronto Merced (8,6th inning off Cone 0 on, 1 out).  CS–Nixon (9,2nd base by Cone/Girardi); Green (3,2nd base by Cone/Girardi).  WP–Cone (9).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:26.  A–34,134.
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