Toronto Blue Jays vs Minnesota Twins
August 5, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1997 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 8, Minnesota Twins 3

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Brumfield cf 5 2 2 0
Gonzalez ss 5 0 2 0
Samuel 1b 4 2 2 1
Carter dh 2 1 0 0
Sprague 3b 5 2 2 3
Cruz, Jr. lf 5 1 1 2
Perez rf 4 0 1 1
O'Brien c 2 0 0 0
Garcia 2b 4 0 1 0
Person p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
  Quantrill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 11 7
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 5 1 1 0
Lawton rf 2 1 1 0
Molitor dh 4 0 2 0
Myers c 5 0 2 1
Coomer 3b 5 0 0 1
Stahoviak 1b 4 0 0 0
Cordova lf 3 0 0 0
Becker cf 3 1 2 1
Meares ss 4 0 0 0
Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Toronto 004 200 2008110
Minnesota 200 000 010383
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Person  W (5-7) 7.0 5 2 2 5 6
  Crabtree   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Quantrill   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
5
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Miller  L (0-2) 2.2 4 4 1 4 1
  Ritchie   6.1 7 4 4 2 3
Totals
9.0
11
8
5
6
4

  E–Myers (3), Stahoviak (2), Becker (4).  2B–Toronto Samuel (4,off Ritchie), Minnesota Knoblauch (22,off Person); Molitor (24,off Person).  HR–Toronto Cruz (14,7th inning off Ritchie 1 on, 1 out), Minnesota Becker (9,8th inning off Crabtree 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Cordova (1,by Person).  SB–Brumfield (3,2nd base off Ritchie/Myers).  CS–Brumfield (4,2nd base by T Miller/Myers); Samuel (3,2nd base by Ritchie/Myers).  WP–T Miller (2).  HBP–Person (3,Cordova).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Larry Young, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:31.  A–17,920.
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