Detroit Tigers vs Toronto Blue Jays
August 9, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1997 at Skydome. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 3, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 1 2 0
Higginson rf 5 1 2 0
Fryman 3b 4 1 1 1
Clark 1b 4 0 3 1
Hamelin dh 2 0 0 1
Easley 2b 3 0 0 0
Nevin lf 4 0 0 0
Walbeck c 4 0 1 0
Cruz ss 4 0 0 0
Sanders p 0 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 4 0 2 1
Duncan 2b 4 0 0 0
Cruz, Jr. lf 2 0 0 0
Carter dh 4 0 0 0
Delgado 1b 3 0 0 0
Sprague 3b 3 0 0 0
Green rf 4 0 0 0
Santiago c 4 1 1 1
Gonzalez ss 3 1 1 0
Carpenter p 0 0 0 0
  Andujar p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
  Quantrill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
Detroit 003 000 000390
Toronto 001 010 000241
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Sanders  W (4-9) 5.0 2 2 2 5 3
  Miceli   1.1 1 0 0 1 3
  Brocail   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Jones  SV (23) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
6
8
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Carpenter  L (0-5) 6.0 8 3 3 1 3
  Andujar   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Plesac   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Quantrill   1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
6

  E–Duncan (6).  2B–Toronto Nixon 2 (12,off Sanders,off Miceli).  HR–Toronto Santiago (8,5th inning off Sanders 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Hamelin (2,off Carpenter).  SB–Hunter (56,2nd base off Quantrill/Santiago); Nixon (47,2nd base off Sanders/Walbeck).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Ted Barrett, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–3:01.  A–37,166.
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