Montreal Expos vs New York Yankees
August 31, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1997 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 2, New York Yankees 3

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Grudzielanek ss 5 1 3 0
Lansing 2b 5 1 1 0
Guerrero rf 4 0 1 0
Segui 1b 3 0 0 0
White cf 4 0 2 2
Vidro dh 3 0 1 0
Widger c 3 0 0 0
  Fletcher ph,c 1 0 0 0
Santangelo lf 3 0 0 0
Strange 3b 4 0 1 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Bennett p 0 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Jeter ss 3 1 0 0
Boggs 3b 4 0 0 0
Williams cf 4 1 2 1
Martinez 1b 4 0 2 0
O'Neill rf 2 0 1 0
Strawberry dh 3 0 0 0
Curtis lf 3 1 1 0
Girardi c 3 0 1 0
Sanchez 2b 3 0 1 1
Pettitte p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 8 2
Montreal 000 000 020290
New York 101 000 10x381
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L (1-2) 6.0 4 2 2 2 2
  Bennett   1.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Kline   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
2
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Pettitte  W (16-7) 7.1 6 1 1 1 4
  Nelson   0.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Stanton   0.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Rivera  SV (40) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
3
7

  E–Pettitte (1).  DP–Montreal 1, New York 1.  HR–New York Williams (18,3rd inning off Johnson 0 on, 2 out).  SB–White (15,3rd base off Pettitte/Girardi); Grudzielanek (24,2nd base off Nelson/Girardi).  CS–Sanchez (2,2nd base by Bennett/Widger); Martinez (1,2nd base by Kline/Fletcher).  WP–Johnson (3), Pettitte (5).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Larry Young, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Ted Barrett.  T–2:58.  A–55,707.
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