Texas Rangers vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 6, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 6, 1997 at Skydome. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 1, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 4 0 1 0
Greer lf 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez dh 4 1 3 1
Stevens 1b 2 0 1 0
  Buford pr 0 0 0 0
  Ripken 1b 0 0 0 0
Tatis 3b 4 0 0 0
Cedeno 2b 3 0 0 0
Sagmoen rf 4 0 0 0
Gil ss 3 0 1 0
  Leyritz ph 1 0 0 0
Burkett p 0 0 0 0
  Whiteside p 0 0 0 0
  Bailes p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Crespo 2b 3 0 1 0
Green rf 4 1 3 0
Cruz, Jr. cf 2 0 0 1
Carter dh 1 0 0 0
  Stewart ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Delgado 1b 4 0 0 0
Santiago c 4 0 0 0
Butler lf 3 0 0 0
Evans 3b 3 1 2 1
Perez ss 3 0 2 0
Hentgen p 0 0 0 0
  Escobar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 8 2
Texas 000 000 010160
Toronto 100 010 00x280
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Burkett  L (7-12) 6.0 5 2 2 1 5
  Whiteside   1.1 3 0 0 0 0
  Bailes   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Patterson   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
2
2
1
6
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Hentgen  W (15-9) 8.0 6 1 1 3 6
  Escobar  SV (11) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
9

  E–None.  2B–Texas Gonzalez (21,off Hentgen); Stevens (20,off Hentgen).  3B–Toronto Green (3,off Burkett).  HR–Texas Gonzalez (34,8th inning off Hentgen 0 on, 2 out), Toronto Evans (1,5th inning off Burkett 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Crespo (1,off Burkett).  SF–Cruz (5,off Burkett).  HBP–Carter (7,by Burkett).  SB–Rodriguez (6,2nd base off Hentgen/Santiago).  CS–T Perez (1,2nd base by Whiteside/Rodriguez).  HBP–Burkett (4,Carter).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Ted Barrett, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Fieldin Culbreth.  T–2:36.  A–31,232.
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