Baltimore Orioles vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 23, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1997 at Skydome. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 3, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 5 1 1 0
Alomar 2b 5 1 2 1
Palmeiro 1b 4 0 1 0
Baines dh 3 0 1 1
Surhoff lf 4 0 1 1
Ripken, Jr. 3b 4 0 0 0
Berroa rf 3 0 0 0
  Hammonds rf 0 0 0 0
Hoiles c 3 0 0 0
  Webster c 1 0 0 0
Bordick ss 4 1 3 0
Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Stewart cf 4 1 1 1
Gonzalez ss 3 0 0 1
Cruz, Jr. lf 3 0 0 0
Carter dh 4 0 0 0
Delgado 1b 4 0 1 0
Samuel 3b 3 0 1 0
Green rf 3 0 0 0
O'Brien c 3 0 0 0
Perez 2b 2 1 0 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Quantrill p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 3 2
Baltimore 210 000 000390
Toronto 000 002 000231
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez  W (2-1) 5.1 2 2 2 2 2
  Rhodes   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Benitez   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Myers  SV (44) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
3
7
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  L (21-7) 8.0 8 3 3 2 11
  Quantrill   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Plesac   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
11

  E–Stewart (2).  2B–Baltimore Bordick (19,off Clemens); Alomar (21,off Clemens); Palmeiro (23,off Clemens), Toronto Delgado (39,off Rodriguez).  3B–Toronto Stewart (7,off Rodriguez).  SF–Gonzalez (2,off Rodriguez).  SB–Samuel (5,2nd base off Rhodes/Hoiles).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Terry Craft.  T–2:41.  A–29,276.
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