Minnesota Twins vs Toronto Blue Jays
April 1, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 1, 1998 at Skydome. 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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Minnesota Twins 2, Toronto Blue Jays 3

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 4 0 0 0
Gates 2b 3 2 1 1
Molitor dh 3 0 1 0
Merced 1b 4 0 0 1
Cordova lf 3 0 0 0
Lawton rf 2 0 0 0
  Ochoa ph 1 0 1 0
Coomer 3b 4 0 0 0
Steinbach c 3 0 0 0
Meares ss 4 0 1 0
Tewksbury p 0 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Stewart lf 1 0 0 0
  Crespo lf 3 0 0 0
Fernandez 2b 2 0 1 0
Green rf 4 0 0 0
Canseco dh 4 0 0 0
Stanley 1b 4 0 0 0
Fletcher c 4 0 0 0
Sprague 3b 2 2 2 0
Cruz, Jr. cf 3 1 3 3
Gonzalez ss 3 0 0 0
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
  Escobar p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 3
Minnesota 000 001 010240
Toronto 020 010 00x360
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Tewksbury  L (0-1) 6.0 5 3 3 2 2
  Swindell   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Trombley   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
3
5
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  W (1-0) 7.0 2 1 1 3 3
  Escobar   1.0 1 1 1 1 2
  Myers  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
4
5

  E–None.  2B–Minnesota Molitor (1,off Clemens), Toronto Sprague (1,off Tewksbury).  3B–Toronto Cruz (1,off Tewksbury).  HR–Minnesota Gates (1,8th inning off Escobar 0 on, 1 out), Toronto Cruz (1,2nd inning off Tewksbury 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Steinbach (1,by Clemens).  IBB–Fernandez (1,by Swindell).  WP–Swindell (1).  HBP–Clemens (1,Steinbach).  IBB–Swindell (1,Fernandez).  U-HP–Drew Coble, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Larry Young.  T–2:24.  A–41,387.
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