Texas Rangers vs Toronto Blue Jays
April 4, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 4, 1998 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 2, Toronto Blue Jays 9

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 4 0 1 0
McLemore 2b 4 0 1 0
Greer lf 3 1 1 0
Gonzalez rf 4 1 1 2
Clark 1b 2 0 0 0
Stevens dh 3 0 0 0
Elster ss 3 0 0 0
Tatis 3b 3 0 0 0
Haselman c 3 0 0 0
Oliver p 0 0 0 0
  Santana p 0 0 0 0
  Crabtree p 0 0 0 0
  Bailes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 4 2
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Gonzalez ss 4 1 2 2
Fernandez dh 4 0 0 0
Green rf 5 0 1 1
Canseco lf 3 2 2 1
  Crespo pr,lf 1 0 1 1
Stanley 1b 5 2 3 1
Cruz, Jr. cf 4 1 1 0
Sprague 3b 4 1 3 2
Brown c 3 1 0 0
Grebeck 2b 3 1 0 1
Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Escobar p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 13 9
Texas 000 200 000240
Toronto 000 202 05x9130
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Oliver  L (0-1) 6.0 7 4 4 2 2
  Santana   1.0 3 3 3 2 0
  Crabtree   0.1 1 2 2 1 1
  Bailes   0.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
9
9
5
4
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  W (1-0) 7.0 4 2 2 2 5
  Escobar   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Plesac   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 1.  2B–Toronto Stanley (1,off Oliver); Sprague 2 (3,off Oliver,off Santana); Gonzalez 2 (2,off Oliver,off Crabtree).  HR–Texas Gonzalez (2,4th inning off Williams 1 on, 1 out), Toronto Canseco (1,6th inning off Oliver 0 on, 0 out); Stanley (1,6th inning off Oliver 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Fernandez (1,by Oliver).  CS–Goodwin (1,2nd base by Williams/Brown); Sprague (1,2nd base by Oliver/Haselman).  SB–Green (2,2nd base off Santana/Haselman).  HBP–Oliver (1,Fernandez).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–John Hirschbeck.  T–2:42.  A–30,156.
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