Toronto Blue Jays vs Minnesota Twins
April 9, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1998 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 2, Minnesota Twins 13

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Stewart lf 4 0 2 0
Fernandez 2b 3 0 1 0
  Crespo ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Green rf 4 1 1 1
Canseco dh 4 0 0 0
Stanley 1b 2 1 0 0
  Samuel 1b 1 0 0 0
Cruz, Jr. cf 4 0 1 0
Fletcher c 3 0 1 1
  Dalesandro c 1 0 0 0
Grebeck 3b 3 0 1 0
Gonzalez ss 2 0 0 0
Guzman p 0 0 0 0
  Escobar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 5 2 2 1
  Ochoa rf 1 0 0 0
Lawton lf,cf 4 2 1 3
Molitor dh 5 1 2 0
Ortiz 1b 3 3 2 2
Coomer 3b 4 1 1 1
Merced rf 4 1 3 5
  Hocking pr,lf 1 1 0 0
Steinbach c 4 1 1 1
  Valentin c 1 0 0 0
Walker 2b 2 1 1 0
  Gates 2b 0 0 0 0
Meares ss 3 0 0 0
Radke p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 13 13 13
Toronto 000 101 000272
Minnesota 034 000 60x13130
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Guzman  L (0-2) 6.1 9 10 9 6 3
  Escobar   1.2 4 3 3 3 1
Totals
8.0
13
13
12
9
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Radke  W (1-1) 7.0 6 2 2 1 4
  Trombley   2.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
8

  E–Stanley (1), Gonzalez (2).  DP–Toronto 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Toronto Fernandez (1,off Radke); Fletcher (1,off Radke), Minnesota Ortiz (3,off Guzman); Steinbach (1,off Guzman).  HR–Toronto Green (4,6th inning off Radke 0 on, 0 out), Minnesota Merced (1,2nd inning off Guzman 2 on, 0 out); Lawton (1,7th inning off Escobar 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Gonzalez (1,off Radke).  CS–Walker (1,2nd base by Guzman/Fletcher).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Jim Joyce, 3B–Terry Craft.  T–2:54.  A–9,075.
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