New York Yankees vs Toronto Blue Jays
April 20, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1998 at Skydome. The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 3, Toronto Blue Jays 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Knoblauch 2b 6 1 2 1
Jeter ss 6 0 1 0
O'Neill rf 6 0 1 0
Martinez 1b 4 0 2 0
Williams cf 5 0 0 0
Strawberry dh 3 0 0 0
  Raines ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Curtis lf 3 1 1 0
Posada c 4 0 1 1
  Bush pr 0 1 0 0
  Girardi c 1 0 0 0
Brosius 3b 4 0 1 0
Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Buddie p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Banks p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 3 9 2
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Stewart lf 4 1 2 0
Gonzalez ss 6 0 1 2
Green rf 5 0 1 0
Canseco dh 4 0 0 0
Stanley 1b 5 0 1 0
  Samuel pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Sprague 3b 4 0 1 0
Cruz, Jr. cf 3 0 0 0
Fernandez 2b 4 0 0 0
Brown c 2 1 1 0
  Crespo ph 0 0 0 0
  Fletcher c 1 0 0 0
Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Risley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 2 7 2
New York 000 000 002 01390
Toronto 000 002 000 00271
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Wells   6.2 6 2 2 4 4
  Buddie   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Nelson   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Banks  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Stanton  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
7
2
2
7
6
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Williams   6.2 4 0 0 4 2
  Plesac   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Myers   2.0 4 2 2 0 0
  Risley  L (0-2) 1.0 1 1 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
9
3
2
4
5

  E–Fernandez (3).  DP–New York 1.  2B–Toronto Brown (1,off Wells); Gonzalez (4,off Wells); Sprague (6,off Wells); Green (3,off Banks).  3B–New York Knoblauch (1,off Risley).  HBP–Fernandez (3,by Nelson); Stewart (1,by Nelson).  IBB–Crespo (1,by Nelson); Sprague (1,by Banks); Cruz (1,by Banks).  SB–Curtis (5,2nd base off Williams/Brown); Jeter 2 (7,2nd base off Williams/Brown,2nd base off Risley/Fletcher); Gonzalez (6,3rd base off Wells/Posada); Fernandez 2 (3,2nd base off Nelson/Girardi,3rd base off Nelson/Girardi).  CS–Stewart (3,2nd base by Wells/Posada).  WP–Banks (1).  HBP–Nelson 2 (2,Fernandez,Stewart).  IBB–Nelson (1,Crespo); Banks 2 (2,Sprague,Cruz).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Martin Foster, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–4:05.  A–26,385.
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