Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics
May 4, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1998 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics 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 4, Oakland Athletics 7

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Stewart lf 5 0 0 0
Cruz, Jr. cf 3 1 0 0
Canseco rf 3 0 0 0
Delgado 1b 4 0 1 0
Stanley dh 4 0 1 1
Sprague 3b 4 1 1 1
Fernandez 2b 4 1 1 1
Brown c 3 1 2 0
  Fletcher ph 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 4 0 2 1
Hentgen p 0 0 0 0
  Carpenter p 0 0 0 0
  Sinclair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 2 1 1 0
Magadan 3b 4 1 1 1
  Blowers ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Grieve rf 4 1 1 0
  Christenson cf 0 0 0 0
Stairs dh 5 2 3 0
Giambi 1b 4 0 2 2
  Voigt 1b 0 0 0 0
Hinch c 3 1 0 0
Spiezio 2b 4 1 2 2
Abbott ss 3 0 1 2
McDonald cf,rf 3 0 1 0
Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Fetters p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 12 7
Toronto 001 010 110480
Oakland 201 103 00x7121
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Hentgen  L (3-3) 3.0 4 4 4 7 2
  Carpenter   3.0 7 3 3 1 1
  Sinclair   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
8
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers  W (5-1) 7.0 6 4 3 2 3
  Fetters   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Groom   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Taylor   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
2
4

  E–McDonald (2).  DP–Toronto 1.  2B–Toronto Brown (3,off Rogers), Oakland Stairs (9,off Hentgen); Magadan (7,off Hentgen); Spiezio 2 (5,off Carpenter 2).  HR–Toronto Fernandez (1,3rd inning off Rogers 0 on, 0 out); Sprague (4,7th inning off Rogers 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–McDonald (1,by Carpenter).  SB–Cruz (1,2nd base off Groom/Hinch); Henderson (8,2nd base off Hentgen/Brown).  CS–Abbott (1,Home by Carpenter/Brown); Henderson (4,2nd base by Sinclair/Brown).  HBP–Carpenter (1,McDonald).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:57.  A–5,206.
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