Oakland Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays
May 12, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1998 at Skydome. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 3, Toronto Blue Jays 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 5 0 0 0
McDonald cf 5 0 1 0
Grieve rf 5 1 1 0
Stairs dh 5 1 1 0
Giambi 1b 4 1 1 2
Magadan 3b 3 0 2 1
  Blowers 3b 1 0 0 0
Hinch c 3 0 1 0
Spiezio 2b 2 0 0 0
Abbott ss 4 0 1 0
Candiotti p 0 0 0 0
  Groom p 0 0 0 0
  Fetters p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 8 3
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Stewart cf 5 1 2 2
Green rf 5 0 0 0
Canseco dh 5 1 1 1
Delgado 1b 3 0 1 0
Fletcher c 3 0 0 0
  Samuel ph 1 0 0 0
  Brown c 0 0 0 0
Fernandez 2b 4 1 2 0
Sprague 3b 2 1 0 0
  Grebeck pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Crespo lf 2 0 1 0
Gonzalez ss 4 0 1 1
Hanson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Oakland 000 102 000 0382
Toronto 001 000 200 1480
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Candiotti   6.2 6 3 3 2 2
  Groom   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Fetters   1.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Taylor  L (0-3) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
2
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Hanson   6.2 8 3 3 1 2
  Plesac   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Risley   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Myers  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
8
3
3
2
7

  E–Abbott (8), Fetters (1).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Grieve (12,off Hanson); McDonald (3,off Hanson).  HR–Oakland Giambi (5,6th inning off Hanson 1 on, 0 out), Toronto Stewart (2,3rd inning off Candiotti 0 on, 1 out); Canseco (11,10th inning off Taylor 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Spiezio (2,off Risley); Crespo 2 (3,off Candiotti,off Fetters).  WP–Candiotti (3).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–3:02.  A–25,636.
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