Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox
July 23, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1998 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox 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 7, Boston Red Sox 8

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Phillips lf,rf,lf 5 1 3 0
Green cf,rf 6 0 0 0
Canseco rf,lf 3 0 0 0
  Stewart cf 1 1 1 0
Delgado 1b 5 1 2 0
Stanley dh 4 1 2 3
  Samuel pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Fernandez 2b 5 1 3 0
Fletcher c 5 1 3 2
Sprague 3b 5 1 1 1
Gonzalez ss 5 0 0 0
Carpenter p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
  Quantrill p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 7 15 6
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Lewis rf 5 2 3 1
Valentin 3b 5 2 2 1
Vaughn 1b 3 1 2 0
  Avery pr 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Varitek ph 1 0 1 1
Garciaparra ss 4 1 1 0
O'Leary lf 5 0 1 1
Buford cf 3 1 1 4
Bragg dh 3 0 0 0
  Mitchell ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  Cummings ph,dh 1 0 1 0
  Benjamin ph,dh,2b 1 0 0 0
Hatteberg c 5 1 1 0
Sadler 2b 3 0 0 0
  Ashley ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Cho p 0 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 13 8
Toronto 013 001 011 07150
Boston 000 010 042 18132
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Carpenter   7.1 7 4 4 2 6
  Plesac   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Quantrill   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Myers  L (3-3) 1.2 4 3 3 4 2
Totals
9.2
13
8
8
6
8
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Cho   3.0 7 4 4 0 3
  Reyes   4.0 2 1 1 1 2
  Mahay   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Lowe   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Gordon  W (5-3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
15
7
7
1
7

  E–Vaughn (9), Sadler (2).  2B–Toronto Delgado (29,off Cho); Fletcher (17,off Cho), Boston Hatteberg (16,off Carpenter); Lewis (16,off Myers); Valentin (31,off Myers).  HR–Toronto Stanley (21,3rd inning off Cho 1 on, 2 out); Sprague (16,6th inning off Reyes 0 on, 1 out); Fletcher (6,8th inning off Mahay 0 on, 0 out), Boston Buford (6,8th inning off Plesac 3 on, 2 out).  HBP–Canseco (3,by Cho); Stanley (5,by Reyes); Vaughn (6,by Myers).  IBB–Garciaparra (1,by Myers); Valentin (2,by Myers).  CS–Stanley (1,2nd base by Reyes/Hatteberg); Samuel (5,3rd base by Lowe/Hatteberg).  SB–Lewis (18,2nd base off Myers/Fletcher).  WP–Myers (2), Cho (1).  HBP–Myers (2,Vaughn); Cho (1,Canseco); Reyes (1,Stanley).  IBB–Myers 2 (4,Garciaparra,Valentin).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–3:32.  A–33,011.
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