Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox
July 26, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 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 3, Boston Red Sox 6

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Phillips rf 3 0 2 1
Green cf 5 0 2 1
Canseco lf 5 1 1 1
Delgado 1b 4 0 1 0
Stanley dh 4 0 0 0
Fletcher c 4 0 0 0
Fernandez 2b 4 1 2 0
Sprague 3b 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez ss 3 1 1 0
Hentgen p 0 0 0 0
  Stieb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bragg rf 4 1 2 1
Valentin 3b 5 0 0 0
Vaughn 1b 3 1 1 0
Garciaparra ss 4 2 2 3
O'Leary lf 4 0 1 1
Buford cf 3 1 2 1
Hatteberg c 3 1 1 0
Benjamin 2b 4 0 0 0
Cummings dh 4 0 3 0
Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  West p 0 0 0 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 12 6
Toronto 000 000 0123101
Boston 010 001 31x6120
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Hentgen  L (9-8) 7.0 10 5 5 2 4
  Stieb   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
3
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  W (14-3) 7.0 6 0 0 1 6
  West   0.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Lowe   1.0 1 2 1 1 2
  Gordon   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
2
2
9

  E–Delgado (6).  DP–Toronto 1.  PB–Hatteberg (11).  2B–Toronto Gonzalez (23,off Martinez).  HR–Toronto Canseco (29,8th inning off West 0 on, 1 out), Boston Buford (7,2nd inning off Hentgen 0 on, 1 out); Garciaparra (19,7th inning off Hentgen 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Phillips (1,off Gordon).  HBP–Bragg (4,by Hentgen).  WP–Hentgen (7), Martinez (4).  HBP–Hentgen (3,Bragg).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–2:59.  A–33,059.
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