Detroit Tigers vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 27, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 1998 at Skydome. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 1, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bartee cf 3 0 0 0
  Higginson ph 1 1 1 1
Catalanotto 2b 4 0 0 0
Encarnacion lf 3 0 0 0
Clark 1b 2 0 0 0
  Wood 1b 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez dh 2 0 0 0
  Beamon ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Fick c 3 0 0 0
Randa 3b 3 0 0 0
Kapler rf 3 0 0 0
Cruz ss 2 0 0 0
  Bako ph 1 0 0 0
Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 1 1
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Stewart lf 3 0 0 0
Green rf 3 1 1 1
  Lennon rf 1 0 0 0
Canseco dh 4 0 0 0
Delgado 1b 1 0 0 0
  Witt 1b 3 0 1 0
Cruz, Jr. cf 3 0 1 0
Fernandez 3b 0 0 0 0
  Evans 3b 3 0 0 0
Fletcher c 0 0 0 0
  Brown c 3 0 0 0
Grebeck 2b 1 0 0 0
  Crespo 2b 1 0 1 0
Gonzalez ss 1 1 1 1
  Perez ss 2 0 0 0
Halladay p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 5 2
Detroit 000 000 001110
Toronto 001 001 00x251
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Thompson  L (11-15) 7.0 5 2 2 2 9
  Brocail   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Jones   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
2
2
2
11
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Halladay  W (1-0) 9.0 1 1 1 0 8
Totals
9.0
1
1
1
0
8

  E–Crespo (4).  HR–Detroit Higginson (25,9th inning off Halladay 0 on, 2 out), Toronto Gonzalez (13,3rd inning off Thompson 0 on, 1 out); Green (35,6th inning off Thompson 0 on, 0 out).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Terry Craft, 3B–Al Clark.  T–1:45.  A–38,036.
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