Toronto Blue Jays vs Minnesota Twins
April 8, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1999 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins 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 9, Minnesota Twins 11

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Stewart lf 5 1 2 0
Grebeck 2b 4 1 3 2
Green rf 5 1 1 2
Hollins dh 4 1 2 0
Delgado 1b 4 1 1 0
Fernandez 3b 5 0 0 0
Cruz, Jr. cf 3 2 1 1
Gonzalez ss 4 2 3 2
Matheny c 3 0 0 0
  Greene ph 0 0 0 0
  Berroa ph 1 0 0 0
  Fletcher c 1 0 0 0
Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Ludwick p 0 0 0 0
  Munro p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
  Lloyd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 13 7
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 0 2 0
Hocking ss,2b 5 0 0 0
Walker 2b 4 2 2 0
  Guzman ss 0 0 0 0
Cordova dh 4 1 4 2
Lawton rf 5 1 1 0
Allen lf 5 1 1 1
Mientkiewicz 1b 3 3 1 1
Steinbach c 3 2 1 0
Koskie 3b 4 1 3 5
  Coomer 3b 0 0 0 0
Milton p 0 0 0 0
  Trombley p 0 0 0 0
  Mays p 0 0 0 0
  Guardado p 0 0 0 0
  Aguilera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 15 9
Toronto 001 502 1009131
Minnesota 142 310 00x11152
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Hamilton  L (0-1) 2.1 9 7 7 3 1
  Ludwick   1.0 3 3 3 2 0
  Munro   2.2 3 1 0 0 3
  Plesac   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Lloyd   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
15
11
10
6
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Milton   3.2 8 6 4 1 1
  Trombley  W (1-0) 1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Mays   1.0 2 3 3 4 1
  Guardado   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Aguilera  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
9
7
6
6

  E–Gonzalez (1), Allen (1), Koskie (2).  DP–Toronto 2, Minnesota 1.  2B–Toronto Grebeck 2 (2,off Milton 2); Gonzalez (1,off Milton), Minnesota Cordova (2,off Hamilton); Mientkiewicz (3,off Hamilton); Koskie (1,off Hamilton); Lawton (3,off Ludwick).  HR–Toronto Green (1,6th inning off Mays 1 on, 2 out); Cruz (1,7th inning off Mays 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Walker (1,2nd base off Hamilton/Matheny).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–3:17.  A–9,431.
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