Texas Rangers vs Toronto Blue Jays
May 8, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1999 at Skydome. The Texas Rangers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 4, Toronto Blue Jays 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McLemore 2b 4 3 1 0
Kelly cf 5 0 1 0
Greer lf 4 1 2 3
Gonzalez rf 2 0 0 0
Palmeiro dh 4 0 1 1
Rodriguez c 4 0 1 0
Zeile 3b 4 0 0 0
Stevens 1b 3 0 0 0
Shave ss 4 0 1 0
Morgan p 0 0 0 0
  Zimmerman p 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 4
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Stewart lf 5 1 0 0
Gonzalez ss 4 0 1 1
Green rf 4 0 0 1
Delgado 1b 2 0 0 0
Fernandez 3b 0 0 0 0
  Dalesandro pr,3b 2 0 2 0
Greene dh 4 0 0 0
Cruz, Jr. cf 4 1 1 0
Matheny c 1 1 1 0
  Witt ph 1 0 0 0
Kelly 2b 4 0 2 0
Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Lloyd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 2
Texas 200 010 100470
Toronto 002 100 000370
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Morgan  W (5-2) 6.0 5 3 3 3 3
  Zimmerman   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Wetteland  SV (10) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
5
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Wells  L (4-2) 8.0 7 4 4 5 7
  Lloyd   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
5
8

  E–None.  DP–Texas 2.  2B–Texas Rodriguez (2,off D Wells); Palmeiro (6,off D Wells).  3B–Toronto Cruz (2,off Morgan).  HR–Texas Greer (2,1st inning off D Wells 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Gonzalez 2 (4,by D Wells 2).  HBP–Delgado (5,by Morgan); Fernandez (2,by Morgan).  SB–Rodriguez (7,3rd base off D Wells/Matheny); McLemore (3,2nd base off D Wells/Matheny).  CS–Kelly (1,2nd base by Zimmerman/Rodriguez).  WP–Morgan (2).  HBP–Morgan 2 (2,Delgado,Fernandez).  IBB–D Wells 2 (2,Gonzalez 2).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Brian O'Nora, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–2:37.  A–24,642.
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