Boston Red Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays
May 17, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1999 at Skydome. 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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Boston Red Sox 8, Toronto Blue Jays 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 5 2 4 1
Frye 3b 4 1 0 0
Daubach 1b 5 2 1 3
Garciaparra ss 5 1 3 1
Stanley dh 5 0 1 1
Varitek c 5 0 1 1
Buford lf,cf 3 2 1 0
Lewis cf,rf 4 0 1 0
Nixon rf 2 0 0 1
  Valentin ph 1 0 1 0
  O'Leary pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Wasdin p 0 0 0 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 13 8
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Stewart lf 4 1 1 1
Grebeck ss 5 1 2 0
Green rf 4 3 3 2
Delgado 1b 5 0 1 1
Fernandez 3b 5 0 2 0
Greene dh 4 0 1 2
  Brumfield pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Cruz, Jr. cf 3 1 0 0
Bush 2b 4 1 2 0
  Witt ph 1 0 0 0
Matheny c 3 0 1 1
Carpenter p 0 0 0 0
  Lloyd p 0 0 0 0
  Davey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 13 7
Boston 200 000 1058130
Toronto 001 110 1037132
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield   5.0 7 3 3 4 2
  Wasdin  W (3-0) 3.0 2 1 1 0 5
  Gordon   1.0 4 3 3 1 2
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
5
9
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Carpenter   8.0 8 3 2 0 5
  Lloyd  L (3-2) 0.2 4 5 5 1 1
  Davey   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
8
7
1
6

  E–Grebeck 2 (3).  DP–Boston 1, Toronto 1.  PB–Varitek (5).  2B–Boston Offerman 2 (18,off Carpenter 2); Buford (6,off Carpenter); Garciaparra (11,off Lloyd), Toronto Bush (2,off Wakefield); Green (14,off Wakefield); Delgado (11,off Wakefield); Greene (2,off Gordon).  3B–Boston Offerman (5,off Carpenter).  HR–Boston Daubach (1,9th inning off Lloyd 2 on, 2 out), Toronto Green (13,7th inning off Wasdin 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Nixon (1,off Carpenter).  HBP–Buford (1,by Lloyd); Stewart (2,by Wakefield).  IBB–Frye (1,by Lloyd); Cruz (4,by Gordon).  SB–Garciaparra (3,2nd base off Carpenter/Matheny); Green 2 (8,2nd base off Wakefield/Varitek,3rd base off Wakefield/Varitek); Bush (1,2nd base off Wakefield/Varitek).  CS–Frye (2,2nd base by Carpenter/Matheny); Fernandez (2,2nd base by Wakefield/Varitek).  WP–Wakefield (1).  HBP–Wakefield (1,Stewart); Lloyd (1,Buford).  IBB–Gordon (1,Cruz); Lloyd (2,Frye).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Jim Joyce, 3B–Terry Craft.  T–3:00.  A–20,395.
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