Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers
May 26, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1999 at Tiger Stadium. 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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Toronto Blue Jays 9, Detroit Tigers 5

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Stewart cf,lf 5 0 1 1
Grebeck 2b 5 2 2 0
Green rf 5 1 3 1
Delgado 1b 4 2 1 2
Fernandez 3b 3 0 1 1
Hollins dh 5 2 2 0
Lennon lf 2 1 0 0
  Cruz, Jr. cf 0 0 0 0
Bush ss 4 1 2 3
Matheny c 2 0 0 1
Escobar p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Lloyd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 12 9
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Polonia dh 4 0 0 0
  Haselman ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Catalanotto 1b 4 0 0 0
Easley 2b 3 2 1 0
Higginson rf 4 2 2 2
Palmer 3b 3 1 1 1
Garcia lf 4 0 1 0
Kapler cf 4 0 2 2
Ausmus c 3 0 0 0
Cruz ss 3 0 0 0
  Jefferies ph 1 0 0 0
Blair p 0 0 0 0
  Florie p 0 0 0 0
  Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 7 5
Toronto 000 420 1209121
Detroit 012 002 000570
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Escobar  W (4-2) 5.2 6 5 5 1 2
  Hamilton   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Lloyd  SV (3) 2.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
2
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Blair  L (1-5) 5.0 7 6 6 3 2
  Florie   1.1 1 1 1 1 2
  Nitkowski   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Anderson   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Jones   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
4
5

  E–Grebeck (4).  2B–Toronto Grebeck (3,off Blair); Bush (4,off Blair); Hollins (4,off Blair); Fernandez (19,off Jones), Detroit Kapler (3,off Escobar).  HR–Toronto Delgado (13,5th inning off Blair 1 on, 2 out); Green (15,7th inning off Florie 0 on, 1 out), Detroit Palmer (9,2nd inning off Escobar 0 on, 1 out); Higginson (7,3rd inning off Escobar 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Fernandez (1,off Blair); Matheny (1,off Anderson).  HBP–Fernandez (6,by Blair); Easley (5,by Escobar).  SB–Bush (5,2nd base off Anderson/Ausmus).  CS–Green (3,2nd base by Blair/Ausmus).  HBP–Escobar (4,Easley); Blair (4,Fernandez).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–2:54.  A–14,177.
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