Boston Red Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays
May 31, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 2001 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 11, Toronto Blue Jays 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 5 1 2 1
Daubach 1b 5 1 2 0
Everett cf 5 2 1 0
Ramirez dh 4 3 2 2
Bichette rf 2 0 1 1
  Valentin 3b 1 1 1 2
O'Leary lf 4 1 1 1
Hillenbrand 3b 3 0 0 0
  Nixon ph,rf 1 0 0 1
Varitek c 4 1 2 3
Lansing ss 4 1 2 0
  Grebeck ss 0 0 0 0
Nomo p 0 0 0 0
  Garces p 0 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
  Arrojo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 14 11
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Stewart dh 5 1 1 3
Gonzalez ss 5 1 1 1
Delgado 1b 3 0 0 0
Mondesi rf 4 0 1 0
Cruz, Jr. cf 4 1 1 0
Simmons lf 3 0 1 0
Batista 3b 4 0 1 1
Fletcher c 4 1 1 0
Bush 2b 3 1 1 0
Michalak p 0 0 0 0
  Escobar p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
  Quantrill p 0 0 0 0
  Koch p 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 5
Boston 001 012 04311140
Toronto 000 011 300580
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Nomo   5.0 4 2 2 2 5
  Garces   1.0 2 2 2 1 2
  Beck  W (1-2) 2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Arrojo   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
3
9
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Michalak   6.0 7 4 4 1 2
  Escobar  L (0-4) 1.2 2 3 3 1 1
  Plesac   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Quantrill   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Koch   0.2 4 3 3 0 1
  Borbon   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
11
11
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 1.  PB–Varitek (3).  3B–Toronto Mondesi (2,off Beck).  HR–Boston Varitek (6,5th inning off Michalak 0 on, 2 out); Ramirez (16,6th inning off Michalak 1 on, 1 out), Toronto Gonzalez (6,6th inning off Nomo 0 on, 0 out); Stewart (4,7th inning off Beck 2 on, 0 out).  SF–Bichette (1,off Escobar).  HBP–Nixon (4,by Quantrill).  IBB–Ramirez (10,by Escobar).  HBP–Quantrill (2,Nixon).  IBB–Escobar (2,Ramirez).  U-HP–Andrew Fletcher, 1B–Fieldin Culbreth, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–Larry Young.  T–3:09.  A–21,747.
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