New York Yankees vs Toronto Blue Jays
April 8, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 2002 at Skydome. The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 16, Toronto Blue Jays 3

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Soriano 2b 7 3 5 3
Jeter ss 7 0 3 0
Williams B. cf 5 2 2 0
Giambi 1b 3 2 2 1
  Vander Wal ph,1b 2 0 1 1
Posada c 5 2 2 2
White lf 3 2 2 1
  Williams G. lf 2 0 0 0
Ventura 3b 4 2 3 6
  Wilson pr,3b 1 1 0 0
Spencer rf 6 0 1 0
Johnson dh 3 2 1 2
Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Choate p 0 0 0 0
  Lilly p 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 16 22 16
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Wells rf 4 0 0 1
Berg 3b 3 0 1 0
Mondesi dh 4 0 1 0
Delgado 1b 4 0 0 0
  Lopez ss 0 0 0 0
Cruz, Jr. cf 4 0 0 0
Lesher lf 4 1 2 0
Wilson c 3 2 2 0
Woodward ss,1b 3 0 0 0
Bush 2b 3 0 1 0
  Lawrence 2b 1 0 0 0
Prokopec p 0 0 0 0
  Cassidy p 0 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
  Escobar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 1
New York 025 008 01016220
Toronto 001 000 200370
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Wells  W (2-0) 6.0 5 3 3 3 4
  Choate   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Lilly   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
5
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Prokopec  L (0-1) 2.0 8 7 7 2 2
  Cassidy   3.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Heredia   2.0 7 6 6 2 2
  Plesac   1.0 3 1 1 1 3
  Escobar   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
22
16
16
7
8

  E–None.  DP–New York 1, Toronto 1.  2B–New York Ventura (1,off Heredia); Soriano (3,off Plesac); Vander Wal (1,off Plesac), Toronto Bush (2,off Wells); Mondesi (3,off Wells); Berg (1,off Lilly); Wilson (1,off Lilly).  HR–New York Johnson (2,2nd inning off Prokopec 1 on, 2 out); Ventura (3,3rd inning off Prokopec 2 on, 0 out); Soriano (1,6th inning off Heredia 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Johnson (4,by Cassidy).  SB–Soriano (2,2nd base off Prokopec/Wilson).  WP–Choate (1), Prokopec (1).  HBP–Cassidy (2,Johnson).  U-HP–Jerry Meals, 1B–Eric Cooper, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Kevin Kelley.  T–3:38.  A–16,073.
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