Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers
May 31, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 2002 at Comerica Park. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Toronto Blue Jays 4, Detroit Tigers 2

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Stewart dh 4 1 2 0
Cruz, Jr. lf 3 0 1 0
Mondesi rf 3 1 0 0
Delgado 1b 4 2 2 3
Hinske 3b 4 0 0 0
Wilson c 3 0 0 0
Lopez ss 4 0 0 0
Wells cf 4 0 0 0
Lawrence 2b 3 0 0 0
Loaiza p 0 0 0 0
  Eyre p 0 0 0 0
  Escobar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 5 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jackson 2b 4 0 1 0
Fick rf 4 0 1 0
Higginson lf 4 0 2 0
  Cruz pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Young dh 4 1 1 0
Simon 1b 4 1 1 1
Magee cf 4 0 3 1
Inge c 4 0 0 0
Santiago ss 3 0 0 0
Truby 3b 3 0 1 0
Bernero p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Paniagua p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 10 2
Toronto 000 301 000450
Detroit 010 100 0002101
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Loaiza  W (3-1) 7.1 9 2 2 0 3
  Eyre   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Escobar  SV (8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
0
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bernero  L (1-1) 7.0 5 4 3 2 3
  Walker   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Paniagua   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
4
3
2
4

  E–Santiago (2).  DP–Toronto 3.  2B–Detroit Young (9,off Loaiza).  3B–Toronto Delgado (1,off Bernero), Detroit Magee (1,off Loaiza).  HR–Toronto Delgado (13,6th inning off Bernero 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Simon (9,2nd inning off Loaiza 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Cruz (1,off Bernero).  HBP–Wilson (2,by Bernero).  HBP–Bernero (1,Wilson).  U-HP–Bill Miller, 1B–Bill Hohn, 2B–Fieldin Culbreth, 3B–Larry Young.  T–2:23.  A–28,578.
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