Oakland Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays
August 24, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 2003 at Skydome. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 17, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
McMillon dh 6 2 3 5
Guillen rf 5 2 2 2
  Byrnes lf 1 1 1 0
Chavez 3b 3 3 3 0
  Menechino ph,3b,2b 2 0 0 0
Tejada ss 6 2 4 4
Durazo 1b 4 1 1 1
Hernandez c 6 2 3 4
Long lf,rf 6 1 1 0
Ellis 2b 4 1 1 0
  Melhuse 3b 0 0 0 0
Singleton cf 3 2 0 0
Hudson p 0 0 0 0
  Neu p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 17 19 16
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Berg rf 5 0 0 0
Catalanotto lf 3 0 2 0
Wells cf 3 0 0 0
  Kielty ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Delgado 1b 3 0 0 0
  Wilson 1b 1 0 0 0
Myers dh 4 0 1 0
Hinske 3b 4 0 1 0
Bordick ss 3 1 2 0
  Woodward ss 1 0 0 0
Hudson 2b 3 1 0 0
Cash c 4 0 1 1
Escobar p 0 0 0 0
  Towers p 0 0 0 0
  Sturtze p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 7 1
Oakland 401 007 40117193
Toronto 002 000 000271
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hudson  W (13-4) 6.0 6 2 0 1 0
  Neu  SV (1) 3.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
0
2
0
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Escobar  L (9-8) 5.1 10 9 9 2 4
  Towers   1.0 6 7 6 2 0
  Sturtze   2.2 3 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
19
17
16
5
7

  E–Guillen (2), Melhuse (2), Hudson (2), Delgado (10).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Chavez (29,off Escobar); Guillen (4,off Towers); Tejada (37,off Towers), Toronto Catalanotto 2 (32,off Hudson 2).  3B–Oakland Byrnes (9,off Sturtze).  HR–Oakland Hernandez (18,1st inning off Escobar 3 on, 2 out); Tejada (20,6th inning off Towers 3 on, 1 out); McMillon (4,7th inning off Towers 2 on, 0 out); Guillen (5,7th inning off Towers 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Ellis (8,off Escobar).  IBB–Singleton (3,by Escobar); Chavez (9,by Towers); Hudson (1,by Hudson).  WP–Sturtze (5).  IBB–Hudson (7,Hudson); Escobar (3,Singleton); Towers (1,Chavez).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Tony Randazzo, 2B–Ted Barrett, 3B–C.B. Bucknor.  T–2:49.  A–32,979.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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