Cleveland Indians vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 2, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1986 at Exhibition Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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

Cleveland Indians 9, Toronto Blue Jays 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bernazard 2b 5 2 3 1
Butler cf 3 1 2 2
Franco ss 4 0 2 1
Carter rf 3 1 1 1
Hall lf 4 0 0 0
  Thornton ph 1 0 1 3
  Nixon pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Tabler 1b 5 0 0 0
Snyder 3b 5 0 0 0
Castillo dh 4 2 3 0
Allanson c 3 2 2 0
Schrom p 0 0 0 0
  Oelkers p 0 0 0 0
  Wills p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 14 8
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 5 1 3 0
Upshaw 1b 5 0 1 1
Moseby cf 4 1 1 1
Bell lf 5 1 2 3
Barfield rf 4 0 0 0
Leach dh 4 0 0 0
Whitt c 4 0 1 0
Mulliniks 3b 3 1 1 0
Garcia 2b 3 1 1 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Mahler p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
  Aquino p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 5
Cleveland 002 201 0049140
Toronto 000 020 0035101
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Schrom  W (12-6) 6.0 6 2 2 1 0
  Oelkers   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Wills  SV (2) 2.1 3 3 3 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
1
1
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy  L (14-8) 3.1 9 4 4 0 1
  Mahler   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Lamp   4.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Musselman   0.1 1 3 3 2 0
  Aquino   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
9
9
2
2

  E–Whitt (6).  DP–Toronto 1.  2B–Cleveland Butler (15,off Lamp); Thornton (13,off Aquino), Toronto Whitt (17,off Schrom); Mulliniks (19,off Schrom); Moseby (22,off Wills).  HR–Toronto Bell (29,9th inning off Wills 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Allanson (8,off Lamp).  SF–Carter (6,off Clancy); Franco (3,off Lamp).  HBP–Butler (2,by Mahler); Moseby (5,by Schrom); Garcia (4,by Schrom); Mulliniks (1,by Schrom).  IBB–Carter (3,by Musselman).  SB–Bernazard (16,2nd base off Musselman/Whitt); Moseby (29,2nd base off Schrom/Allanson).  WP–Aquino (1).  HBP–Schrom 3 (12,Moseby,Garcia,Mulliniks); Mahler (4,Butler).  IBB–Musselman (1,Carter).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–3:15.  A–33,535.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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