Detroit Tigers vs Toronto Blue Jays
April 16, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1996 at Skydome. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 13, Toronto Blue Jays 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Curtis cf 5 1 3 3
Higginson rf 3 1 2 0
Fryman 3b 5 2 1 2
Fielder dh 4 3 3 5
Nieves lf 4 1 2 0
Hyers 1b 4 0 1 0
Lewis M. 2b 5 0 2 1
Flaherty c 5 3 3 2
Gomez ss 3 2 1 0
Gohr p 0 0 0 0
  Keagle p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis R. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 13 18 13
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 3 1 1 1
Brito 2b 3 1 2 1
Delgado dh 4 0 1 1
Carter lf 4 1 1 2
Sprague 3b 5 1 1 0
Olerud 1b 5 2 3 1
Green rf 4 1 0 0
Martinez c 5 0 1 2
Gonzalez ss 3 1 1 0
Hanson p 0 0 0 0
  Carrara p 0 0 0 0
  Risley p 0 0 0 0
  Bohanon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 11 8
Detroit 007 211 00213180
Toronto 022 010 0308110
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gohr  W (1-2) 5.0 7 5 5 0 4
  Keagle   2.1 2 3 3 4 2
  Lewis  SV (1) 1.2 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
4
8
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Hanson  L (2-2) 2.0 6 6 6 1 1
  Carrara   2.0 5 3 3 3 0
  Risley   2.0 3 2 2 2 0
  Bohanon   3.0 4 2 2 3 2
Totals
9.0
18
13
13
9
3

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1, Toronto 6.  2B–Detroit Gomez (1,off Hanson); Higginson (4,off Hanson); Fryman (2,off Hanson); Curtis (3,off Bohanon), Toronto Brito (4,off Gohr); Delgado (1,off Gohr); Olerud (2,off R Lewis).  3B–Toronto Martinez (1,off Gohr).  HR–Detroit Fielder 3 (9,3rd inning off Hanson 1 on, 0 out,4th inning off Carrara 1 on, 2 out,6th inning off Risley 0 on, 1 out); Flaherty 2 (2,5th inning off Risley 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Bohanon 0 on, 2 out), Toronto Carter (1,3rd inning off Gohr 1 on, 1 out); Nixon (1,5th inning off Gohr 0 on, 0 out); Olerud (4,8th inning off Keagle 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Hyers (2,by Carrara); Fielder (1,by Bohanon).  SF–Delgado (1,off R Lewis).  HBP–Brito (2,by Gohr); Gonzalez (2,by Gohr); Green (2,by Keagle).  SB–Curtis (2,2nd base off Carrara/Martinez).  WP–Carrara (1).  HBP–Gohr 2 (2,Brito,Gonzalez); Keagle (1,Green).  IBB–Carrara (1,Hyers); Bohanon (1,Fielder).  U-HP–Larry Young, 1B–Ed Hickox, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Mark Johnson.  T–3:12.  A–25,503.
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