Toronto Blue Jays vs Texas Rangers
April 18, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1997 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 6, Texas Rangers 5

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 3 1 0 0
Garcia 2b 4 1 0 0
Merced rf 4 2 1 1
Carter 1b 4 1 1 1
Sprague 3b 4 1 1 2
Delgado dh 3 0 0 1
O'Brien c 3 0 1 1
Green lf 3 0 0 0
  Perez ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 2 0 0 0
Hentgen p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 4 6
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McLemore 2b 5 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 4 0 1 0
Greer lf 4 0 0 0
Stevens 1b 4 1 1 0
Palmer 3b 4 2 2 1
Simms dh 3 1 1 1
Sagmoen rf 4 0 2 1
Buford cf 4 1 1 1
Gil ss 3 0 1 1
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
Pavlik p 0 0 0 0
  Santana p 0 0 0 0
  Gunderson p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 5
Toronto 500 000 100640
Texas 010 100 210590
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Hentgen  W (1-1) 6.2 8 4 4 1 5
  Plesac   1.1 1 1 1 0 3
  Timlin  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
1
9
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Pavlik  L (1-2) 0.1 2 5 5 4 0
  Santana   6.1 1 1 1 4 3
  Gunderson   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Hernandez   2.0 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
4
6
6
11
5

  E–None.  2B–Toronto Sprague (8,off Pavlik); Carter (3,off Hernandez), Texas Palmer (2,off Hentgen).  HR–Toronto Merced (1,7th inning off Santana 0 on, 0 out), Texas Simms (1,7th inning off Hentgen 0 on, 0 out); Palmer (2,8th inning off Plesac 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Delgado (1,by Santana).  IBB–Delgado (1,by Hernandez).  WP–Hernandez (2).  HBP–Santana (3,Delgado).  IBB–Hernandez (1,Delgado).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:54.  A–30,452.
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