New York Mets vs Toronto Blue Jays
June 30, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 30, 1998 at Skydome. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 3, Toronto Blue Jays 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Alfonzo 3b 4 0 0 0
Lopez 2b 4 0 0 0
Piazza dh 4 0 2 0
Olerud 1b 4 1 1 0
Gilkey lf 4 1 1 1
McRae cf 3 1 1 2
Huskey rf 4 0 0 0
Pratt c 4 0 1 0
Ordonez ss 3 0 0 0
Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Tam p 0 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Pulsipher p 0 0 0 0
  Hudek p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 6 3
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Stewart lf 4 0 1 0
Green cf 4 0 1 0
Canseco rf 2 1 1 1
  Crespo ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Delgado 1b 4 1 1 1
Stanley dh 3 1 1 0
Fernandez 2b 4 1 2 0
Fletcher c 2 1 1 2
Sprague 3b 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez ss 4 1 2 2
Clemens p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 11 6
New York 010 000 200360
Toronto 022 200 00x6111
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Reed  L (9-5) 4.0 9 6 6 1 3
  Tam   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Wendell   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Pulsipher   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Hudek   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
3
5
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  W (9-6) 9.0 6 3 3 1 11
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
1
11

  E–Sprague (12).  PB–Pratt (1).  2B–New York Pratt (3,off Clemens), Toronto Gonzalez (17,off Wendell); Fernandez (17,off Hudek).  3B–New York Olerud (2,off Clemens).  HR–New York McRae (10,7th inning off Clemens 1 on, 0 out), Toronto Fletcher (5,2nd inning off Reed 1 on, 2 out); Canseco (24,3rd inning off Reed 0 on, 2 out); Delgado (14,3rd inning off Reed 0 on, 2 out); Gonzalez (8,4th inning off Reed 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Fletcher (1,off Reed).  IBB–Fletcher (7,by Hudek).  SB–Stewart (20,2nd base off Reed/Pratt).  CS–Green (8,2nd base by Reed/Pratt); Canseco (9,2nd base by Reed/Pratt).  IBB–Hudek (2,Fletcher).  U-HP–Brian O'Nora, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:32.  A–30,322.
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