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Blue Jays
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
September 17, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays, played on September 17, 1997 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
Date | September 17, 1997 |
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Visiting Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 17, 1997 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Pat Hentgen |
Home Starting Pitcher | Jeff Suppan |
Ballpark | Fenway Park |
City | Boston |
State | MA |
Attendance | 23,648 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 37 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Gary Cederstrom 1B: Mark Johnson 2B: Drew Coble 3B: Tim McClelland |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
Name | Position |
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Shannon Stewart | Center Fielder |
Mariano Duncan | Second Baseman |
Jose Cruz | Left Fielder |
Joe Carter | DH |
Carlos Delgado | First Baseman |
Benito Santiago | Catcher |
Shawn Green | Right Fielder |
Felipe Crespo | Third Baseman |
Alex Gonzalez | Shortstop |
Cito Gaston | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Nomar Garciaparra | Shortstop |
John Valentin | Third Baseman |
Mo Vaughn | First Baseman |
Reggie Jefferson | DH |
Wil Cordero | Left Fielder |
Troy O'Leary | Right Fielder |
Scott Hatteberg | Catcher |
Jeff Frye | Second Baseman |
Darren Bragg | Center Fielder |
Jimy Williams | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Blue Jays
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
September 17, 1997
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Suppan
Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garciaparra scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Duncan vs. Suppan
Duncan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garciaparra scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Suppan
Cruz hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Carter vs. Suppan
Carter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garciaparra fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Garciaparra. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Delgado vs. Suppan
Delgado takes first base on ball four. Carter moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Santiago vs. Suppan
Santiago hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Suppan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Garciaparra vs. Hentgen
Garciaparra hits a fly ball into right field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Valentin vs. Hentgen
Valentin strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Vaughn vs. Hentgen
Vaughn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Jefferson vs. Hentgen
Jefferson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hentgen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Green vs. Suppan
Green hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valentin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Crespo vs. Suppan
Crespo hits a popup towards short. Garciaparra settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Suppan
Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stewart vs. Suppan
Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garciaparra scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Cordero vs. Hentgen
Cordero strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
O'Leary vs. Hentgen
O'Leary hits a ball on the ground towards third. Crespo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hatteberg vs. Hentgen
Hatteberg strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duncan vs. Suppan
Duncan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garciaparra scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Suppan
Cruz hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Bragg. Cruz reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Carter vs. Suppan
Carter hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frye settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Delgado vs. Suppan
Delgado hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vaughn scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Delgado for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Frye vs. Hentgen
Frye hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hentgen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bragg vs. Hentgen
Bragg hits a fly ball into center field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garciaparra vs. Hentgen
Garciaparra hits a fly ball into right field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Santiago vs. Suppan
Santiago strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Green vs. Suppan
Green hits a fly ball into right field. O'Leary settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Crespo vs. Suppan
Crespo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Suppan
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garciaparra scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Valentin vs. Hentgen
Valentin hits a fly ball into center field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Vaughn vs. Hentgen
Vaughn strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Jefferson vs. Hentgen
Jefferson strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Suppan
Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valentin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Duncan vs. Suppan
Duncan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Frye fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Suppan
Cruz strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cordero vs. Hentgen
Cordero hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Duncan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
O'Leary vs. Hentgen
O'Leary hits a ball on the ground towards first. Delgado scoops it up and throws to first, with Hentgen covering, for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hatteberg vs. Hentgen
Hatteberg hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Frye vs. Hentgen
Frye hits a fly ball into center field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carter vs. Suppan
Carter hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Frye settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Delgado vs. Suppan
Delgado takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Santiago vs. Suppan
Santiago hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garciaparra fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Bragg vs. Hentgen
Bragg hits a fly ball into rightcenter field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garciaparra vs. Hentgen
Garciaparra hits a popup towards first. Delgado settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Valentin vs. Hentgen
Valentin hits a fly ball into right field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Vaughn vs. Hentgen
Vaughn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Duncan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Green vs. Suppan
Green hits a fly ball into center field. Bragg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crespo vs. Suppan
Crespo hits a fly ball into center field. Bragg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Suppan
Gonzalez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stewart vs. Suppan
Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valentin juggles the ball. That's an error on Valentin. Gonzalez moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Duncan vs. Suppan
Duncan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valentin juggles the ball. That's an error on Valentin. Gonzalez moves to third. Stewart moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Cruz vs. Suppan
Cruz strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Jefferson vs. Hentgen
Jefferson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Duncan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cordero vs. Hentgen
Cordero hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
O'Leary vs. Hentgen
O'Leary hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hatteberg vs. Hentgen
Hatteberg hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Cruz. Hatteberg reaches second base with a double. O'Leary moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -23
Frye vs. Hentgen
Frye hits a fly ball towards right. Green catches it and throws to third to double up O'Leary. O'Leary tags and scores. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Carter vs. Corsi
Jim Corsi now pitching.
Carter takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Delgado vs. Corsi
Delgado hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of O'Leary. Delgado reaches second base with a double. Carter goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Santiago vs. Corsi
Juan Samuel pinch runs for Carlos Delgado.
Santiago bunts towards the mound. Corsi fields it and throws to first for the out. Samuel moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Green vs. Mahay
Ron Mahay now pitching.
Green hits a popup, foul, towards third. Valentin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Crespo vs. Mahay
Crespo strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bragg vs. Quantrill
Juan Samuel now playing first base. Paul Quantrill now pitching.
Bragg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Quantrill fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Garciaparra vs. Quantrill
Garciaparra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Duncan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Valentin vs. Quantrill
Valentin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Vaughn vs. Plesac
Dan Plesac now pitching.
Vaughn hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jefferson vs. Plesac
Jefferson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Samuel scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jefferson for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Gordon
Tom Gordon now pitching.
Gonzalez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Stewart vs. Gordon
Stewart hits a line drive into right field. O'Leary settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Duncan vs. Gordon
There's a wild pitch. Gonzalez moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Duncan vs. Gordon
Duncan strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Cruz vs. Gordon
Cruz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Carter vs. Gordon
Carter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gonzalez scores. Cruz moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Samuel vs. Gordon
Samuel strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/17/1997 -- Toronto at Boston (N) Toronto AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI Stewart S, cf 5 0 1 0 Garciaparra N, ss 4 0 0 0 Duncan M, 2b 5 0 0 0 Valentin J, 3b 4 1 1 0 Cruz J, lf 4 1 2 1 Vaughn M, 1b 3 1 1 2 Carter J, dh 4 1 1 1 Jefferson R, dh 4 0 0 0 Delgado C, 1b 2 0 1 1 Cordero W, lf 3 1 1 1 Samuel J, pr-1b 1 0 0 0 O'Leary T, rf 3 1 1 0 Santiago B, c 3 0 0 0 Hatteberg S, c 3 0 2 0 Green S, rf 4 0 0 0 Frye J, 2b 2 0 0 1 Crespo F, 3b 3 0 0 0 Bragg D, cf 3 0 1 0 Gonzalez A, ss 3 1 2 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 3 7 3 29 4 7 4 Toronto 100 000 011 -- 3 Boston 000 000 22x -- 4 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO Hentgen P 7.0 5 2 2 1 5 Quantrill P (L) 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 Plesac D 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Suppan J 7.0 5 1 1 3 3 Corsi J 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 Mahay R (W) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 Gordon T (S) 1.0 1 1 1 2 2 E -- Garciaparra N, Valentin J 2 DP -- Toronto 1, Boston 2 LOB -- Toronto 11, Boston 3 2B -- Cruz J, Bragg D, Hatteberg S, Delgado C HR -- Cruz J, Cordero W, Vaughn M SH -- Santiago B SF -- Frye J WP -- Gordon T T -- 2:37 A -- 23648
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