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Blue Jays
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
July 6, 1996
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Toronto Blue Jays, played on July 6, 1996 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | July 6, 1996 |
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Visiting Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 6, 1996 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Pat Hentgen |
Home Starting Pitcher | Omar Olivares |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 16,228 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 37 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Rich Garcia 1B: Mike Everitt 2B: Mike Reilly 3B: Gary Cederstrom |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
Name | Position |
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Otis Nixon | Center Fielder |
Shawn Green | Right Fielder |
Carlos Delgado | DH |
Joe Carter | Left Fielder |
Ed Sprague | Third Baseman |
John Olerud | First Baseman |
Charlie O'Brien | Catcher |
Alex Gonzalez | Shortstop |
Tomas Perez | Second Baseman |
Cito Gaston | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bobby Higginson | Left Fielder |
Chad Curtis | Center Fielder |
Travis Fryman | Third Baseman |
Cecil Fielder | DH |
Tony Clark | First Baseman |
Melvin Nieves | Right Fielder |
Mark Lewis | Second Baseman |
Mark Parent | Catcher |
Andujar Cedeno | Shortstop |
Buddy Bell | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Blue Jays
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
July 6, 1996
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Olivares
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Green vs. Olivares
Green hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nieves. Green reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Delgado vs. Olivares
Delgado hits a popup, foul, towards first. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Carter vs. Olivares
Carter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cedeno scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Hentgen
Higginson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Curtis vs. Hentgen
Curtis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nixon throws the ball in to Perez who tags Curtis trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Higginson moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Fryman vs. Hentgen
Fryman strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Fielder vs. Hentgen
Fielder is walked intentionally. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Clark vs. Hentgen
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Sprague vs. Olivares
Sprague hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Olerud vs. Olivares
Olerud hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Curtis. Olerud reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
O'Brien vs. Olivares
O'Brien hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Olerud scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Olivares
Gonzalez bunts towards the mound. Olivares fields it and throws to first for the out. O'Brien moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Perez vs. Olivares
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cedeno scoops it up and throws to first for the out. O'Brien moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Nixon vs. Olivares
Nixon hits a fly ball into center field. Curtis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Nieves vs. Hentgen
Nieves strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Hentgen
Lewis strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Parent vs. Hentgen
Parent hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hentgen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Olivares
Green hits a fly ball into left field. Higginson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Delgado vs. Olivares
Delgado hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Carter vs. Olivares
Carter takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Sprague vs. Olivares
Sprague hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. Carter moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Olerud vs. Olivares
Olerud takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
O'Brien vs. Olivares
O'Brien hits a popup, foul, towards third. Fryman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Hentgen
Cedeno hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Higginson vs. Hentgen
Higginson hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Curtis vs. Hentgen
Curtis hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fryman vs. Hentgen
Fryman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez misplays the ball. That's an error on Gonzalez. Cedeno moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fielder vs. Hentgen
Fielder hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Olivares
Gonzalez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Olivares
Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Curtis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Olivares
Nixon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Olivares
Green hits a fly ball into center field. Curtis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Hentgen
Clark hits a popup, foul, towards third. Sprague settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Nieves vs. Hentgen
Nieves hits a popup, foul, towards third. Sprague settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Hentgen
Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Delgado vs. Olivares
Delgado hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carter vs. Olivares
Carter hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Sprague vs. Keagle
Greg Keagle now pitching.
Sprague hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Olerud vs. Keagle
Olerud strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Keagle
O'Brien strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Parent vs. Hentgen
Parent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Hentgen
Cedeno hits a popup towards third. Sprague settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Higginson vs. Hentgen
Higginson hits a fly ball into right field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Keagle
Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Higginson. Gonzalez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Perez vs. Keagle
Perez bunts towards third. Fryman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gonzalez moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Nixon vs. Keagle
Nixon hits a ball on the ground into right field. Nieves picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Nieves. Gonzalez scores. Perez goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Blue Jays, 7 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Keagle
Green hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Blue Jays, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Delgado vs. Keagle
Delgado hits a popup towards short. Cedeno settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Carter vs. Keagle
Carter hits a fly ball into center field. Curtis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sprague vs. Keagle
Sprague hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Blue Jays, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Olerud vs. Keagle
Olerud is hit by the pitch. Sprague moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
O'Brien vs. Keagle
O'Brien hits a popup, foul, towards first. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Blue Jays, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Curtis vs. Hentgen
Curtis hits a fly ball into center field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Fryman vs. Hentgen
Fryman hits a fly ball into right field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Fielder vs. Hentgen
Fielder hits a line drive towards third. Sprague reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Keagle
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Keagle
Perez hits a fly ball into center field. Curtis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Keagle
Nixon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Keagle
Green is hit by the pitch. Nixon moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 9 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Delgado vs. Keagle
Delgado hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 12 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Carter vs. Keagle
Carter hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Nieves. Carter reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 12 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Sprague vs. Walker
Mike Walker now pitching. Robert Perez pinch runs for Joe Carter.
Sprague hits a popup towards third. Fryman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Blue Jays, 12 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Hentgen
Eddie Williams pinch hits for Tony Clark. Jacob Brumfield now playing center field. Robert Perez now playing left field. Domingo Cedeno now playin
Williams hits a line drive into center field. Brumfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 12 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Nieves vs. Hentgen
Nieves hits a fly ball into right field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 12 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Hentgen
Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 12 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Olerud vs. Walker
Eddie Williams now playing first base. Kimera Bartee now playing center field. Curtis Pride now playing left field.
Olerud hits a fly ball into center field. Bartee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 12 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Walker
O'Brien hits a fly ball into left field. Pride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 12 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Walker
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Walker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Blue Jays, 12 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Walker
Perez hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Gonzalez moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 12 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Brumfield vs. Walker
Brumfield hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gonzalez scores. Perez moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 13 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Green vs. Walker
Green hits a fly ball into right field. Nieves settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 13 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Parent vs. Hentgen
Parent hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 13 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Cedeno vs. Hentgen
Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hentgen fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Blue Jays, 13 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Pride vs. Hentgen
Pride strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 13 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Delgado vs. Walker
Delgado takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 13 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Walker
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. Delgado moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 13 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Cedeno vs. Walker
Cedeno hits a fly ball into center field. Bartee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 13 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Olerud vs. Walker
Olerud hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Blue Jays, 15 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Walker
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cedeno scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Blue Jays, 15 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bartee vs. Hentgen
Bartee hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hentgen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 15 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Fryman vs. Hentgen
Fryman hits a fly ball into center field. Brumfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 15 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Fielder vs. Hentgen
Fielder strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/6/1996 -- Toronto at Detroit (D) Toronto AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Nixon O, cf 4 2 2 1 Higginson B, lf 2 0 0 0 Brumfield J, cf 1 0 1 1 Pride C, lf 1 0 0 0 Green S, rf 5 2 2 2 Curtis C, cf 3 0 1 0 Delgado C, dh 5 4 3 4 Bartee K, cf 1 0 0 0 Carter J, lf 4 1 2 2 Fryman T, 3b 4 0 0 0 Perez R, pr-lf 1 0 0 0 Fielder C, dh 3 0 0 0 Sprague E, 3b 5 1 2 1 Clark T, 1b 2 0 0 0 Cedeno D, 3b 1 0 0 0 Williams E, ph-1b 1 0 0 0 Olerud J, 1b 4 2 2 2 Nieves M, rf 3 0 0 0 O'Brien C, c 6 0 1 1 Lewis M, 2b 3 0 0 0 Gonzalez A, ss 4 2 2 0 Parent M, c 3 0 1 0 Perez T, 2b 5 1 2 0 Cedeno A, ss 3 0 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 45 15 19 14 29 0 3 0 Toronto 021 024 312 -- 15 Detroit 000 000 000 -- 0 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO Hentgen P (W) 9.0 3 0 0 2 5 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Olivares O (L)* 4.0 7 5 5 3 0 Keagle G 2.2 8 7 7 0 2 Walker M 2.1 4 3 3 1 0 * Pitched to 2 batters in 5th E -- Gonzalez A, Nieves M DP -- Toronto 1 LOB -- Toronto 10, Detroit 4 2B -- Green S, Olerud J, Gonzalez A, Carter J HR -- Sprague E, Delgado C 2, Carter J, Green S, Olerud J SH -- Gonzalez A HBP -- by Keagle G (Olerud J), by Keagle G (Green S) T -- 2:37 A -- 16228
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