The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 2004 at Skydome. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baltimore Orioles 5, Toronto Blue Jays 3
Toronto Blue Jays | ab | r | h | rbi |
Catalanotto lf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Berg ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hermansen lf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hinske 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gomez ph,3b | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Wells cf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Delgado 1b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Phelps dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Myers c | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Johnson rf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Hudson 2b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Woodward ss | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Towers p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kershner p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ligtenberg p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Adams p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Speier p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 30 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | 12 | 0 | ||
Toronto | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Baltimore Orioles | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Ainsworth | 7.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
Ryan W (1-0) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Julio SV (1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
Toronto Blue Jays | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Towers | 4.2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Kershner | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ligtenberg | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Adams | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Speier L (1-1) | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Totals | 9.0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
E –None. DP –Baltimore 1, Toronto 1. 2B –Baltimore Mora (3,off Towers); Roberts 2 (3,off Towers,off Speier), Toronto Hudson (3,off Ainsworth). HR –Baltimore Bigbie (3,9th inning off Speier 0 on, 0 out), Toronto Wells (1,4th inning off Ainsworth 0 on, 0 out). SH –Mora 2 (3,off Towers,off Speier); Woodward (1,off Ainsworth). SF –Tejada (1,off Towers); Catalanotto (1,off Ainsworth). Team LOB –9. HBP –Delgado (2,by Ainsworth); Hudson (1,by Ainsworth). Team –5. SB –Bigbie (1,2nd base off Towers/Myers); Mora (1,3rd base off Towers/Myers). CS –Raines (1,2nd base by Ligtenberg/Myers). HBP –Ainsworth 2 (2,Delgado,Hudson). U-HP –Phil Cuzzi, 1B –James Hoye, 2B –Jerry Crawford, 3B –Brian O'Nora. T –2:42. A –20,177. |
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