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Toronto Blue Jays @ Boston Red Sox

1996-08-07 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 30443 · 83°F, night, wet · Wind 11 mph to LF · 2:00

Boston Red Sox defeated Toronto Blue Jays 8–0. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 4th. Tom Gordon earned the win. Tony Rodriguez went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TOR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
BOS	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	3		8	9

W: Tom Gordon L: Pat Hentgen SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Rocky Roe · 1B: Durwood Merrill · 2B: Dale Scott · 3B: Dave Phillips · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Toronto Blue Jays — batting

Batter	AB	H	SO
Otis Nixon	4	0	1
Domingo Cedeno	4	0	2
John Olerud	4	0	1
Joe Carter	4	0	1
Carlos Delgado	3	0	0
Ed Sprague	3	1	1
Shawn Green	3	1	0
Charlie O'Brien	3	1	1
Tomas Perez	3	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Darren Bragg	4	1	1	0	0	2
Jeff Frye	4	1	2	0	0	0
Mo Vaughn	4	1	1	2	0	1
Reggie Jefferson	3	1	1	1	0	0
Mike Stanley	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Greenwell	4	2	2	1	0	0
Troy O'Leary	3	1	0	0	1	0
Arquimedez Pozo	2	0	0	1	0	1
Tony Rodriguez	3	1	2	3	0	0

Toronto Blue Jays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pat Hentgen	8.0	9	1	5

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Gordon	9.0	3	0	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

Otis Nixon: K/C
Domingo Cedeno: 43/G4
John Olerud: 8/F8LS

Bot 1

Darren Bragg: S8/F8LS/R4
Jeff Frye: S7/L56/R5.1-2
Mo Vaughn: 9/F9LM/R4.2-3
Reggie Jefferson: S9/L89S/R6.3-H;1-3
Mike Stanley: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 2

Joe Carter: 3/P3F
Carlos Delgado: 43/G4
Ed Sprague: K

Bot 2

Mike Greenwell: 9/F9LD
Troy O'Leary: 9/F9D
Arquimedez Pozo: K/C

Top 3

Shawn Green: 31/G34
Charlie O'Brien: K
Tomas Perez: 3/G3

Bot 3

Tony Rodriguez: 13/G13
Darren Bragg: K
Jeff Frye: 63/G6

Top 4

Otis Nixon: 53/G5
Domingo Cedeno: K/C
John Olerud: K

Bot 4

Mo Vaughn: 3/G3
Reggie Jefferson: HP
Mike Stanley: 9/F89M/R4
Mike Greenwell: S7/L56/R6.1-2
Troy O'Leary: W.2-3;1-2
Arquimedez Pozo: HP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Tony Rodriguez: S8/L8LS.3-H;2-H;1X3(85)

Top 5

Joe Carter: 53/G56
Carlos Delgado: 8/F8RS
Ed Sprague: S9/L89M/R4
Shawn Green: 3/G34

Bot 5

Darren Bragg: 43/G4
Jeff Frye: 63/G6MD
Mo Vaughn: K

Top 6

Charlie O'Brien: 4/P4D
Tomas Perez: E3/G6M.B-2
Otis Nixon: 63/G6
Domingo Cedeno: K

Bot 6

Reggie Jefferson: 43/G4
Mike Stanley: 9/F9M
Mike Greenwell: 9/F9D

Top 7

John Olerud: 8/F78M
Joe Carter: 8/L8LM
Carlos Delgado: 7/L7D

Bot 7

Troy O'Leary: 9/F89M
Arquimedez Pozo: 2/P25F
Tony Rodriguez: HR/F7D.B-H
Darren Bragg: K/C

Top 8

Ed Sprague: 9/F9LS
Shawn Green: D9/L9LM/R4
Charlie O'Brien: S7/L56/R5.2-3
Tomas Perez: K
Otis Nixon: 64(1)/FO/G6M

Bot 8

Jeff Frye: S8/G6MD/R6
Mo Vaughn: HR/F9D.1-H;B-H
Reggie Jefferson: 5/P25F
Mike Stanley: K/C
Mike Greenwell: HR/F9D.B-H
Troy O'Leary: 43/G4

Top 9

Domingo Cedeno: 43/G34
John Olerud: 7/F7LM
Joe Carter: K