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Toronto Blue Jays @ Boston Red Sox

1996-08-08 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 32696 · 86°F, sunny, dry · Wind 13 mph to LF · 3:03

Toronto Blue Jays defeated Boston Red Sox 9–6. Toronto Blue Jays put up 4 in the 1st. Woody Williams earned the win and Mike Timlin picked up the save. Mike Stanley went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TOR	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	9	17
BOS	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	6	10

W: Woody Williams L: Aaron Sele SV: Mike Timlin

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

Toronto Blue Jays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Otis Nixon	6	0	2	1	0	1
Tomas Perez	5	1	2	0	0	1
Carlos Delgado	4	1	3	0	1	0
Joe Carter	5	2	2	1	0	2
Ed Sprague	4	2	1	1	0	0
John Olerud	4	2	2	1	1	0
Shawn Green	2	1	1	1	1	0
Alex Gonzalez	5	0	4	4	0	0
Sandy Martinez	5	0	0	0	0	1
Jacob Brumfield	0	0	0	0	1	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Darren Bragg	4	1	1	1	1	0
Jeff Frye	5	0	1	0	0	0
Mo Vaughn	5	1	1	0	0	1
Reggie Jefferson	4	0	0	0	0	3
Mike Stanley	4	1	2	2	0	0
Mike Greenwell	4	2	2	0	0	0
Tim Naehring	4	1	0	0	0	1
Troy O'Leary	4	0	3	3	0	0
Tony Rodriguez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Pirkl	1	0	0	0	0	1

Toronto Blue Jays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Woody Williams	5.0	4	1	3
Tony Castillo	2.0	3	0	1
Tim Crabtree	1.0	2	0	2
Mike Timlin	1.0	1	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Aaron Sele	4.1	11	3	3
Joe Hudson	3.2	4	0	1
Ken Grundt	0.1	1	0	0
Stan Belinda	0.2	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Otis Nixon: 63/G56
Tomas Perez: S9/F89M/R6
Carlos Delgado: S9/L9M/R5.1-3
Joe Carter: S9/G34/R6.3-H;1-3
Ed Sprague: S8/G6MD/R6.3-H;1-2
John Olerud: W.2-3;1-2
Shawn Green: 7/F7D/SF/R6.3-H
Alex Gonzalez: S8/L78S/R4.2-H;1-3
Sandy Martinez: 5/P5F

Bot 1

Darren Bragg: HR/F8LXD.B-H
Jeff Frye: 9/L9S
Mo Vaughn: S8/L89S/R4
Reggie Jefferson: K+SB2
Mike Stanley: S8/L8RS/R26.2-H;B-2(TH)
Mike Greenwell: 43/G34D

Top 2

Otis Nixon: S1/BG3S
Tomas Perez: K
Carlos Delgado: W.1-2
Joe Carter: K
Ed Sprague: 4/P4

Bot 2

Tim Naehring: 8/F8LS
Troy O'Leary: 3/L3
Tony Rodriguez: 1/P6MS

Top 3

John Olerud: 31/G34
Shawn Green: D8/F78XD/R4
Alex Gonzalez: 6/LDP/L56D.2X2(64)

Bot 3

Darren Bragg: W
Jeff Frye: 7/F7M
Mo Vaughn: K
Reggie Jefferson: K

Top 4

Sandy Martinez: K
Otis Nixon: 63/G56
Tomas Perez: S9/F9S.BX2(946)

Bot 4

Mike Stanley: 8/F8LS
Mike Greenwell: 43/G4
Tim Naehring: 6/P56

Top 5

Carlos Delgado: 9/F9S
Joe Carter: S8/L78M/R4
Ed Sprague: HP.1-2
John Olerud: D8/F8RD/R6.2-H;1-3
Shawn Green: I
Alex Gonzalez: S9/G34/R6.3-H;2-H;1-2
Sandy Martinez: 46(1)/FO/G4.2-3;B-1
Otis Nixon: S8/G6MD/R6.3-H;1-2
Tomas Perez: 53/G5

Bot 5

Troy O'Leary: S9/G4/R4
Tony Rodriguez: E6/G6MD.1-2;B-1
Darren Bragg: 5/P56
Jeff Frye: 5(2)/FO/G5.1-2;B-1
Mo Vaughn: 8/F89D

Top 6

Carlos Delgado: S7/L7LD/R4
Joe Carter: K
Ed Sprague: 7/F7M/R6
John Olerud: 13/G15

Bot 6

Reggie Jefferson: K
Mike Stanley: HR/F8LXD.B-H
Mike Greenwell: S5/G15
Tim Naehring: E6/TH/G6.1-3;B-1
Troy O'Leary: T9/L9LM/R4.3-H;1-H(UR)
Tony Rodriguez: FC1/BG13S.3XH(12);B-1
Darren Bragg: 6(1)/FO/G6M

Top 7

Shawn Green: 43/G4M
Alex Gonzalez: S7/L78S.BX2(74)
Sandy Martinez: 13/G15

Bot 7

Jeff Frye: 9/F89S
Mo Vaughn: 63/G6
Reggie Jefferson: 43/G34D

Top 8

Otis Nixon: 53/G5S
Tomas Perez: 43/G4
Carlos Delgado: D9/L9LM/R4
Joe Carter: 7/F7M

Bot 8

Mike Stanley: 53/G5
Mike Greenwell: D7/L78M/R4
Tim Naehring: K
Troy O'Leary: S8/L4M/R6.2-H
Greg Pirkl: K

Top 9

Ed Sprague: 53/G5
John Olerud: D7/F78XD/R6
Jacob Brumfield: W
Alex Gonzalez: D9/L9LM/R4.2-H;1-3
Sandy Martinez: 6/P4D
Otis Nixon: K

Bot 9

Darren Bragg: 3/G3
Jeff Frye: S6/P6MD
Mo Vaughn: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Notes & reviews

Debut game for Ken Grundt

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