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Toronto Blue Jays @ Kansas City Royals

1996-05-20 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 14303 · 63°F, night, dry · Wind 10 mph L to R · 2:05

Kansas City Royals defeated Toronto Blue Jays 5–4. Kansas City Royals put up 2 in the 2nd. Chris Haney earned the win and Jeff Montgomery picked up the save. Ed Sprague 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	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	7
KCA	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0		5	8

W: Chris Haney L: Pat Hentgen SV: Jeff Montgomery

Umpires — HP: Drew Coble · 1B: Rick Reed · 2B: Mark Johnson · 3B: Larry Young · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Toronto Blue Jays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Otis Nixon	2	0	1	0	0
Domingo Cedeno	4	0	0	0	0
Juan Samuel	4	0	1	1	1
Joe Carter	4	1	1	0	1
Ed Sprague	4	2	2	2	1
Jacob Brumfield	4	0	1	1	1
Robert Perez	3	0	1	0	0
Charlie O'Brien	3	0	0	0	1
Alex Gonzalez	3	0	0	0	0
Felipe Crespo	2	1	0	0	0
John Olerud	1	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bip Roberts	4	0	1	0	0	1
Tom Goodwin	4	1	1	0	0	1
Keith Lockhart	4	0	2	0	0	0
Joe Vitiello	4	1	1	0	0	3
Michael Tucker	2	2	1	1	1	0
Jose Offerman	2	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Damon	3	1	1	2	0	0
Mike Macfarlane	3	0	1	0	0	0
David Howard	2	0	0	0	1	0

Toronto Blue Jays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pat Hentgen	7.0	7	2	4
Brian Bohanon	1.0	1	0	2

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Haney	8.1	7	0	4
Jeff Montgomery	0.2	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Otis Nixon: 63/G6M
Domingo Cedeno: 9/F9M
Juan Samuel: K/C

Bot 1

Bip Roberts: 5/P5
Tom Goodwin: 9/F9S
Keith Lockhart: 7/F7LS

Top 2

Joe Carter: 8/F8RS
Ed Sprague: K
Jacob Brumfield: 8/F8LM

Bot 2

Joe Vitiello: D8/L89D
Michael Tucker: D9/G3L.2-H
Jose Offerman: 13/SH/BG15.2-3
Johnny Damon: 3/G3S.3-H
Mike Macfarlane: 7/F7S

Top 3

Robert Perez: 3/P3SF
Charlie O'Brien: 53/G5
Alex Gonzalez: 43/G4

Bot 3

David Howard: W
Bip Roberts: S8/G6M.1-2
Tom Goodwin: PO2(26)
Tom Goodwin: 16(1)/FO/G15.B-1
Keith Lockhart: S9/L9S.1-3
Joe Vitiello: SB2.3-H(WP)
Joe Vitiello: K

Top 4

Otis Nixon: T9/L9LS
Domingo Cedeno: 9/F9LM
Juan Samuel: S8/L8RM.3-H
Joe Carter: K
Ed Sprague: 9/F89S

Bot 4

Michael Tucker: W
Jose Offerman: K
Johnny Damon: 5/P5SF
Mike Macfarlane: D7/L7LM.1-3
David Howard: PO2(E1).3-H(UR);2-3#
David Howard: OA.3XH(62)#

Top 5

Jacob Brumfield: 9/F89M
Robert Perez: 63/G4MD
Charlie O'Brien: 9/F9LM

Bot 5

David Howard: 7/P56D
Bip Roberts: K
Tom Goodwin: S6/G6M
Keith Lockhart: CS2(26)

Top 6

Alex Gonzalez: 53/G5S
Felipe Crespo: 63/G6M
Domingo Cedeno: 7/F7LS

Bot 6

Keith Lockhart: 5/P5DF
Joe Vitiello: K/C
Michael Tucker: 9/F9D

Top 7

Juan Samuel: 43/G4M
Joe Carter: 8/F8RM
Ed Sprague: D7/L7LD
Jacob Brumfield: S8/L4MD.2-H
Robert Perez: S9/L4D.1-2
Charlie O'Brien: K

Bot 7

Jose Offerman: 9/F9D
Johnny Damon: HR/L9LD.B-H
Mike Macfarlane: 9/F9D
David Howard: 43/G4

Top 8

Alex Gonzalez: 4/P4
Felipe Crespo: 63/G6
Domingo Cedeno: 3/P3SF

Bot 8

Bip Roberts: 3/BP3S
Tom Goodwin: K/C
Keith Lockhart: S6/G56
Joe Vitiello: K

Top 9

Juan Samuel: 4/P4D
Joe Carter: D8/L78M
Ed Sprague: HR/F7D.2-H;B-H
Jacob Brumfield: K
John Olerud: 8/F8LM