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Chicago White Sox @ Toronto Blue Jays

1996-08-31 · Day game · Rogers Centre · Att: 32141 · 79°F, sunny, dry · 2:42

Chicago White Sox defeated Toronto Blue Jays 5–1. Chicago White Sox put up 2 in the 5th. Wilson Alvarez earned the win. Robin Ventura went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHA	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	5	12
TOR	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7

W: Wilson Alvarez L: Huck Flener SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Shulock · 1B: Ed Hickox · 2B: Tim McClelland · 3B: Tim Tschida · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Phillips	3	1	0	0	2	2
Ray Durham	4	2	2	0	1	0
Frank Thomas	4	0	1	1	1	0
Danny Tartabull	3	0	1	2	2	1
Robin Ventura	5	2	2	1	0	0
Lyle Mouton	3	0	0	0	0	1
Norberto Martin	4	0	3	1	0	1
Pat Borders	4	0	0	0	0	0
Darren Lewis	4	0	0	0	0	1
Harold Baines	2	0	2	0	0	0
Ozzie Guillen	1	0	1	0	0	0

Toronto Blue Jays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Otis Nixon	3	1	2	0	1	0
Jacob Brumfield	4	0	2	1	0	0
Juan Samuel	4	0	1	0	0	3
Joe Carter	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Sprague	3	0	1	0	1	0
Charlie O'Brien	3	0	0	0	1	1
Robert Perez	3	0	1	0	0	0
Alex Gonzalez	4	0	0	0	0	2
Tilson Brito	3	0	0	0	0	0
Shawn Green	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wilson Alvarez	8.0	7	3	4
Roberto Hernandez	1.0	0	0	3

Toronto Blue Jays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Huck Flener	5.0	5	5	4
Bill Risley	3.0	4	1	1
Paul Spoljaric	1.0	3	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tony Phillips: K
Ray Durham: D7/L7LS/R6
Frank Thomas: S8/L8LS.2-H
Danny Tartabull: W.1-2
Robin Ventura: 9/F9M/R4.2-3
Lyle Mouton: K

Bot 1

Otis Nixon: 9/F9LM
Jacob Brumfield: 8/F78D
Juan Samuel: S8/L8LS/R4
Joe Carter: SB2/R4
Joe Carter: 4/P4MD

Top 2

Norberto Martin: S6/G6MS/R3
Pat Borders: 6(B)3(1)/LDP/L6
Darren Lewis: 3/P3F

Bot 2

Ed Sprague: 7/F78M
Charlie O'Brien: W
Robert Perez: 7/F7M/R6
Alex Gonzalez: 4/P34

Top 3

Tony Phillips: K
Ray Durham: W
Frank Thomas: 4/P34D
Danny Tartabull: W.1-2
Robin Ventura: 9/L9M

Bot 3

Tilson Brito: 53/G5
Otis Nixon: W
Jacob Brumfield: D8/F78XD/R3.1-H
Juan Samuel: SB3/R5
Juan Samuel: K
Joe Carter: 7/F7M

Top 4

Lyle Mouton: 13/G15
Norberto Martin: K
Pat Borders: 6/P56D

Bot 4

Ed Sprague: D8/F78XD/R6
Charlie O'Brien: 7/F7D/R6
Robert Perez: S56/L5.2-3
Alex Gonzalez: 5/P6MS
Tilson Brito: 4/P34D

Top 5

Darren Lewis: 63/G6
Tony Phillips: W
Ray Durham: S8/L6MD/R6.1-2
Frank Thomas: W.2-3;1-2
Danny Tartabull: D7/L7LS/R6.3-H;2-H;1-3
Robin Ventura: 13/G15
Lyle Mouton: 7/F78M

Bot 5

Otis Nixon: S7/L78M/R4.BX2(84)
Jacob Brumfield: S56/G5
Juan Samuel: POCS2(13236)
Juan Samuel: K

Top 6

Norberto Martin: S68/L6M/R4
Pat Borders: 13/SH/BG15S.1-2
Darren Lewis: K
Tony Phillips: W
Ray Durham: 8/F8LM

Bot 6

Joe Carter: 7/F7LS
Ed Sprague: W
Charlie O'Brien: 9/F9LM/R4
Robert Perez: 8/F8LM

Top 7

Frank Thomas: 9/F9M
Danny Tartabull: 9/F9M
Robin Ventura: S8/G4M/R4
Harold Baines: S7/G6/R4.1-3
Norberto Martin: DGR/L9LD.3-H;1-3
Pat Borders: 53/G5

Bot 7

Alex Gonzalez: K
Tilson Brito: 53/G5
Otis Nixon: S4/BG34
Jacob Brumfield: 53

Top 8

Darren Lewis: 9/F9LM
Tony Phillips: 43/G4
Ray Durham: 5/P5F

Bot 8

Juan Samuel: K
Joe Carter: 8/F8RD
Ed Sprague: 6/P4MD

Top 9

Frank Thomas: 63/G6M
Danny Tartabull: K
Robin Ventura: HR/F89XD
Harold Baines: S6/G56/R3
Ozzie Guillen: S6/G6M.1-2
Pat Borders: 43/G4

Bot 9

Charlie O'Brien: K
Shawn Green: K
Alex Gonzalez: K/C