1991 AL Game:Tor.@ NY

August 30, 1991

  The Toronto Blue Jays won their 9th game in a row tonight, defeating the New York Yankees 7-4. 2nd place Toronto has pulled within 4 games of the AL East leading Detroit Tigers.

BOXSCORE: 1991 Toronto Blue Jays At 1991 New York Yankees           8/30/1991
 
  Blue Jays          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.White CF          4  2  1  0 .272     B.Williams CF       4  1  1  3 .207  
  R.Alomar 2B         5  1  4  2 .281     S.Sax 2B            5  0  2  0 .302  
  J.Carter RF         5  1  1  1 .271     D.Mattingly 1B      4  0  2  0 .305  
  J.Olerud 1B         4  2  2  2 .246     M.Hall RF,LF        5  0  2  0 .295  
  C.Maldonado LF      4  1  1  2 .228     H.Meulens LF        3  0  0  0 .188  
  K.Gruber 3B         5  0  2  0 .245   A-P.Sheridan PH,RF    2  0  1  0 .141  
  R.Mulliniks DH      4  0  2  0 .259     M.Nokes C           5  1  1  0 .263  
  G.Myers C           4  0  0  0 .297     K.Maas DH           3  1  1  0 .177  
  M.Lee SS            4  0  0  0 .252     A.Espinoza SS       4  1  3  0 .270  
                                          P.Kelly 3B          3  0  0  1 .239  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      39  7 13  7                 Totals      38  4 13  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Meulens In 7th Inning
 
Blue Jays....... 0 0 4  0 2 0  0 1 0  -  7 13  0
Yankees......... 0 4 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  4 13  0
 
Blue Jays (73-57)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Stottlemyr WIN(13-6)    5       9   4   4   2   4   1  92   3.56
J.Acker HOLD(4th)         1       2   0   0   1   1   0  22   4.18
M.Timlin HOLD(6th)        2 2/3   2   0   0   0   2   0  40   3.21
T.Henke SAVE(14th)        0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.01
Totals                    9      13   4   4   3   8   1
 
Yankees (53-74)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
S.Sanderson LOSS(12-11)   6 2/3  12   6   6   2   4   2 138   3.30
R.Monteleone              2 1/3   1   1   1   2   2   0  42   5.87
Totals                    9      13   7   7   4   6   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 30,538 DATE- Friday, August 30th 1991 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Mike Reilly, Larry Young, Rich Garcia, Steve Palermo
T- 3:07
LEFT ON BASE- Blue Jays: 9  Yankees:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Blue Jays: 0  Yankees: 0
DOUBLES- R.Alomar(37th), D.Mattingly(40th)
TRIPLES- D.White(7th), J.Carter(4th)
HOME RUNS- J.Olerud(22nd), C.Maldonado(6th), B.Williams(3rd)
RBIs- R.Alomar-2(67th), J.Carter(81st), J.Olerud-2(53rd), C.Maldonado-2(21st),
      B.Williams-3(17th), P.Kelly(29th)
STOLEN BASES- R.Alomar(42nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- R.Alomar
SACRIFICE FLIES- P.Kelly
WALKS- D.White, J.Olerud, C.Maldonado, R.Mulliniks, B.Williams, D.Mattingly,
       K.Maas
STRIKE OUTS- J.Carter, C.Maldonado-2, R.Mulliniks, M.Lee-2, B.Williams-2,
             S.Sax-2, H.Meulens-2, M.Nokes, K.Maas
WILD PITCHES- J.Acker
2-out RBI- B.Williams-3, R.Alomar
RLISP 2-out- J.Olerud, M.Hall-2, M.Lee-2, A.Espinoza, D.Mattingly, K.Maas,
             J.Carter
TEAM RISP- Blue Jays: 2 for 7  Yankees: 3 for 10
 
First baseman John Olerud touched them all and had 2 RBI at Yankee Stadium
where the red-hot Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees by the score of
7 to 4.
 
Todd Stottlemyre(13-6) was credited with the win in a less than impressive
performance.  He gave up 9 hits and 2 walks in 5 innings.  Both teams
finished the game with 13 hits.  
 
Stottlemyre was helped out by Tom Henke who recorded his 14th save.  Scott
Sanderson(12-11) was the losing pitcher.  He was touched for 12 hits and 2
walks in 6 and 2/3 innings.