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Blue Jays
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
September 23, 1999
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays, played on September 23, 1999 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | September 23, 1999 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 23, 1999 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | David Wells |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Kent Mercker |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 30,780 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 57 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Rocky Roe 1B: John Hirschbeck 2B: Durwood Merrill 3B: Jim Reynolds |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Homer Bush | Second Baseman |
| Jacob Brumfield | Left Fielder |
| Shawn Green | Right Fielder |
| Tony Batista | Shortstop |
| Brian McRae | DH |
| Willis Otanez | First Baseman |
| Darrin Fletcher | Catcher |
| Casey Blake | Third Baseman |
| Vernon Wells | Center Fielder |
| Jim Fregosi | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jose Offerman | Second Baseman |
| Jason Varitek | Catcher |
| Nomar Garciaparra | Shortstop |
| Mike Stanley | First Baseman |
| Butch Huskey | DH |
| Troy O'Leary | Left Fielder |
| John Valentin | Third Baseman |
| Damon Buford | Center Fielder |
| Darren Lewis | Right Fielder |
| Jimy Williams | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Blue Jays
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
September 23, 1999
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Mercker
Bush strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Brumfield vs. Mercker
Brumfield hits a popup towards short. Garciaparra settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Mercker
Green hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of O'Leary. Green reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Batista vs. Mercker
Batista is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McRae vs. Mercker
McRae hits a popup towards first. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Offerman vs. Wells
Offerman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Varitek vs. Wells
Varitek strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Garciaparra vs. Wells
Garciaparra hits a fly ball into center field. Wells settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Offerman moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Stanley vs. Wells
Stanley hits a fly ball into left field. Brumfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Otanez vs. Mercker
Otanez strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Mercker
Fletcher strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Blake vs. Mercker
Blake hits a popup towards first. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Huskey vs. Wells
Huskey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blake fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
O'Leary vs. Wells
O'Leary hits a fly ball into right field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Valentin vs. Wells
Valentin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Batista scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wells vs. Mercker
Wells hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Mercker
Bush hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Buford. Bush reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brumfield vs. Mercker
Brumfield hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of O'Leary. Brumfield reaches second base with a double. Bush scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Green vs. Mercker
Green takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Batista vs. Mercker
Batista takes first base on ball four. Brumfield moves to third. Green moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 123
McRae vs. Mercker
McRae takes first base on ball four. Brumfield scores. Green moves to third. Batista moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Otanez vs. Mercker
Otanez strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Fletcher vs. Mercker
Fletcher strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Buford vs. Wells
Buford hits a line drive into right field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Wells
Lewis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Offerman vs. Wells
Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blake fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Blake vs. Mercker
Blake hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mercker fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Wells vs. Mercker
Wells hits a popup into center field. Buford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Mercker
Bush hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mercker fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Varitek vs. Wells
Varitek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garciaparra vs. Wells
Garciaparra hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Wells
Stanley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Huskey vs. Wells
Huskey hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
O'Leary vs. Wells
O'Leary hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bush scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Valentin vs. Wells
Valentin strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buford vs. Wells
Buford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Batista scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Brumfield vs. Mercker
Brumfield hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Mercker
Green hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Brumfield moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Batista vs. Mercker
Batista hits a fly ball into right field. Lewis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brumfield tags and scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Mercker
McRae hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Offerman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Otanez vs. Mercker
Otanez takes first base on ball four. Green moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Fletcher vs. Mercker
Fletcher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Green scores. Otanez moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Blake vs. Garces
Rich Garces now pitching.
Blake hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Wells
Lewis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blake fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Offerman vs. Wells
Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blake fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Varitek vs. Wells
Varitek hits a fly ball into center field. Wells settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Wells vs. Garces
Wells strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Garces
Bush hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Offerman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Brumfield vs. Garces
Brumfield strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garciaparra vs. Wells
Garciaparra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bush scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Wells
Stanley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Huskey vs. Wells
Huskey hits a line drive into center field. Wells settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
O'Leary vs. Wells
O'Leary hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stanley moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Valentin vs. Wells
Valentin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Stanley trying to get to home. Brumfield throws the ball in to Fletcher who tags Stanley, who's trying to score from second, for the out. O'Leary moves to second. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Garces
Green hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stanley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Green for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Batista vs. Garces
Batista takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Lowe
Derek Lowe now pitching.
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards second. Offerman scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Buford vs. Wells
Buford strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Lewis vs. Wells
Lewis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Offerman vs. Wells
Offerman hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Lewis moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Varitek vs. Wells
Varitek hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Lewis moves to third. Offerman moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Garciaparra vs. Wells
Garciaparra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bush fields it and throws to second for the out. Lewis scores. Offerman moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Stanley vs. Wells
Stanley strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Otanez vs. Lowe
Otanez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Valentin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Lowe
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Greene vs. Lowe
Jose Cruz pinch runs for Darrin Fletcher. Willie Greene pinch hits for Casey Blake.
Greene hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cruz moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Segui vs. Lowe
Chris Woodward pinch runs for Willie Greene. David Segui pinch hits for Vernon Wells.
Segui hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garciaparra fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Huskey vs. Wells
Jose Cruz now playing center field. Chris Woodward now playing third base. Mike Matheny now catching.
Huskey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Woodward fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
O'Leary vs. Wells
O'Leary hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Valentin vs. Wells
Valentin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Batista misplays the ball. That's an error on Batista. O'Leary moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Buford vs. Wells
Buford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Woodward fields it and throws to second for the out. O'Leary moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Lewis vs. Wells
Lewis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bush settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Beck
Rod Beck now pitching.
Bush hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brumfield vs. Beck
Brumfield hits a popup towards short. Garciaparra settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Beck
Green hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Bush moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Batista vs. Beck
Batista hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Buford. Batista reaches second base with a double. Bush scores. Green goes all the way around to score. Batista moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
McRae vs. Beck
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stanley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McRae for the out. Batista scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 7 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Otanez vs. Beck
Otanez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garciaparra scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Blue Jays, 7 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Offerman vs. Koch
Billy Koch now pitching.
Offerman strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 7 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Varitek vs. Koch
Varitek hits a line drive into left field. Brumfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 7 - Red Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Garciaparra vs. Koch
Garciaparra hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bush settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/23/1999 -- Toronto at Boston (N)
Toronto AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Bush H, 2b 5 2 2 0 Offerman J, 2b 4 0 1 0
Brumfield J, lf 5 2 2 1 Varitek J, c 5 1 2 0
Green S, rf 4 2 3 0 Garciaparra N, ss 5 1 1 3
Batista T, ss 1 1 1 3 Stanley M, 1b 4 1 2 0
McRae B, dh 4 0 0 2 Huskey B, dh 4 1 1 2
Otanez W, 1b 4 0 0 0 O'Leary T, lf 4 0 2 0
Fletcher D, c 4 0 2 1 Valentin J, 3b 4 0 1 0
Cruz J, pr-cf 0 0 0 0 Buford D, cf 4 0 0 0
Blake C, 3b 3 0 0 0 Lewis D, rf 4 1 2 0
Greene W, ph 1 0 1 0
Woodward C, pr-3b 0 0 0 0
Wells V, cf 3 0 0 0
Segui D, ph 1 0 0 0
Matheny M, c 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 7 11 7 38 5 12 5
Toronto 002 020 003 -- 7
Boston 000 400 100 -- 5
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Wells D (W) 8.0 12 5 5 1 4
Koch B (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Mercker K 4.2 6 4 4 4 5
Garces R 1.2 0 0 0 1 2
Lowe D 1.2 2 0 0 0 0
Beck R (L) 1.0 3 3 3 0 0
E -- Batista T
DP -- Toronto 1, Boston 2
LOB -- Toronto 8, Boston 7
2B -- Green S, Bush H, Brumfield J, Batista T
HR -- Garciaparra N, Huskey B
SF -- Batista T
HBP -- by Mercker K (Batista T)
T -- 2:57
A -- 30780
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