September 30, 1990 Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox Play by Play and Box Score

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TOR 10
@BOS 5 KCR 2
@CAL 1 CHW 2
SEA 1 BAL 6
@CLE 3 CLE 7
BAL 3 DET 1
MIN 0 NYY 7
@MIL 2 OAK 4
@TEX 3 SDP 3
@CIN 0 HOU 6
ATL 2 PHI 2
@MON 1 CHC 6
@NYM 5 SFG 8
LAD 2 PIT 2
@STL 0

Standings at end of play this day

Fenway Park, Attendance: 34,400

Sunday, September 30, 1990, 1:05
Time of Game: 3:37

Blue Jays

85-74

Won 1

2nd, 1 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Blue Jays       1  3  0   0  3  0   3  0  0   10 19  0
Red Sox         1  0  1   2  0  0   1  0  0    5 10  2

W: J Key (13-7), L: J Hesketh (1-6)

Red Sox

86-73

Lost 1

1st

BATTING

Toronto Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
M Wilson CF                   5   2   3   1    0   0  .265  .657   26    1   0   SF
T Fernandez SS                5   2   3   0    1   1  .277  .746   23    4   6   2B
K Gruber 3B                   4   3   0   0    2   1  .275  .846   34    1   1   
F McGriff 1B                  6   0   4   3    0   0  .301  .932   17    6   0   
G Bell LF                     6   0   3   2    0   0  .263  .725   18    2   0   
  R Ducey LF                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .302  .783         0   0   
J Olerud DH                   4   0   2   1    1   1  .267  .796   24    0   0   
G Myers C                     1   0   0   0    0   0  .238  .628    3    0   0   
  P Borders PH-C              4   0   0   0    0   0  .286  .819    9    8   0   GDP
M Lee 2B                      4   1   2   0    1   0  .244  .630   21    1   1   
J Felix RF                    5   2   2   1    0   0  .264  .769   17    4   0   HR,SB

J Key P                                                                  0   0
  J Acker P                                                              0   0
  T Henke P                                                              0   0
Totals                       44  10  19   8    5   3              192   27   8

BATTING

2B: T Fernandez (26, off J Hesketh).

HR: J Felix (15, off J Hesketh; 5th inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep LF-CF).

SF: M Wilson (4, off G Harris).

TB: J Felix 5; F McGriff 4; T Fernandez 4; G Bell 3; M Wilson 3; J Olerud 2; M Lee 2.

GIDP: P Borders (17).

RBI: F McGriff 3 (86); G Bell 2 (85); J Felix (65); J Olerud (46); M Wilson (51).

2-out RBI: F McGriff; G Bell.

Team LOB: 13.

With RISP: 7 for 15.

FIELDING

DP: 2. M Lee-T Fernandez-F McGriff; T Fernandez-F McGriff.

BASERUNNING

SB: J Felix (13, 2nd base off G Harris/T Pena).

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Reed 2B-SS                  5   1   3   0    0   0  .293  .765   17    4   3   2B
C Quintana 1B                 4   0   1   1    0   1  .291  .748   18    5   0   2B,GDP
W Boggs 3B                    4   0   1   1    0   1  .304  .808   19    2   1   
E Burks CF                    3   1   0   0    1   1  .295  .836   17    3   0   GDP
M Greenwell LF                4   1   2   0    0   1  .297  .800   16    5   1   2B
D Evans DH                    3   0   0   1    0   1  .247  .736   14    0   0   SF
T Brunansky RF                4   1   1   1    0   1  .254  .754   18    3   0   HR
T Pena C                      3   1   2   1    1   0  .266  .679   13    2   1   2B,SB
L Rivera SS                   2   0   0   0    0   1  .224  .619    6    2   2   
  K Romine PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .269  .695    2    0   0   
  M Barrett 2B                0   0   0   0    0   0  .226  .546         0   2   
  J Stone PH                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .500 1.000    7    0   0   

G Harris P                                                               0   0
  J Hesketh P                                                            0   0
  W Gardner P                                                            1   0
  J Gray P                                                               0   0
  D Irvine P                                                             0   0
Totals                       34   5  10   5    2   8              147   27  10

BATTING

2B: M Greenwell (28, off J Key); C Quintana (28, off J Key); J Reed (45, off J Key); T Pena (19, off J Key).

HR: T Brunansky (16, off J Key; 7th inn, 0 on, 0 outs).

SF: D Evans (6, off J Key).

TB: J Reed 4; T Brunansky 4; T Pena 3; M Greenwell 3; C Quintana 2; W Boggs.

GIDP: C Quintana (18); E Burks (18).

RBI: T Brunansky (71); D Evans (61); W Boggs (63); C Quintana (66); T Pena (56).

2-out RBI: T Pena; C Quintana.

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 3 for 12.

FIELDING

DP: 1. L Rivera-J Reed-C Quintana.

E: W Boggs (20); T Pena (5).

BASERUNNING

SB: T Pena (8, 2nd base off T Henke/P Borders).

PITCHING

Toronto Blue Jays             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Key, W (13-7)                6.2   9   5   5    1   5   1   4.25   28  100-62   31· 8·23    7· 9· 5· 1     40    -     1.02  -0.13
J Acker                        1.1   1   0   0    0   2   0   3.83    5   26-19   11· 2· 6    2· 1· 0· 0          1-0    0.26   0.02
T Henke                        1     0   0   0    1   1   0   2.13    4   15-10    2· 2· 6    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.18   0.01
Totals                         9    10   5   5    2   8   1          37  141-91   44·12·35   10·11· 5· 1          1-0

Boston Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
G Harris                       1.2   5   4   4    2   2   0   4.00   12   57-33   18· 8· 7    3· 2· 3· 0     29    -     1.11  -0.24
J Hesketh, L (1-6)             2.2   8   3   3    2   1   1   4.53   17   48-27   20· 0· 7    3· 5· 6· 0          1-1    0.93  -0.22
W Gardner                      1.2   3   2   2    1   0   0   4.89    9   28-18   12· 1· 5    5· 3· 0· 0          2-2    0.92  -0.09
J Gray                         0.1   2   1   0    0   0   0   4.62    4   15-11    9· 0· 2    3· 1· 0· 0          2-2    0.43  -0.06
D Irvine                       2.2   1   0   0    0   0   0   4.67    8   33-21   16· 0· 5    4· 3· 1· 0          2-0    0.06   0.01
Totals                         9    19  10   9    5   3   1          50  181-110  75· 9·26   18·14·10· 0          7-5

W Gardner faced 2 batters in the 7th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: J Acker (4); G Harris 2 (8).

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Tim Welke, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Drew Coble.

Time of Game: 3:37.

Attendance: 34,400.

Field Condition: Dry.

Weather: 76° F, Cloudy, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Toronto Blue Jays             Boston Red Sox                       
1. M Wilson             CF    1. J Reed               2B 
2. T Fernandez          SS    2. C Quintana           1B 
3. K Gruber             3B    3. W Boggs              3B 
4. F McGriff            1B    4. E Burks              CF 
5. G Bell               LF    5. M Greenwell          LF 
6. J Olerud             DH    6. D Evans              DH 
7. G Myers              C     7. T Brunansky          RF 
8. M Lee                2B    8. T Pena               C  
9. J Felix              RF    9. L Rivera             SS 

   J Key                P        G Harris             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 5   1  4-4  ---  3   15%  62% J Felix         J Hesketh       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   b 4   2  4-3  -2-  1  -14%  46% T Pena          J Key           Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Greenwell Scores; Pena to 2B/Adv on throw to Hm
   b 4   0  4-2  1--  1  -14%  51% M Greenwell     J Key           Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Burks to 3B
   t 5   1  4-5  123  2   12%  86% F McGriff       W Gardner       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Wilson Scores; Fernandez Scores; Gruber to 2B
   t 1   2  0-0  12-  5   10%  59% G Bell          G Harris        Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole); Gruber Scores; McGriff to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 0-0, Greg Harris facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  7   48%  M Wilson        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  6   46%  T Fernandez     Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   47%  K Gruber        Strikeout Swinging, Wild Pitch; Gruber to 1B
          1--  2   49%  F McGriff       Single to CF (Line Drive to SS-2B); Gruber to 2B
   R      12-  5   59%  G Bell          Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole); Gruber Scores; McGriff to 2B
          12-  4   62%  J Olerud        Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-2B); McGriff to 3B; Bell to 2B
   O      123  3   55%  G Myers         Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-1, Jimmy Key facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   49%  J Reed          Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
   O      -2-  3   53%  C Quintana      Flyball: RF
   R      -2-  3   45%  W Boggs         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Reed Scores
   OO     1--  1   50%  E Burks         Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 1.

Top of the 2nd, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 1-1, Greg Harris facing 8-9-1
          ---  5   54%  M Lee           Walk
          1--  4   63%  J Felix         Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF); Lee to 3B
          1-3      64%  M Wilson        Felix Steals 2B
   RO     -23  6   62%  " "             Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (LF-CF); Lee Scores
   R      -2-  2   71%  T Fernandez     Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Felix Scores/Adv on E2; Fernandez to 2B
   O      -2-      67%  K Gruber        Baserunner Out Advancing; Fernandez out at 3B/C-3B
          ---  7   68%  " "             Walk
          1--      69%  F McGriff       Wild Pitch; Gruber to 2B
                  Joe Hesketh replaces Greg Harris pitching
   R      -2-  2   76%  " "             Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Gruber Scores
          1--  3   78%  G Bell          Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF); McGriff to 2B
          12-  5   79%  J Olerud        Walk; McGriff to 3B; Bell to 2B
                  Pat Borders pinch hits for Greg Myers batting 7th
   O      123  2   75%  P Borders       Flyball: RF (Short RF)
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 1.

Bottom of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-4, Jimmy Key facing 5-6-7
                  Pat Borders moves to C
   O      ---  4   77%  M Greenwell     Foul Flyball: LF (Short LF Foul)
   O      ---  7   79%  D Evans         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5   80%  T Brunansky     Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 1.

Top of the 3rd, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 4-1, Joe Hesketh facing 8-9-1
          ---  2   82%  M Lee           Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   O      1--  1   80%  J Felix         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (SS-2B)
   O      1--  2   79%  M Wilson        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B); Felix to 2B
          -2-  5   79%  T Fernandez     Walk
   O      12-  1   77%  K Gruber        Lineout: 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-4, Jimmy Key facing 8-9-1
          ---  2   71%  T Pena          Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
   O      -2-  2   75%  L Rivera        Popfly: RF (Deep 1B)
   O      -2-  3   78%  J Reed          Popfly: 3B
   R      -2-  3   69%  C Quintana      Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Pena Scores
   O      -2-  3   73%  W Boggs         Groundout: SS-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 2.

Top of the 4th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 4-2, Joe Hesketh facing 4-5-6
          ---  1   76%  F McGriff       Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF)
   O      1--  4   73%  G Bell          Flyball: LF
   O      1--  5   71%  J Olerud        Strikeout Looking
   O      1--  2   69%  P Borders       Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 2.

Bottom of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 2-4, Jimmy Key facing 4-5-6
          ---  7   64%  E Burks         Walk
          1--  1   51%  M Greenwell     Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Burks to 3B
   RO     -23  2   55%  D Evans         Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Burks Scores
   O      -2-  4   60%  T Brunansky     Groundout: 3B-1B
   R      -2-  1   46%  T Pena          Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Greenwell Scores; Pena to 2B/Adv on throw to Hm
   O      -2-  4   50%  L Rivera        Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 4.

Top of the 5th, Blue Jays Batting, Tied 4-4, Joe Hesketh facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  3   47%  M Lee           Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Lee out at 2B/LF-2B
   R      ---  3   62%  J Felix         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
          ---  1   64%  M Wilson        Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
          1--  6   73%  T Fernandez     Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Wilson to 3B
                  Wes Gardner replaces Joe Hesketh pitching
          -23  4   74%  K Gruber        Walk
   RR     123  2   86%  F McGriff       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Wilson Scores; Fernandez Scores; Gruber to 2B
   O      12-  1   84%  G Bell          Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Gruber to 3B
   O      1-3  6   81%  J Olerud        Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 4.

Bottom of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 4-7, Jimmy Key facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   77%  J Reed          Single to LF (Fly Ball to LF Line)
   OO     1--  5   85%  C Quintana      Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  4   86%  W Boggs         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 4.

Top of the 6th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 7-4, Wes Gardner facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  3   85%  P Borders       Groundout: 2B-P (Deep 2B-1B)
   O      ---  3   85%  M Lee           Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  3   84%  J Felix         Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 4.

Bottom of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 4-7, Jimmy Key facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  6   87%  E Burks         Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  5   88%  M Greenwell     Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  1   90%  D Evans         Flyball: RF (RF Line)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 4.

Top of the 7th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 7-4, Wes Gardner facing 1-2-3
          ---  3   91%  M Wilson        Single to 3B (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole)
          1--  3   93%  T Fernandez     Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Wilson to 2B
                  Jeff Gray replaces Wes Gardner pitching
   R      12-  3   97%  K Gruber        Reached on E5 (Ground Ball); Wilson Scores/No RBI; Fernandez to 3B
   O      1-3  5   96%  F McGriff       Popfly: SS (Deep SS)
   R      1-3  3   98%  G Bell          Single to RF (Ground Ball); Fernandez Scores; Gruber to 3B
   R      1-3  4   99%  J Olerud        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Gruber Scores/unER; Bell to 2B
                  Daryl Irvine replaces Jeff Gray pitching
   OO     12-  2   98%  P Borders       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 10, Red Sox 4.

Bottom of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 4-10, Jimmy Key facing 7-8-9
   R      ---  7   96%  T Brunansky     Home Run
   O      ---  4   97%  T Pena          Lineout: SS
                  Kevin Romine pinch hits for Luis Rivera batting 9th
   O      ---  2   98%  K Romine        Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
          ---  2   97%  J Reed          Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Deep SS-3B Hole)
                  Jim Acker replaces Jimmy Key pitching
          1--      97%  C Quintana      Wild Pitch; Reed to 2B
   O      -2-  4   98%  " "             Strikeout Looking
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 10, Red Sox 5.

Top of the 8th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 10-5, Daryl Irvine facing 8-9-1
                  Marty Barrett replaces Kevin Romine playing 2B batting 9th; Jody Reed moves to SS
   O      ---  8   98%  M Lee           Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  6   98%  J Felix         Flyball: LF (LF Line)
          ---  3   98%  M Wilson        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  1   98%  T Fernandez     Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 10, Red Sox 5.

Bottom of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 5-10, Jim Acker facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  9   99%  W Boggs         Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  3   99%  E Burks         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   99%  M Greenwell     Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   O      1--  4   99%  D Evans         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 10, Red Sox 5.

Top of the 9th, Blue Jays Batting, Ahead 10-5, Daryl Irvine facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  7   99%  K Gruber        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  4   99%  F McGriff       Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  2   99%  G Bell          Lineout: 3B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 10, Red Sox 5.

Bottom of the 9th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 5-10, Tom Henke facing 7-8-9
                  Tom Henke replaces Jim Acker pitching; Rob Ducey replaces George Bell playing LF batting 5th
   O      ---  2  100%  T Brunansky     Popfly: SS (SS-3B Hole)
          ---  6   99%  T Pena          Walk
                  Jeff Stone pinch hits for Marty Barrett batting 9th
          1--      99%  J Stone         Pena Steals 2B
   O      -2-  4  100%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  3  100%  J Reed          Groundout: SS-1B
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 10, Red Sox 5.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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