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Rangers
@ Blue Jays
SkyDome
April 3, 1998
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Texas Rangers, played on April 3, 1998 at SkyDome.
Game Summary
| Date | April 3, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
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| Home Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 3, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
| Home Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rick Helling |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Juan Guzman |
| Ballpark | SkyDome |
| City | Toronto |
| State | ONT |
| Attendance | 25,509 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 44 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: John Hirschbeck 1B: Rich Garcia 2B: Mike Reilly 3B: Tim McClelland |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tom Goodwin | Center Fielder |
| Mark McLemore | Second Baseman |
| Rusty Greer | Left Fielder |
| Juan Gonzalez | Right Fielder |
| Will Clark | First Baseman |
| Ivan Rodriguez | Catcher |
| Lee Stevens | DH |
| Kevin Elster | Shortstop |
| Fernando Tatis | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Oates | Manager |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Juan Samuel | Left Fielder |
| Tony Fernandez | Second Baseman |
| Shawn Green | Right Fielder |
| Jose Canseco | DH |
| Mike Stanley | First Baseman |
| Jose Cruz | Center Fielder |
| Ed Sprague | Third Baseman |
| Darrin Fletcher | Catcher |
| Alex Gonzalez | Shortstop |
| Tim Johnson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Rangers
@ Blue Jays
SkyDome
April 3, 1998
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Guzman
Goodwin hits a line drive towards third. Sprague reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McLemore vs. Guzman
McLemore strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greer vs. Guzman
Greer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Guzman
Gonzalez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Samuel vs. Helling
Samuel hits a popup towards short. Elster settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Helling
Fernandez hits a line drive into right field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Helling
Green hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McLemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Guzman
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stanley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Clark for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Guzman
Rodriguez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stevens vs. Guzman
Stevens strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Elster vs. Guzman
There goes Rodriguez. The throw from Fletcher and he is safe. Rodriguez steals second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Elster vs. Guzman
Elster strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Canseco vs. Helling
Canseco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Helling
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stanley for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Helling
Cruz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sprague vs. Helling
Sprague hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tatis vs. Guzman
Tatis strikes out. Fletcher drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Tatis out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Guzman
Goodwin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McLemore vs. Guzman
There goes Goodwin. The throw from Fletcher and he is safe. Goodwin steals second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McLemore vs. Guzman
McLemore hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Goodwin scores. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greer vs. Guzman
There goes McLemore. The throw from Fletcher and he is out, Gonzalez applying the tag. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greer vs. Guzman
Greer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Helling
Fletcher hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Helling
Gonzalez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Samuel vs. Helling
Samuel hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fernandez vs. Helling
Fernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Guzman
Gonzalez strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Guzman
Clark takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Guzman
Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Samuel. Rodriguez reaches second base with a double. There goes Clark trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stevens vs. Guzman
Stevens takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Elster vs. Guzman
Elster strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Helling
Green hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McLemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Canseco vs. Helling
Canseco strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Helling
Stanley hits a line drive into left field. Greer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tatis vs. Guzman
Tatis hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fletcher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Guzman
Goodwin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McLemore vs. Guzman
There goes Goodwin. The throw from Fletcher and he is safe. Goodwin steals second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McLemore vs. Guzman
McLemore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Goodwin scores. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greer vs. Guzman
Greer hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Fernandez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Guzman
Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Samuel. Gonzalez reaches second base with a double. McLemore goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Clark vs. Guzman
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stanley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Clark for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 3 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Helling
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McLemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sprague vs. Helling
Sprague hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Helling
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fletcher for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 3 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Guzman
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague juggles the ball. That's an error on Sprague. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stevens vs. Guzman
Stevens strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Elster vs. Guzman
There goes Rodriguez. The throw from Fletcher and he is safe. Rodriguez steals second. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Elster vs. Guzman
Elster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tatis vs. Guzman
Tatis hits a line drive off the glove of Sprague, and into shallow left field. Tatis reaches second base with a double. Rodriguez scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Goodwin vs. Guzman
Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 4 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Helling
Gonzalez hits a line drive beyond short. Elster can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Samuel vs. Helling
Samuel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Elster fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fernandez vs. Helling
Fernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Helling
Green takes first base on ball four. Samuel moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Canseco vs. Helling
Canseco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Samuel moves to third. Green moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Stanley vs. Helling
Stanley hits a fly ball into left field. Greer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 4 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McLemore vs. Person
Robert Person now pitching.
McLemore takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greer vs. Person
Greer hits a fly ball into left field. Samuel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Person
Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field. Cruz picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cruz. McLemore moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Clark vs. Person
Clark hits a fly ball into left field. Samuel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McLemore tags and scores. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Person
Rodriguez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gonzalez moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stevens vs. Person
Stevens hits a fly ball into left field. Samuel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 5 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Helling
Cruz strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sprague vs. Helling
Sprague hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McLemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fletcher vs. Helling
Fletcher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McLemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 5 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elster vs. Person
Elster hits a popup towards short. Gonzalez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tatis vs. Person
Tatis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sprague fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodwin vs. Person
Goodwin strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 5 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Helling
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into right field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Samuel vs. Helling
Samuel hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Helling
Fernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 5 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McLemore vs. Person
McLemore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greer vs. Person
Greer hits a fly ball into left field. Samuel settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Person
Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Samuel. Gonzalez reaches second base with a double. McLemore moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Clark vs. Person
Clark strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rodriguez vs. Person
Rodriguez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Rangers, 5 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Helling
Bill Haselman now catching.
Green takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Canseco vs. Helling
Canseco hits a fly ball into right field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Helling
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tatis fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/3/1998 -- Texas at Toronto (N)
Texas AB R H RBI Toronto AB R H RBI
Goodwin T, cf 3 2 0 0 Samuel J, lf 4 0 0 0
McLemore M, 2b 4 2 3 2 Fernandez T, 2b 4 0 0 0
Greer R, lf 4 0 0 0 Green S, rf 2 0 0 0
Gonzalez J, rf 5 0 3 1 Canseco J, dh 4 0 1 0
Clark W, 1b 3 0 0 1 Stanley M, 1b 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez I, c 4 1 2 0 Cruz J, cf 3 0 1 0
Haselman B, c 0 0 0 0 Sprague E, 3b 3 0 0 0
Stevens L, dh 3 0 0 0 Fletcher D, c 3 0 0 0
Elster K, ss 4 0 0 0 Gonzalez A, ss 3 0 2 0
Tatis F, 3b 4 0 1 1
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 5 9 5 30 0 4 0
Texas 001 021 100 -- 5
Toronto 000 000 000 -- 0
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Helling R (W) 9.0 4 0 0 2 2
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Guzman J (L) 6.0 5 4 3 6 7
Person R 3.0 4 1 1 1 3
E -- Sprague E, Cruz J
DP -- Texas 1
LOB -- Texas 10, Toronto 5
2B -- Rodriguez I, Gonzalez J 2, Tatis F
SB -- Rodriguez I 2, Goodwin T 2
CS -- McLemore M
SF -- Clark W
T -- 2:44
A -- 25509
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