Detroit Tigers 13 – 8 Toronto Blue Jays
16 April 1996 · TOR02
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Three-Homer Game · 3 | Cecil Fielder | 1 in 321 games |
| 45 | final score 13–8 | 1 in 1,367 games | |
| 23 | 9 total bases | John Flaherty | 1 in 419 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Tigers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 0 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 |
Box score
Detroit Tigers batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Curtis | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Bobby Higginson | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2B |
| Travis Fryman | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Cecil Fielder | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 HR |
| Melvin Nieves | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tim Hyers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mark Lewis | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| John Flaherty | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 HR |
| Chris Gomez | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2B |
| Totals | 38 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 3 |
Detroit Tigers pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Gohr | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Greg Keagle | 2.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Richie Lewis | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Toronto Blue Jays batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otis Nixon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | HR |
| Tilson Brito | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2B |
| Carlos Delgado | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2B |
| Joe Carter | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | HR |
| Ed Sprague | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| John Olerud | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | HR, 2B |
| Shawn Green | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sandy Martinez | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| Alex Gonzalez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 36 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 8 |
Toronto Blue Jays pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Hanson | 2.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Giovanni Carrara | 2.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Risley | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Brian Bohanon | 3.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |