Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
July 23, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1984 at Cleveland Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 4, Cleveland Indians 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 1 1 0
Jones cf,lf 4 0 1 1
Gibson rf 4 1 2 2
Parrish c 4 1 1 1
Evans dh 4 0 0 0
Grubb lf 3 0 1 0
  Lemon cf 1 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 0 0 0
Bergman 1b 2 1 0 0
Baker ss 1 0 0 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 6 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 5 0 1 0
Franco ss 4 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 0 0
Thornton dh 4 1 1 1
Hall lf 3 0 0 0
Vukovich rf 2 0 0 0
Bando c 4 0 2 0
Jacoby 3b 2 0 0 0
Bernazard 2b 3 0 2 0
  Willard ph 1 0 0 0
  Fischlin 2b 0 0 0 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Detroit 300 010 000460
Cleveland 000 000 001161
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (13-6) 6.0 5 0 0 5 5
  Lopez   1.1 0 0 0 4 0
  Bair  SV (4) 1.2 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
9
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  L (9-4) 9.0 6 4 4 2 3
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
2
3

  E–Bando (4).  DP–Detroit 1.  HR–Detroit Gibson (15,1st inning off Blyleven 1 on, 1 out); Parrish (20,1st inning off Blyleven 0 on, 1 out), Cleveland Thornton (22,9th inning off Bair 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Baker 2 (2,off Blyleven 2).  SB–Whitaker (5,2nd base off Blyleven/Bando).  WP–Morris 2 (9).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Drew Coble, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–3:09.  A–16,576.
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