Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
July 31, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1984 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Cleveland Indians 1, Detroit Tigers 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 0 0 0
Franco ss 4 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 1 0
Thornton dh 4 0 0 0
Vukovich rf 4 0 0 0
Hall lf 3 1 2 0
Bando c 3 0 1 0
Jacoby 3b 2 0 0 0
  Perkins ph 0 0 0 0
  Fischlin 3b 0 0 0 0
Bernazard 2b 3 0 0 1
Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 3 0 1 1
Jones cf,lf 2 1 1 1
  Herndon ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Gibson rf 4 0 2 0
Parrish c 3 0 0 0
Evans dh 4 0 0 0
Grubb lf 1 1 1 0
  Lemon ph,cf 3 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 1 1 0
Bergman 1b 3 1 1 0
Baker ss 3 1 1 3
Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 8 5
Cleveland 000 000 100141
Detroit 050 000 00x580
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L (4-3) 1.1 5 5 5 2 1
  Easterly   6.2 3 0 0 1 8
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
3
9
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Berenguer  W (5-7) 6.1 4 1 1 2 4
  Bair   2.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
5

  E–Hargrove (4).  2B–Detroit Gibson (14,off Easterly).  3B–Cleveland Hall (1,off Berenguer), Detroit Baker (1,off Smith).  HR–Detroit Jones (6,2nd inning off Smith 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Perkins (1,by Berenguer).  SF–Whitaker (4,off Smith).  IBB–Parrish (4,by Easterly).  HBP–Berenguer (3,Perkins).  IBB–Easterly (1,Parrish).  T–2:30.
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