Montreal Expos vs Cincinnati Reds
April 8, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1985 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Montreal Expos 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Montreal Expos 1, Cincinnati Reds 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 4 0 0 0
Winningham cf 2 0 0 0
Dawson rf 4 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 1 0
Brooks ss 4 1 1 0
Law 2b 3 0 0 0
Wallach 3b 3 0 2 1
Fitzgerald c 3 0 0 0
Rogers p 2 0 0 0
  Burke p 0 0 0 0
  Dilone ph 0 0 0 0
  Roberge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf,lf 3 2 1 0
Rose 1b 3 1 2 3
  Milner pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Parker rf 3 0 2 1
Cedeno lf,1b 4 0 2 0
Esasky 3b 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 1 0
Oester 2b 3 0 0 0
Bilardello c 4 0 1 0
Soto p 3 1 2 0
  Willis p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 11 4
Montreal 000 000 100140
Cincinnati 000 030 10x4110
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers  L (0-1) 4.2 8 3 3 1 3
  Burke   2.1 2 1 1 3 1
  Roberge   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
4
4
5
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Soto  W (1-0) 7.0 4 1 1 2 5
  Willis  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
6

  E–None.  DP–Montreal 2.  2B–Montreal Wallach (1,off Soto); Driessen (1,off Soto), Cincinnati Davis (1,off Rogers); Rose (1,off Rogers); Cedeno (1,off Burke).  3B–Montreal Brooks (1,off Soto).  IBB–Oester (1,by Burke); Parker (1,by Burke).  CS–Wallach (1,3rd base by Soto/Bilardello); Raines (1,3rd base by Willis/Bilardello); Parker (1,2nd base by Burke/Fitzgerald).  SB–Davis 2 (2,2nd base off Burke/Fitzgerald,3rd base off Burke/Fitzgerald); Milner (1,2nd base off Burke/Fitzgerald).  IBB–Burke 2 (2,Oester,Parker).  T–2:32.  A–52,971.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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