California Angels vs Oakland Athletics
April 12, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1985 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the California Angels 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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California Angels 6, Oakland Athletics 15

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 5 0 1 0
Carew 1b 4 0 0 0
Downing lf 2 0 1 0
  Brown ph,lf 1 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 3 0 0 0
  Gerber 3b 1 0 0 0
Jackson rf 3 0 0 0
Grich 2b 2 1 1 0
  Wilfong 2b 1 1 0 0
Jones dh 4 2 3 2
Boone c 3 0 0 0
  Narron ph 0 1 0 0
Schofield ss 4 1 1 4
John p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez p 0 0 0 0
  Kipper p 0 0 0 0
  Clements p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 7 6
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 5 1 3 3
Lansford 3b 5 1 2 0
Murphy cf 2 2 0 0
  Henderson ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Kingman 1b 3 1 1 0
  Gallego pr 0 1 0 0
  Bochte 1b 1 1 1 0
Baker dh 1 3 1 3
Heath c 4 0 0 1
Davis rf,cf 5 4 4 5
Hill 2b 5 0 0 0
Griffin ss 4 1 2 3
Sutton p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 15 14 15
California 000 000 204671
Oakland 000 115 44x15140
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
John  L (0-1) 5.0 4 3 2 3 1
  Sanchez   1.0 3 4 4 2 1
  Kipper   0.2 3 4 4 2 0
  Clements   1.1 4 4 4 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
15
14
7
2
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  W (1-0) 6.1 5 2 2 2 3
  Atherton   2.2 2 4 4 2 2
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
4
5

  E–DeCinces (1).  DP–California 1, Oakland 1.  2B–California Jones (1,off Atherton), Oakland Davis 2 (3,off John,off Kipper); Griffin (2,off Sanchez); Kingman (1,off Kipper).  3B–Oakland Lansford (1,off John).  HR–California Jones (1,7th inning off Sutton 1 on, 1 out); Schofield (1,9th inning off Atherton 3 on, 2 out), Oakland Collins (1,4th inning off John 0 on, 0 out); Baker (1,8th inning off Clements 2 on, 1 out); Davis (1,8th inning off Clements 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Heath (1,off Kipper).  WP–Sanchez (1).  T–2:59.  A–46,258.
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