Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
April 23, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1985 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 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 1 1 0
Trammell ss 3 1 1 0
Gibson rf 4 0 3 2
Parrish c 4 0 0 1
Evans 1b 4 0 0 0
Herndon lf 4 1 1 0
Grubb dh 4 0 1 0
Lemon cf 4 0 1 1
Pittaro 3b 3 1 1 0
  Brookens 3b 1 0 0 0
Petry p 0 0 0 0
  Scherrer p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 0 1 0
  Castillo ph 1 0 0 0
Franco ss 3 1 2 2
Hall lf 2 0 2 1
  Carter ph,lf,rf 2 0 0 0
Tabler dh 4 0 1 0
Vukovich rf 3 0 0 0
  Benton ph 1 0 0 0
  Fischlin 1b 0 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 3 0 1 0
  Nixon pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Jacoby 3b 4 0 0 0
Willard c 3 0 0 0
  Bando ph 1 0 0 0
Bernazard 2b 4 2 2 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Detroit 100 021 000491
Cleveland 001 010 001390
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Petry  W (3-1) 6.2 6 2 2 1 2
  Scherrer   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Hernandez  SV (3) 1.2 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  L (0-2) 9.0 9 4 4 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
1
2

  E–Pittaro (5).  DP–Detroit 1, Cleveland 1.  2B–Detroit Gibson (1,off Blyleven); Lemon (5,off Blyleven), Cleveland Hall (3,off Petry); Tabler (4,off Scherrer).  3B–Cleveland Bernazard (1,off Petry).  SF–Franco (3,off Petry).  HBP–Franco (1,by Petry).  SB–Trammell (2,2nd base off Blyleven/Willard); Gibson 2 (3,2nd base off Blyleven/Willard 2).  BK–Blyleven (1).  HBP–Petry (1,Franco).  T–3:00.  A–7,654.
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