Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
April 28, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1985 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 7, Baltimore Orioles 8

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 5 1 1 1
Franco ss 3 1 1 0
Hall lf 5 2 4 0
Tabler 1b 4 1 2 3
Carter dh 5 0 1 2
Vukovich rf 3 0 0 0
Jacoby 3b 5 1 2 0
Willard c 4 1 1 0
Bernazard 2b 4 0 1 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Von Ohlen p 0 0 0 0
  Waddell p 0 0 0 0
  Jeffcoat p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 13 6
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Dwyer rf 3 1 0 0
Gross 3b 3 1 1 1
  Connally ph,3b 1 1 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 1 2 0
Murray 1b 4 1 1 2
Lynn cf 3 2 2 1
Sheets dh 3 1 1 3
  Ford ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  Lowenstein ph,dh 0 0 0 1
Young lf 4 0 0 0
Dauer 2b 3 0 1 0
Dempsey c 2 0 0 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Snell p 0 0 0 0
  Aase p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 8 9 8
Cleveland 060 100 0007130
Baltimore 100 301 03x891
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven   7.0 6 6 6 2 7
  Von Ohlen   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Waddell  L (0-2) 0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Jeffcoat   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Thompson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
8
8
3
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Davis   1.2 5 6 6 4 1
  Stewart   2.1 4 1 1 1 0
  Snell   2.2 3 0 0 1 2
  Aase  W (2-0) 2.1 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
8
4

  E–Murray (3).  DP–Cleveland 2.  2B–Cleveland Carter (3,off Stewart); Willard (2,off Snell); Hall (4,off Aase), Baltimore Murray (1,off Waddell).  3B–Cleveland Tabler (1,off Davis).  HR–Baltimore Gross (2,1st inning off Blyleven 0 on, 1 out); Sheets (3,4th inning off Blyleven 2 on, 1 out); Lynn (2,6th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Vukovich (3,by Aase); Lynn (1,by Jeffcoat).  SF–Lowenstein (1,off Thompson).  CS–Bernazard (1,3rd base by Davis/Dempsey); Tabler (2,2nd base by Aase/Dempsey).  WP–Stewart (2).  IBB–Jeffcoat (1,Lynn); Aase (2,Vukovich).  T–3:34.  A–33,293.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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