Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
May 1, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1985 at Royals Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 6, Kansas City Royals 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 6 1 2 2
Franco ss 6 0 1 0
Hall lf,rf 4 1 2 1
Thornton dh 6 0 1 0
Vukovich rf 4 1 2 1
  Nixon lf 2 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 2 0 0 0
  Tabler ph,1b 3 0 1 1
Jacoby 3b 4 2 3 0
Bando c 2 1 0 1
Bernazard 2b 3 0 0 0
Schulze p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Von Ohlen p 0 0 0 0
  Waddell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 6 12 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 4 0 0 1
Sheridan rf 3 1 1 0
  Jones L. ph,rf 0 0 0 1
Brett 3b 3 1 3 1
Orta dh 3 0 0 0
Balboni 1b 4 0 1 1
White 2b 3 1 0 0
Motley lf 4 1 0 0
Sundberg c 4 1 1 1
Biancalana ss 2 0 0 0
  Iorg ph 0 0 0 0
  Concepcion pr,ss 0 0 0 0
  McRae ph 1 0 0 0
Gubicza p 0 0 0 0
  Jones M. p 0 0 0 0
  Beckwith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 6 5
Cleveland 120 012 0006124
Kansas City 100 100 300563
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Schulze  W (3-0) 6.0 4 3 3 1 5
  Thompson   0.0 1 2 0 1 0
  Von Ohlen   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Waddell  SV (5) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
5
3
3
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gubicza  L (0-2) 5.1 8 6 5 4 4
  Jones   1.2 1 0 0 3 1
  Beckwith   2.0 3 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
5
8
6

  E–Vukovich (1), Jacoby (4), Thompson 2 (2), White (2), Biancalana 2 (3).  DP–Cleveland 1.  PB–Sundberg (1).  2B–Cleveland Jacoby (3,off Beckwith), Kansas City Brett (5,off Schulze).  SF–Bando (1,off M Jones); Wilson (1,off Von Ohlen); L Jones (1,off Von Ohlen).  SH–Orta (1,off Von Ohlen).  SB–Butler 2 (4,2nd base off Gubicza/Sundberg,3rd base off Gubicza/Sundberg); Jacoby (1,2nd base off Gubicza/Sundberg); Sheridan (6,2nd base off Schulze/Bando).  WP–Gubicza 2 (2).  T–3:23.  A–16,699.
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