Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
May 4, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1985 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 1, Detroit Tigers 7

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Law lf 4 0 1 1
Salazar 3b 3 0 1 0
Baines rf 4 0 1 0
Walker 1b 4 0 0 0
Fisk c 4 0 0 0
Gamble dh 2 0 0 0
  Kittle ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Boston cf 3 0 0 0
Cruz 2b 2 0 0 0
  Hairston ph 0 0 0 0
  Hulett pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Guillen ss 3 0 0 0
Lollar p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 0
Trammell ss 5 0 0 0
Gibson rf 4 0 0 0
Parrish c 4 1 1 0
Herndon lf 3 3 2 2
Lemon cf 2 1 1 0
Sanchez dh 3 0 0 0
  Simmons ph,dh 1 1 1 2
Garbey 1b 4 1 3 3
Brookens 3b 3 0 0 0
Terrell p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 9 7
Chicago 000 000 010130
Detroit 010 121 20x790
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lollar  L (1-2) 5.0 7 5 5 4 5
  Nelson   2.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Agosto   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
5
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Terrell  W (3-0) 8.0 2 1 1 3 5
  Hernandez   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
3
6

  E–None.  2B–Chicago Baines (4,off Hernandez), Detroit Herndon (5,off Lollar); Garbey (2,off Lollar).  HR–Detroit Herndon (2,5th inning off Lollar 1 on, 2 out); Garbey (1,6th inning off Lollar 0 on, 0 out); Simmons (1,7th inning off Nelson 1 on, 2 out).  T–3:00.  A–37,865.
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