Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
May 5, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 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 3, Detroit Tigers 4

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Law lf 2 1 0 0
  Paciorek ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Fletcher 2b 4 1 2 2
Baines rf 4 0 1 1
Walker 1b 4 0 1 0
Hairston dh 4 0 0 0
Boston cf 2 0 0 0
  Kittle ph 1 0 0 0
Hill c 2 0 0 0
  Fisk ph,c 1 0 0 0
Salazar 3b 3 0 0 0
Guillen ss 2 1 0 0
Dotson p 0 0 0 0
  James p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 4 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 1 1 0
Trammell ss 3 0 1 0
Gibson rf 4 1 0 1
Parrish c 3 0 0 0
Evans 1b 3 1 1 2
Herndon lf 2 1 0 0
Simmons dh 3 0 1 0
Lemon cf 3 0 1 1
Pittaro 3b 3 0 0 0
  Brookens 3b 0 0 0 0
Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 5 4
Chicago 003 000 000340
Detroit 000 013 00x451
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dotson  L (0-1) 7.0 5 4 4 2 3
  James   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
5
4
4
2
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Berenguer  W (1-1) 6.0 4 3 3 3 5
  Lopez   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez  SV (5) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
3
7

  E–Evans (3).  DP–Chicago 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Chicago Fletcher (2,off Berenguer).  HR–Detroit Evans (2,6th inning off Dotson 1 on, 2 out).  T–2:23.  A–29,376.
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