Oakland Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays
May 7, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1985 at Exhibition Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 1, Toronto Blue Jays 10

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 4 0 1 0
Lansford 3b 2 0 0 0
  Picciolo 3b 2 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 3 0 1 0
Kingman dh 4 0 2 0
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
  Tettleton c 0 0 0 0
Heath c,rf 3 1 1 0
Davis rf,cf 4 0 2 0
Hill 2b 3 0 0 0
Griffin ss 3 0 2 1
  Meyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Gallego ss 0 0 0 0
Sutton p 0 0 0 0
  Warren p 0 0 0 0
  Birtsas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 9 1
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Garcia 2b 3 1 1 1
  Lee 2b 1 0 0 0
Mulliniks 3b 3 2 3 0
  Iorg 3b 1 0 0 0
Moseby cf 3 1 1 1
  Shepherd cf 1 0 0 0
Upshaw 1b 5 1 2 2
Bell lf 4 0 1 2
  Thornton pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Matuszek dh 3 1 0 1
Whitt c 4 2 2 2
Barfield rf 1 1 0 0
Fernandez ss 4 1 2 1
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 12 10
Oakland 000 001 000190
Toronto 100 216 00x10122
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  L (2-3) 5.1 9 8 8 4 5
  Warren   0.2 2 2 2 1 1
  Birtsas   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
12
10
10
6
9
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  W (2-3) 6.0 7 1 1 4 6
  Lavelle   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Musselman   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Caudill   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
5
9

  E–Lee (1), Mulliniks (2).  DP–Oakland 1, Toronto 1.  2B–Oakland Davis (7,off Stieb), Toronto Mulliniks (5,off Sutton); Moseby (7,off Sutton); Whitt (5,off Sutton).  HR–Toronto Whitt (2,4th inning off Sutton 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Garcia (1,off Sutton).  CS–Heath (2,2nd base by Stieb/Whitt); Griffin (1,2nd base by Stieb/Whitt).  SB–Fernandez (2,2nd base off Sutton/Heath).  WP–Warren (1).  T–2:55.  A–21,292.
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