Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
June 16, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 1985 at Cleveland Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 3, Cleveland Indians 2

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 3 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 1 0
Bochte 1b 4 0 0 0
Kingman dh 3 0 0 0
Davis rf 4 1 1 0
Murphy cf 4 1 1 2
Tettleton c 3 1 2 0
  Heath pr,c 1 0 0 0
Hill 2b 4 0 0 0
Griffin ss 3 0 2 1
Sutton p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 0 0 0
Franco ss 4 0 2 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 2 0
  Nixon pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Thornton dh 4 0 0 0
Jacoby 3b 4 0 1 0
Vukovich rf 4 0 0 0
Bernazard 2b 4 2 2 1
Carter lf 3 0 2 1
  Tabler 1b 1 0 0 0
Bando c 4 0 0 0
Behenna p 0 0 0 0
  Waddell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 9 2
Oakland 000 010 002371
Cleveland 000 101 000290
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  W (5-5) 8.0 9 2 2 0 4
  Howell  SV (14) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
0
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Behenna   7.0 5 1 1 2 1
  Waddell  L (2-4) 2.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
1

  E–Sutton (2).  2B–Oakland Tettleton (3,off Behenna), Cleveland Hargrove (3,off Sutton).  3B–Oakland Griffin (2,off Behenna).  HR–Oakland Murphy (10,9th inning off Waddell 1 on, 1 out), Cleveland Bernazard (5,6th inning off Sutton 0 on, 2 out).  CS–Griffin (2,2nd base by Behenna/Bando); Nixon (4,2nd base by Sutton/Heath).  SB–Bernazard (6,2nd base off Sutton/Tettleton).  WP–Sutton 2 (5).  T–2:31.
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