Cleveland Indians vs Oakland Athletics
June 23, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1985 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Cleveland Indians 3, Oakland Athletics 9

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 0 2 1
Franco ss 3 0 0 0
  Fischlin ss 0 0 0 0
  Hargrove ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Jacoby 3b 3 0 1 1
Tabler 1b,2b 4 0 0 0
Vukovich rf 4 0 1 0
Carter lf 4 1 1 1
Bernazard 2b,ss 4 0 0 0
Castillo dh 4 1 1 0
Willard c 2 1 1 0
Heaton p 0 0 0 0
  Creel p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 3 2 2 1
Lansford 3b 5 2 3 2
Davis rf 3 0 1 1
Kingman dh 3 1 0 0
Baker 1b 4 1 2 0
Murphy cf 2 1 0 0
Heath c 4 1 3 2
Hill 2b 4 0 0 0
Griffin ss 3 1 1 1
Codiroli p 0 0 0 0
  Ontiveros p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 9 12 7
Cleveland 000 001 200371
Oakland 000 134 10x9120
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Heaton  L (4-8) 4.0 9 4 4 1 2
  Creel   2.0 2 4 4 2 1
  Thompson   2.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
12
9
9
4
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Codiroli  W (8-3) 6.2 7 3 3 2 4
  Ontiveros   2.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
6

  E–Willard (4).  DP–Cleveland 3, Oakland 1.  2B–Cleveland Butler (18,off Codiroli), Oakland Heath (5,off Heaton).  3B–Oakland Heath (4,off Creel).  HR–Cleveland Carter (4,7th inning off Codiroli 0 on, 1 out), Oakland Lansford (11,6th inning off Creel 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Murphy (4,off Heaton).  SF–Griffin (3,off Creel).  HBP–Kingman (1,by Thompson).  WP–Heaton (1).  HBP–Thompson (2,Kingman).  T–2:48.  A–24,222.
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