Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics
July 5, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1985 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Oakland Athletics 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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Toronto Blue Jays 8, Oakland Athletics 2

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Garcia 2b 4 0 2 4
  Lee pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 5 1 1 0
Moseby cf 3 0 0 0
Barfield rf 5 2 2 0
Burroughs dh 5 0 1 2
Upshaw 1b 5 0 1 0
  Matuszek 1b 0 0 0 0
Martinez c 4 2 1 1
Shepherd lf 3 2 2 0
Iorg 3b 3 1 2 1
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 12 8
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 3 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 1 0
Davis rf 4 0 1 0
Kingman dh 4 1 1 1
Baker 1b 4 1 2 0
Murphy cf 3 0 0 0
Heath c 4 0 1 1
Hill 2b 3 0 1 0
  Bochte ph 1 0 0 0
Griffin ss 4 0 0 0
Krueger p 0 0 0 0
  Atherton p 0 0 0 0
  Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Mura p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Toronto 200 330 0008121
Oakland 010 100 000270
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy  W (5-4) 9.0 7 2 2 2 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
1
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Krueger  L (5-8) 3.1 6 5 5 3 1
  Atherton   1.1 3 3 3 2 0
  Langford   3.1 2 0 0 0 2
  Mura   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
5
4

  E–Clancy (1).  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Toronto Burroughs (5,off Krueger); Iorg (9,off Krueger); Martinez (3,off Atherton); Upshaw (17,off Langford), Oakland Baker (5,off Clancy); Hill (3,off Clancy).  HR–Oakland Kingman (20,4th inning off Clancy 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Garcia (20,2nd base off Atherton/Heath).  WP–Krueger (2).  T–2:52.  A–17,937.
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