Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics
July 6, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 6, 1985 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Toronto Blue Jays 1, Oakland Athletics 5

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Garcia 2b 4 0 1 0
Mulliniks 3b 4 1 2 1
Moseby cf 4 0 0 0
Upshaw 1b 4 0 0 0
Burroughs dh 3 0 1 0
Whitt c 3 0 0 0
Barfield rf 3 0 0 0
Thornton lf 3 0 1 0
Fernandez ss 3 0 0 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Musselman p 0 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 5 2 2 0
Lansford 3b 4 3 1 1
Bochte 1b 5 0 2 2
Kingman dh 4 0 3 1
Davis rf 3 0 0 0
Murphy cf 3 0 1 0
Tettleton c 3 0 1 0
Hill 2b 4 0 1 0
Griffin ss 4 0 1 0
Sutton p 0 0 0 0
  Ontiveros p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 12 4
Toronto 000 100 000155
Oakland 002 201 00x5120
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  L (7-6) 5.1 10 5 4 4 2
  Musselman   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Caudill   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
5
4
5
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  W (8-5) 8.0 5 1 1 0 4
  Ontiveros   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
0
4

  E–Whitt (4), Thornton 2 (2), Fernandez 2 (17).  DP–Toronto 1, Oakland 1.  2B–Toronto Garcia (13,off Sutton), Oakland Collins (11,off Alexander); Lansford (14,off Alexander); Kingman (8,off Caudill).  HR–Toronto Mulliniks (5,4th inning off Sutton 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Kingman (1,off Alexander).  IBB–Murphy (3,by Musselman).  SB–Davis (14,2nd base off Alexander/Whitt); Hill (4,2nd base off Alexander/Whitt).  WP–Alexander (5).  IBB–Musselman (2,Murphy).  T–2:16.  A–23,230.
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