Texas Rangers vs Cleveland Indians
July 9, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1985 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Texas Rangers 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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Texas Rangers 2, Cleveland Indians 7

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 3 1 1 0
Harrah 2b 2 1 0 0
O'Brien 1b 4 0 2 2
Jones dh 3 0 0 0
Ward lf 4 0 1 0
Bell 3b 4 0 0 0
Wright rf 4 0 0 0
Petralli c 2 0 0 0
Wilkerson ss 3 0 0 0
Hooton p 0 0 0 0
  Rozema p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 4 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 1 0 0
Franco ss 5 2 2 1
Bernazard 2b 3 1 2 1
  Fischlin pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Thornton dh 3 1 3 4
Jacoby 3b 3 0 1 1
Vukovich rf 4 0 0 0
Carter lf 4 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 0 0
Willard c 2 1 2 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 10 7
Texas 002 000 000242
Cleveland 201 020 20x7100
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hooton  L (4-3) 4.2 7 5 3 3 0
  Rozema   2.1 3 2 2 1 1
  Stewart   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
5
6
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  W (8-8) 9.0 4 2 2 5 5
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
5
5

  E–Wilkerson 2 (12).  DP–Texas 4.  2B–Cleveland Bernazard 2 (14,off Hooton,off Rozema); Willard (9,off Hooton).  3B–Texas Ward (4,off Blyleven).  HR–Cleveland Thornton (5,7th inning off Rozema 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Harrah (7,2nd base off Blyleven/Willard); Butler (26,2nd base off Hooton/Petralli).  CS–G Wright (2,3rd base by Blyleven/Willard).  WP–Stewart (2).  T–2:25.  A–5,041.
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