Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
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 Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 6

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Law cf 5 0 0 1
  Salazar cf 0 0 0 0
Little 2b 2 1 0 0
  Hairston ph 1 0 1 1
  Cruz pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Baines rf 5 1 1 0
Walker 1b 3 1 1 2
Gamble dh 3 0 0 0
Fisk c 4 0 0 0
Ryal lf 4 1 1 1
Hulett 3b 2 1 0 0
Guillen ss 2 0 0 0
Burns p 0 0 0 0
  James p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 4 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 1 1 0
Trammell ss 5 1 2 1
Gibson rf 4 0 1 3
Parrish c 3 0 0 0
Herndon lf 5 1 2 1
Lemon cf 5 0 2 1
Evans 1b 4 0 0 0
Garbey dh 2 0 1 0
  Bergman ph,dh 1 1 1 0
Brookens 3b 3 2 1 0
Terrell p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 11 6
Chicago 300 100 001542
Detroit 000 011 0046112
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Burns   7.0 6 2 2 3 6
  James  L (4-3) 1.0 4 4 2 1 2
  Spillner   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.1
11
6
4
4
9
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Terrell   8.2 3 5 4 4 5
  Hernandez  W (5-4) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
5
4
4
5

  E–Hulett (10), Spillner (1), Evans 2 (9).  2B–Chicago Walker (21,off Terrell), Detroit Brookens (18,off Burns); Garbey (5,off Burns).  HR–Detroit Herndon (8,6th inning off Burns 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Guillen 2 (5,off Terrell 2); Parrish (1,off Spillner).  HBP–Hulett 2 (4,by Terrell 2).  SF–Gibson (8,off Burns).  WP–James (2).  HBP–Terrell 2 (2,Hulett 2).  T–3:01.  A–29,408.
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