Oakland Athletics vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 20, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1985 at Exhibition Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 5, Toronto Blue Jays 1

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 4 0 2 1
Lansford 3b 4 0 2 0
Bochte 1b 4 0 0 0
Kingman dh 4 1 1 0
Davis rf 4 1 2 2
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
Tettleton c 4 1 2 0
Hill 2b 4 1 1 0
Griffin ss 4 1 1 2
Birtsas p 0 0 0 0
  Ontiveros p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Garcia 2b 4 0 0 0
Moseby cf 4 0 0 0
Burroughs dh 2 0 0 0
  Oliver ph,dh 2 0 1 0
Bell lf 3 0 0 0
Barfield rf 4 1 1 1
Fielder 1b 1 0 1 0
  Upshaw ph,1b 2 0 1 0
Iorg 3b 1 0 0 0
  Mulliniks ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Allenson c 2 0 0 0
  Whitt ph,c 1 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 2 0 0 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Oakland 040 001 0005110
Toronto 010 000 000141
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Birtsas  W (6-2) 5.0 2 1 1 4 2
  Ontiveros  SV (2) 4.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
2
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  L (9-6) 8.0 11 5 5 0 2
  Acker   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
0
2

  E–Upshaw (7).  DP–Oakland 1, Toronto 3.  2B–Oakland Kingman (12,off Stieb); Davis (21,off Stieb), Toronto Fielder (1,off Birtsas); Oliver (1,off Ontiveros).  3B–Oakland Griffin (5,off Stieb).  HR–Oakland Davis (16,6th inning off Stieb 0 on, 0 out), Toronto Barfield (15,2nd inning off Birtsas 0 on, 1 out).  T–2:24.  A–35,187.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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