Baltimore Orioles vs Minnesota Twins
July 22, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 22, 1985 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 4, Minnesota Twins 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins 2b 3 0 1 0
  Sheets ph 1 0 0 0
  Rayford c 0 0 0 0
  Pardo ph 1 0 0 0
Lacy rf 3 1 0 0
  Dauer 2b 0 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 0 1 0
Murray 1b 4 2 2 2
Lynn cf 4 0 1 0
Young dh 3 0 1 1
Gross 3b 4 0 0 0
Shelby lf 4 1 2 0
Dempsey c 2 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph,rf 2 0 2 1
Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Puckett cf 4 1 1 0
Smalley 3b 3 1 1 1
  Gaetti 3b 0 0 0 0
Hrbek 1b 2 1 1 4
Brunansky rf 4 0 0 0
Engle dh 3 0 1 0
Bush lf 4 0 0 0
Teufel 2b 4 0 1 0
Salas c 3 1 1 0
Gagne ss 4 1 1 0
Smithson p 0 0 0 0
  Eufemia p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 7 5
Baltimore 200 001 1004101
Minnesota 050 000 00x570
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  L (4-6) 8.0 7 5 5 6 3
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
6
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Smithson  W (9-7) 6.0 8 4 4 2 1
  Eufemia   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Davis  SV (13) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
4

  E–Gross (10).  DP–Baltimore 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Baltimore Murray (22,off Smithson), Minnesota Salas (10,off Davis); Smalley (14,off Davis).  3B–Baltimore Shelby (1,off Smithson).  HR–Baltimore Murray (14,1st inning off Smithson 1 on, 2 out), Minnesota Hrbek (12,2nd inning off Davis 3 on, 1 out).  SB–Shelby (1,2nd base off Smithson/Salas); Lynn (6,2nd base off Davis/Salas); Puckett (7,2nd base off Davis/Dempsey).  CS–Dwyer (2,2nd base by Eufemia/Salas).  T–2:40.  A–19,893.
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