Toronto Blue Jays vs Baltimore Orioles
July 31, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1985 at Memorial Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 5, Baltimore Orioles 3

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Garcia 2b 5 0 2 0
  Lee pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 5 0 1 0
Mulliniks 3b 3 1 1 1
  Iorg ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Bell lf 4 1 2 1
Oliver dh 3 0 0 0
  Burroughs ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Upshaw 1b 4 1 2 0
Whitt c 4 0 0 0
Barfield cf 4 2 2 3
Thornton rf 4 0 1 0
Musselman p 0 0 0 0
  Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 5
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins 2b 4 1 2 0
Lacy rf 5 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 1 1 3
Murray 1b 3 0 1 0
Lynn cf 3 0 1 0
Sheets dh 3 0 1 0
Young lf 4 0 1 0
Rayford 3b 3 0 0 0
  Gross ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Pardo c 3 1 1 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0
Martinez D. p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez T. p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Toronto 100 200 1105110
Baltimore 000 000 300380
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Musselman   3.2 2 0 0 3 2
  Lamp   3.0 6 3 3 0 5
  Lavelle   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Henke  W (2-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
9
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez D.  L (7-7) 6.1 8 4 4 0 5
  Martinez T.   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Stewart   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
0
8

  E–None.  2B–Baltimore Young (13,off Musselman); Wiggins (5,off Lamp).  HR–Toronto Mulliniks (7,1st inning off D Martinez 0 on, 2 out); Barfield 2 (18,4th inning off D Martinez 1 on, 2 out,7th inning off D Martinez 0 on, 1 out); Bell (19,8th inning off T Martinez 0 on, 0 out), Baltimore Ripken (17,7th inning off Lamp 2 on, 2 out).  SB–Upshaw 2 (5,2nd base off D Martinez/Pardo 2).  CS–Wiggins (4,2nd base by Musselman/Whitt).  WP–Musselman (3).  T–3:22.  A–32,044.
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