New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians
August 1, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 1985 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the New York Yankees 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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New York Yankees 1, Cleveland Indians 9

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Henderson cf 3 1 1 0
  Moreno cf 1 0 0 0
Griffey lf 4 0 1 0
Mattingly 1b 2 0 1 1
Winfield rf 4 0 0 0
Hassey c 4 0 0 0
Baylor dh 3 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 3 0 0 0
Pagliarulo 3b 3 0 0 0
Meacham ss 3 0 0 0
Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
  Shirley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Nixon lf 5 2 2 0
Butler cf 5 2 2 0
Franco ss 3 3 3 1
  Ayala ph 1 0 0 0
  Fischlin ss 0 0 0 0
Thornton dh 3 1 1 3
Tabler 3b 1 0 0 1
  Jacoby 3b 1 0 0 0
Bernazard 2b 3 1 1 2
Hargrove 1b 3 0 1 2
Vukovich rf 4 0 0 0
Willard c 4 0 0 0
Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 10 9
New York 100 000 000131
Cleveland 204 201 00x9102
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (10-9) 2.2 6 6 3 1 3
  Allen   3.1 4 3 3 3 2
  Shirley   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
9
6
5
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  W (1-0) 9.0 3 1 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
3
1
0
1
4

  E–Pagliarulo (7), Franco 2 (28).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–New York Griffey (16,off Smith); Mattingly (32,off Smith), Cleveland Franco (22,off Allen).  3B–Cleveland Butler (9,off Allen).  SF–Mattingly (13,off Smith); Tabler (2,off P Niekro).  SB–Randolph (10,2nd base off Smith/Willard); Henderson (48,2nd base off Smith/Willard); Nixon 2 (10,2nd base off P Niekro/Hassey 2); Bernazard (9,2nd base off P Niekro/Hassey).  CS–Mattingly (2,2nd base by Smith/Willard).  WP–P Niekro (3).  T–2:39.  A–8,294.
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