Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
August 3, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 1985 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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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Baltimore Orioles 4, Cleveland Indians 10

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins 2b 3 0 1 0
Lacy rf 5 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 1 0
Lynn cf 3 1 1 0
Roenicke lf 2 0 0 0
Young dh 4 2 2 2
Rayford 3b 4 1 1 2
Dempsey c 3 0 0 0
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 6 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Nixon lf 5 3 3 0
Butler cf 4 3 4 1
Franco ss 5 1 3 5
Thornton dh 5 0 2 2
Vukovich rf 5 0 1 0
Jacoby 3b 5 0 1 1
Bernazard 2b 2 1 1 0
  Fischlin ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 1 0
Willard c 3 2 0 0
Wardle p 0 0 0 0
  Waddell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 10 16 9
Baltimore 000 200 020460
Cleveland 140 220 10x10160
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker  L (10-12) 1.2 8 5 5 0 1
  Davis   3.1 7 4 4 2 3
  Martinez   3.0 1 1 1 2 2
Totals
8.0
16
10
10
4
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wardle  W (2-3) 7.0 4 2 2 5 5
  Waddell   2.0 2 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
6
7

  E–None.  2B–Cleveland Thornton (4,off Boddicker); Nixon (2,off Davis).  3B–Cleveland Butler (10,off T Martinez).  HR–Baltimore Rayford (5,4th inning off Wardle 1 on, 1 out); Young (13,8th inning off Waddell 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Butler (4,off Davis).  SB–Wiggins (12,2nd base off Wardle/Willard); Nixon (11,2nd base off Boddicker/Dempsey); Franco (8,2nd base off Boddicker/Dempsey).  WP–T Martinez (4).  T–2:53.  A–9,441.
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