Baltimore Orioles vs Toronto Blue Jays
August 8, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1985 at Exhibition 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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Baltimore Orioles 4, Toronto Blue Jays 7

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins 2b 3 1 1 0
Lacy rf 4 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 0 0 1
Murray dh 4 1 1 1
Lynn cf 4 1 1 1
Young lf 4 1 1 1
Gross 1b 3 0 0 0
Dempsey c 2 0 0 0
  Sheets ph 1 0 0 0
  Rayford 3b 0 0 0 0
Dauer 3b 2 0 0 0
  Pardo ph,c 1 0 0 0
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  Dixon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 5 4
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Garcia 2b 2 0 1 0
  Iorg ph,2b 3 1 2 2
Moseby cf 4 0 1 0
Mulliniks 3b 4 0 0 0
Bell lf 4 0 0 0
Oliver dh 3 1 0 0
Upshaw 1b 4 2 2 0
Whitt c 3 0 0 0
Barfield rf 3 2 3 1
  Thornton rf 1 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 3 1 2 3
Filer p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 11 6
Baltimore 011 002 000451
Toronto 020 401 00x7110
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker  L (10-13) 3.1 8 6 5 0 1
  Dixon   4.2 3 1 1 1 4
Totals
8.0
11
7
6
1
5
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Filer  W (4-0) 6.0 5 4 4 1 1
  Henke  SV (2) 3.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
2
3

  E–Dixon (3).  2B–Toronto Fernandez (20,off Boddicker).  3B–Toronto Barfield (5,off Dixon).  HR–Baltimore Young (14,2nd inning off Filer 0 on, 2 out); Murray (19,6th inning off Filer 0 on, 2 out); Lynn (18,6th inning off Filer 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Fernandez (4,off Dixon).  HBP–Oliver (1,by Boddicker).  SB–Wiggins (14,2nd base off Filer/Whitt).  HBP–Boddicker (5,Oliver).  T–2:34.  A–40,104.
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