Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
August 9, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1985 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 2, Cleveland Indians 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 1 2 0
Trammell ss 2 0 0 0
Gibson rf 4 0 0 0
Parrish c 4 1 1 2
Evans dh 4 0 1 0
Herndon lf 4 0 0 0
Bergman 1b 3 0 2 0
  Garbey ph 0 0 0 0
Lemon cf 3 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 3 0 0 0
  Grubb ph 1 0 0 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Nixon lf 3 1 0 0
Butler cf 3 0 1 0
Franco ss 3 1 1 1
Thornton dh 3 1 2 2
Tabler 1b 4 1 1 1
  Hargrove 1b 0 0 0 0
Bernazard 2b 4 0 1 0
Jacoby 3b 4 0 0 0
Vukovich rf 2 0 0 0
Willard c 3 0 0 0
Waddell p 0 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 6 4
Detroit 002 000 000261
Cleveland 000 000 04x461
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris   7.0 4 2 2 5 6
  Hernandez  L (6-5) 1.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
5
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waddell   7.0 5 2 2 2 2
  Easterly  W (2-0) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Thompson  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
2

  E–Parrish (2), Jacoby (13).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Bernazard (19,off Morris).  HR–Detroit Parrish (17,3rd inning off Waddell 1 on, 2 out), Cleveland Thornton (9,8th inning off Hernandez 1 on, 1 out); Tabler (4,8th inning off Hernandez 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Trammell (7,off Waddell).  IBB–Whitaker (6,by Waddell).  SB–Trammell (14,2nd base off Waddell/Willard); Franco (11,2nd base off Morris/Parrish).  IBB–Waddell (8,Whitaker).  T–2:39.  A–18,050.
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