Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
August 15, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1985 at Tiger 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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Cleveland Indians 7, Detroit Tigers 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Nixon lf 4 0 0 0
  Ayala ph 1 1 1 0
  Carter cf 0 0 0 0
Butler cf 3 2 1 0
  Castillo ph,rf 0 1 0 0
Franco ss 5 1 2 1
Thornton dh 5 1 3 5
Tabler 1b 5 1 1 0
Bernazard 2b 4 0 0 0
Jacoby 3b 4 0 1 1
Vukovich rf,lf 5 0 1 0
Willard c 3 0 1 0
Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Wardle p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 11 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 3 1 0 0
Evans 1b 4 1 1 2
Gibson cf 4 1 1 0
Parrish c 3 1 0 0
Simmons rf 4 2 4 3
  Sanchez pr 0 0 0 0
Garbey dh 3 0 0 1
Trammell ss 4 0 0 0
Herndon lf 3 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 3 0 0 0
Terrell p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Scherrer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 6 6
Cleveland 100 010 0147110
Detroit 300 102 000661
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   5.1 5 6 6 2 4
  Ruhle   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Wardle  W (4-4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Reed  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
6
6
2
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Terrell   8.0 8 3 3 3 6
  Hernandez  L (7-7) 0.0 3 4 4 1 0
  Scherrer   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
5
8

  E–Trammell (11).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Tabler (14,off Terrell); Jacoby (17,off Terrell).  3B–Cleveland Butler (12,off Terrell).  HR–Cleveland Thornton (11,9th inning off Hernandez 2 on, 0 out), Detroit Evans (27,1st inning off Smith 1 on, 0 out); Simmons 2 (6,4th inning off Smith 0 on, 0 out,6th inning off Smith 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Garbey (4,off Smith).  SB–Bernazard (12,2nd base off Scherrer/Parrish).  T–2:41.  A–23,542.
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