Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
August 16, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1985 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 2, Detroit Tigers 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Nixon lf 2 0 0 0
  Hargrove ph,1b 1 1 0 0
Butler cf 4 0 1 1
Franco ss 3 0 0 1
Thornton dh 4 0 1 0
Tabler 1b 3 0 0 0
  Carter lf 1 0 0 0
Bernazard 2b 3 0 0 0
Jacoby 3b 3 0 1 0
Vukovich rf 3 0 0 0
Bando c 3 1 1 0
Heaton p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 4 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 0
Trammell ss 4 1 2 0
Gibson rf 3 2 2 0
Parrish c 2 0 1 1
Simmons dh 3 0 1 2
Garbey 1b 3 0 1 0
Herndon lf 4 0 0 0
Lemon cf 2 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 3 0 0 0
Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 8 3
Cleveland 000 002 000240
Detroit 200 000 01x380
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Heaton  L (6-13) 7.2 8 3 3 3 4
  Thompson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
3
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Berenguer   5.2 4 2 2 1 8
  Lopez  W (3-7) 3.1 0 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
1
12

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1.  PB–Bando (3).  2B–Detroit Gibson (25,off Heaton).  SF–Franco (8,off Berenguer); Simmons (2,off Heaton).  SH–Parrish (3,off Heaton).  HBP–Garbey (3,by Heaton).  SB–Garbey (3,2nd base off Thompson/Bando).  CS–Trammell (5,Home by Heaton/Bando).  WP–Heaton (2), Berenguer (3).  HBP–Heaton (5,Garbey).  T–2:41.  A–27,044.
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