Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
August 17, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 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 5, Detroit Tigers 7

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Carter lf 4 1 2 1
Butler cf 3 2 2 1
Franco ss 4 1 1 1
Thornton dh 3 1 1 1
Tabler 1b 4 0 1 0
Jacoby 3b 4 0 0 0
Bernazard 2b 3 0 0 1
Castillo rf 3 0 0 0
  Vukovich ph 1 0 1 0
Bando c 3 0 0 0
  Hargrove ph 1 0 0 0
Wardle p 0 0 0 0
  Clark p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Trammell ss 4 1 1 1
Garbey dh 4 2 2 0
Gibson rf 4 1 0 0
Parrish c 4 1 3 2
Simmons lf 4 1 1 2
  Herndon lf 0 0 0 0
Lemon cf 4 0 1 0
Evans 1b 4 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 4 0 2 1
Flynn 2b 4 1 1 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  O'Neal p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 6
Cleveland 100 100 021581
Detroit 106 000 00x7112
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wardle  L (4-5) 2.0 6 6 5 0 2
  Clark   6.0 5 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
7
6
0
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana  W (7-11) 8.0 7 5 4 1 2
  O'Neal  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
4
1
3

  E–Franco (29), Trammell (12), Flynn (1).  2B–Cleveland Butler (23,off Tanana), Detroit Simmons (7,off Clark); Brookens (24,off Clark); Parrish (19,off Clark).  3B–Detroit Parrish (1,off Wardle); Flynn (1,off Wardle).  HR–Cleveland Franco (5,1st inning off Tanana 0 on, 2 out); Carter (7,8th inning off Tanana 0 on, 2 out); Butler (5,8th inning off Tanana 0 on, 2 out).  CS–Carter (3,2nd base by Tanana/Parrish).  T–2:38.  A–32,723.
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