Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
August 18, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 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 0, Detroit Tigers 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Nixon lf 3 0 0 0
  Tabler ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Butler cf 1 0 0 0
  Ayala ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Franco ss 4 0 1 0
Thornton dh 4 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 2 0 1 0
  Carter cf 1 0 0 0
Vukovich rf 3 0 0 0
Bernazard 2b 3 0 0 0
Jacoby 3b 2 0 0 0
Willard c 3 0 1 0
Romero p 0 0 0 0
  Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 3 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 1
Trammell ss 4 0 0 0
Garbey lf 4 0 0 0
Parrish dh 3 0 0 0
Simmons rf 3 1 2 1
Lemon cf 4 1 2 1
Evans 1b 3 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 2 1 0 0
Castillo c 3 1 1 1
Petry p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4
Cleveland 000 000 000030
Detroit 021 000 10x460
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Romero  L (1-2) 3.1 3 3 3 1 2
  Ruhle   2.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Easterly   2.0 2 1 1 2 3
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
4
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Petry  W (13-11) 7.2 3 0 0 5 5
  Hernandez  SV (25) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
5
7

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 2.  HR–Detroit Simmons (7,2nd inning off Romero 0 on, 1 out); Lemon (7,2nd inning off Romero 0 on, 1 out); Castillo (2,3rd inning off Romero 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Evans (9,by Ruhle).  SB–Butler (34,2nd base off Petry/Castillo); Brookens (9,2nd base off Easterly/Willard).  CS–Butler (15,2nd base by Petry/Castillo).  IBB–Ruhle (4,Evans).  T–2:37.  A–31,148.
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