Oakland Athletics vs California Angels
August 19, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 1985 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 4, California Angels 5

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 0 1 0
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 3 0 1 0
Kingman dh 4 1 1 1
Davis rf 4 1 2 0
Hill 2b 4 1 1 1
Collins lf 4 1 2 0
Heath c 4 0 1 2
Gallego 3b 2 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Kiefer 3b 0 0 0 0
  Baker ph 1 0 0 0
Sutton p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Downing lf 4 0 0 0
Pettis cf 4 0 0 0
Jones dh 3 1 0 0
Jackson rf 4 2 2 2
  Carew 1b 0 0 0 0
Howell 3b 4 1 1 0
Beniquez 1b,rf 2 1 0 0
Wilfong 2b 2 0 1 1
Schofield ss 3 0 1 1
Boone c 3 0 0 0
McCaskill p 0 0 0 0
  Cliburn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 5 4
Oakland 010 003 000491
California 200 300 00x550
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  L (12-7) 7.0 5 5 3 2 3
  Howell   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
5
5
3
2
4
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
McCaskill  W (9-7) 5.2 8 4 4 1 4
  Cliburn  SV (5) 3.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
1
4

  E–Heath (8).  2B–Oakland Davis (28,off McCaskill); Collins (14,off McCaskill); Heath (11,off McCaskill), California Wilfong (3,off Sutton); Howell (2,off Sutton).  HR–Oakland Kingman (24,2nd inning off McCaskill 0 on, 0 out), California Jackson (20,1st inning off Sutton 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Wilfong (2,off Sutton).  T–2:32.  A–25,154.
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