Toronto Blue Jays vs Cleveland Indians
August 20, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1985 at Cleveland Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 3, Cleveland Indians 2

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Garcia 2b 5 0 2 1
Moseby cf 5 0 0 0
Mulliniks 3b 3 0 0 0
  Iorg ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Bell lf 4 0 2 0
Oliver dh 4 0 2 0
  Thornton pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Upshaw 1b 4 0 0 0
Whitt c 4 0 1 0
Barfield rf 2 2 1 0
Fernandez ss 4 1 2 2
Key p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 1 0 0
Bernazard 2b 4 1 2 1
Franco ss 4 0 2 1
Thornton dh 4 0 0 0
Tabler 1b 4 0 0 0
Jacoby 3b 4 0 4 0
Castillo rf 3 0 0 0
  Hargrove ph 1 0 0 0
Carter lf 2 0 1 0
  Vukovich ph 1 0 0 0
Bando c 2 0 0 0
  Ayala ph 0 0 0 0
  Nixon pr 0 0 0 0
  Willard c 0 0 0 0
Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Wardle p 0 0 0 0
  Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 9 2
Toronto 000 020 1003100
Cleveland 002 000 000291
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Key  W (10-5) 7.0 8 2 2 2 1
  Henke  SV (4) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L (1-1) 6.1 9 3 3 1 1
  Wardle   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Ruhle   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Easterly   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Reed   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
3
1

  E–Bando (2).  DP–Toronto 3, Cleveland 1.  2B–Toronto Bell (22,off Smith), Cleveland Bernazard (20,off Key).  3B–Toronto Barfield (7,off Smith).  IBB–Barfield (4,by Easterly).  SB–Barfield (17,2nd base off Smith/Bando); Fernandez (11,2nd base off Smith/Bando); Castillo (3,2nd base off Key/Whitt); Bernazard (13,2nd base off Key/Whitt); Nixon (15,2nd base off Key/Whitt).  WP–Key (5).  IBB–Easterly (4,Barfield).  T–2:54.  A–7,005.
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