Detroit Tigers vs California Angels
August 23, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1985 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 6, California Angels 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 4 1 1 0
Trammell ss 4 0 1 1
Gibson cf 5 2 2 2
Parrish c 4 2 2 1
Evans 1b 4 0 1 1
Simmons rf 3 0 1 1
Grubb dh 2 0 0 0
  Sanchez ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Herndon lf 4 0 1 0
Brookens 3b 4 1 0 0
Petry p 0 0 0 0
  Scherrer p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 6
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Pettis cf 4 1 1 1
Carew 1b 3 1 0 0
Downing lf 5 1 1 2
Jones dh 3 0 0 0
Jackson rf 2 0 0 0
Grich 2b 4 1 1 0
Narron c 3 0 0 0
  Beniquez ph 0 1 0 0
Howell 3b 3 0 0 0
  Boone ph 0 1 0 0
Schofield ss 4 1 1 2
Romanick p 0 0 0 0
  Fowlkes p 0 0 0 0
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 4 5
Detroit 330 000 000693
California 000 002 005742
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Petry   2.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Scherrer   6.1 1 3 3 3 8
  Hernandez  L (7-9) 0.1 2 4 2 2 0
  Lopez   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.2
4
7
5
8
10
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Romanick   2.0 5 6 3 2 0
  Fowlkes   4.0 3 0 0 1 1
  Holland   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez  W (2-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
3
3
1

  E–Gibson (11), Parrish (4), Brookens (17), Howell (6), Schofield (20).  DP–California 1.  PB–Parrish (6).  2B–Detroit Evans (13,off Romanick); Simmons (8,off Fowlkes).  3B–Detroit Whitaker (6,off Romanick).  HR–Detroit Gibson (23,2nd inning off Romanick 1 on, 2 out); Parrish (20,2nd inning off Romanick 0 on, 2 out), California Downing (17,6th inning off Scherrer 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Trammell (8,off Romanick); Simmons (3,off Romanick).  IBB–Carew (7,by Lopez).  IBB–Lopez (8,Carew).  T–2:52.  A–39,932.
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