Toronto Blue Jays vs Minnesota Twins
August 26, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1985 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Minnesota Twins 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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Toronto Blue Jays 4, Minnesota Twins 3

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Fernandez ss 4 0 2 0
Moseby cf 4 0 2 0
Mulliniks 3b 4 0 0 0
Bell lf 4 1 2 1
Oliver dh 4 1 1 0
Upshaw 1b 4 1 1 0
Whitt c 3 0 1 0
Barfield rf 4 1 1 1
Iorg 2b 4 0 2 2
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
  Henke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 12 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Puckett cf 4 0 1 0
Stenhouse dh 4 0 0 0
Hrbek 1b 4 1 3 1
Brunansky rf 4 0 0 0
Bush lf 4 0 1 1
Gaetti 3b 4 1 2 0
Salas c 4 0 1 0
Teufel 2b 3 0 0 0
  Hatcher ph 1 0 1 1
  Washington pr 0 0 0 0
Espinoza ss 2 0 0 0
  Smalley ph,ss 2 1 1 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
Toronto 030 001 0004120
Minnesota 000 100 0113100
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  W (13-8) 6.1 6 1 1 0 2
  Acker   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Henke  SV (7) 1.1 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
0
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  L (12-13) 9.0 12 4 4 1 3
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
1
3

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 1, Minnesota 1.  2B–Toronto Iorg 2 (15,off Blyleven 2); Barfield (24,off Blyleven), Minnesota Hrbek (22,off Alexander); Bush (12,off Alexander); Smalley (17,off Acker); Gaetti (26,off Henke).  HR–Toronto Bell (27,6th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Fernandez (12,2nd base off Blyleven/Salas).  CS–Bell (6,3rd base by Blyleven/Salas); Fernandez (5,3rd base by Blyleven/Salas).  T–2:34.  A–13,395.
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