Milwaukee Brewers vs Cleveland Indians
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 Cleveland Stadium. The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Brewers 8, Cleveland Indians 3

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Gantner 2b 3 0 0 1
Yount cf 4 2 2 0
Cooper dh 5 2 2 3
Simmons 1b 3 1 2 1
Ready 3b 5 0 1 0
Ponce lf 5 0 1 0
  Householder lf 0 0 0 0
Manning rf 4 1 1 0
Moore c 4 2 2 1
Romero ss 4 0 3 2
Burris p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 14 8
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 4 1 2 1
Bernazard 2b 5 0 2 1
Franco ss 5 0 1 1
Thornton dh 4 0 1 0
Hargrove 1b 3 0 0 0
Jacoby 3b 4 0 2 0
Vukovich rf 3 1 0 0
Carter lf 3 0 2 0
Willard c 4 1 1 0
Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 11 3
Milwaukee 210 000 0328140
Cleveland 110 000 1003110
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Burris  W (9-9) 7.0 9 3 3 3 2
  Fingers  SV (16) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
3
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L (1-2) 7.0 10 4 4 1 4
  Reed   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Thompson   1.0 1 2 2 2 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Milwaukee 1, Cleveland 2.  2B–Milwaukee Yount (25,off Smith); Moore (10,off Smith), Cleveland Jacoby (18,off Fingers).  HR–Milwaukee Cooper (11,9th inning off Thompson 1 on, 0 out), Cleveland Nixon (2,1st inning off Burris 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Gantner (4,off Smith); Nixon (3,off Burris).  SF–Gantner (4,off Smith).  SB–Carter (15,2nd base off Burris/Moore).  CS–Franco (8,2nd base by Burris/Moore); Carter (5,2nd base by Burris/Moore).  T–2:52.  A–4,205.
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