Cleveland Indians vs Seattle Mariners
September 9, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1985 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 7, Seattle Mariners 8

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 0 1 0
  Nixon cf 2 0 0 0
Franco ss 5 1 0 0
Carter 1b,lf 6 1 1 0
Thornton dh 5 2 4 2
  Fischlin pr,dh 1 0 0 0
Ayala lf 3 1 1 1
  Hargrove 1b 3 0 0 0
Jacoby 3b 5 0 0 1
Bernazard 2b 3 0 0 0
Castillo rf 4 2 3 3
  Vukovich rf 1 0 0 0
Willard c 5 0 1 0
Waddell p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Romero p 0 0 0 0
  Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Von Ohlen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 7 11 7
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Perconte 2b 4 0 0 0
Bradley lf 4 2 1 0
Davis 1b 5 1 1 1
Thomas dh 5 2 2 4
Presley 3b 5 1 1 1
Henderson rf,cf 3 1 2 1
Moses cf 4 0 0 1
  Phelps ph 0 0 0 0
  Nelson pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Scott c 4 0 0 0
  Valle c 1 0 0 0
Owen ss 4 1 0 0
Langston p 0 0 0 0
  Mirabella p 0 0 0 0
  Lazorko p 0 0 0 0
  Vande Berg p 0 0 0 0
  Long p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez p 0 0 0 0
  Tobik p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 7 8
Cleveland 310 003 000 0007110
Seattle 300 101 011 001871
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waddell   5.2 5 5 5 2 2
  Reed   1.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Romero   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Ruhle   2.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Thompson  L (3-7) 1.0 0 1 1 3 1
  Von Ohlen   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
11.2
7
8
8
7
4
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Langston   5.2 9 7 7 1 5
  Mirabella   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Lazorko   1.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Vande Berg   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Long   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Nunez   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Tobik  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
11
7
7
3
6

  E–Presley (17).  DP–Seattle 1.  2B–Cleveland Thornton (6,off Langston); Butler (24,off Langston); Ayala (5,off Langston), Seattle Henderson (20,off Waddell); Bradley (28,off Reed).  3B–Seattle G Thomas (1,off Waddell).  HR–Cleveland Castillo 2 (8,2nd inning off Langston 0 on, 1 out,6th inning off Langston 1 on, 2 out), Seattle G Thomas (30,1st inning off Waddell 1 on, 2 out); Presley (27,1st inning off Waddell 0 on, 2 out); Davis (16,6th inning off Waddell 0 on, 0 out); Henderson (12,9th inning off Ruhle 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Perconte (2,off Von Ohlen).  SF–G Thomas (3,off Ruhle).  HBP–Perconte (3,by Waddell).  IBB–Bradley (3,by Von Ohlen).  SB–Bradley (16,2nd base off Waddell/Willard).  CS–Moses (1,2nd base by Waddell/Willard).  HBP–Waddell (1,Perconte).  IBB–Von Ohlen (4,Bradley).  T–3:55.  A–6,614.
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