Minnesota Twins vs Cleveland Indians
September 15, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1985 at Cleveland Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Minnesota Twins 5, Cleveland Indians 2

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Puckett cf 5 0 3 1
Stenhouse rf 3 0 1 1
  Meier ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Smalley dh 3 0 0 0
Hrbek 1b 5 1 3 1
Funderburk lf 5 0 2 0
Salas c 5 1 3 1
Gaetti 3b 5 0 0 0
Gagne ss 4 1 1 0
Lombardozzi 2b 3 2 3 1
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 16 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 3 0 2 0
Carter lf 4 0 0 0
Franco ss 3 1 0 0
Thornton dh 3 1 1 1
Hargrove 1b 4 0 3 0
  Fischlin pr 0 0 0 0
Bernazard 2b 4 0 0 0
Vukovich rf 4 0 0 0
Jacoby 3b 3 0 0 0
Willard c 3 0 1 0
Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Von Ohlen p 0 0 0 0
  Romero p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 1
Minnesota 020 002 0015160
Cleveland 000 100 001270
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  W (14-15) 8.0 7 2 2 3 7
  Davis  SV (22) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
7
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L (1-4) 6.0 10 4 4 3 1
  Von Ohlen   2.0 3 0 0 1 0
  Romero   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
5
5
4
1

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 2, Cleveland 2.  2B–Minnesota Salas 2 (17,off Smith,off Romero); Lombardozzi (1,off Smith), Cleveland Hargrove (10,off Blyleven).  3B–Minnesota Lombardozzi (1,off Smith).  HR–Minnesota Salas (8,2nd inning off Smith 0 on, 0 out); Hrbek (21,9th inning off Romero 0 on, 1 out), Cleveland Thornton (15,4th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 2 out).  CS–Funderburk (1,2nd base by Romero/Willard); Butler (17,3rd base by Blyleven/Salas).  SB–Butler (41,2nd base off Blyleven/Salas).  T–2:31.  A–6,010.
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