Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
September 18, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1985 at Cleveland Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Oakland Athletics 1, Cleveland Indians 0
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 0 0 0
Phillips 3b,2b 4 0 1 0
Bochte 1b 4 0 1 0
Kingman dh 3 0 0 0
  Picciolo pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Davis rf 4 0 1 0
Murphy cf 3 0 0 0
Canseco lf 3 1 1 0
Tettleton c 3 0 2 0
Gallego 2b 1 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 1 1
  Kiefer 3b 0 0 0 0
Rijo p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 7 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 3 0 0 0
Bernazard 2b 4 0 0 0
Franco ss 4 0 1 0
Thornton dh 4 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 1 0
Carter lf 4 0 2 0
Vukovich rf 3 0 1 0
Jacoby 3b 3 0 1 0
Willard c 2 0 1 0
Schulze p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 7 0
Oakland 000 000 010–170
Cleveland 000 000 000–071
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Rijo  W (4-3) 7.0 7 0 0 2 7
  Howell  SV (26) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
2
9
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Schulze  L (3-9) 8.0 7 1 1 0 4
  Reed   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
5
  E–Carter (5).  DP–Oakland 1, Cleveland 3.  PB–Tettleton 2 (7).  2B–Cleveland Carter (22,off Rijo); Jacoby (25,off Rijo).  SH–Gallego (1,off Schulze); Willard (4,off Rijo).  T–2:31.  A–3,287.
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