Cleveland Indians vs Minnesota Twins
October 4, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 1985 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 8, Minnesota Twins 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 1 2 0
Carter lf,rf 5 1 3 2
Franco ss 5 1 1 0
Thornton dh 5 1 1 2
Hargrove 1b 4 0 0 0
Bernazard 2b 4 1 2 1
  Fischlin 2b 0 0 0 0
Vukovich rf 4 1 2 2
  Nixon pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Jacoby 3b 4 0 1 0
Willard c 4 1 1 1
Heaton p 0 0 0 0
  Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Clark p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 13 8
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Puckett cf 5 0 3 1
Hatcher lf 5 0 1 1
  Teufel 2b 0 0 0 0
Hrbek 1b 5 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 5 1 1 0
Funderburk dh 3 0 1 0
  Smalley ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 1 2 2
Laudner c 3 0 0 0
  Washington ss 0 0 0 0
  Bush ph 1 0 0 0
  Espinoza pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Gagne ss 2 1 1 0
  Engle ph 0 0 0 0
  Salas ph,c 2 1 1 1
Lombardozzi 2b 2 1 2 0
  Stenhouse ph 0 0 0 0
  Meier pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Butcher p 0 0 0 0
  Burtt p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 12 5
Cleveland 402 000 0028131
Minnesota 000 021 0306121
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Heaton   5.1 9 3 3 0 1
  Ruhle   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Clark   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Reed  W (3-5) 2.1 2 3 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
12
6
4
2
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Butcher   0.1 5 4 4 0 0
  Burtt  L (2-2) 7.2 6 3 3 0 2
  Davis   1.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
1
4

  E–Hargrove (5), Puckett (8).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Franco (33,off Butcher); Thornton (11,off Butcher); Bernazard (26,off Burtt); Butler (28,off Burtt); Vukovich (22,off Burtt), Minnesota Puckett (27,off Heaton); Funderburk (7,off Heaton).  3B–Minnesota Salas (5,off Reed).  HR–Cleveland Vukovich (8,3rd inning off Burtt 1 on, 2 out), Minnesota Gaetti (20,8th inning off Reed 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Butler (2,by Davis).  CS–Bernazard (9,2nd base by Burtt/Laudner).  WP–Reed (4).  IBB–Davis (6,Butler).  T–3:07.  A–30,451.
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