Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
April 23, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1986 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Baltimore Orioles 1, Cleveland Indians 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Wiggins 2b 3 1 0 0
  Bonilla ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Lacy rf 4 0 2 1
Ripken, Jr. ss 4 0 0 0
Murray 1b 3 0 1 0
Lynn cf 3 0 0 0
Sheets dh 2 0 1 0
  Beniquez ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Shelby lf 3 0 1 0
Rayford 3b 2 0 1 0
Dempsey c 3 0 0 0
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Havens p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 6 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Franco ss 3 1 1 1
Carter lf,rf 3 0 0 0
Thornton dh 4 0 0 0
Jacoby 3b 4 1 2 1
Tabler 1b 4 1 0 0
Castillo rf 3 1 1 2
  Butler cf 0 0 0 0
Bernazard 2b 3 1 1 0
Allanson c 2 0 1 1
Schrom p 0 0 0 0
  Bailes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 6 5
Baltimore 000 001 000162
Cleveland 011 200 10x561
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor  L (1-2) 3.2 5 4 4 1 3
  Martinez   3.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Havens   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
5
5
2
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Schrom  W (3-1) 6.0 3 1 1 2 1
  Bailes  SV (2) 3.0 3 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
3

  E–Wiggins (1), Shelby (2), Allanson (2).  DP–Baltimore 1, Cleveland 4.  2B–Baltimore Lacy (3,off Schrom).  3B–Cleveland Bernazard (1,off D Martinez).  HR–Cleveland Jacoby (2,2nd inning off McGregor 0 on, 0 out); Franco (2,3rd inning off McGregor 0 on, 2 out); Castillo (1,4th inning off McGregor 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Allanson (1,off D Martinez).  WP–D Martinez (1).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:31.  A–3,788.
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