Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
July 31, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1986 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 7, Cleveland Indians 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 1 1 1
Trammell ss 5 2 3 2
Gibson rf 5 1 2 2
Grubb dh 4 1 1 1
Evans 1b 3 0 1 0
Coles 3b 4 0 0 0
Collins lf 4 0 1 0
Sheridan cf 2 2 1 0
  Lemon ph,cf 0 0 0 0
Lowry c 3 0 1 0
Tanana p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Slaton p 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 11 6
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bernazard 2b 4 1 1 1
Butler cf 4 2 2 0
Carter lf,1b 4 1 1 1
Thornton dh 3 0 1 1
Snyder 3b,rf 4 1 1 1
Tabler 1b 4 0 3 1
  Nixon pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Franco ss 4 1 1 2
Castillo rf 4 1 2 1
  Jacoby 3b 0 0 0 0
Bando c 4 0 2 0
Yett p 0 0 0 0
  Bailes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 14 8
Detroit 003 040 0007112
Cleveland 000 130 04x8140
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Tanana   4.1 7 4 4 1 1
  Campbell  L (2-3) 3.0 6 4 4 0 2
  Slaton   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Thurmond   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
8
8
2
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Yett   5.0 9 7 7 1 2
  Bailes  W (8-6) 4.0 2 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
3
4

  E–Trammell (13), Campbell (2).  DP–Detroit 3, Cleveland 1.  2B–Detroit Gibson (7,off Yett); Evans (11,off Yett), Cleveland Butler (14,off Tanana); Castillo 2 (6,off Tanana,off Slaton).  HR–Detroit Trammell (9,5th inning off Yett 1 on, 2 out); Gibson (17,5th inning off Yett 0 on, 2 out); Grubb (8,5th inning off Yett 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Lowry (1,off Yett); Butler (10,off Tanana).  IBB–Lemon (3,by Bailes); Bernazard (3,by Thurmond).  SB–Collins (18,2nd base off Bailes/Bando); Carter (19,3rd base off Campbell/Lowry); Nixon (7,2nd base off Campbell/Lowry).  CS–Trammell (9,2nd base by Yett/Bando).  WP–Slaton (2), Yett (5).  IBB–Thurmond (2,Bernazard); Bailes (5,Lemon).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:44.  A–14,001.
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