Cleveland Indians vs Baltimore Orioles
August 9, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1986 at Memorial Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 8, Baltimore Orioles 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 3 1 1 1
Franco 2b 5 1 2 0
Carter rf 5 1 1 2
Thornton dh 3 1 0 0
Hall lf 4 0 1 0
  Nixon pr,lf 1 1 1 2
Snyder ss 4 2 2 2
Tabler 1b 4 0 0 0
Jacoby 3b 4 0 2 1
Allanson c 4 1 1 0
Roman p 0 0 0 0
  Oelkers p 0 0 0 0
  Camacho p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 11 8
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bonilla 2b 3 0 0 0
Lacy rf 4 0 2 0
Lynn cf 3 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 1 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 3 0 0 0
Traber dh 3 1 0 0
Sheets lf 2 1 1 2
  Beniquez ph,lf 2 0 0 0
O'Malley 3b 3 0 0 0
Stefero c 3 0 1 0
Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Arnold p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Cleveland 010 021 1038111
Baltimore 020 000 000252
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Roman  W (1-0) 5.1 4 2 2 5 2
  Oelkers   2.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Camacho   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
5
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  L (8-9) 7.0 8 5 5 3 5
  Arnold   2.0 3 3 0 3 2
Totals
9.0
11
8
5
6
7

  E–Snyder (4).  DP–Cleveland 2, Baltimore 2.  2B–Cleveland Jacoby (20,off Davis); Carter (23,off Davis).  3B–Cleveland Nixon (1,off Arnold).  HR–Cleveland Snyder (13,6th inning off Davis 0 on, 1 out); Butler (3,7th inning off Davis 0 on, 0 out), Baltimore Sheets (14,2nd inning off Roman 1 on, 1 out).  CS–Butler (9,2nd base by Davis/Stefero); Nixon (5,Home by Arnold/Stefero).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Drew Coble.  T–2:53.  A–33,990.
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