Baltimore Orioles vs Cleveland Indians
August 17, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 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."

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Baltimore Orioles 6, Cleveland Indians 11

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Lacy rf 3 0 1 0
  Shelby rf 1 1 1 0
Lynn cf 3 1 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 0 1 1
Murray dh 5 1 3 0
Traber 1b 3 2 2 2
Sheets lf,c 4 0 1 0
O'Malley 3b 4 0 1 1
Bonilla 2b 4 1 1 1
Stefero c 3 0 1 1
  Dwyer lf 1 0 0 0
Boddicker p 0 0 0 0
  Arnold p 0 0 0 0
  Havens p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  McGregor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 6
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bernazard 2b 4 2 3 1
Franco ss 3 1 1 2
  Jacoby 3b 1 0 0 0
Carter rf 5 1 1 1
Thornton dh 4 0 0 1
Hall lf 3 2 1 0
  Nixon lf 0 0 0 0
Snyder 3b,ss 4 3 3 4
Butler cf 4 0 1 1
Tabler 1b 3 1 3 1
Allanson c 3 1 0 0
Schrom p 0 0 0 0
  Noles p 0 0 0 0
  Oelkers p 0 0 0 0
  Wills p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 11 13 11
Baltimore 010 310 1006123
Cleveland 106 120 10x11131
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Boddicker  L (14-7) 2.2 4 7 3 2 1
  Arnold   2.0 5 3 3 0 0
  Havens   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Jones   1.1 2 0 0 0 2
  McGregor   2.0 1 1 1 2 2
Totals
8.0
13
11
7
4
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Schrom   3.2 7 4 3 1 2
  Noles   0.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Oelkers  W (2-2) 3.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Wills   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
5
3
3

  E–Butler (2).  DP–Baltimore 1, Cleveland 2.  PB–Allanson 2 (12).  2B–Baltimore Traber (4,off Schrom); Bonilla (9,off Schrom), Cleveland Bernazard (22,off Boddicker); Franco (23,off Boddicker); Tabler (22,off O Jones).  HR–Cleveland Snyder 2 (16,3rd inning off Boddicker 2 on, 2 out,7th inning off McGregor 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Traber (3,off Oelkers); Thornton (8,off Boddicker).  SH–Allanson (6,off Arnold).  IBB–Hall (8,by Boddicker).  SB–Allanson (10,2nd base off Boddicker/Stefero); Carter (21,2nd base off Boddicker/Stefero); Bernazard (13,2nd base off O Jones/Stefero).  CS–Bernazard (8,2nd base by Arnold/Stefero).  WP–Boddicker (5), Oelkers (3).  IBB–Boddicker (2,Hall).  U-HP–Larry Young, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–3:16.  A–16,072.
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