Oakland Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles
June 2, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1985 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland Athletics 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 1, Baltimore Orioles 10

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 0 0
  O'Brien c 0 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 3 0 0 0
Davis rf 3 0 0 0
Kingman dh 4 0 1 0
Baker 1b 3 0 0 0
Murphy cf 4 1 1 1
Heath c,lf 3 0 1 0
Picciolo 2b,ss 3 0 2 0
Griffin ss 2 0 1 0
  Gallego ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Warren p 0 0 0 0
  Kaiser p 0 0 0 0
  Tellmann p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Lacy rf 4 0 1 0
Dwyer lf 2 1 1 0
  Roenicke ph,lf,cf 3 0 0 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 5 3 3 0
Murray 1b 4 2 4 3
Lynn cf 3 1 1 0
  Young lf 1 0 0 0
Sheets dh 4 1 1 2
Gross 3b 3 2 2 4
Sakata 2b 4 0 0 0
Rayford c 4 0 0 0
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 13 9
Oakland 000 000 100162
Baltimore 003 051 10x10130
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Warren  L (1-4) 2.1 4 3 3 3 2
  Kaiser   2.0 4 5 5 1 1
  Tellmann   3.2 5 2 2 0 2
Totals
8.0
13
10
10
4
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor  W (4-4) 9.0 6 1 1 3 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
2

  E–Heath (4), Picciolo (3).  DP–Baltimore 3.  2B–Baltimore Murray 2 (12,off Warren,off Tellmann).  HR–Oakland Murphy (7,7th inning off McGregor 0 on, 1 out), Baltimore Gross 2 (5,5th inning off Kaiser 2 on, 1 out,7th inning off Tellmann 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Lacy (2,2nd base off Warren/Heath).  T–2:28.  A–34,221.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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