Baltimore Orioles vs Detroit Tigers
September 16, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1985 at Tiger Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 14, Detroit Tigers 7

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Shelby rf 5 2 3 3
Rayford c,3b 6 2 2 0
Ripken, Jr. ss 6 3 4 3
Murray 1b 6 1 1 2
Lynn cf 5 2 3 2
Young lf 6 1 1 1
Sheets dh 1 0 0 0
  Roenicke ph,dh 1 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph,dh 2 0 1 0
Gross 3b 0 0 0 0
  Dempsey ph,c 5 2 3 2
Dauer 2b 2 1 0 1
  O'Malley ph 1 0 0 0
  Sakata 2b 1 0 1 0
Martinez D. p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez T. p 0 0 0 0
  Aase p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 14 19 14
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 5 0 0 0
Trammell ss 5 0 0 0
Gibson rf 3 1 1 0
Parrish c 4 0 1 0
  Melvin c 0 0 0 0
Evans 1b 3 0 1 0
Lemon cf 3 2 1 0
Grubb dh 2 1 1 3
  Sanchez ph,dh 1 1 1 0
  Bergman ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Simmons lf 4 2 3 4
Castillo 3b 4 0 0 0
Terrell p 0 0 0 0
  Cary p 0 0 0 0
  O'Neal p 0 0 0 0
  Scherrer p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 9 7
Baltimore 012 005 05114190
Detroit 001 303 000792
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez D.   3.2 5 4 4 2 0
  Martinez T.  W (3-3) 2.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Aase  SV (12) 3.1 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
3
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Terrell   2.2 4 3 2 4 0
  Cary  L (0-1) 2.2 2 2 2 0 0
  O'Neal   0.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Scherrer   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Lopez   0.2 4 3 3 1 2
  Stoddard   2.0 6 3 2 0 3
Totals
9.0
19
14
12
6
6

  E–Trammell (15), Simmons (2).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Baltimore Shelby (6,off Terrell); Rayford (17,off Lopez); Dempsey (17,off Stoddard); Ripken (28,off Stoddard), Detroit Gibson (32,off D Martinez); Parrish (27,off Aase).  HR–Detroit Simmons 2 (9,3rd inning off D Martinez 0 on, 0 out,6th inning off T Martinez 2 on, 2 out); Grubb (3,4th inning off D Martinez 2 on, 2 out).  SB–Gross (1,2nd base off Terrell/Parrish).  CS–Evans (4,2nd base by D Martinez/Dempsey).  T–3:19.  A–17,659.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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