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Blue Jays
@ Twins
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
August 27, 1985
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Toronto Blue Jays, played on August 27, 1985 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
Game Summary
Date | August 27, 1985 |
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Visiting Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 27, 1985 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tom Filer |
Home Starting Pitcher | Frank Viola |
Ballpark | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome |
City | Minneapolis |
State | MN |
Attendance | 12,780 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 36 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Marty Springstead 1B: Vic Voltaggio 2B: Durwood Merrill 3B: Tim Welke |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
Name | Position |
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Damaso Garcia | Second Baseman |
Lloyd Moseby | Center Fielder |
Cecil Fielder | First Baseman |
George Bell | Left Fielder |
Jesse Barfield | Right Fielder |
Jeff Burroughs | DH |
Garth Iorg | Third Baseman |
Tony Fernandez | Shortstop |
Ernie Whitt | Catcher |
Bobby Cox | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
Name | Position |
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Kirby Puckett | Center Fielder |
Mickey Hatcher | Left Fielder |
Kent Hrbek | First Baseman |
Tom Brunansky | Right Fielder |
Mike Stenhouse | DH |
Gary Gaetti | Third Baseman |
Mark Salas | Catcher |
Tim Teufel | Second Baseman |
Alvaro Espinoza | Shortstop |
Ray Miller | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Blue Jays
@ Twins
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
August 27, 1985
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Viola
Garcia hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Puckett. Garcia reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moseby vs. Viola
Moseby hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Garcia moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fielder vs. Viola
Fielder hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Garcia scores. Moseby moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Viola
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Brunansky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Barfield vs. Viola
Barfield takes first base on ball four. Moseby moves to third. Fielder moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Burroughs vs. Viola
Burroughs hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Moseby scores. Fielder scores. Barfield moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Iorg vs. Viola
Viola fires to first and picks off Burroughs. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Iorg vs. Viola
Iorg strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Puckett vs. Filer
Puckett hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Filer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatcher vs. Filer
Hatcher hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Garcia reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hrbek vs. Filer
Hrbek hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Viola
Roy Smalley now playing third base.
Fernandez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Puckett. Fernandez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Whitt vs. Viola
Whitt hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Fernandez moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Garcia vs. Viola
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Viola has Fernandez trapped. There's the throw to Smalley and over to Salas, who tags Fernandez for the out. Whitt moves to third. Garcia moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Moseby vs. Viola
Moseby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smalley fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Fielder vs. Viola
Fielder hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brunansky vs. Davis
Steve Davis now pitching.
Brunansky hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stenhouse vs. Davis
Stenhouse strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Davis
Smalley strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Viola
Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barfield vs. Viola
Barfield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Espinoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burroughs vs. Viola
Burroughs hits a line drive towards short. Espinoza reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Salas vs. Davis
Salas hits a popup towards short. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Teufel vs. Davis
Teufel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fielder scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Teufel for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Espinoza vs. Davis
Espinoza hits a ball on the ground towards third. Iorg fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Iorg vs. Viola
Iorg hits a fly ball into left field. Hatcher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Viola
Fernandez strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitt vs. Viola
Whitt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Teufel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Puckett vs. Davis
Puckett strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatcher vs. Davis
Hatcher hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Davis fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hrbek vs. Davis
Hrbek hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brunansky vs. Davis
Brunansky hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Garcia settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Viola
Garcia hits a fly ball into center field. Puckett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moseby vs. Viola
Moseby hits a fly ball into left field. Hatcher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fielder vs. Viola
Fielder hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Viola
Bell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hrbek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Engle vs. Davis
Dave Engle pinch hits for Mike Stenhouse.
Engle hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Davis
Smalley hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Salas vs. Davis
Salas hits a fly ball into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barfield vs. Viola
Barfield strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burroughs vs. Viola
Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Teufel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Iorg vs. Viola
Iorg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Teufel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Teufel vs. Lamp
Dennis Lamp now pitching.
Teufel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Iorg fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bush vs. Lamp
Randy Bush pinch hits for Alvaro Espinoza.
Bush strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Puckett vs. Lamp
Puckett hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moseby who is chasing the ball. Puckett reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hatcher vs. Lamp
Hatcher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Iorg fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fernandez vs. Viola
Ron Washington now playing shortstop.
Fernandez hits a fly ball into left field. Hatcher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitt vs. Viola
Whitt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Teufel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Viola
Garcia hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moseby vs. Viola
Moseby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Teufel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hrbek vs. Lamp
Hrbek strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brunansky vs. Lamp
Brunansky hits a fly ball into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Engle vs. Lamp
Engle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Iorg fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fielder vs. Viola
Fielder hits a fly ball into right field. Brunansky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Viola
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Brunansky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barfield vs. Viola
Barfield hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Puckett. Barfield reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Burroughs vs. Viola
Burroughs hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Puckett. Burroughs reaches second base with a double. Barfield scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Iorg vs. Viola
Lou Thornton pinch runs for Jeff Burroughs.
Iorg hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Thornton scores. Iorg moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 5 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fernandez vs. Howe
Steve Howe now pitching.
Fernandez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Puckett throws the ball in to Smalley who tags Fernandez trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Iorg scores. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Lamp
Willie Upshaw now playing first base.
Smalley strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Salas vs. Lamp
Salas hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Teufel vs. Lamp
Teufel hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Washington vs. Lamp
Washington takes first base on ball four. Teufel moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Puckett vs. Lamp
Puckett hits a fly ball into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitt vs. Howe
Whitt strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Howe
Garcia hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moseby vs. Howe
Manuel Lee pinch runs for Damaso Garcia.
Moseby hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Brunansky fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Brunansky. Lee goes all the way around to score. Moseby moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 7 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Upshaw vs. Howe
Upshaw hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Moseby scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Eufemia
Frank Eufemia now pitching.
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smalley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Blue Jays, 8 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hatcher vs. Caudill
Bill Caudill now pitching. Manuel Lee now playing second base.
Hatcher hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lee settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hrbek vs. Caudill
Hrbek takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brunansky vs. Caudill
Brunansky strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Engle vs. Caudill
Engle strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/27/1985 -- Toronto at Minnesota (N) Toronto AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI Garcia D, 2b 5 1 3 0 Puckett K, cf 4 0 1 0 Lee M, pr-2b 0 1 0 0 Hatcher M, lf 4 0 0 0 Moseby L, cf 5 2 2 1 Hrbek K, 1b 3 0 1 0 Fielder C, 1b 4 1 2 1 Brunansky T, rf 4 0 0 0 Upshaw W, 1b 1 0 1 1 Stenhouse M, dh 1 0 0 0 Bell G, lf 5 0 0 0 Engle D, ph 3 0 0 0 Barfield J, rf 3 1 1 0 Gaetti G, 3b 0 0 0 0 Burroughs J, dh 4 0 2 3 Smalley R, 3b 3 0 0 0 Thornton L, pr 0 1 0 0 Salas M, c 3 0 0 0 Iorg G, 3b 4 1 1 1 Teufel T, 2b 3 0 1 0 Fernandez T, ss 4 0 2 1 Espinoza A, ss 1 0 0 0 Whitt E, c 4 0 1 0 Bush R, ph 1 0 0 0 Washington R, ss 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 39 8 15 8 30 0 3 0 Toronto 300 000 032 -- 8 Minnesota 000 000 000 -- 0 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO Filer T 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Davis S (W) 4.0 1 0 0 0 3 Lamp D 3.0 2 0 0 1 3 Caudill B 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Viola F (L) 7.2 11 6 6 1 3 Howe S 0.2 4 2 1 0 1 Eufemia F 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 E -- Brunansky T DP -- Minnesota 1 LOB -- Toronto 5, Minnesota 5 2B -- Garcia D, Fernandez T, Barfield J, Burroughs J, Moseby L 3B -- Puckett K T -- 2:36 A -- 12780
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