Atlanta Braves vs Houston Astros
April 16, 1982 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1982 at Astrodome. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros 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)
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Atlanta Braves 5, Houston Astros 3

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 1 1 2
Hubbard 2b 4 0 0 0
Murphy rf 2 1 0 0
Horner 3b 4 1 1 1
Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 0
Linares lf 4 0 1 0
Benedict c 4 1 2 0
Ramirez ss 3 1 0 0
Mahler p 1 0 0 0
  McWilliams p 0 0 0 0
  Pocoroba ph 1 0 0 0
  Bedrosian p 1 0 0 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 6 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Garner 2b 5 0 1 0
Puhl rf 3 0 0 0
Scott cf 4 1 1 0
Cruz lf 4 1 1 0
Ashby c 4 1 2 2
Knight 3b 4 0 0 0
Howe 1b 3 0 2 1
Thon ss 3 0 1 0
Ryan p 2 0 1 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
  LaCoss p 0 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Atlanta 000 005 000560
Houston 000 300 000391
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Mahler   4.1 7 3 3 1 4
  McWilliams  W (2-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Bedrosian   3.0 1 0 0 2 5
  Camp  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
11
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  L (0-3) 5.2 4 5 4 2 6
  Smith   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  LaCoss   3.0 2 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
6
5
4
4
6

  E–Smith (1).  DP–Atlanta 1.  PB–Benedict (1).  2B–Atlanta Benedict (4,off Ryan); Horner (3,off Ryan), Houston Ashby (1,off Mahler).  SB–Butler (5,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby).  CS–Benedict (1,2nd base by Ryan/Ashby); Murphy (2,2nd base by LaCoss/Ashby).  WP–Ryan (2).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:32.  A–26,513.
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