Montreal Expos vs Atlanta Braves
July 9, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1985 at Fulton County Stadium. The Montreal Expos defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 5, Atlanta Braves 1

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 5 2 4 1
Law 2b 5 0 1 0
Dawson rf 4 0 1 2
Driessen 1b 5 0 4 0
Brooks ss 5 0 0 0
Wallach 3b 4 0 2 0
Webster cf 5 1 0 0
Fitzgerald c 2 2 1 1
Smith p 4 0 1 1
  Burke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 14 5
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Thompson rf 4 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 4 1 2 0
Murphy cf 4 0 1 0
Horner 1b 2 0 0 0
Harper lf 4 0 2 1
Oberkfell 3b 3 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 3 0 0 0
Benedict c 3 0 0 0
Perez p 1 0 0 0
  Perry ph 1 0 0 0
  Shields p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Chambliss ph 1 0 0 0
  Dedmon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Montreal 002 000 1205140
Atlanta 000 000 001153
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  W (10-3) 8.2 5 1 1 3 10
  Burke  SV (3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
10
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Perez  L (0-7) 6.0 7 2 2 2 8
  Shields   1.1 4 3 2 1 0
  Garber   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Dedmon   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
5
4
3
9

  E–Harper (3), Hubbard (7), Shields (1).  DP–Montreal 1, Atlanta 2.  2B–Montreal Dawson (16,off Perez).  3B–Atlanta Murphy (1,off Smith).  HR–Montreal Fitzgerald (4,3rd inning off Perez 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Dawson (3,off Shields).  IBB–Wallach (4,by Perez); Fitzgerald (9,by Perez).  SB–Raines (27,2nd base off Shields/Benedict); Webster (3,3rd base off Shields/Benedict).  CS–Webster (1,2nd base by Shields/Benedict); Ramirez (3,2nd base by Smith/Fitzgerald).  WP–Perez (1).  BK–Dedmon (1).  IBB–Perez 2 (4,Wallach,Fitzgerald).  T–2:44.  A–9,927.
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