Montreal Expos vs Atlanta Braves
April 8, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1986 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 0, Atlanta Braves 6

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 3 0 0 0
Law 2b 4 0 1 0
Dawson rf 4 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 3 0 0 0
Brooks ss 4 0 2 0
Wallach 3b 3 0 0 0
  Burke p 0 0 0 0
  McGaffigan p 0 0 0 0
  Riley p 0 0 0 0
Webster cf 3 0 2 0
Bilardello c 3 0 0 0
Smith p 1 0 0 0
  Krenchicki 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 5 0
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Washington rf 4 1 1 1
Ramirez ss 3 1 1 0
Murphy cf 3 2 2 2
Horner 1b 4 0 0 0
Harper lf 2 0 0 1
Virgil c 4 1 0 1
Oberkfell 3b 3 0 1 0
Hubbard 2b 3 1 1 0
Mahler p 4 0 1 0
Totals 30 6 7 5
Montreal 000 000 000051
Atlanta 000 003 21x670
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L (0-1) 6.1 5 5 3 5 2
  Burke   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  McGaffigan   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Riley   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
6
4
5
3
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Mahler  W (1-0) 9.0 5 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
1

  E–Wallach (1).  DP–Atlanta 1.  PB–Bilardello (1).  2B–Montreal Brooks (1,off Mahler), Atlanta Murphy (1,off Smith); Hubbard (1,off McGaffigan).  HR–Atlanta Murphy (1,7th inning off Smith 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Smith (1,off Mahler); Ramirez (1,off Smith).  SF–Washington (1,off Riley).  HBP–Harper (1,by Burke).  IBB–Hubbard (1,by Smith).  SB–Ramirez (1,2nd base off Smith/Bilardello); Oberkfell (1,2nd base off Smith/Bilardello).  CS–Harper (1,2nd base by Smith/Bilardello).  WP–Smith (1).  HBP–Burke (1,Harper).  IBB–Smith (1,Hubbard).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:30.  A–37,858.
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