Atlanta Braves vs Houston Astros
April 13, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 13, 1986 at Astrodome. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 8, Houston Astros 7

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 0 1 0
Ramirez ss 5 0 0 0
Murphy rf 4 1 0 0
Simmons c 4 2 2 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Dedmon p 0 0 0 0
  Horner ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 3 3 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Sample lf 5 1 3 3
Oberkfell 3b 4 1 3 4
Hubbard 2b 4 0 0 0
Johnson p 2 0 1 0
  McMurtry p 0 0 0 0
  Virgil c 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 13 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 4 4 3 0
Bullock lf 3 0 0 1
  Garner ph,3b 2 0 2 4
Walling 3b,rf 2 0 1 0
  Pankovits ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Davis 1b 5 0 0 1
Bass cf 4 0 0 0
Thon ss 4 0 0 0
Bailey c 4 1 1 0
Hatcher rf 2 0 0 0
  Madden p 0 0 0 0
  Ashby ph 1 0 0 0
  Montalvo p 0 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Mizerock ph 1 0 0 0
Scott p 1 0 0 0
  Reynolds 3b,rf 2 2 1 0
Totals 36 7 9 6
Atlanta 010 401 1018131
Houston 000 102 202792
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W (1-0) 5.1 4 3 2 1 3
  McMurtry   1.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Assenmacher   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Dedmon   1.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Sutter   0.1 2 2 2 1 1
  Garber  SV (1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
4
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  L (0-2) 5.0 7 6 5 1 3
  Madden   2.0 4 1 1 1 0
  Montalvo   1.0 1 1 1 2 0
  DiPino   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
8
7
4
3

  E–Hubbard (1), Doran (1), Thon (1).  DP–Atlanta 1.  PB–Simmons 2 (2).  2B–Houston Doran (3,off Sutter).  3B–Atlanta Moreno (1,off Montalvo), Houston Garner (1,off Assenmacher).  HR–Atlanta Sample (1,4th inning off Scott 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Johnson (1,off Scott).  SF–Oberkfell (1,off Madden).  SB–Simmons (1,2nd base off Scott/Bailey); Horner (1,2nd base off DiPino/Bailey).  CS–Moreno (1,2nd base by Scott/Bailey).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:56.  A–8,739.
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