Atlanta Braves vs Cincinnati Reds
May 5, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1986 at Riverfront Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 4, Cincinnati Reds 3

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Sample rf 4 1 1 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Ramirez 3b 5 1 1 0
Murphy cf 5 1 3 0
Horner 1b 4 1 1 3
Harper lf 5 0 0 0
Thomas ss 5 0 1 1
Virgil c 4 0 1 0
Hubbard 2b 4 0 0 0
Smith p 3 0 1 0
  Dedmon p 0 0 0 0
  McMurtry p 0 0 0 0
  Washington ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 9 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Stillwell ss 5 1 1 0
Concepcion 3b 5 1 3 0
Parker rf 4 0 1 0
Esasky 1b 5 0 0 0
Jones lf 5 1 3 1
Davis cf 3 0 1 0
  Venable ph,cf 1 0 0 0
  Bell ph 1 0 1 0
Diaz c 4 0 2 1
Oester 2b 4 0 0 0
Browning p 2 0 0 0
  Perez ph 1 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
  Butera ph 1 0 0 0
  Power p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 3 12 2
Atlanta 200 000 000 02490
Cincinnati 000 001 001 013121
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   8.0 8 2 2 2 7
  Dedmon   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  McMurtry   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Assenmacher  W (1-0) 1.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Garber  SV (2) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
12
3
3
3
9
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Browning   8.0 7 2 2 0 4
  Franco   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Power  L (0-3) 1.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
11.0
9
4
4
1
5

  E–Stillwell (2).  DP–Atlanta 3, Cincinnati 1.  PB–Diaz (4).  2B–Atlanta Murphy (7,off Power), Cincinnati Concepcion 2 (3,off Smith 2); Diaz (3,off Smith); Stillwell (1,off Smith).  HR–Atlanta Horner (4,11th inning off Power 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Sample (1,off Browning).  SF–Horner (4,off Browning).  SB–Oester (2,2nd base off Assenmacher/Virgil).  CS–Davis (2,2nd base by Smith/Virgil).  WP–Smith (2).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–2:55.  A–11,808.
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