Atlanta Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 28, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1986 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Sample rf 4 0 1 0
Ramirez 3b,ss 4 0 0 0
Murphy cf 2 0 0 0
Horner 1b 4 1 1 0
Harper lf 4 1 2 2
Thomas ss 4 1 1 1
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
Virgil c 3 0 0 0
  Perry ph 1 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 3 0 0 0
  Chambliss ph 1 0 0 0
Palmer p 3 0 0 0
  McMurtry p 0 0 0 0
  Oberkfell 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 5 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Orsulak cf 4 1 1 0
Reynolds lf 4 0 0 0
Ray 2b 4 1 2 1
Bream 1b 3 0 0 0
Brown rf 3 0 0 0
Pena c 3 1 1 1
Almon 3b 2 1 0 0
Belliard ss 3 0 1 1
McWilliams p 2 0 0 0
  Diaz ph 1 0 0 0
  DeLeon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 5 3
Atlanta 020 001 000350
Pittsburgh 110 101 00x452
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  L (3-4) 5.1 5 4 4 1 4
  McMurtry   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Assenmacher   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
4
4
1
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
McWilliams  W (1-3) 7.0 5 3 3 2 6
  DeLeon  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
2
7

  E–Almon (6), Belliard (2).  2B–Atlanta Horner (6,off McWilliams), Pittsburgh Ray (13,off Palmer).  HR–Atlanta Harper (5,2nd inning off McWilliams 1 on, 0 out); Thomas (1,6th inning off McWilliams 0 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh T Pena (3,4th inning off Palmer 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Orsulak (9,2nd base off Palmer/Virgil); Almon (2,2nd base off Palmer/Virgil); Belliard (1,2nd base off Palmer/Virgil).  WP–Palmer 2 (4), McMurtry (1).  U-HP–Dave Pallone, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:24.  A–6,860.
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