Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
July 23, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1986 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 3, Houston Astros 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 5 0 1 1
Webster cf 5 0 1 0
Dawson rf 4 0 0 1
Wallach 3b 5 0 1 0
Moore 1b 4 0 0 0
Fitzgerald c 4 1 1 0
Law 2b 4 1 1 0
Gonzales ss 3 1 1 0
  Wright ph 1 0 0 0
  Newman ss 0 0 0 0
Smith p 2 0 0 0
  Wohlford ph 1 0 0 1
  McClure p 0 0 0 0
  Krenchicki ph 1 0 0 0
  Burke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 6 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 6 1 3 1
Hatcher cf 4 0 0 0
  Bass ph 0 0 0 0
Lopes rf 5 0 2 2
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Walling 3b 5 1 2 0
Cruz lf 4 1 2 0
Ashby c 5 0 0 1
Reynolds ss 2 0 1 0
  Thon ph,ss 1 1 1 0
Knepper p 3 0 0 0
  Kerfeld p 0 0 0 0
  Pankovits ph 1 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 11 4
Montreal 000 000 030 00361
Houston 120 000 000 014110
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   7.0 8 3 2 1 6
  McClure   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Burke  L (7-4) 1.2 1 1 1 5 1
Totals
10.2
11
4
3
6
9
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper   7.1 6 3 3 0 4
  Kerfeld   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Lopez  W (2-1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
6
3
3
0
4

  E–Raines (3).  DP–Montreal 2.  PB–Fitzgerald (3).  2B–Houston Walling (13,off Smith).  3B–Houston Lopes (3,off Smith).  SF–Dawson (3,off Kerfeld).  SH–Puhl (3,off Burke).  HBP–Hatcher (2,by Smith).  IBB–Cruz (7,by Burke); Bass (8,by Burke).  SB–Hatcher (25,2nd base off Smith/Fitzgerald); Lopes (18,2nd base off Burke/Fitzgerald).  CS–Thon (2,2nd base by McClure/Fitzgerald).  HBP–Smith (3,Hatcher).  IBB–Burke 2 (11,Cruz,Bass).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Greg Bonin, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–3:07.  A–15,364.
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