Atlanta Braves vs Houston Astros
July 30, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 30, 1986 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 2, Houston Astros 4

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Sample rf 4 0 0 0
Griffey lf 4 1 1 2
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
Simmons 1b 4 0 2 0
Virgil c 2 0 0 0
  Chambliss ph 1 0 0 0
Thomas ss 3 0 1 0
Oberkfell 3b,2b 3 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 2 0 0 0
  Olwine p 0 0 0 0
  Harper ph 1 0 0 0
  Speck p 0 0 0 0
Acker p 1 0 0 0
  Ramirez 3b 2 1 1 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 5 0 2 0
Lopes cf 5 1 1 0
Walling 3b 3 0 0 0
Davis 1b 2 2 1 1
Bass rf 4 1 1 1
Cruz lf 4 0 2 0
Ashby c 3 0 1 1
Reynolds ss 2 0 1 1
  Thon ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Deshaies p 4 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Atlanta 000 000 002253
Houston 300 010 00x490
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Acker  L (1-1) 4.1 8 4 1 3 2
  Olwine   2.2 1 0 0 1 6
  Speck   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
1
4
9
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies  W (6-3) 8.2 5 2 2 1 9
  Smith  SV (19) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
1
10

  E–Simmons (6), Thomas 2 (12).  2B–Atlanta Simmons (5,off Deshaies).  HR–Atlanta Griffey (5,9th inning off Deshaies 1 on, 1 out), Houston Davis (23,5th inning off Acker 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Thomas (3,2nd base by Deshaies/Ashby); Doran (18,2nd base by Acker/Virgil).  SB–Lopes 2 (20,2nd base off Acker/Virgil 2); Doran (37,2nd base off Olwine/Virgil).  WP–Olwine (4).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–2:50.  A–34,102.
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