Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
August 16, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1986 at Fulton County Stadium. 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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Houston Astros 7, Atlanta Braves 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 5 0 1 0
Hatcher cf 4 0 0 0
Walling 3b 5 1 1 0
Davis 1b 5 1 2 0
Bass rf 4 2 2 3
Cruz lf 4 1 1 1
Ashby c 3 1 1 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 4 0 1 2
Keough p 3 0 1 0
  Kerfeld p 0 0 0 0
  Mizerock c 1 1 1 1
Totals 38 7 11 7
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Moreno rf 4 0 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 4 1 1 0
Murphy cf 3 1 1 2
Horner 1b 4 0 0 0
Griffey lf 4 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 4 1 2 0
Virgil c 4 1 1 0
Hubbard 2b 1 0 0 0
Mahler p 1 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Sample ph 1 0 0 0
  Speck p 0 0 0 0
  Chambliss ph 0 0 0 1
  Dedmon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 5 3
Houston 000 023 0117110
Atlanta 000 002 200451
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Keough  W (3-3) 5.2 3 2 2 2 5
  Kerfeld   1.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Smith  SV (24) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
3
7
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Mahler  L (11-12) 5.0 7 5 4 1 4
  Assenmacher   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Speck   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Dedmon   2.0 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
2
6

  E–Hubbard (15).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Ashby (9,off Mahler).  3B–Houston Bass (5,off Mahler).  HR–Houston Bass (17,8th inning off Dedmon 0 on, 1 out); Mizerock (1,9th inning off Dedmon 0 on, 0 out), Atlanta Murphy (22,6th inning off Keough 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Chambliss (1,off Kerfeld).  SB–Keough (1,2nd base off Mahler/Virgil); Doran (40,2nd base off Dedmon/Virgil); Hubbard (2,2nd base off Kerfeld/Ashby).  CS–Reynolds (1,Home by Mahler/Virgil).  WP–Kerfeld 2 (4).  U-HP–Greg Bonin, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Larry Poncino, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:43.  A–31,862.
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