Atlanta Braves vs Houston Astros
October 4, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Atlanta Braves 2, Houston Astros 3

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Thomas ss 5 0 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 2 1 0 0
Murphy cf 4 0 1 0
Horner 1b 3 1 1 0
Harper lf,rf 4 0 1 0
Motley rf 3 0 2 0
  Griffey ph,lf 1 0 1 2
Virgil c 2 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 3 0 0 0
  Perry ph 1 0 0 0
Smith p 2 0 0 0
  McMurtry p 0 0 0 0
  Chambliss ph 1 0 1 0
  Komminsk pr 0 0 0 0
  Dedmon p 0 0 0 0
  Simmons ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher cf 4 1 1 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Doran 2b 3 0 1 1
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Lopes lf 3 0 0 0
Davis 1b 3 0 1 1
  Driessen 1b 1 0 0 0
Bass rf 3 0 2 1
  Walker cf 1 0 0 0
Garner 3b 4 0 1 0
Ashby c 2 0 0 0
  Mizerock c 0 0 0 0
Thon ss 3 1 1 0
Deshaies p 0 0 0 0
  Pena ph 0 1 0 0
  Pankovits 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 7 3
Atlanta 000 000 020271
Houston 001 020 00x371
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L (8-16) 4.2 5 3 3 2 4
  McMurtry   1.1 2 0 0 1 1
  Dedmon   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
3
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies  W (12-5) 5.0 4 0 0 3 3
  Andersen   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Lopez  SV (7) 2.0 2 2 2 2 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
5
6

  E–Thomas (19), Bass (5).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Atlanta Motley (1,off Deshaies).  SH–Deshaies (4,off Smith).  CS–Komminsk (1,2nd base by Andersen/Mizerock).  SB–Doran (42,2nd base off Smith/Virgil); Bass (22,2nd base off Smith/Virgil); Pena (1,3rd base off Smith/Virgil); Hatcher (38,2nd base off Smith/Virgil).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:18.  A–17,314.
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