Atlanta Braves vs San Francisco Giants
April 18, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1987 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Atlanta Braves 1, San Francisco Giants 2

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
James cf 5 0 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 3 0 1 1
Perry 1b 4 0 2 0
Murphy rf 4 0 0 0
Griffey lf 5 0 2 0
Thomas ss 3 0 0 0
Benedict c 2 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 3 1 1 0
Palmer p 3 0 0 0
  Nettles ph 1 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Clark 1b 3 0 1 1
Davis cf 4 0 0 0
Leonard lf 4 1 1 0
Maldonado rf 4 0 1 1
Brown 3b 4 0 0 0
Brenly c 3 0 1 0
  LaCoss p 0 0 0 0
  Aldrete ph 1 0 0 0
  Garrelts p 0 0 0 0
Speier 2b,ss 3 0 0 0
Williams ss 2 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 0 0 0 0
  Thompson pr,2b 1 1 1 0
Mason p 2 0 1 0
  Melvin c 2 0 2 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Atlanta 000 000 100 0161
San Francisco 000 000 001 1280
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer   7.0 2 0 0 2 6
  Garber  L (2-1) 2.1 6 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.1
8
2
2
3
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Mason   7.0 5 1 1 6 4
  LaCoss   2.0 1 0 0 3 1
  Garrelts  W (2-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
6
1
1
10
5

  E–Thomas (4).  DP–Atlanta 1, San Francisco 2.  2B–Atlanta Griffey (2,off Mason), San Francisco Thompson (1,off Garber).  3B–San Francisco Leonard (1,off Garber).  SH–Clark (1,off Palmer).  CS–Clark (2,2nd base by Palmer/Benedict).  WP–LaCoss (2).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–John Kibler.  T–3:03.  A–22,054.
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