Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
May 2, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1987 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 4, Atlanta Braves 12

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 5 0 1 1
Hatcher cf 4 0 1 0
Walling 3b 5 0 1 0
Davis 1b 5 0 0 0
Bass rf 4 1 3 0
Cruz lf 4 1 0 0
  Meads p 0 0 0 0
Ashby c 4 1 1 0
Reynolds ss 3 1 1 1
Deshaies p 1 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Solano p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph,lf 1 0 1 2
Totals 36 4 9 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
James cf 4 3 2 4
Ramirez ss 4 1 2 1
Roenicke lf 3 0 0 0
  Nettles ph 1 1 1 4
  Acker p 1 0 0 0
Murphy rf 1 0 1 0
Simmons 1b 5 0 1 1
Virgil c 5 2 2 1
Oberkfell 3b 3 2 2 0
Hubbard 2b 3 2 1 0
O'Neal p 2 0 0 0
  Griffey ph,lf 2 1 1 1
Totals 34 12 13 12
Houston 000 200 020491
Atlanta 012 005 40x12131
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies  L (2-1) 5.1 8 6 6 4 4
  Lopez   0.2 1 2 2 2 0
  Solano   1.0 4 4 4 1 2
  Meads   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
13
12
12
8
6
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
O'Neal  W (3-0) 6.0 6 2 2 3 4
  Acker  SV (1) 3.0 3 2 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
2
3
5

  E–Deshaies (1), Hubbard (2).  DP–Houston 1, Atlanta 1.  2B–Atlanta Ramirez (5,off Deshaies); Oberkfell 2 (5,off Deshaies 2).  HR–Atlanta Virgil (4,2nd inning off Deshaies 0 on, 2 out); Nettles (2,6th inning off Lopez 3 on, 2 out); James (2,7th inning off Solano 3 on, 2 out).  IBB–Murphy (4,by Deshaies).  SB–Murphy (2,2nd base off Deshaies/Ashby).  CS–Murphy 2 (3,3rd base by Deshaies/Ashby,2nd base by Lopez/Ashby); Ramirez (2,2nd base by Deshaies/Ashby).  BK–Deshaies (1).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:42.  A–16,748.
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