Philadelphia Phillies vs Cincinnati Reds
May 8, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1987 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 3, Cincinnati Reds 4

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Thompson cf 4 0 0 0
Samuel 2b 4 0 1 0
Hayes 1b 4 0 2 0
Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0
Wilson rf 4 1 2 1
Russell c 4 0 0 0
James lf 4 0 0 0
Aguayo ss 4 2 2 2
Ruffin p 1 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Schu ph 1 0 1 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
  Roenicke ph 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Jones lf 3 1 3 0
Stillwell ss 3 0 0 0
Parker rf 4 0 0 1
Davis cf 4 1 1 2
Bell 3b 4 0 2 1
Diaz c 3 0 1 0
Concepcion 1b 3 0 0 0
  Francona ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Oester 2b 3 1 0 0
Browning p 2 1 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  O'Neill ph 1 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 7 4
Philadelphia 010 010 100382
Cincinnati 004 000 00x470
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ruffin  L (2-2) 2.2 4 4 4 4 1
  Hume   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Ritchie   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Tekulve   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
4
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Browning  W (3-4) 6.1 7 3 3 0 3
  Murphy   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Robinson   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Franco  SV (6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
0
5

  E–Samuel (4), Aguayo (3).  DP–Philadelphia 2.  2B–Cincinnati Davis (7,off Ruffin).  HR–Philadelphia Wilson (6,2nd inning off Browning 0 on, 0 out); Aguayo 2 (5,5th inning off Browning 0 on, 1 out,7th inning off Browning 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Diaz (2,by Hume).  SB–Davis (15,3rd base off Ruffin/Russell); Jones (7,2nd base off Ritchie/Russell).  HBP–Hume (4,Diaz).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Dave Pallone, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:16.  A–37,176.
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