New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves
May 9, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1987 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 4, Atlanta Braves 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Dykstra cf 1 0 0 0
  McReynolds ph,lf 2 0 1 2
Backman 2b 3 0 0 0
  Teufel ph,2b 1 0 1 1
Hernandez 1b 5 0 1 0
Strawberry rf 4 0 1 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Carter ph 0 0 0 0
Wilson lf,cf 5 0 1 0
Johnson ss 5 0 2 0
Magadan 3b 3 1 1 0
Lyons c 4 1 1 0
Ojeda p 0 0 0 0
  Leach p 1 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph,rf 2 2 2 1
Totals 36 4 11 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Hall cf 2 2 2 0
Ramirez ss 2 0 0 1
Motley lf 3 0 0 0
  Perry ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Murphy rf 3 1 2 2
Simmons 1b 4 0 1 1
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Virgil c 3 0 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 4 1 2 0
Hubbard 2b 4 1 1 0
Palmer p 2 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Dedmon p 0 0 0 0
  Olwine p 0 0 0 0
  Roenicke lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 8 4
New York 000 000 3014112
Atlanta 120 010 10x580
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ojeda  L (2-4) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Leach   5.0 5 3 2 2 1
  Sisk   2.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
4
4
1
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (2-4) 6.1 6 3 3 3 5
  Assenmacher   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Dedmon   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Olwine   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Acker   1.1 4 1 1 0 0
  Garber  SV (3) 0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
5
6

  E–Johnson 2 (4).  DP–New York 1, Atlanta 1.  2B–New York Magadan (3,off Palmer); McReynolds (4,off Assenmacher); Johnson (3,off Acker); Mazzilli (2,off Acker), Atlanta Oberkfell (7,off Leach).  HR–Atlanta Murphy (7,5th inning off Leach 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Dykstra (1,by Palmer).  SH–Ramirez 2 (2,off Ojeda,off Sisk); Palmer (2,off Leach).  IBB–Hall (1,by Leach).  SB–Hall (1,2nd base off Leach/Lyons).  CS–Hall (2,Home by Leach/Lyons).  WP–Palmer (1).  HBP–Palmer (3,Dykstra).  IBB–Leach (1,Hall).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:59.  A–26,404.
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