Atlanta Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 16, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1987 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 8

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Hall cf 4 1 1 0
James lf 4 2 1 1
Oberkfell 3b 5 1 2 1
Murphy rf 2 2 1 0
Perry 1b 3 1 2 3
  Simmons ph,1b 2 1 1 3
Thomas ss 3 1 1 0
Virgil c 5 1 1 2
Hubbard 2b 4 0 0 0
Smith p 1 0 0 0
  Motley ph 1 0 0 0
  O'Neal p 1 0 0 0
  Olwine p 0 0 0 0
  Dedmon p 1 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 10 10 10
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi cf 2 3 2 1
Bonilla rf 4 1 3 2
Ray 2b 4 0 1 1
Morrison 3b 5 1 1 1
Diaz lf 4 0 1 0
  Almon pr 0 0 0 0
Bream 1b 5 0 0 1
Ortiz c 4 1 1 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
Belliard ss 4 1 0 0
  Van Slyke ph 1 0 0 0
Walk p 2 1 1 1
  Easley p 0 0 0 0
  Bonds ph 1 0 1 0
  Smiley p 0 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  LaValliere ph 1 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 11 7
Atlanta 020 050 30010102
Pittsburgh 300 301 0108110
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   4.0 6 6 6 4 2
  O'Neal   1.1 1 1 1 0 2
  Olwine   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Dedmon  W (2-0) 2.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Assenmacher   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Garber  SV (5) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
5
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Walk   4.1 5 5 5 3 3
  Easley   1.2 1 2 2 0 1
  Smiley  L (2-1) 0.1 3 3 3 1 0
  Pena   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Patterson   0.2 1 0 0 2 0
  Robinson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
10
10
6
5

  E–Oberkfell (4), Hubbard (4).  2B–Atlanta James (12,off Walk); Oberkfell 2 (11,off Walk,off Patterson), Pittsburgh Cangelosi (2,off Z Smith).  3B–Atlanta Hall (1,off Walk).  HR–Atlanta Virgil (12,2nd inning off Walk 1 on, 2 out); Perry (2,5th inning off Easley 2 on, 1 out); Simmons (2,7th inning off Smiley 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–Murphy (1,by Easley); Cangelosi (1,by Olwine).  IBB–Murphy (8,by Patterson).  SB–Hall (5,2nd base off Walk/Ortiz); Cangelosi (4,3rd base off Z Smith/Virgil); Bonilla (2,2nd base off Z Smith/Virgil).  CS–Thomas (1,2nd base by Pena/Ortiz); Bream (3,2nd base by Z Smith/Virgil).  HBP–Olwine (1,Cangelosi); Easley (1,Murphy).  IBB–Patterson (2,Murphy).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Dave Pallone, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–3:35.  A–16,939.
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