Atlanta Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 17, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1987 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Hall cf 5 1 2 2
James lf 4 1 1 0
Oberkfell 3b,2b 5 1 3 1
Murphy rf 4 0 2 1
Perry 1b 4 0 1 0
  Smith pr 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Thomas ss 5 0 2 1
Virgil c 3 1 1 0
Hubbard 2b 2 0 1 0
  Nettles 3b,1b 2 1 0 0
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Motley ph 1 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Simmons ph 1 0 1 0
  Olwine p 0 0 0 0
  Dedmon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 14 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi cf 3 0 1 1
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
Van Slyke rf 4 0 0 0
Ray 2b 4 0 1 0
Bream 1b 4 0 2 0
Morrison 3b 4 2 1 0
Reynolds lf 3 2 2 1
LaValliere c 3 1 1 1
  Diaz ph 0 0 0 1
  Ortiz c 0 0 0 0
Belliard ss 2 1 0 1
Reuschel p 2 0 1 1
  Bonds cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 9 6
Atlanta 200 010 0205141
Pittsburgh 001 301 01x690
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer   6.0 8 5 4 1 6
  Assenmacher   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Olwine  L (0-1) 0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Dedmon   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
5
2
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel   7.0 9 3 3 1 3
  Robinson  W (4-1) 2.0 5 2 2 0 3
Totals
9.0
14
5
5
1
6

  E–Thomas (6).  DP–Atlanta 2, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Atlanta Hall (8,off Reuschel); Murphy (8,off Reuschel); James (13,off Reuschel); Oberkfell (12,off D Robinson), Pittsburgh Bream (7,off Palmer); Reynolds (8,off Palmer).  3B–Pittsburgh Reynolds (1,off Palmer); Morrison (1,off Olwine).  SH–Palmer 2 (5,off Reuschel 2); Reuschel (1,off Palmer).  SF–Murphy (1,off Reuschel); Belliard (1,off Palmer); Diaz (2,off Dedmon).  HBP–Virgil (5,by Reuschel); Belliard (2,by Palmer).  IBB–Reynolds (2,by Olwine).  CS–Thomas (2,2nd base by Reuschel/LaValliere).  SB–Cangelosi 2 (6,2nd base off Palmer/Virgil 2); Belliard (1,3rd base off Palmer/Virgil); Reuschel (1,2nd base off Palmer/Virgil); Reynolds (3,3rd base off Palmer/Virgil).  HBP–Palmer (4,Belliard); Reuschel (3,Virgil).  IBB–Olwine (1,Reynolds).  U-HP–Dave Pallone, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:55.  A–26,469.
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