Pittsburgh Pirates vs Atlanta Braves
June 4, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1987 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Atlanta Braves 8

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi cf 2 1 0 0
Pedrique ss 4 0 1 0
  Walk p 0 0 0 0
Diaz lf 3 1 1 1
Morrison 3b 3 1 0 1
Bonilla rf 4 0 1 0
Bream 1b 4 0 0 0
Ortiz c 3 0 3 1
  Van Slyke ph 1 0 0 0
Belliard 2b,ss 3 0 0 0
  Bonds ph 1 0 0 0
Fisher p 1 0 0 0
  Smiley p 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Ray ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Hall cf 4 2 1 0
James lf 4 1 1 1
Oberkfell 3b 5 0 2 2
Murphy rf 4 1 2 2
Perry 1b 2 0 0 0
Thomas ss 4 1 2 1
Virgil c 4 1 2 0
Hubbard 2b 2 1 2 0
Smith p 2 0 0 0
  Dedmon p 0 1 0 0
Totals 31 8 12 6
Pittsburgh 011 001 000361
Atlanta 400 200 02x8120
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher  L (2-2) 3.1 7 6 4 4 1
  Smiley   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Johnson   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
  Walk   2.0 2 2 2 2 1
Totals
8.0
12
8
6
7
4
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  W (6-3) 7.0 6 3 3 4 5
  Dedmon  SV (3) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
4
6

  E–Bonilla (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Atlanta 2.  PB–Ortiz 2 (3).  2B–Atlanta James (16,off Fisher).  3B–Atlanta Hubbard (1,off Johnson).  HR–Pittsburgh Diaz (7,6th inning off Z Smith 0 on, 0 out), Atlanta Murphy (15,1st inning off Fisher 1 on, 1 out); Thomas (2,1st inning off Fisher 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Z Smith (7,off Fisher); Hall (2,off Walk).  IBB–James (1,by Fisher); Murphy (11,by Smiley).  SB–Morrison (7,2nd base off Z Smith/Virgil); Hall 2 (12,2nd base off Fisher/Ortiz 2).  CS–Murphy (4,2nd base by Fisher/Ortiz); Perry (2,2nd base by Fisher/Ortiz).  IBB–Fisher (4,James); Smiley (1,Murphy).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:35.  A–6,460.
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