Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
July 8, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1987 at Astrodome. The Montreal Expos defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 1, Houston Astros 0

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Candaele rf 5 0 1 0
Winningham cf 4 0 0 0
Raines lf 4 1 1 0
Wallach 3b 4 0 2 1
Brooks ss 4 0 0 0
Galarraga 1b 4 0 0 0
Law 2b 3 0 3 0
Reed c 3 0 0 0
Youmans p 3 0 1 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 0 0
Doran 2b 3 0 0 0
Walling 3b 3 0 0 0
Davis 1b 3 0 0 0
Bass rf 3 0 1 0
Cruz lf 2 0 0 0
Ashby c 2 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 3 0 0 0
Ryan p 1 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 25 0 1 0
Montreal 100 000 000180
Houston 000 000 000011
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Youmans  W (6-3) 9.0 1 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
2
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  L (4-10) 7.0 4 1 1 3 9
  Andersen   2.0 4 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
3
11

  E–Ashby (1).  DP–Montreal 1.  2B–Montreal Law (16,off Ryan).  3B–Montreal Law (1,off Andersen).  SH–Youmans (1,off Ryan); Ryan (4,off Youmans); Cruz (1,off Youmans).  SB–Raines (24,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby); Law (6,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby); Winningham (14,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby).  U-HP–Dave Pallone, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:16.  A–17,776.
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