Philadelphia Phillies vs Atlanta Braves
July 9, 1987 Box Score

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

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Philadelphia Phillies 6, Atlanta Braves 11

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Samuel 2b 3 0 0 1
Roenicke cf 4 1 1 0
Hayes 1b 3 1 2 0
Schmidt 3b 5 1 1 3
Parrish c 3 0 0 0
Wilson rf 4 1 2 0
James lf 4 2 2 2
Aguayo ss 4 0 1 0
Gross K. p 2 0 0 0
  Hume p 1 0 1 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Ritchie p 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Gross G. ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 6
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
James cf 4 3 2 0
Thomas ss 5 2 3 2
Perry 1b 4 1 0 0
Murphy rf 5 1 2 5
Griffey lf 5 1 2 3
Nettles 3b 5 0 1 0
Virgil c 3 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 3 1 1 0
Smith p 1 1 1 0
  Dedmon p 2 1 1 0
Totals 37 11 13 10
Philadelphia 300 102 0006100
Atlanta 002 036 00x11130
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Gross   4.1 7 5 5 2 1
  Hume  L (1-1) 0.2 2 3 3 1 0
  Bair   0.1 3 3 3 0 1
  Ritchie   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Tekulve   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
11
11
4
3
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   5.1 8 6 6 4 3
  Dedmon  W (3-3) 3.2 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
4
5

  E–None.  DP–Atlanta 2.  2B–Philadelphia Wilson (11,off Z Smith), Atlanta Thomas (9,off K Gross); Hubbard (19,off Hume).  3B–Atlanta Nettles (1,off Ritchie).  HR–Philadelphia Schmidt (18,1st inning off Z Smith 2 on, 1 out); James (7,6th inning off Z Smith 1 on, 0 out), Atlanta Murphy (25,6th inning off Bair 3 on, 1 out); Griffey (11,6th inning off Bair 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Samuel (3,off Z Smith).  HBP–Samuel (2,by Dedmon); Virgil (7,by K Gross).  IBB–Hubbard (10,by Ritchie).  SB–Hayes (10,2nd base off Dedmon/Virgil).  BK–K Gross (4).  HBP–K Gross (7,Virgil); Dedmon (1,Samuel).  IBB–Ritchie (3,Hubbard).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–3:05.  A–10,671.
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