Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
July 28, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 1987 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros 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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Houston Astros 1, Atlanta Braves 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher lf 4 0 0 0
Young cf 4 0 2 0
Doran 2b 3 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Bass rf 4 0 0 0
Ashby c 4 0 2 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 1 0
Reynolds ss 4 1 1 0
Scott p 1 0 0 0
  Lopes ph 0 0 0 0
  Childress p 0 0 0 0
  Pankovits ph 1 0 1 1
  Kerfeld p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
James cf 5 1 4 2
Oberkfell 3b 4 1 2 1
Perry 1b 4 1 1 1
Murphy rf 3 0 1 0
Griffey lf 4 0 1 1
Simmons c 2 0 0 0
Thomas ss 4 1 1 0
Hubbard 2b 3 2 1 0
Smith p 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 11 5
Houston 000 000 010170
Atlanta 210 200 01x6111
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  L (11-7) 4.0 9 5 5 2 4
  Childress   3.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Kerfeld   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
4
6
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  W (9-6) 9.0 7 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
1

  E–Thomas (18).  DP–Houston 1, Atlanta 2.  PB–Simmons (1).  2B–Houston Pankovits (1,off Z Smith), Atlanta Oberkfell (24,off Scott); James (21,off Scott).  3B–Atlanta James (4,off Childress).  SH–Z Smith 2 (11,off Scott,off Kerfeld).  SB–Perry (21,2nd base off Scott/Ashby); Thomas (6,2nd base off Scott/Ashby); Murphy (12,2nd base off Scott/Ashby).  CS–James (6,2nd base by Kerfeld/Ashby).  WP–Scott (6).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:25.  A–14,941.
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