Atlanta Braves vs Houston Astros
August 17, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1987 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Atlanta Braves 2, Houston Astros 11

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
James cf 4 0 1 0
Oberkfell 3b 4 0 0 0
Perry 1b 4 0 0 0
Murphy rf 4 0 0 0
Griffey lf 4 1 2 1
Virgil c 4 0 1 0
Blauser ss 4 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 3 1 1 0
Glavine p 1 0 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
  Hall ph 1 0 1 1
  Mahler p 0 0 0 0
  Nettles ph 1 0 1 0
  Boever p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 6 1 1 1
Hatcher lf 6 3 4 1
  Wine c 0 0 0 0
Doran 2b 4 2 3 0
  Reynolds pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Ashby c 6 1 1 1
  Childress p 0 0 0 0
Bass rf 3 2 1 2
Davis 1b 2 0 2 2
  Walling 1b 1 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 3 1 1 1
Berra ss,2b 2 0 1 1
Scott p 4 0 1 0
  Cruz ph,lf 1 1 1 1
Totals 38 11 16 10
Atlanta 000 001 100270
Houston 202 201 04x11161
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Glavine  L (0-1) 3.2 10 6 6 5 1
  Acker   1.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Mahler   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Boever   2.0 5 4 4 2 1
Totals
8.0
16
11
11
8
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  W (13-9) 8.0 6 2 2 0 10
  Childress   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
0
11

  E–Bass (4).  2B–Atlanta Hubbard (29,off Scott); Nettles (7,off Scott), Houston Davis (28,off Glavine); Berra (1,off Mahler); Hatcher (21,off Boever).  3B–Houston Young (1,off Boever).  HR–Atlanta Griffey (13,7th inning off Scott 0 on, 0 out), Houston Hatcher (10,8th inning off Boever 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Hubbard (6,by Scott); Bass (4,by Mahler); Davis (3,by Mahler).  SF–Bass (4,off Glavine).  IBB–Berra 2 (2,by Glavine 2).  SB–Hatcher 2 (45,2nd base off Glavine/Virgil 2).  WP–Boever (1).  HBP–Mahler 2 (2,Bass,Davis); Scott (3,Hubbard).  IBB–Glavine 2 (2,Berra 2).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:42.  A–18,810.
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