Pittsburgh Pirates vs Atlanta Braves
August 21, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 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 4, Atlanta Braves 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 5 1 2 2
Pedrique ss 4 0 1 0
Van Slyke cf 4 0 0 0
Diaz 1b 3 0 0 0
Harper rf 3 1 2 0
Coles 3b 4 1 1 2
Ray 2b 4 0 0 0
Ortiz c 3 1 2 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 1 0
Fisher p 2 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Smiley p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Bream ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
James cf 5 0 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 3 0 0 0
Perry 1b 4 1 2 1
Murphy rf 3 2 1 1
Griffey lf 3 1 1 0
Simmons c 3 0 2 2
Blauser ss 4 0 1 0
Hubbard 2b 3 0 0 0
Smith p 1 0 0 0
  Hall ph 1 1 1 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 1 0 0 0
  Olwine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 8 4
Pittsburgh 020 000 2004100
Atlanta 300 001 10x581
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher   6.0 4 4 4 4 3
  Smiley  L (3-4) 0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Jones   1.1 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
6
4
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  W (13-7) 7.0 7 4 4 3 3
  Assenmacher   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Garber   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Olwine  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
5

  E–Blauser (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Atlanta 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Ortiz (5,off Z Smith); Bonds (28,off Z Smith); Pedrique (9,off Z Smith), Atlanta Blauser (2,off Jones).  HR–Pittsburgh Coles (1,2nd inning off Z Smith 1 on, 1 out); Bonds (22,7th inning off Z Smith 1 on, 2 out), Atlanta Murphy (34,6th inning off Fisher 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Simmons (2,by Fisher); Hubbard (14,by Jones).  SB–Perry (30,2nd base off Fisher/Ortiz); Griffey (4,Home off Fisher/Ortiz); Simmons (1,2nd base off Fisher/Ortiz).  WP–Fisher (2).  IBB–Fisher (6,Simmons); Jones (5,Hubbard).  U-HP–Larry Poncino, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:39.  A–15,783.
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