Montreal Expos vs Atlanta Braves
September 4, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1987 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 4, Atlanta Braves 7

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 4 1 1 0
Webster rf 3 1 0 0
Brooks ss 4 1 1 0
Wallach 3b 4 1 2 2
Galarraga 1b 3 0 1 0
Foley 2b 4 0 2 2
Fitzgerald c 4 0 0 0
Winningham cf 3 0 1 0
Heaton p 1 0 0 0
  St. Claire p 0 0 0 0
  Daugherty ph 1 0 0 0
  Parrett p 0 0 0 0
  Sebra p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Hall cf 4 1 1 0
Runge 3b 2 1 1 0
Perry 1b 5 2 2 1
Murphy rf 1 3 1 1
Roenicke lf 2 0 1 1
Virgil c 3 0 2 4
Blauser ss 3 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 3 0 0 0
Palmer p 1 0 0 0
  Mahler p 3 0 0 0
Totals 27 7 8 7
Montreal 103 000 000480
Atlanta 302 011 00x780
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Heaton  L (12-7) 2.1 4 5 5 5 1
  St. Claire   2.2 2 1 1 3 3
  Parrett   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Sebra   2.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
8
7
7
11
5
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer   2.2 6 4 4 1 1
  Mahler  W (8-13) 6.1 2 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
2

  E–None.  DP–Montreal 3, Atlanta 1.  2B–Montreal Winningham (16,off Mahler), Atlanta Hall (15,off Parrett).  HR–Atlanta Murphy (37,5th inning off St Claire 0 on, 0 out).  SH–St Claire (1,off Mahler); Runge (2,off Parrett).  HBP–Galarraga (10,by Palmer).  IBB–Hubbard (17,by St Claire).  SB–Raines (43,2nd base off Palmer/Virgil); Perry 2 (33,2nd base off Heaton/Fitzgerald,2nd base off Parrett/Fitzgerald); Blauser (3,2nd base off St Claire/Fitzgerald); Murphy (13,2nd base off Parrett/Fitzgerald); Hall (22,2nd base off Sebra/Fitzgerald).  CS–Perry (11,3rd base by Parrett/Fitzgerald).  WP–St Claire (4), Palmer (4).  HBP–Palmer (7,Galarraga).  IBB–St Claire (3,Hubbard).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:48.  A–4,886.
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