Cincinnati Reds vs Atlanta Braves
September 15, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1987 at Fulton County Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 21, Atlanta Braves 6

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Daniels lf 5 1 1 0
  Francona lf 1 0 0 0
Treadway 2b 5 2 2 0
Davis cf 4 4 2 0
  Garcia cf 1 1 1 1
Parker rf 5 4 5 8
  O'Neill rf 1 0 1 0
Bell 3b 3 3 2 4
  Stillwell 3b 2 0 0 0
Esasky 1b 6 1 1 1
McGriff c 5 1 1 4
Larkin ss 4 2 1 1
Robinson p 3 1 1 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Pacillo p 0 0 0 0
  McClendon ph 1 1 1 2
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 21 19 21
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
James cf 4 2 2 0
Oberkfell 3b 5 0 0 0
Perry 1b 3 1 0 1
Murphy rf 3 2 3 2
  Gant 2b 2 0 1 1
Griffey lf 5 0 2 2
Virgil c 2 0 0 0
  Cary p 0 0 0 0
  Hall ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Blauser ss 3 0 2 0
Hubbard 2b 3 0 1 0
  Olwine p 0 0 0 0
  Bell ph 1 0 0 0
  Boever p 0 0 0 0
Palmer p 1 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Clary p 0 0 0 0
  Benedict ph,c 3 1 1 0
Totals 37 6 12 6
Cincinnati 203 830 22121190
Atlanta 011 001 3006122
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson  W (7-4) 5.0 5 2 2 1 3
  Pacillo   2.0 5 4 4 3 0
  Murphy   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Williams   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
4
4
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  L (8-11) 3.0 7 5 5 0 2
  Assenmacher   0.1 4 5 5 1 0
  Clary   0.2 1 3 2 1 1
  Cary   2.0 3 3 3 0 1
  Olwine   2.0 2 4 2 1 3
  Boever   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
19
21
18
3
9

  E–Perry (11), Gant (1).  2B–Atlanta James 2 (33,off Robinson,off Murphy); Blauser (5,off Robinson).  3B–Cincinnati Esasky (2,off Palmer), Atlanta Blauser (1,off Pacillo).  HR–Cincinnati Parker 2 (24, 3rd inning off Palmer, 7th inning off Olwine); Larkin (10, 4th inning off Assenmacher); McGriff (2, 4th inning off Clary); Bell (14, 5th inning off Cary); McClendon (2, 8th inning off Olwine); Garcia (1, 9th inning off Boever), Atlanta Murphy 2 (40,2nd inning off Robinson 0 on, 0 out,6th inning off Pacillo 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Treadway (1,off Assenmacher).  IBB–Davis (8,by Assenmacher).  SF–Perry (4,off Robinson).  IBB–Assenmacher (4,Davis).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:46.  A–4,708.
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