Atlanta Braves vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 18, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1987 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 7

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Hall cf 5 1 2 1
Gant 2b 4 0 2 0
  Simmons ph 1 0 0 0
James lf 4 0 0 0
Murphy rf 3 1 2 2
Perry 1b 4 0 1 0
Virgil c 4 0 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 4 1 1 0
Blauser ss 3 1 1 0
Smith p 1 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Mahler p 0 0 0 0
  Nettles ph 1 0 0 0
  Dedmon p 0 0 0 0
  Griffey ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 4 10 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 3 2 1 0
Gwynn lf 4 1 1 0
Guerrero 1b 4 1 2 2
  Stubbs 1b 0 0 0 0
Marshall rf 3 1 2 0
  Gonzalez pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Shelby cf 4 1 1 3
Scioscia c 3 1 0 0
Hoffman ss 3 0 1 0
Garner 3b 2 0 0 0
  Landreaux ph 1 0 1 1
  Anderson 3b 0 0 0 0
Hershiser p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 9 6
Atlanta 220 000 0004100
Los Angeles 100 006 00x791
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L (1-2) 5.0 6 5 4 2 3
  Assenmacher   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Mahler   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Dedmon   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
6
3
4
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hershiser  W (16-13) 9.0 10 4 3 0 8
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
0
8

  E–Hershiser (5).  DP–Atlanta 1, Los Angeles 1.  PB–Virgil (6).  2B–Atlanta Hall (18,off Hershiser); Gant (1,off Hershiser); Griffey (24,off Hershiser).  HR–Atlanta Murphy (41,1st inning off Hershiser 1 on, 2 out), Los Angeles Shelby (19,6th inning off Assenmacher 2 on, 0 out).  SH–P Smith (1,off Hershiser); Hoffman (3,off Mahler).  HBP–Blauser (1,by Hershiser); Murphy (5,by Hershiser).  SB–Gonzalez (1,2nd base off Dedmon/Virgil).  CS–Landreaux (3,2nd base by Mahler/Virgil).  WP–P Smith (1).  HBP–Hershiser 2 (8,Blauser,Murphy).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:27.  A–24,513.
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