Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
September 23, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1987 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 4, Atlanta Braves 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 2 3 1
Hatcher lf 3 1 0 0
Doran 2b 4 0 2 2
Bass rf 4 0 2 1
Davis 1b 2 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 0 0
Berra ss 2 1 0 0
  Reynolds C. ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Afenir c 3 0 1 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Reynolds R. c 0 0 0 0
Deshaies p 2 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 1 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Hall cf 5 2 4 1
Gant 2b 4 0 1 0
Perry 1b 3 1 1 0
Murphy rf 3 0 1 0
Roenicke lf 3 0 0 0
Simmons c 3 1 0 0
Runge 3b 3 0 1 1
  James ph 1 0 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
Blauser ss 3 1 1 0
Smith p 2 0 0 0
  Nettles ph 0 0 0 1
  Dedmon p 0 0 0 0
  Oberkfell ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 3
Houston 201 100 000490
Atlanta 011 002 001591
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies   6.0 8 4 4 5 2
  Andersen   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Smith  L (2-2) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
5
5
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   6.0 7 4 4 5 5
  Dedmon   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Acker  W (3-6) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
5
6

  E–Simmons (5).  DP–Atlanta 3.  2B–Houston Doran (22,off Z Smith), Atlanta Perry (32,off Deshaies); Runge (1,off Deshaies); Murphy (25,off Deshaies); Hall (19,off Deshaies).  3B–Atlanta Blauser (3,off Deshaies); Hall (4,off Smith).  HR–Atlanta Hall (2,6th inning off Deshaies 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Hatcher (6,off Z Smith); Deshaies (4,off Z Smith).  IBB–Davis 2 (9,by Z Smith 2); Murphy (26,by Deshaies).  SF–Nettles (2,off Deshaies).  SB–Young 2 (25,3rd base off Z Smith/Simmons,2nd base off Z Smith/Simmons); Hatcher (51,2nd base off Z Smith/Simmons); Bass (18,2nd base off Z Smith/Simmons); Gant (3,2nd base off Deshaies/Afenir).  CS–Hall (10,2nd base by Deshaies/Afenir).  WP–Smith (1).  BK–Deshaies (4).  IBB–Deshaies (7,Murphy); Z Smith 2 (6,Davis 2).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–2:34.  A–2,977.
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