Atlanta Braves vs Houston Astros
September 30, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 1987 at Astrodome. 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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Atlanta Braves 3, Houston Astros 1

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Hall cf 4 0 0 0
Gant 2b 3 0 1 0
  Griffey ph 1 1 1 0
  Hubbard 2b 0 0 0 0
James lf 4 0 0 0
Murphy rf 3 1 0 0
Perry 1b 3 1 2 1
Virgil c 3 0 1 2
Oberkfell 3b 4 0 0 0
Blauser ss 3 0 0 0
Glavine p 1 0 0 0
  Nettles ph 1 0 1 0
  Runge pr 0 0 0 0
  Cary p 0 0 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher cf 2 0 1 0
Doran 2b 3 0 1 0
Bass rf 5 0 0 0
Davis 1b 3 0 0 0
Pankovits lf 3 1 2 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 3 0 0 0
Berra ss 2 0 0 1
  Reynolds C. ss 1 0 0 0
Reynolds R. c 3 0 0 0
Scott p 3 0 0 0
  Puhl lf 0 0 0 0
  Lopes ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 4 1
Atlanta 000 000 003360
Houston 000 001 000140
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Glavine   7.0 4 1 0 7 3
  Cary  W (1-1) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Acker  SV (13) 0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
0
9
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott   8.0 3 0 0 3 4
  Smith  L (2-3) 1.0 3 3 3 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
4
4

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2.  PB–Virgil (8).  2B–Atlanta Gant (4,off Scott).  IBB–Murphy (29,by Smith).  SH–Caminiti (2,off Glavine).  SF–Berra (1,off Glavine).  CS–Perry (15,2nd base by Scott/R Reynolds); Hatcher (9,2nd base by Glavine/Virgil).  SB–Hatcher (52,2nd base off Glavine/Virgil); Pankovits (2,2nd base off Glavine/Virgil).  IBB–Smith (8,Murphy).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:34.  A–19,788.
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