Atlanta Braves vs San Francisco Giants
October 2, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1987 at Candlestick Park. The Atlanta Braves defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Atlanta Braves 6, San Francisco Giants 4

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Hall cf 4 1 1 1
Gant 2b 4 0 0 1
Perry 1b 5 0 0 0
Murphy rf 4 1 1 0
Roenicke lf 3 2 0 0
Virgil c 3 0 2 0
Runge 3b 2 0 1 0
  Nettles ph,3b 2 0 0 1
Blauser ss 4 2 3 2
Coffman p 2 0 0 0
  Mahler p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 8 5
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Milner cf 3 0 1 0
  Burkett p 0 0 0 0
  Leonard ph 1 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
Mitchell 3b 4 0 2 0
  Kutcher pr,3b 1 2 1 1
Aldrete lf,cf,lf 2 0 1 1
Maldonado rf 4 0 1 1
Clark 1b 2 0 0 0
  Manwaring c 1 0 1 0
  Melvin ph,c 1 0 0 0
Brenly c 1 0 0 0
  Melendez ph,1b 3 1 1 1
Thompson 2b 1 0 0 0
  Reid ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Henderson ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Uribe ss 2 0 0 0
  Williams ph,ss 3 0 1 0
Dravecky p 1 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Perlman p 0 0 0 0
  Bockus p 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
  Wasinger 2b 2 1 1 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
Atlanta 001 212 000682
San Francisco 000 001 1204102
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Coffman  W (2-3) 6.0 4 1 1 6 4
  Mahler   0.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Assenmacher   1.1 3 2 2 1 2
  Acker  SV (14) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
8
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Dravecky  L (10-12) 4.0 4 3 3 1 3
  Perlman   1.0 1 3 2 2 0
  Bockus   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Burkett   2.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Robinson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
6
5
5
7

  E–Gant 2 (3), Thompson (17), Dravecky (2).  DP–Atlanta 1.  PB–Brenly (11).  2B–San Francisco Williams (9,off Coffman); Aldrete (18,off Assenmacher).  HR–San Francisco Melendez (1,6th inning off Coffman 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Assenmacher (2,off Burkett).  SF–Gant (1,off Perlman).  HBP–Roenicke (1,by Dravecky).  SB–Blauser 2 (7,2nd base off Dravecky/Brenly,Home off Dravecky/Brenly); Hall 2 (30,2nd base off Dravecky/Brenly,2nd base off Perlman/Brenly); Perry (42,2nd base off Perlman/Brenly); Clark (5,2nd base off Coffman/Virgil); Milner (10,2nd base off Coffman/Virgil).  CS–Perry (16,3rd base by Perlman/Brenly).  WP–Mahler (5), Perlman (2).  HBP–Dravecky (5,Roenicke).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–3:12.  A–30,735.
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