Atlanta Braves vs San Francisco Giants
October 4, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 1987 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants 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, San Francisco Giants 5

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Hall cf 3 0 1 0
Gant 2b 5 0 0 0
Perry 1b 5 1 1 0
Murphy rf 3 1 1 1
Roenicke lf 3 0 1 1
  Cary p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez ph 1 0 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
Virgil c 4 1 0 0
Runge 3b 3 1 1 2
  Nettles ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Blauser ss 4 0 0 0
Smith p 2 0 0 0
  James lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 5 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Maldonado rf 3 0 0 0
  Davis rf 2 1 1 1
Mitchell 3b 3 1 0 0
Leonard lf 3 0 0 0
  Milner cf 2 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 2 2 3
Aldrete cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Brenly c 4 1 2 1
Thompson 2b 2 0 1 0
  Speier 2b 2 0 1 0
Uribe ss 2 0 2 0
  Williams ss 2 0 0 0
Hammaker p 2 0 1 0
  Kutcher ph 1 0 0 0
  Garrelts p 0 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 0 0 0 0
  Wasinger pr 0 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Bockus p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Atlanta 000 301 000 0450
San Francisco 201 001 000 15102
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   5.0 8 3 3 3 1
  Cary   2.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Acker  L (4-9) 2.0 1 1 1 3 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
6
3
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hammaker   6.0 5 4 4 2 3
  Garrelts   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Lefferts   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Robinson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Bockus  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
5
4
4
3
6

  E–Mitchell (15), Bockus (1).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Atlanta Perry (35,off Hammaker), San Francisco Uribe (16,off P Smith).  HR–Atlanta Runge (3,4th inning off Hammaker 1 on, 2 out); Murphy (44,6th inning off Hammaker 0 on, 0 out), San Francisco Clark 2 (35,1st inning off P Smith 1 on, 2 out,3rd inning off P Smith 0 on, 0 out); C Davis (24,6th inning off Cary 0 on, 1 out); Brenly (18,10th inning off Acker 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Clark (11,by Acker).  SB–Hall 3 (33,2nd base off Hammaker/Brenly 2,2nd base off Garrelts/Brenly).  WP–P Smith (3).  IBB–Acker (4,Clark).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:54.  A–51,216.
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