Atlanta Braves vs Houston Astros
April 19, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 19, 1988 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 5, Houston Astros 4

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Hall cf 4 1 1 1
Garcia 2b 4 0 0 0
Roenicke lf 4 0 1 0
  James pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Murphy rf 2 1 1 0
Simmons 1b 3 1 2 4
  Perry 1b 0 0 0 0
Virgil c 3 0 0 0
Thomas ss 4 0 0 0
Runge 3b 1 1 0 0
  Oberkfell ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Smith p 1 0 0 0
  Blocker ph 1 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 1 0 1 0
Totals 29 5 6 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 5 0 0 0
Hatcher lf 4 1 1 0
Doran 2b 4 1 1 0
Davis 1b 4 2 3 2
Bass rf 3 0 1 0
Ashby c 4 0 2 2
Walling 3b 3 0 1 0
  Pankovits ph 1 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 4 0 1 0
Deshaies p 2 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Atlanta 002 000 030560
Houston 000 102 0104101
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   6.0 6 3 3 2 3
  Sutter  W (1-0) 1.1 3 1 1 0 2
  Assenmacher  SV (1) 1.2 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies  L (1-1) 8.0 5 5 4 7 3
  Andersen   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
5
4
8
3

  E–Ramirez (1).  DP–Atlanta 1, Houston 4.  2B–Atlanta Assenmacher (1,off Andersen).  3B–Houston Hatcher (1,off Sutter).  HR–Atlanta Simmons (1,8th inning off Deshaies 2 on, 1 out), Houston Davis (6,4th inning off P Smith 0 on, 1 out).  SH–P Smith (2,off Deshaies).  IBB–Murphy (1,by Deshaies).  SB–Hall 2 (5,2nd base off Deshaies/Ashby,3rd base off Deshaies/Ashby); Garcia (1,2nd base off Deshaies/Ashby).  CS–Young (4,2nd base by P Smith/Virgil).  IBB–Deshaies (1,Murphy).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–2:44.  A–13,131.
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