Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
April 18, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1989 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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Houston Astros 4, Atlanta Braves 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 5 1 1 0
Ramirez ss 5 1 2 0
Hatcher lf 5 1 1 3
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Doran 2b 4 0 2 0
Bass rf 4 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 4 1 1 1
Biggio c 3 0 0 0
  Ashby ph,c 0 0 0 0
Rhoden p 2 0 0 0
  Trevino ph 1 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 7 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Smith lf 6 1 1 0
Gregg rf 5 1 5 2
Perry 1b 3 0 2 2
Murphy cf 5 0 0 0
Gant 3b 5 0 2 0
Davis c 3 0 0 0
Treadway 2b 5 1 1 0
Blauser ss 5 2 1 0
Glavine p 3 0 1 1
  Boever p 0 0 0 0
  James ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 13 5
Houston 100 010 002 00471
Atlanta 020 011 000 015130
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Rhoden   7.0 9 4 3 4 3
  Darwin   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Smith  L (0-2) 1.1 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
10.1
13
5
4
4
6
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Glavine   8.1 7 4 4 0 2
  Boever  W (1-0) 2.2 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
11.0
7
4
4
1
4

  E–Ramirez (2).  DP–Houston 1, Atlanta 2.  2B–Atlanta Gregg 2 (4,off Rhoden 2); L Smith (4,off Smith).  HR–Houston Caminiti (2,5th inning off Glavine 0 on, 2 out); Hatcher (1,9th inning off Glavine 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Glavine (1,off Rhoden); Davis (1,off Smith).  IBB–Perry (2,by Rhoden).  SB–Perry (4,2nd base off Rhoden/Biggio).  CS–Gregg (1,2nd base by Darwin/Biggio).  IBB–Rhoden (1,Perry).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Fred Brocklander.  T–2:58.  A–8,758.
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