Montreal Expos vs Atlanta Braves
May 5, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1989 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 1, Atlanta Braves 6

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 5 0 0 0
Garcia 2b 4 0 1 0
Galarraga 1b 4 0 2 0
Brooks rf 4 0 1 0
Wallach 3b 4 0 1 0
Santovenia c 4 1 2 0
Fitzgerald lf 4 0 0 0
Owen ss 3 0 0 0
Smith p 2 0 1 0
  Hudler ph 1 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 8 0
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Gant 3b 5 0 1 2
Smith lf 4 1 2 1
Thomas ss 5 0 1 0
Murphy cf 3 1 0 0
Evans 1b 4 0 1 2
James rf 4 1 1 0
Davis c 3 1 2 0
Treadway 2b 3 0 0 0
  Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
Lilliquist p 2 0 0 0
  Blauser 2b 1 2 1 0
Totals 34 6 9 5
Montreal 010 000 000182
Atlanta 200 000 13x692
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L (2-1) 6.0 4 2 2 2 5
  Harris   2.0 5 4 4 2 2
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
4
7
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Lilliquist  W (2-2) 6.0 7 1 0 1 1
  Alvarez  SV (2) 3.0 1 0 0 0 5
Totals
9.0
8
1
0
1
6

  E–Wallach (4), Santovenia (2), Gant (8), Lilliquist (1).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Montreal Galarraga (4,off Lilliquist); Santovenia (4,off Lilliquist), Atlanta L Smith (7,off B Smith).  3B–Atlanta Evans (1,off B Smith); Blauser (1,off Harris).  SH–Alvarez (2,off Harris).  WP–B Smith (1), Harris (3).  BK–Lilliquist (3).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:31.  A–6,104.
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