Atlanta Braves vs Houston Astros
April 17, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1990 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 3, Houston Astros 5

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
McDowell cf 5 1 1 0
Treadway 2b 4 0 1 1
Smith lf 5 1 3 1
Esasky 1b 4 0 0 0
Murphy rf 4 0 1 1
Whitt c 3 0 1 0
Presley 3b 4 0 1 0
Blauser ss 4 0 2 0
Smoltz p 2 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Luecken p 0 0 0 0
  Gregg ph 1 1 1 0
  Valdez p 0 0 0 0
  Lemke ph 1 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 11 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 3 0 0 0
  Puhl cf 1 0 0 0
Biggio c 5 0 3 1
Doran 2b 5 0 1 0
Davis 1b 5 0 0 0
Wilson rf 4 2 2 1
Stubbs lf 4 2 3 2
  Davidson lf 0 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 4 1 1 0
Ramirez ss 3 0 1 0
Portugal p 3 0 2 1
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Oberkfell ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 13 5
Atlanta 200 000 1003111
Houston 030 020 00x5130
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz  L (0-2) 4.2 11 5 5 2 4
  Castillo   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Luecken   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Valdez   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Henry   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
13
5
5
2
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Portugal  W (1-1) 5.2 6 2 2 1 4
  Andersen   1.1 3 1 1 1 1
  Smith  SV (2) 2.0 2 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
2
9

  E–Esasky (3).  2B–Atlanta McDowell (2,off Portugal); Murphy (1,off Portugal); L Smith (2,off Portugal), Houston Caminiti (1,off Smoltz); Stubbs 2 (3,off Smoltz 2).  HR–Houston Stubbs (1,2nd inning off Smoltz 1 on, 0 out); Wilson (2,5th inning off Smoltz 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Treadway (1,off Portugal).  IBB–Ramirez (1,by Smoltz).  SB–Biggio (2,2nd base off Smoltz/Whitt); Doran (1,2nd base off Henry/Whitt).  IBB–Smoltz (1,Ramirez).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–2:44.  A–9,555.
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