Montreal Expos vs Atlanta Braves
July 6, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 6, 1986 at Fulton County Stadium. The Montreal Expos defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Montreal Expos 11, Atlanta Braves 8

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Webster lf 6 2 5 3
Wright cf 6 1 2 1
Dawson rf 6 1 2 2
Brooks ss 5 1 2 0
Wallach 3b 2 1 0 0
Galarraga 1b 2 0 0 0
  Krenchicki pr,1b 1 0 1 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Fitzgerald c 3 2 1 2
Newman 2b 4 3 2 2
McGaffigan p 2 0 1 1
  Burke p 1 0 0 0
  Law 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 16 11
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Moreno rf 4 0 1 0
  Simmons ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Oberkfell 3b,2b 5 1 4 1
Murphy cf 5 0 0 0
Horner 1b 5 4 4 6
Griffey lf 5 0 2 0
Thomas ss 4 0 1 0
Virgil c 4 1 1 0
Hubbard 2b 3 1 1 1
  Chambliss ph 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Smith p 1 0 0 0
  Dedmon p 0 1 0 0
  Sample ph 1 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 14 8
Montreal 001 360 10011161
Atlanta 010 150 0018141
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
McGaffigan   4.2 8 7 4 0 2
  Burke  W (6-2) 2.2 4 0 0 1 1
  Reardon  SV (19) 1.2 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
8
5
1
4
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L (7-9) 4.0 9 8 8 2 3
  Dedmon   2.0 4 2 2 1 2
  Assenmacher   2.0 2 1 1 2 1
  Garber   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
11
11
5
6

  E–Wallach (12), Horner (5).  DP–Montreal 2, Atlanta 1.  PB–Virgil (4).  2B–Montreal Dawson (11,off Smith); Webster (18,off Smith); Fitzgerald (11,off Smith); Wright (4,off Smith); Brooks (15,off Smith); Krenchicki (3,off Dedmon), Atlanta Virgil (5,off McGaffigan); Hubbard (12,off McGaffigan).  HR–Montreal Newman (1,4th inning off Smith 1 on, 2 out); Dawson (13,5th inning off Smith 1 on, 0 out); Webster (5,7th inning off Assenmacher 0 on, 1 out), Atlanta Horner 4 (17,2nd inning off McGaffigan 0 on, 0 out,4th inning off McGaffigan 0 on, 2 out,5th inning off McGaffigan 2 on, 2 out,9th inning off Reardon 0 on, 2 out).  SH–McGaffigan (4,off Smith); Krenchicki (1,off Assenmacher); Dedmon (1,off McGaffigan).  HBP–Galarraga (3,by Dedmon); Fitzgerald (1,by Dedmon).  SB–Webster (22,2nd base off Smith/Virgil); Griffey (1,2nd base off Burke/Fitzgerald).  CS–Webster (8,2nd base by Smith/Virgil).  HBP–Dedmon 2 (2,Galarraga,Fitzgerald).  U-HP–Larry Poncino, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–3:06.  A–18,153.
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