Box Score of Four Home Run Game by Bob Horner by Baseball Almanac

Box Score of Four Home Run Game by Bob Horner

Three Montreal Expos players each hit a home run versus the Atlanta Braves on July 6, 1986. Bob Horner hit more than the entire Expos team, yet the Braves were still defeated 11-to-8 in this historic game.

"James Robert Horner stepped off the Arizona State campus in 1978 and became the first player to be named College Player of the Year and National League Rookie of the Year in the same season." - Fastball

Hitting & Fielding Notes


Name	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI
Mitch Webster	lf	6	2	5	3
George Wright	cf	6	1	2	1
Andre Dawson	rf	6	1	2	2
Hubie Brooks	ss	5	1	2	0
Tim Wallach	3b	2	1	0	0
Andres Galarraga	1b	2	0	0	0
Wayne Krenchicki	1b	1	0	1	0
Jeff Reardon	p	0	0	0	0
Mike Fitzgerald	c	3	2	1	2
Al Newman	2b	4	3	2	2
Andy McGaffigan	p	2	0	1	1
Tim Burke	p	1	0	0	0
Vance Law	1b	1	0	0	0
Totals		39	11	16	11


Name	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI
Omar Moreno	rf	4	0	1	0
d-Ted Simmons	ph-3b	1	0	0	0
Ken Oberkfell	3b-2b	5	1	4	1
Dale Murphy	cf	5	0	0	0
Bob Horner	1b	5	4	4	6
Ken Griffey	lf	5	0	2	0
Andres Thomas	ss	4	0	1	0
Ozzie Virgil	c	4	1	1	0
Glenn Hubbard	2b	3	1	1	1
b-Chris Chambliss	ph	0	0	0	0
Gene Garber	p	0	0	0	0
Zane Smith	p	1	0	0	0
Jeff Dedmon	p	0	1	0	0
a-Bill Sample	ph	1	0	0	0
Paul Assenmacher	p	0	0	0	0
c-Rafael Ramirez	ph-rf	1	0	0	0
Totals		39	8	14	8

a: Grounded out for Dedmon in 6th inning.
b: Base on balls for Hubbard in 8th inning.
c: Struck out for Assenmacher in 8th inning.
d: Grounded out for Moreno in 8th inning.

Double Plays: Brooks-Newman-Galarraga, Oberkfell-Horner, Wallach-Newman-Law.
Doubles: Dawson, Webster, Fitzgerald, Wright, Brooks, Virgil, Hubbard, Krenchicki.
Errors: Wallach, Horner.
Home Runs: Horner 4, Newman, Webster, Dawson.
Left on Base: Montreal 10, Atlanta 6.
Passed Ball: Virgil.
Sacrifice Hits: McGaffigan, Dedmon, Krenchicki.
Stolen Bases: Webster, Griffey.

Line Score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Montreal	0	0	1	3	6	0	1	0	0	11	16	1
Atlanta	0	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	1	8	14	1

Pitching Notes


Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Andy McGaffigan	4.2	8	7	4	0	2
Tim Burke	2.2	4	0	0	1	1
Jeff Reardon	1.2	2	1	1	0	1


Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1-Zane Smith	4.0	9	8	8	2	3
Jeff Dedmon	2.0	4	2	2	1	2
Paul Assenmacher	2.0	2	1	1	2	1
Gene Garber	1.0	1	0	0	0	0

1: Pitched to four batters in 5th inning.

Hit by Pitcher: Galarraga (by Dedmon), Fitzgerald (by Dedmon).
Losing Pitcher: Smith.
Save: Reardon.
Winning Pitcher: Burke.

Game Notes

Attendance: 18,153.
Length of Game: 3:06.
Umpires: HP: Larry Poncino, 1B: Eric Gregg.
Umpires: 2B: Gerry Davis, 3B: Doug Harvey.

In 1978, Bob Horner became one of the few players to go straight into the Major Leagues with no Minor League experience since the free agent draft of 1965.

In 1978, Bob Horner became the second player from the Atlanta Braves to win the Rookie of the Year Award. Do you know who the first recipient from Atlanta was?

Did you know that Bob Horner was the second player from the National League to hit four home runs during one game in a losing effort?

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