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Braves
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
April 18, 1987
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Atlanta Braves, played on April 18, 1987 at Candlestick Park.
Game Summary
| Date | April 18, 1987 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Atlanta Braves
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| Home Team |
San Francisco Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 18, 1987 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Atlanta Braves |
| Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | David Palmer |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Roger Mason |
| Ballpark | Candlestick Park |
| City | San Francisco |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 22,054 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 3 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bruce Froemming 1B: Jim Quick 2B: Charlie Williams 3B: John Kibler |
Atlanta Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dion James | Center Fielder |
| Ken Oberkfell | Third Baseman |
| Gerald Perry | First Baseman |
| Dale Murphy | Right Fielder |
| Ken Griffey | Left Fielder |
| Andres Thomas | Shortstop |
| Bruce Benedict | Catcher |
| Glenn Hubbard | Second Baseman |
| David Palmer | Pitcher |
| Chuck Tanner | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Will Clark | First Baseman |
| Chili Davis | Center Fielder |
| Jeffrey Leonard | Left Fielder |
| Candy Maldonado | Right Fielder |
| Chris Brown | Third Baseman |
| Bob Brenly | Catcher |
| Chris Speier | Second Baseman |
| Matt Williams | Shortstop |
| Roger Mason | Pitcher |
| Roger Craig | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Braves
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
April 18, 1987
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Mason
James strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oberkfell vs. Mason
Oberkfell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perry vs. Mason
Perry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Speier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Palmer
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Clark for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Palmer
Davis strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leonard vs. Palmer
Leonard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Oberkfell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Mason
Murphy strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffey vs. Mason
Griffey hits a line drive into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Mason
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maldonado vs. Palmer
Maldonado hits a ball on the ground towards third. Oberkfell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Palmer
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas misplays the ball. That's an error on Thomas. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brenly vs. Palmer
Brenly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Speier vs. Palmer
Benedict fires to first and picks off Brenly. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Speier vs. Palmer
Speier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. Palmer
Williams hits a fly ball into center field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Benedict vs. Mason
Benedict takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hubbard vs. Mason
Hubbard takes first base on ball four. Benedict moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Palmer vs. Mason
Palmer strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
James vs. Mason
James hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Oberkfell vs. Mason
Oberkfell hits a fly ball into left field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mason vs. Palmer
Mason strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Palmer
Clark takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Palmer
There goes Clark. The throw from Benedict and he is out, Thomas applying the tag. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Palmer
Davis strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Mason
Perry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Mason
Murphy takes first base on ball four. Perry moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Griffey vs. Mason
Griffey hits a line drive into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomas vs. Mason
Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Benedict vs. Mason
Benedict hits a fly ball into left field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leonard vs. Palmer
Leonard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maldonado vs. Palmer
Maldonado is called out on strikes. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Palmer
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hubbard vs. Mason
Hubbard hits a fly ball into right field. Maldonado settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Palmer vs. Mason
Palmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. Mason
James hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mason fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brenly vs. Palmer
Brenly strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Palmer
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Palmer
Williams strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oberkfell vs. Mason
Oberkfell hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Mason
Perry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Mason
Murphy hits a fly ball into left field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffey vs. Mason
Griffey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maldonado. Griffey reaches second base with a double. Perry moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Thomas vs. Mason
Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mason vs. Palmer
Mason hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Palmer
Clark bunts towards third. Oberkfell fields it and throws to first for the out. Mason moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Davis vs. Palmer
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mason moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Leonard vs. Palmer
Leonard hits a fly ball into left field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Benedict vs. Mason
Benedict takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hubbard vs. Mason
Hubbard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Benedict moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Palmer vs. Mason
Palmer hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Brenly fields it and throws to third for the out. Hubbard moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
James vs. Mason
James strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Oberkfell vs. Mason
Oberkfell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hubbard scores. Palmer moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Perry vs. Mason
Perry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Palmer trying to get to home. Davis throws the ball in to Brenly who tags Palmer who's trying to score from second, for the out. Oberkfell moves to second. View Play
Bottom 7
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maldonado vs. Palmer
Maldonado hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Palmer
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Oberkfell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brenly vs. Palmer
Brenly hits a fly ball into center field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. LaCoss
Mike LaCoss now pitching. Bob Melvin now catching.
Murphy hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffey vs. LaCoss
Griffey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. LaCoss
There's a wild pitch. Griffey moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. LaCoss
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Benedict vs. LaCoss
Benedict takes first base on ball four. Griffey moves to third. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hubbard vs. LaCoss
Hubbard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Speier fields it and throws to home to get Griffey. Thomas moves to third. Benedict moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Nettles vs. LaCoss
Graig Nettles pinch hits for David Palmer.
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Garber
Gene Garber now pitching.
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spilman vs. Garber
Harry Spilman pinch hits for Matt Williams.
Spilman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Melvin vs. Garber
Robby Thompson pinch runs for Harry Spilman.
Melvin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thompson moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Clark vs. Garber
Clark hits a popup towards short. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Davis vs. Garber
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
James vs. LaCoss
Chris Speier now playing shortstop. Robby Thompson now playing second base.
James hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. LaCoss fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oberkfell vs. LaCoss
Oberkfell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perry vs. LaCoss
Perry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Oberkfell moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murphy vs. LaCoss
Murphy strikes out. Melvin drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Murphy out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Leonard vs. Garber
Leonard hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of James who is chasing the ball. Leonard reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Maldonado vs. Garber
Maldonado hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Leonard scores. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Garber
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garber fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aldrete vs. Garber
Mike Aldrete pinch hits for Mike LaCoss.
Aldrete hits a line drive towards third. Oberkfell reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 10
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffey vs. Garrelts
Scott Garrelts now pitching.
Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Clark scoops it up and throws to first, with Garrelts covering, for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Garrelts
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Benedict vs. Garrelts
Benedict hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garrelts fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 10
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Braves, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Garber
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Garber
Thompson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Griffey. Thompson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Melvin vs. Garber
Melvin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thompson moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Clark vs. Garber
Clark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thompson scores. Melvin moves to second. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/18/1987 -- Atlanta at San Francisco (D)
Atlanta AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI
James D, cf 5 0 0 0 Clark W, 1b 3 0 1 1
Oberkfell K, 3b 3 0 1 1 Davis C, cf 4 0 0 0
Perry G, 1b 4 0 2 0 Leonard J, lf 4 1 1 0
Murphy D, rf 4 0 0 0 Maldonado C, rf 4 0 1 1
Griffey K, lf 5 0 2 0 Brown C, 3b 4 0 0 0
Thomas A, ss 3 0 0 0 Brenly B, c 3 0 1 0
Benedict B, c 2 0 0 0 LaCoss M, p 0 0 0 0
Hubbard G, 2b 3 1 1 0 Aldrete M, ph 1 0 0 0
Palmer D, p 3 0 0 0 Garrelts S, p 0 0 0 0
Nettles G, ph 1 0 0 0 Speier C, 2b-ss 3 0 0 0
Garber G, p 0 0 0 0 Williams M, ss 2 0 0 0
Spilman H, ph 0 0 0 0
Thompson R, pr-2b 1 1 1 0
Mason R, p 2 0 1 0
Melvin B, c 2 0 2 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 1 6 1 33 2 8 2
Atlanta 000 000 100 0 -- 1
San Francisco 000 000 001 1 -- 2
1 out when winning run was scored.
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer D 7.0 2 0 0 2 6
Garber G (L) 2.1 6 2 2 1 0
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Mason R 7.0 5 1 1 6 4
LaCoss M 2.0 1 0 0 3 1
Garrelts S (W) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
E -- Thomas A
DP -- Atlanta 1, San Francisco 2
LOB -- Atlanta 12, San Francisco 7
2B -- Griffey K, Thompson R
3B -- Leonard J
CS -- Clark W
SH -- Clark W
WP -- LaCoss M
T -- 3:03
A -- 22054
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