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Cincinnati Reds @ Atlanta Braves

1986-10-01 · Night game · Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium · Att: 2992 · 3:05

Cincinnati Reds defeated Atlanta Braves 6–5. Cincinnati Reds put up 2 in the 6th. Rob Murphy earned the win and John Franco picked up the save. Buddy Bell went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	6	13
ATL	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	9

W: Rob Murphy L: Gene Garber SV: John Franco

Umpires — HP: Charlie Williams · 1B: Harry Wendelstedt · 2B: Terry Tata · 3B: Jerry Crawford · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kurt Stillwell	4	2	1	0	0	0
Buddy Bell	4	1	2	3	1	0
Dave Parker	5	0	2	1	0	2
Eric Davis	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bo Diaz	4	0	2	0	0	0
Eddie Milner	3	1	1	0	0	1
Tony Perez	4	0	2	2	0	0
Ron Oester	4	0	2	0	0	0
Chris Welsh	0	0	0	0	0	0
Max Venable	1	0	0	0	0	1
Barry Larkin	2	1	1	0	0	0
Dave Concepcion	1	0	0	0	0	1

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Darryl Motley	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Oberkfell	4	1	1	0	1	1
Dale Murphy	3	1	2	0	2	0
Bob Horner	5	1	1	1	0	0
Terry Harper	3	2	3	2	1	0
Andres Thomas	3	0	1	1	0	0
Bruce Benedict	3	0	0	0	0	1
Glenn Hubbard	2	0	1	0	1	0
Doyle Alexander	2	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Sample	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ted Simmons	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ozzie Virgil	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rafael Ramirez	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Welsh	4.0	6	2	1
Scott Terry	2.0	1	2	2
Ron Robinson	1.1	1	1	0
Rob Murphy	0.2	0	1	0
John Franco	1.0	1	0	1

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Doyle Alexander	6.0	8	0	5
Jeff Dedmon	2.0	2	1	0
Paul Assenmacher	0.0	1	0	0
Gene Garber	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kurt Stillwell: 43
Buddy Bell: 7
Dave Parker: K

Bot 1

Darryl Motley: 63
Ken Oberkfell: W
Dale Murphy: E6/G.1-2;B-1
Bob Horner: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Eric Davis: K
Bo Diaz: 43
Eddie Milner: K

Bot 2

Terry Harper: HR/F78D
Andres Thomas: S9/F9S
Bruce Benedict: 36(1)3/GDP
Glenn Hubbard: S9/G34
Doyle Alexander: 164(1)/FO

Top 3

Tony Perez: 7/L
Ron Oester: S8/L78
Chris Welsh: 14(B)/SH/G.1-2
Kurt Stillwell: 43

Bot 3

Darryl Motley: 9
Ken Oberkfell: S7/G56
Dale Murphy: S8/G4M.1-3
Bob Horner: 64(1)/FO.3-H;B-2(E4/TH1)
Terry Harper: D8/F78.2-H(UR)
Andres Thomas: 53

Top 4

Buddy Bell: 53
Dave Parker: K/C
Eric Davis: 9

Bot 4

Bruce Benedict: 8/L
Glenn Hubbard: W
Doyle Alexander: 14(B)/SH/G.1-2
Darryl Motley: K

Top 5

Bo Diaz: 43
Eddie Milner: S7/F78
Tony Perez: D7/L7L.1-H
Ron Oester: 7/L
Max Venable: K

Bot 5

Ken Oberkfell: 5/FL
Dale Murphy: W
Bob Horner: S6/G56.1-2
Terry Harper: W.2-3;1-2
Andres Thomas: 46(1)/FO/G.3-H;2-3;B-1
Bruce Benedict: K

Top 6

Kurt Stillwell: S1/G1S
Buddy Bell: HR/F7D.1-H
Dave Parker: S8/G4M
Eric Davis: 9
Bo Diaz: S8/G4M.1-2
Eddie Milner: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Tony Perez: 43

Bot 6

Glenn Hubbard: FLE3
Glenn Hubbard: 4
Doyle Alexander: K
Darryl Motley: 23

Top 7

Ron Oester: S8/L4M
Barry Larkin: 9
Kurt Stillwell: 64(1)/FO/G.B-1
Buddy Bell: PB.1-2
Buddy Bell: W
Dave Parker: S8/G4M.2-H;1-2
Eric Davis: 7

Bot 7

Ken Oberkfell: 7/L
Dale Murphy: W
Bob Horner: 6/L
Terry Harper: CS2(24)

Top 8

Bo Diaz: S5/G5
Eddie Milner: 14/SH.1-2
Tony Perez: S8/G4M.2-H
Ron Oester: 36(1)1/GDP

Bot 8

Terry Harper: D9/L9D
Andres Thomas: 34/SH.2-3
Billy Sample: W
Ted Simmons: 7/SF.3-H
Ozzie Virgil: 53

Top 9

Barry Larkin: S9/G34
Dave Concepcion: SB2
Dave Concepcion: K
Buddy Bell: S7/L78.2-H
Dave Parker: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Rafael Ramirez: 53
Ken Oberkfell: K/C
Dale Murphy: S8/G4M
Bob Horner: 64(1)/FO/G

Notes & reviews

Chris Welsh tipped it to Kurt Stillwell who booted it to Ron Oester whose foot was on the 2B bag
Dale Murphy slid hard into 2B causing Oester to throw wild

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