Sanderson started the scoring by launching one into the left field bleachers with 1 out in the bottom of the third. The score stayed 1-0 through 7 innings. Cubs manager had no reason to remove Sanderson to start the 8th as he had been cruising, handcuffing the Braves to 3 hits through those 7 innings. With the pitcher's spot set to lead off the 8th, Chuck Tanner sent up pinch hitter Ted Simmons for Palmer. Simmons responded with a double. Tanner then sent in Albert Hall to run for the slow moving Simmons. Dion James followed with a RBI single to score Hall and he went to second on the throw home. Ken Oberkfell then followed with a RBI single of his own to score James and put the Braves in front 2-1 and chase Scott Sanderson from the game. Jim Frey brought in lefty reliever Frank DiPino who set down Perry, Murphy, and Griffey in order to end the top of the 8th.
Chuck Tanner then turned to his shaky bullpen starting with lefty Paul Assenmacher. He responded to Tanner's confidence by striking out Chico Walker, getting Ryne Sandberg to fly to center and Jerry Mumphrey to fly to left. The Cubs pen stifled the Braves in the 9th to set up the bottom of the 9th. Tanner turned to struggling closer Jim Acker. Through 40 games, Acker only had 3 saves. Shaking off his prior struggles, Acker set down the Cubs in order getting Leon Durhamto fly to center, Jody Davis to foul out to catcher Ozzie Virgil, and finally getting Keith Moreland to pop up to shortstop Andres Thomas.
The shoddy Braves pitching staff held the Cubs to 1 run on just 6 hits to possibly show signs of turning things around. Below is the box score and the play by play courtesy of the Strat-O-Matic Direct Entry system and below that are the player stats through 41 games.
BOXSCORE: 1987 Atlanta Braves At 1987 Chicago Cubs 5/22/1987
Braves AB R H RBI AVG Cubs AB R H RBI AVG
D.James CF 3 1 1 1 .333 C.Walker RF 4 0 0 0 .217
K.Oberkfell 2B 3 0 2 1 .281 R.Sandberg 2B 4 0 1 0 .256
G.Perry 1B 3 0 0 0 .193 J.Mumphrey LF 3 0 1 0 .320
D.Murphy RF 4 0 0 0 .327 L.Durham 1B 4 0 1 0 .255
K.Griffey LF 4 0 0 0 .307 J.Davis C 4 0 1 0 .202
G.Nettles 3B 4 0 1 0 .260 K.Moreland 3B 4 0 1 0 .280
O.Virgil C 3 0 0 0 .302 S.Dunston SS 3 0 0 0 .250
A.Thomas SS 4 0 1 0 .167 D.Martinez CF 3 0 0 0 .317
D.Palmer P 1 0 0 0 .059 S.Sanderson P 3 1 1 1 .071
A-T.Simmons PH 1 0 1 0 .406 F.Dipino P 0 0 0 0 ----
B-A.Hall PR 0 1 0 0 .228 D.Noles P 0 0 0 0 .000
P.Assenmacher P 0 0 0 0 ----
C-G.Roenicke PH 1 0 0 0 .288
J.Acker P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 31 2 6 2 Totals 32 1 6 1
A-Pinch Hit For Palmer In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Simmons In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Assenmacher In 9th Inning
Braves.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 6 0
Cubs............ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 1
Braves (18-23) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Palmer WIN(2-3) 7 6 1 1 1 4 1 110 6.63
P.Assenmache HOLD(2nd) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 6.92
J.Acker SAVE(4th) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 5.70
Totals 9 6 1 1 1 5 1
Cubs (21-19) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
S.Sanderson LOSS(2-2) 7 6 2 2 3 2 0 112 3.28
F.Dipino 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 2.08
D.Noles 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 1.33
Totals 9 6 2 2 4 3 0
ATTENDANCE- 22,903 DATE- Friday, May 22nd 1987 TIME- Day
T- 2:46
LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 7 Cubs: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 1 Cubs: 1
ERRORS- C.Walker
DOUBLES- T.Simmons(6th), R.Sandberg(5th)
HOME RUNS- S.Sanderson(1st)
RBIs- D.James(16th), K.Oberkfell(12th), S.Sanderson
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Palmer
WALKS- D.James, K.Oberkfell, G.Perry, O.Virgil, J.Mumphrey
STRIKE OUTS- G.Perry, O.Virgil-2, C.Walker-2, L.Durham, J.Davis, S.Dunston
GIDP- S.Dunston
RLISP 2-out- G.Perry, L.Durham, D.James, K.Moreland, A.Thomas, K.Griffey
TEAM RISP- Braves: 2 for 8 Cubs: 1 for 4
*** TOP OF INNING 1 ***
0 D.James 5-12 5 Ground Out b-0
1 K.Oberkfell 1- 5 6 Single b-1
1 1 G.Perry 3- 8 4 Walk 1-2 b-1
1 12 D.Murphy 2- 2 5 Line Out Double Play 2-o b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 ***
0 C.Walker 1- 7 3 Strike Out b-0
1 R.Sandberg 3- 8 5 Ground Out b-0
2 J.Mumphrey 2- 9 5 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 2 ***
0 K.Griffey 3- 8 3 Ground Out b-0
1 G.Nettles 5- 9 3 Fly Out b-0
2 O.Virgil 1- 7 3 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 ***
0 L.Durham 2-12 6 Line Out b-0
1 J.Davis 3- 9 6 Single b-1
1 1 K.Moreland 3-12 2 Fly Out b-0
2 1 S.Dunston 2- 4 3 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 3 ***
0 A.Thomas 3- 4 1 Pop Out b-0
1 D.Palmer 1- 9 5 Ground Out b-0
2 D.James 3-10 4 Walk b-1
2 1 K.Oberkfell 1- 7 5 Walk 1-2 b-1
2 12 G.Perry 5- 2 3 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 ***
0 D.Martinez 6- 9 5 Fly Out b-0
1 S.Sanderson 3-12 1 3 Home Run b-H
1 C.Walker 1- 3 6 Pop Out b-0
2 R.Sandberg 1- 7 1 1 Double b-2
2 2 J.Mumphrey 1- 2 1 2 Single 2-3 b-1
2 1 3 L.Durham 2- 7 3 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 4 ***
0 D.Murphy 4- 7 3 Ground Out b-0
1 K.Griffey 5-12 1 Ground Out b-0
2 G.Nettles 2- 3 1 Pop Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 ***
0 J.Davis 2-12 3 Line Out b-0
1 K.Moreland 1- 8 1 4 Single b-1
1 1 S.Dunston 2- 8 6 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 5 ***
0 O.Virgil 2-11 3 Line Out b-0
1 A.Thomas 1- 4 4 Single b-1
1 1 D.Palmer 3 Sac Bunt 1-2 b-0
2 2 D.James 3- 3 3 Pop Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 ***
0 D.Martinez 2- 5 1 Fly Out b-0
1 S.Sanderson 4- 2 3 Ground Out b-0
2 C.Walker 2- 5 3 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 6 ***
0 K.Oberkfell 3- 5 5 Fly Out b-0
1 G.Perry 2- 6 2 Ground Out b-0
2 D.Murphy 5-10 3 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 ***
0 R.Sandberg 3- 8 4 Ground Out b-0
1 J.Mumphrey 3- 9 6 Walk b-1
1 1 L.Durham 1- 8 1 6 Single 1-2 b-1
1 12 J.Davis 1- 6 3 Strike Out b-0
2 12 K.Moreland 2- 5 6 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 7 ***
0 K.Griffey 1-11 6 Ground Out b-0
1 G.Nettles 6 Single & Error - RF b-2
1 2 O.Virgil 5 Strike Out b-0
2 2 A.Thomas 2- 3 6 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 ***
0 S.Dunston 1- 7 5 Strike Out b-0
1 D.Martinez 1-11 5 Fly Out b-0
2 S.Sanderson 2-12 5 Line Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 8 ***
SUBSTITUTE PH- Ted Simmons
0 T.Simmons 4- 8 1 5 Double b-2
SUBSTITUTE PR- Albert Hall
0 2 D.James 6 Single 2-H b-2
0 2 K.Oberkfell 3 Single 2-H b-1
SUBSTITUTE P - Frank Dipino
0 1 G.Perry 1- 6 3 Strike Out b-0
1 1 D.Murphy 5- 5 3 Ground Out 1-2 b-0
2 2 K.Griffey 1- 8 3 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Paul Assenmacher
0 C.Walker 1- 7 3 Strike Out b-0
1 R.Sandberg 4-10 3 Fly Out b-0
2 J.Mumphrey 1- 8 6 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
0 G.Nettles 5- 4 2 Fly Out b-0
SUBSTITUTE P - Dickie Noles
1 O.Virgil 1- 9 5 Walk b-1
1 1 A.Thomas 5- 3 3 Force Play 1-o b-1
SUBSTITUTE PH- Gary Roenicke
2 1 G.Roenicke 2- 3 2 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Jim Acker
0 L.Durham 3-12 6 Fly Out b-0
1 J.Davis 6- 4 1 Foul Out b-0
2 K.Moreland 1-10 5 Line Out b-0
Primary Player Statistics For 1987 Atlanta Braves Totals After 41 Games
NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E
T.Simmons .406 28 64 10 26 6 1 1 9 4 6 0 0 1 0 0 0
D.James .333 37 141 26 47 9 2 2 16 20 11 2 2 2 2 0 0
D.Murphy .327 41 171 36 56 6 0 16 44 21 26 1 0 2 4 1 0
K.Griffey .307 24 88 13 27 4 3 5 24 12 15 1 0 1 0 0 0
O.Virgil .302 37 129 16 39 4 0 9 30 15 30 1 0 6 0 0 0
G.Hubbard .290 38 124 17 36 4 2 0 14 30 15 0 0 4 0 0 5
R.Ramirez .288 29 111 20 32 8 0 1 8 4 16 3 1 4 1 1 6
G.Roenicke .288 28 59 12 17 3 0 4 14 10 1 2 0 4 0 0 1
K.Oberkfell .281 39 160 17 45 5 1 0 12 14 16 2 1 10 2 1 6
G.Nettles .260 32 50 5 13 1 0 1 9 6 6 0 0 2 1 1 0
A.Hall .228 31 79 12 18 0 3 1 5 5 15 0 2 1 6 1 2
G.Perry .193 37 119 23 23 4 1 3 14 18 21 2 0 4 10 0 2
A.Thomas .167 20 78 5 13 1 1 3 11 4 20 0 0 3 0 0 4
B.Benedict .133 10 30 2 4 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
D.Motley .000 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
P.Runge ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J.Blauser ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T.Bell ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T.Davis ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
M.Fischlin ---- 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R.Gant ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ALL PITCHERS .092 41 76 5 7 0 0 2 3 0 20 1 14 0 0 0 2
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TEAM TOTALS .271 1485 403 14 213 224 21 26 28
41 220 55 48 170 15 44 5
NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
S.Ziem 0.00 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 0 0
E.Olwine 2.51 0 0 ---- 19 0 0 0 0 14.1 15 4 4 1 4 6
C.Puleo 2.51 1 0 1.000 17 2 0 0 0 43.0 43 12 12 2 18 32
J.Dedmon 2.57 2 2 .500 21 0 0 0 0 28.0 26 9 8 3 12 12
R.O'Neal 3.19 4 1 .800 7 6 0 0 0 36.2 40 16 13 2 11 25
Z.Smith 3.80 3 3 .500 11 11 0 0 0 71.0 76 37 30 8 14 51
G.Garber 4.94 2 3 .400 23 0 0 0 0 31.0 39 19 17 3 13 19
J.Acker 5.70 1 4 .200 22 0 0 0 4 23.2 27 16 15 3 18 14
D.Palmer 6.63 2 3 .400 11 11 0 0 0 58.1 76 43 43 8 21 39
R.Mahler 6.79 1 4 .200 11 11 0 0 0 57.0 84 46 43 11 26 41
P.Assenmacher 6.92 1 3 .250 17 0 0 0 0 13.0 15 12 10 0 7 13
L.McWilliams ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D.Alexander ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
P.Smith ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J.Boever ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C.Cary ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
M.Clary ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
P.Niekro ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T.Glavine ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K.Coffman ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ALL NON-PITCHERS ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team 0 +0
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TEAM TOTALS 4.63 23 41 0 4 444 195 144
18 .439 41 0 379.0 214 41 252
Hey David, I can´t find the Direct Entry System, looking forward to the rest of the season. Daniel
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