Philadelphia Phillies vs Atlanta Braves
June 5, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1991 at Fulton County Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 12, Atlanta Braves 11

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Backman 3b 3 1 1 0
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
  Schu 3b 3 1 1 0
Morandini 2b 5 2 3 3
Kruk lf 6 3 2 3
Murphy rf 4 0 0 0
  Lindeman pr,rf 3 0 2 1
Hayes V. cf 7 1 2 1
Jordan 1b 4 0 1 0
Fletcher c 3 1 1 0
  Ready ph 0 0 0 1
  Lake c 1 0 0 0
Thon ss 5 2 2 1
Grimsley p 1 0 0 0
  Morris ph 1 0 0 0
  Boever p 0 0 0 0
  Hayes C. ph,3b 2 0 1 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Greene ph 1 0 0 0
  Akerfelds p 0 0 0 0
  Booker ph 0 0 0 0
  Mulholland pr 0 1 0 0
  DeJesus p 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 12 16 10
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 6 2 3 0
Pendleton 3b 6 3 2 1
Smith lf 4 2 1 2
Justice rf 5 1 1 1
Bream 1b 3 0 0 1
  Hunter ph,1b 2 1 1 2
Blauser 2b 5 1 2 2
Olson c 6 0 1 1
Belliard ss 5 1 1 0
Smoltz p 1 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
  Freeman p 0 0 0 0
  Lemke ph 1 0 0 0
  St. Claire p 0 0 0 0
  Mercker p 0 0 0 0
  Berenguer p 0 0 0 0
  Gant ph 1 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Heath ph 1 0 0 0
  Parrett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 11 12 10
Philadelphia 000 060 011 02212163
Atlanta 301 011 200 02111124
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley   4.0 4 4 4 2 2
  Boever   2.0 2 2 2 2 3
  McDowell   1.2 3 2 0 1 1
  Williams   1.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Akerfelds  W (2-1) 2.0 2 2 2 2 1
  DeJesus  SV (1) 1.0 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
12.0
12
11
9
10
9
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz   5.0 7 6 6 1 1
  Freeman   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  St. Claire   1.1 2 1 0 1 2
  Mercker   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Berenguer   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Stanton   2.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Parrett  L (0-2) 2.0 4 4 2 2 1
Totals
12.0
16
12
9
7
6

  E–Backman (2), McDowell (2), Williams (1), Justice (3), Hunter 2 (2), Belliard (9).  DP–Philadelphia 1, Atlanta 4.  2B–Philadelphia Thon (6,off Smoltz), Atlanta Justice (14,off Grimsley); Olson (3,off Grimsley); Pendleton (11,off Grimsley); L Smith (4,off Boever); Blauser (4,off McDowell).  HR–Philadelphia Kruk (7,5th inning off Smoltz 2 on, 2 out), Atlanta Blauser (4,6th inning off Boever 0 on, 0 out); Hunter (1,11th inning off Akerfelds 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Morandini (2,off Stanton); Lake (2,off Stanton); Booker (1,off Parrett).  IBB–Thon (2,by Stanton); Kruk (4,by Parrett).  SB–Morandini (2,2nd base off Parrett/Olson); Nixon 3 (22,2nd base off Boever/Fletcher,3rd base off Boever/Fletcher,2nd base off McDowell/Fletcher).  CS–Blauser (3,2nd base by Akerfelds/Lake).  WP–Grimsley 2 (14), Boever (1), St Claire (1), Parrett (3).  IBB–Stanton (1,Thon); Parrett (2,Kruk).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–4:45.  A–16,937.
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