Atlanta Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 17, 1992 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1992 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 4 0 0 0
Sanders lf 5 0 2 0
Pendleton 3b 5 1 1 0
Justice rf 4 3 3 0
Bream 1b 4 1 2 2
  Hunter ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Berryhill c 5 0 1 1
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
Treadway 2b 3 0 2 1
  Lemke 2b 1 0 1 1
Belliard ss 5 0 0 0
Smith P. p 2 0 0 0
  Smith L. ph 0 0 0 0
  Mercker p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Gant ph 1 0 0 0
  Freeman p 0 0 0 0
  Olson c 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 12 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cole rf 4 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
Bell ss 4 0 1 0
Van Slyke cf 5 0 0 1
Bonds lf 4 1 1 0
Merced 1b 4 1 1 0
King 3b 4 1 1 2
LaValliere c 2 0 1 1
  Varsho pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Lind 2b 4 0 0 0
Drabek p 2 0 0 0
  Redus ph 0 1 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
  Espy ph 0 0 0 0
  Slaught c 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 5 4
Atlanta 100 101 010 15120
Pittsburgh 010 200 010 0451
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   6.0 5 3 3 1 3
  Mercker   1.1 0 1 1 2 0
  Stanton   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Freeman  W (5-4) 1.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Pena  SV (15) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
5
4
4
6
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek   8.0 9 4 4 4 3
  Belinda   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Patterson  L (5-2) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
10.0
12
5
5
4
4

  E–Bell (18).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Atlanta Sanders (6,off Drabek); Berryhill (11,off Drabek); Justice (14,off Patterson); Lemke (7,off Patterson).  HR–Atlanta Bream (7,6th inning off Drabek 0 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh King (11,4th inning off P Smith 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Treadway (1,by Drabek); Bonds (19,by Stanton); Espy (1,by Freeman).  SH–Bell (13,off Mercker).  SB–Sanders (19,2nd base off Belinda/LaValliere); Bonds (26,2nd base off P Smith/Berryhill); Bell (7,2nd base off P Smith/Berryhill); Redus (10,2nd base off Mercker/Berryhill).  CS–Nixon (14,2nd base by Drabek/LaValliere); LaValliere (3,2nd base by P Smith/Berryhill).  WP–Drabek (7).  IBB–Stanton (2,Bonds); Freeman (7,Espy); Drabek (6,Treadway).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–3:25.  A–38,062.
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