Colorado Rockies vs Atlanta Braves
May 8, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1996 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Colorado Rockies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Colorado Rockies 1, Atlanta Braves 5

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 0 0
Hubbard cf 4 0 1 0
Bichette rf 4 1 2 0
Galarraga 1b 4 0 1 0
Castilla 3b 4 0 1 0
Burks lf 3 0 1 1
  Ruffin p 0 0 0 0
  Holmes p 0 0 0 0
  Vander Wal ph 1 0 0 0
Owens c 3 0 0 0
Weiss ss 3 0 0 0
Reynoso p 2 0 0 0
  McCracken lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Grissom cf 4 1 2 0
Lemke 2b 4 0 1 1
Jones 3b 3 0 1 0
McGriff 1b 4 1 1 0
Justice rf 4 0 1 0
Klesko lf 3 1 0 0
  Walton lf 1 0 0 0
Lopez c 3 1 0 0
Blauser ss 4 1 2 4
Glavine p 3 0 1 0
  Perez ph 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Wohlers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Colorado 000 000 100161
Atlanta 001 000 22x592
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Reynoso  L (2-3) 6.2 7 3 3 1 3
  Ruffin   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Holmes   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
2
3
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Glavine  W (3-3) 8.0 4 1 0 0 5
  Wohlers   1.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
1
0
0
8

  E–Weiss (6), Grissom (1), Blauser (7).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Atlanta Grissom (7,off Reynoso); C Jones (5,off Reynoso); Blauser (3,off Ruffin).  3B–Colorado Burks (2,off Glavine).  HR–Atlanta Blauser (2,7th inning off Reynoso 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Lopez (4,by Ruffin).  SB–McGriff (2,2nd base off Ruffin/Owens).  IBB–Ruffin (2,Lopez).  U-HP–Jeff Kellogg, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Angel Hernandez, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:30.  A–29,363.
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