Cincinnati Reds vs Atlanta Braves
May 17, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1996 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 2, Atlanta Braves 8

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Howard lf 4 0 1 0
Morris 1b 4 0 1 0
Larkin ss 3 0 1 0
Anthony rf 4 1 1 0
Davis cf 4 0 2 1
Taubensee c 4 0 0 0
Boone 2b 4 1 2 0
Branson 3b 3 0 1 1
Smiley p 0 0 0 0
  Greene ph 1 0 0 0
  McElroy p 0 0 0 0
  Owens ph 1 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Sabo ph 1 0 1 0
  Ruffin p 0 0 0 0
  Lilliquist p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 10 2
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Grissom cf 5 1 1 3
Lemke 2b 3 1 1 1
Jones 3b 3 0 2 1
McGriff 1b 4 1 1 1
Lopez c 4 0 1 0
Walton rf 1 1 1 0
  Dye rf 2 1 1 1
Klesko lf 4 1 2 1
Blauser ss 3 1 0 0
Maddux p 2 1 0 0
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
  Mordecai ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 10 8
Cincinnati 001 100 0002100
Atlanta 050 110 01x8100
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley  L (3-4) 2.0 3 5 5 4 1
  McElroy   2.0 2 1 1 1 3
  Moore   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Ruffin   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Lilliquist   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
8
8
5
5
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux  W (5-3) 7.0 10 2 2 0 7
  McMichael   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Borbon   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
2
9

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 2, Atlanta 1.  2B–Cincinnati Boone (4,off Maddux); Branson (3,off Maddux); Anthony (5,off Maddux); Larkin (6,off Maddux), Atlanta C Jones (8,off McElroy).  3B–Atlanta Grissom (3,off Smiley).  HR–Atlanta McGriff (10,2nd inning off Smiley 0 on, 0 out); Dye (1,5th inning off Moore 0 on, 1 out); Klesko (13,8th inning off Lilliquist 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Davis (6,2nd base off Maddux/Lopez).  CS–Davis (4,2nd base by Maddux/Lopez); Howard (3,2nd base by Maddux/Lopez).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–2:30.  A–40,612.
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