Atlanta Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 26, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1996 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 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Grissom cf 5 2 3 3
Smith rf 5 0 2 0
  Dye rf 2 0 0 0
Jones 3b 6 0 2 1
McGriff 1b 5 0 0 0
Klesko lf 4 0 0 0
  Walton lf 1 0 0 0
Lopez c 5 2 2 2
Blauser ss 4 0 1 0
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
  Wohlers p 0 0 0 0
  Clontz p 0 0 0 0
  Houston ph 1 0 1 0
  Wade p 0 0 0 0
  Perez ph 0 0 0 0
  Lemke pr 0 0 0 0
  Bielecki p 0 0 0 0
Graffanino 2b 6 1 0 0
Maddux p 2 0 0 0
  Belliard ss 1 0 0 0
  Mordecai ph,ss 2 1 0 0
Totals 49 6 11 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Garcia 2b 3 1 0 0
Martin lf 7 1 2 0
King 1b 6 0 1 1
Merced rf 6 0 2 1
Bell ss 4 0 0 0
Hayes 3b 6 0 1 0
Cummings cf 6 0 2 0
Osik c 3 0 2 0
  Clark ph 1 1 1 1
  Kendall c 1 0 0 0
Wagner p 2 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Kingery ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
  Cordova p 0 0 0 0
  Liriano ph 1 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
  Wehner ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 49 3 12 3
Atlanta 010 001 100 000 36113
Pittsburgh 100 000 011 000 03121
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux   7.0 6 1 0 0 5
  McMichael   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Wohlers   1.1 1 1 1 1 3
  Clontz   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Wade  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 3 1
  Bielecki  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
13.0
12
3
2
6
12
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Wagner   6.1 9 3 3 2 5
  Christiansen   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Wilkins   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Plesac   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Cordova   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Miceli  L (0-2) 2.0 1 3 2 4 1
Totals
13.0
11
6
5
7
11

  E–Smith (1), McGriff (3), Wohlers (1), Miceli (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Atlanta Houston (2,off Cordova), Pittsburgh Martin (12,off Maddux); Wehner (1,off Bielecki).  HR–Atlanta Lopez 2 (7,2nd inning off Wagner 0 on, 0 out,6th inning off Wagner 0 on, 0 out); Grissom (6,13th inning off Miceli 2 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Clark (1,9th inning off Wohlers 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Maddux (2,off Wagner); Grissom (2,off Wilkins); Kendall (2,off Wade).  IBB–Grissom (1,by Cordova); Garcia (3,by Wade).  HBP–Garcia (1,by Wohlers).  SB–C Jones (4,2nd base off Wagner/Osik); Grissom 2 (9,2nd base off Wagner/Osik,3rd base off Wagner/Osik); McGriff (3,2nd base off Christiansen/Osik); Hayes (2,2nd base off Wade/Lopez).  WP–Maddux (2), Wohlers (1), Wilkins (1), Cordova (2).  HBP–Wohlers (1,Garcia).  IBB–Wade (3,Garcia); Cordova (2,Grissom).  U-HP–Rich Rieker, 1B–Brian Gorman, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Mike Winters.  T–4:27.  A–33,085.
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