Atlanta Braves vs Colorado Rockies
June 9, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1996 at Coors Field. 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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Atlanta Braves 8, Colorado Rockies 3

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Grissom cf 5 0 2 1
Smith rf 3 0 0 0
  Bautista rf 1 0 0 0
Jones 3b 5 1 1 0
McGriff 1b 4 1 1 0
  Houston 1b 0 0 0 0
Klesko lf 5 2 3 2
Lopez c 3 2 0 0
Blauser ss 4 1 2 3
Mordecai 2b 4 1 2 0
Smoltz p 3 0 1 2
  Wohlers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 12 8
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 1 3 0
Burks lf 4 0 0 0
Vander Wal rf 3 1 1 1
Walker cf 2 0 1 0
  Hubbard cf 2 1 1 2
Galarraga 1b 3 0 1 0
Castilla 3b 4 0 1 0
Reed c 3 0 0 0
Weiss ss 3 0 0 0
  Alston p 0 0 0 0
  Bichette ph 1 0 0 0
Thompson p 1 0 0 0
  McCracken ph 1 0 0 0
  Hawblitzel p 0 0 0 0
  Bates ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
Atlanta 032 100 2008120
Colorado 000 000 003380
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz  W (12-1) 8.1 7 3 3 2 10
  Wohlers   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
11
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Thompson  L (3-6) 6.0 8 6 6 2 4
  Hawblitzel   2.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Alston   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Atlanta 2, Colorado 2.  PB–Lopez (5).  2B–Atlanta Smoltz (2,off Mark Thompson); C Jones (12,off Mark Thompson); Mordecai (1,off Mark Thompson); Grissom (12,off Hawblitzel).  3B–Atlanta Blauser (1,off Hawblitzel).  HR–Atlanta Klesko (20,3rd inning off Mark Thompson 1 on, 2 out), Colorado Hubbard (1,9th inning off Smoltz 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Lopez (1,by Mark Thompson); Smoltz (1,by Mark Thompson).  SB–McGriff (6,2nd base off Mark Thompson/J Reed); Young (18,2nd base off Smoltz/Lopez).  CS–Young (8,3rd base by Smoltz/Lopez).  WP–Smoltz (4), Wohlers (2).  HBP–Mark Thompson 2 (6,Lopez,Smoltz).  U-HP–Angel Hernandez, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–2:46.  A–48,036.
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