St. Louis Cardinals vs Atlanta Braves
June 26, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 1996 at Fulton County Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 11, Atlanta Braves 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Clayton ss 6 2 3 0
McGee rf 5 3 2 0
Gant lf 5 1 3 4
Gaetti 3b 4 1 1 2
Jordan cf 5 2 3 2
Pagnozzi c 4 1 1 1
Mabry 1b 5 0 1 0
Bell 2b 5 0 1 1
Benes p 3 1 2 1
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Mejia ph 1 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 11 17 11
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Grissom cf 5 3 2 1
Lemke 2b 5 0 1 1
Jones 3b 3 1 1 1
McGriff 1b 4 0 0 0
Klesko lf 3 1 1 0
Whiten rf 4 0 1 2
Lopez c 4 1 1 2
Blauser ss 2 0 0 0
  Belliard ss 2 1 1 0
Avery p 1 0 0 0
  Clontz p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Bielecki p 0 0 0 0
  Bautista ph 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Wade p 0 0 0 0
  Mordecai ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 8 7
St. Louis 510 130 01011171
Atlanta 021 002 200780
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Benes  W (7-4) 6.0 6 5 5 1 2
  Mathews   0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Honeycutt   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Eckersley   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
7
7
2
3
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Avery  L (6-7) 3.1 11 7 7 0 4
  Clontz   1.2 4 3 3 2 0
  Bielecki   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Borbon   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Wade   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
17
11
11
2
6

  E–Gaetti (7).  2B–St. Louis Jordan (13,off Avery), Atlanta Klesko (8,off Alan Benes); Belliard (4,off Mathews).  3B–St. Louis Gant (2,off Clontz).  HR–St. Louis Gant (9,2nd inning off Avery 0 on, 1 out); Jordan (7,8th inning off Borbon 0 on, 2 out), Atlanta Lopez (12,2nd inning off Alan Benes 1 on, 2 out); Grissom (10,3rd inning off Alan Benes 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Gaetti (3,by Clontz).  SF–C Jones (4,off Honeycutt).  SB–Clayton (15,3rd base off Avery/Lopez); McGee (3,2nd base off Avery/Lopez); Jordan (7,2nd base off Clontz/Lopez).  BK–Honeycutt (2).  IBB–Clontz (3,Gaetti).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Angel Hernandez, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:48.  A–31,191.
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