Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
July 7, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 1996 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 1, Atlanta Braves 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi cf 4 0 1 0
Biggio 2b 3 0 2 0
  Hajek 2b 1 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 0 0
Bell rf 4 1 2 0
May lf 4 0 1 0
Miller ss 3 0 1 0
  Hartgraves p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Simms ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnstone p 0 0 0 0
Spiers 3b 4 0 2 0
Wilkins c 1 0 1 1
  Knorr ph 1 0 0 0
Wall p 1 0 0 0
  Mouton ph 1 0 0 0
  Morman p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 10 1
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Grissom cf 5 0 1 0
Lemke 2b 5 2 2 1
Jones 3b 3 0 1 0
McGriff 1b 4 2 2 3
Klesko lf 3 1 1 0
  Clontz p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
Whiten rf 4 2 1 1
Perez c 4 0 1 2
Blauser ss 3 1 1 0
  Belliard ss 0 0 0 0
Maddux p 2 1 0 0
  Dye lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 10 7
Houston 010 000 0001103
Atlanta 022 003 02x9101
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wall  L (6-1) 3.0 4 4 3 4 0
  Morman   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Hernandez   0.1 2 3 1 0 0
  Hartgraves   0.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Wagner   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Johnstone   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
9
6
6
2
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux  W (9-6) 6.0 7 1 1 1 4
  Clontz   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
  Borbon   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
1
1
1
6

  E–Bagwell (11), Miller (11), Wall (1), Blauser (21).  DP–Houston 1, Atlanta 2.  2B–Atlanta Perez (6,off Wall); Blauser (11,off Hernandez).  3B–Atlanta Whiten (1,off Wall).  HR–Atlanta McGriff (20,8th inning off Johnstone 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Wilkins (4,off Maddux); McGriff (3,off Hartgraves).  SH–Maddux (4,off Hernandez).  IBB–Blauser (3,by Wall).  CS–Cangelosi (5,2nd base by Maddux/Perez).  WP–Hartgraves (1), Maddux (3).  IBB–Wall (1,Blauser).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Bill Hohn, 2B–Angel Hernandez, 3B–Ed Rapuano.  T–2:36.  A–28,716.
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