Atlanta Braves vs New York Mets
September 16, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1996 at Shea Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 5, New York Mets 2

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Grissom cf 5 0 2 1
Pendleton 3b 5 0 0 0
Jones ss 4 0 1 0
McGriff 1b 3 1 1 0
Klesko lf 2 1 1 0
Dye rf 3 1 0 0
Perez c 4 1 2 1
Lemke 2b 4 1 0 1
Neagle p 4 0 1 2
Totals 34 5 8 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 4 1 2 0
Alfonzo 2b,3b 3 0 1 1
Gilkey lf 4 0 2 0
Hundley c 2 1 0 0
Ochoa rf 4 0 1 0
Huskey 1b 3 0 0 0
Espinoza 3b 3 0 0 0
  Byrd p 0 0 0 0
  Everett ph 1 0 1 1
Ordonez ss 4 0 0 0
Harnisch p 2 0 0 0
  Trlicek p 0 0 0 0
  Hardtke 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
Atlanta 010 004 000580
New York 000 001 001270
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Neagle  W (15-8) 9.0 7 2 2 3 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
3
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Harnisch  L (8-11) 5.2 6 5 5 3 2
  Trlicek   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Byrd   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Atlanta 2.  2B–Atlanta Grissom (31,off Harnisch), New York Ochoa (18,off Neagle).  3B–New York Johnson (20,off Neagle).  HBP–Dye (2,by Harnisch).  IBB–Klesko (10,by Harnisch).  SF–Alfonzo (5,off Neagle).  SB–Lemke (5,2nd base off Harnisch/Hundley); Gilkey (16,2nd base off Neagle/Perez).  CS–Klesko (3,2nd base by Harnisch/Hundley).  WP–Harnisch (7).  HBP–Harnisch (5,Dye).  IBB–Harnisch (5,Klesko).  U-HP–Mark Hirschbeck, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:29.  A–14,980.
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