Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
September 18, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 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 2, Atlanta Braves 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 1 2 0
Biggio 2b 4 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 4 1 1 2
Berry 3b 4 0 0 0
Bell rf 4 0 0 0
May lf 3 0 0 0
Miller ss 3 0 1 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Hudek p 0 0 0 0
Manwaring c 3 0 0 0
Hampton p 1 0 1 0
  Simms ph 1 0 0 0
  Wall p 0 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Grissom cf 5 1 1 0
Pendleton 3b 4 1 2 1
Jones C. ss 3 1 2 1
McGriff 1b 3 2 2 4
Dye lf 4 0 2 0
Jones A. rf 4 0 0 0
Perez c 4 0 1 0
Lemke 2b 4 1 3 0
Maddux p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 13 6
Houston 100 001 000260
Atlanta 200 040 00x6130
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton  L (10-10) 4.0 5 2 2 0 0
  Wall   2.0 6 4 4 0 1
  Hernandez   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Hudek   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
6
6
1
3
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux  W (14-11) 9.0 6 2 2 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
0
3

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1, Atlanta 1.  2B–Houston Hunter (27,off Maddux); Hampton (1,off Maddux), Atlanta Lemke (16,off Wall); C Jones (32,off Hernandez).  HR–Houston Bagwell (31,6th inning off Maddux 0 on, 2 out), Atlanta McGriff 2 (28,1st inning off Hampton 1 on, 2 out,5th inning off Wall 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Maddux 3 (11,off Hampton,off Wall,off Hudek).  SF–C Jones (7,off Wall).  IBB–McGriff (12,by Hernandez).  IBB–Hernandez (5,McGriff).  U-HP–Mike Winters, 1B–Brian Gorman, 2B–(none), 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–2:01.  A–29,885.
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