Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
October 13, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 13, 1996 at Busch Stadium II. 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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Atlanta Braves 3, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Grissom cf 5 0 0 0
Lemke 2b 4 1 1 1
Jones 3b 3 1 2 0
McGriff 1b 3 0 0 0
Klesko lf 3 1 1 1
Lopez c 3 0 0 0
  Wohlers p 0 0 0 0
Dye rf 4 0 3 1
Blauser ss 3 0 1 0
  Polonia ph 1 0 0 0
Neagle p 2 0 1 0
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
  Perez c 0 0 0 0
  Pendleton ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Clayton ss 4 0 1 1
McGee cf 4 0 1 0
Gant lf 2 0 0 0
Jordan rf 4 1 1 1
Gaetti 3b 4 0 0 0
Mabry 1b 4 1 1 0
Pagnozzi c 2 1 0 0
Gallego 2b 2 0 0 0
  Young ph 1 1 1 2
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Benes A. p 2 0 0 0
  Fossas p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
  Benes A. p 0 0 0 0
  Alicea ph,2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 5 4
Atlanta 010 002 000391
St. Louis 000 000 31x450
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Neagle   6.2 2 2 2 3 6
  McMichael  L (0-1) 0.2 3 2 2 1 0
  Wohlers   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
5
4
4
4
8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Benes A.   5.0 7 3 3 1 0
  Fossas   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Mathews   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Benes A.   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Honeycutt   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Eckersley  W (1-0) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
4
3

  E–McGriff (1).  DP–Atlanta 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–Atlanta C Jones (1,off Andy Benes); Dye (1,off Eckersley).  3B–St. Louis Young (1,off McMichael).  HR–Atlanta Klesko (1,2nd inning off Andy Benes 0 on, 1 out); Lemke (1,6th inning off Andy Benes 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Jordan (1,8th inning off McMichael 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Neagle (1,off Andy Benes).  IBB–Lopez (1,by Fossas).  CS–Dye (1,2nd base by Andy Benes/Pagnozzi).  IBB–Fossas (1,Lopez).  U–Joe West, Jerry Crawford, Ed Montague, Paul Runge, Bob Davidson, Mark Hirschbeck.  T–3:17.  A–56,764.
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