Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
October 14, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 14, 1996 at Busch Stadium II. The Atlanta Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 14, St. Louis Cardinals 0

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Grissom cf 6 2 3 1
Lemke 2b 5 2 4 1
  Mordecai 2b 1 1 1 0
Jones C. 3b 3 1 2 3
  Pendleton ph,3b 2 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 6 1 2 3
Klesko lf 4 0 1 1
  Jones A. ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Lopez c 5 4 4 1
  Perez c 0 0 0 0
Dye rf 6 1 1 0
Blauser ss 2 1 1 2
  Belliard pr,ss 1 0 1 1
Smoltz p 4 1 2 1
  Polonia ph 1 0 0 0
  Bielecki p 0 0 0 0
  Wade p 0 0 0 0
  Clontz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 14 22 14
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
McGee cf 3 0 1 0
  Mejia cf 1 0 0 0
Gant lf 3 0 1 0
  Gallego 3b 0 0 0 0
Jordan rf 2 0 1 0
  Fossas p 0 0 0 0
  Young ph,1b 2 0 1 0
Gaetti 3b 2 0 2 0
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
  Lankford ph 1 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
Mabry 1b,rf 4 0 1 0
Pagnozzi c 1 0 0 0
  Sheaffer ph,c 3 0 0 0
Alicea 2b 4 0 0 0
Stottlemyre p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 1 0 0 0
  Sweeney rf,lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 7 0
Atlanta 520 310 01214220
St. Louis 000 000 000070
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz  W (2-0) 7.0 7 0 0 1 6
  Bielecki   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Wade   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Clontz   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
2
9
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  L (1-1) 1.0 9 7 7 0 1
  Jackson   3.0 7 3 3 3 3
  Fossas   2.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Petkovsek   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Honeycutt   1.0 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
22
14
14
5
7

  E–None.  DP–Atlanta 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–Atlanta Lemke (1,off Stottlemyre); C Jones (2,off Stottlemyre); Lopez 2 (3,off Petkovsek,off Honeycutt).  3B–Atlanta Blauser (1,off Stottlemyre).  HR–Atlanta Lopez (1,5th inning off Fossas 0 on, 2 out); McGriff (1,9th inning off Honeycutt 1 on, 2 out).  SB–Grissom (2,3rd base off Jackson/Pagnozzi).  U–Jerry Crawford, Ed Montague, Paul Runge, Mark Hirschbeck, Joe West, Bob Davidson.  T–2:57.  A–56,782.
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