Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
April 9, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1997 at Turner Field. 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 3, Atlanta Braves 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 1 1 0
Abreu rf 5 0 1 1
Bagwell 1b 6 0 1 0
Bell cf 6 1 1 0
Gonzalez lf 4 1 1 0
  Lima p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
Eusebio c 5 0 2 0
Johnson 3b 5 0 1 2
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery lf 0 0 0 0
Bogar ss 2 0 0 0
  Spiers ph,ss,3b 1 0 0 0
Kile p 3 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Hudek p 0 0 0 0
  Listach ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 3 8 3
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 5 1 1 0
Tucker rf,lf 5 1 1 0
Jones C. 3b 4 0 2 2
McGriff 1b 5 1 1 1
Klesko lf 3 0 1 1
  Byrd p 0 0 0 0
  Mordecai ph 1 0 0 0
  Perez c 0 0 0 0
Lopez c 5 0 1 0
  Belliard pr 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
Lemke 2b 3 0 0 0
  Graffanino pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Blauser ss 5 1 1 0
Neagle p 2 0 0 0
  Clontz p 0 0 0 0
  Lockhart ph 1 0 0 0
  Bielecki p 0 0 0 0
  Jones A. rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 8 4
Houston 001 002 000 000381
Atlanta 000 102 000 001480
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Kile   8.0 6 3 3 3 1
  Hudek   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Wagner   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Lima  L (0-1) 0.2 1 1 1 2 0
  Martin   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
11.2
8
4
4
8
5
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Neagle   5.1 8 3 3 2 1
  Clontz   1.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Bielecki   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Byrd   3.0 0 0 0 4 2
  Embree  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
8
3
3
7
5

  E–Johnson (1).  DP–Houston 2, Atlanta 1.  2B–Houston Gonzalez (3,off Neagle); Abreu (2,off Neagle); Johnson (1,off Neagle), Atlanta C Jones (2,off Kile).  SH–A Jones (1,off Lima).  IBB–Lofton (1,by Lima).  SB–Gonzalez (1,2nd base off Byrd/Lopez); C Jones (2,2nd base off Kile/Eusebio); Graffanino (1,2nd base off Hudek/Eusebio).  CS–Belliard (1,2nd base by Wagner/Eusebio).  WP–Kile (1).  IBB–Lima (1,Lofton).  U-HP–Larry Vanover, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–3:48.  A–33,986.
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