Atlanta Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 12, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1997 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 1 1 0
Tucker rf,lf 5 2 2 1
Jones C. 3b 4 3 3 2
  Clontz p 0 0 0 0
  Mordecai ph 1 0 0 0
  Borowski p 0 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 5 1 1 1
Klesko lf 2 1 0 0
  Jones A. rf 2 0 1 0
Lemke 2b 4 0 2 1
  Graffanino ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Blauser ss 1 1 0 1
  Belliard ss 2 0 1 0
Perez c 4 1 2 2
Maddux p 3 0 1 2
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Lockhart ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 10 14 10
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 3 0 2 1
  Young 3b 2 0 0 1
Allensworth cf 4 0 1 0
Martin lf 2 0 0 0
  Cummings lf 2 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 1 0
Elster ss 2 0 2 0
  Sodowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Morel p 0 0 0 0
  Kendall ph 1 0 1 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
Randa 3b,2b 4 1 1 0
Guillen rf 4 0 1 0
Osik c 4 1 3 0
Schmidt p 1 0 0 0
  Sveum ss 3 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 12 2
Atlanta 401 041 00010140
Pittsburgh 000 010 1002120
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux  W (4-1) 5.0 6 1 1 0 7
  Embree   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Clontz   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Borowski   2.0 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
2
2
0
9
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt  L (1-2) 4.2 10 9 9 2 3
  Sodowsky   1.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Morel   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Rincon   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
14
10
10
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Atlanta 1, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Atlanta C Jones (9,off Schmidt); Maddux (1,off Schmidt); A Jones (6,off Sodowsky), Pittsburgh Osik 2 (3,off Maddux,off Borowski).  HR–Atlanta C Jones (4,3rd inning off Schmidt 0 on, 0 out); Tucker (4,6th inning off Sodowsky 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Blauser (3,off Schmidt).  HBP–Blauser (6,by Schmidt).  SB–Womack (13,2nd base off Maddux/Perez).  WP–Schmidt (3).  HBP–Schmidt (2,Blauser).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Wally Bell, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–2:40.  A–12,114.
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