St. Louis Cardinals vs Atlanta Braves
May 17, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1997 at Turner Field. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 6, Atlanta Braves 11

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 4 1 2 0
Franklin rf 3 2 1 1
Gant lf 3 2 1 1
Lankford cf 4 1 1 4
Mabry 1b 4 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 2 0 0 0
  Gulan ph,3b 2 0 0 0
DiFelice c 2 0 1 0
  Raggio p 0 0 0 0
  Sweeney ph 1 0 1 0
  Painter p 0 0 0 0
  McGee ph 1 0 0 0
Clayton ss 4 0 0 0
Morris p 1 0 0 0
  Lampkin c 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 7 6
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 5 2 5 2
  Jones A. cf 0 0 0 0
Tucker rf 4 1 1 1
Jones C. 3b 3 1 1 1
  Byrd p 0 0 0 0
  Clontz p 0 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 4 1 2 2
Klesko lf 4 1 3 0
Lopez c 5 0 1 2
Lemke 2b 5 1 1 0
Blauser ss 4 2 3 2
  Belliard pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Smoltz p 3 1 2 0
  Mordecai ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 19 10
St. Louis 000 002 040671
Atlanta 020 304 20x11191
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  L (1-2) 4.0 9 5 4 3 1
  Raggio   2.0 6 4 4 0 2
  Painter   2.0 4 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
19
11
10
3
4
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz  W (5-3) 7.0 5 2 2 0 7
  Byrd   0.1 1 3 3 2 0
  Clontz   1.2 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
2
9

  E–Clayton (2), Lemke (3).  DP–St. Louis 2.  PB–Difelice (3).  2B–Atlanta Blauser (11,off Morris); Lopez (10,off Raggio).  3B–Atlanta Lofton (2,off Painter).  HR–St. Louis Franklin (2,6th inning off Smoltz 0 on, 2 out); Gant (6,6th inning off Smoltz 0 on, 2 out); Lankford (7,8th inning off Clontz 3 on, 1 out), Atlanta Blauser (6,2nd inning off Morris 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Tucker (2,off Morris).  SF–McGriff (2,off Morris).  IBB–C Jones (4,by Morris).  SB–DeShields (9,2nd base off Smoltz/Lopez).  BK–Byrd (1).  IBB–Morris (1,C Jones).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–2:37.  A–48,366.
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