San Diego Padres vs Atlanta Braves
June 3, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1997 at Turner Field. The San Diego Padres defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 5, Atlanta Braves 2

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Veras 2b 4 1 3 2
Gwynn rf 4 1 1 0
Finley cf 4 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 1 0
Joyner 1b 3 0 1 0
  Cianfrocco pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Vaughn lf 2 1 1 0
Gomez ss 3 1 0 0
Flaherty c 4 0 1 1
Valenzuela p 2 0 0 0
  Livingstone ph 1 0 0 0
  Burrows p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Shipley ph 1 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 3
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 0 1 1
Tucker lf 4 0 1 0
Jones C. 3b 3 0 1 0
McGriff 1b 5 0 2 0
Jones A. rf 4 1 1 0
Lopez c 2 1 0 0
  Graffanino pr 0 0 0 0
  Perez c 0 0 0 0
Lemke 2b 3 0 0 0
Blauser ss 4 0 0 0
Smoltz p 3 0 2 1
  Lockhart ph 1 0 0 0
  Wohlers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
San Diego 100 001 003580
Atlanta 000 200 000283
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Valenzuela   6.0 6 2 2 4 8
  Burrows   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Smith  W (1-0) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman  SV (10) 1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
4
11
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz   8.0 6 2 1 4 3
  Wohlers  L (2-1) 1.0 2 3 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
2
5
5

  E–Blauser (9), Smoltz (2), Wohlers (1).  DP–Atlanta 3.  2B–San Diego Gwynn (13,off Smoltz), Atlanta McGriff (4,off Valenzuela); Smoltz (3,off Valenzuela); Tucker (11,off Burrows).  SH–Gomez (1,off Wohlers); Lemke (5,off Smith).  IBB–Joyner (2,by Smoltz).  HBP–Tucker (2,by Valenzuela); Lopez (1,by Smith).  SB–Q Veras (10,2nd base off Wohlers/Perez); Lofton (18,3rd base off Valenzuela/Flaherty); A Jones (8,3rd base off Valenzuela/Flaherty).  CS–Q Veras (2,2nd base by Smoltz/Lopez).  WP–Smoltz (3).  HBP–Valenzuela (4,Tucker); Smith (1,Lopez).  IBB–Smoltz (4,Joyner).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–C.B. Bucknor, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–3:10.  A–41,902.
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