Atlanta Braves vs Toronto Blue Jays
June 18, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 1997 at Skydome. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 3, Toronto Blue Jays 5

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Blauser dh,ss 4 0 1 2
Jones A. cf 4 0 1 0
Lockhart 3b 2 0 0 0
  Lopez ph 1 0 0 0
  Smoltz p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Clontz p 0 0 0 0
Jones C. rf 4 0 0 0
Klesko lf 3 1 0 0
Lemke 2b 4 0 0 0
Mordecai 1b 4 0 0 0
Perez c 3 1 0 0
Belliard ss 2 0 1 0
  McGriff ph 0 1 0 0
  Graffanino 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 3 2
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 4 0 1 0
Merced rf 2 1 0 0
Carter lf 4 0 0 0
Sprague 3b 2 2 1 0
  Brito 3b 0 0 0 0
Delgado 1b 4 1 2 3
Santiago c 4 0 0 0
Green dh 3 0 1 1
Gonzalez ss 4 1 1 1
Garcia 2b 4 0 1 0
Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Quantrill p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 7 5
Atlanta 000 000 300331
Toronto 013 000 10x572
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz  L (6-6) 7.0 6 5 5 3 7
  Embree   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Clontz   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
5
8
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  W (2-6) 6.2 2 3 2 4 4
  Quantrill   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Plesac   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Timlin  SV (6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
3
2
4
5

  E–Belliard (1), Sprague 2 (9).  2B–Toronto Sprague (24,off Smoltz).  HR–Toronto Delgado (14,3rd inning off Smoltz 2 on, 2 out); Gonzalez (6,7th inning off Smoltz 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Green (2,by Clontz).  SB–A Jones (12,2nd base off Williams/Santiago); Merced (3,2nd base off Smoltz/Perez); Nixon (30,2nd base off Smoltz/Perez).  CS–Nixon (6,3rd base by Smoltz/Perez).  WP–Williams (3).  IBB–Clontz (1,Green).  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Fieldin Culbreth.  T–2:34.  A–31,717.
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