Atlanta Braves vs Philadelphia Phillies
June 21, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1997 at Veteran's Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Atlanta Braves 9, Philadelphia Phillies 8

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Blauser ss 3 2 2 1
Tucker rf 3 2 1 0
Jones C. 3b 5 1 3 1
McGriff 1b 3 0 0 1
  Wohlers p 0 0 0 0
Jones A. cf 4 1 2 4
Klesko lf 5 0 0 0
Perez c 4 1 1 1
Graffanino 2b 4 2 1 1
Neagle p 1 0 0 0
  Clontz p 0 0 0 0
  Lemke ph 1 0 0 0
  Bielecki p 1 0 0 0
  Borowski p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Mordecai 1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 10 9
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Otero cf 5 1 3 0
Morandini 2b 5 1 2 1
Rolen 3b 5 1 2 0
Daulton rf 4 2 2 0
Jordan 1b 2 0 0 2
  Brogna ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Jefferies lf 3 1 0 0
Lieberthal c 3 2 2 3
Stocker ss 5 0 3 2
Beech p 0 0 0 0
  Blazier p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
  Butler ph 1 0 0 0
  Spradlin p 0 0 0 0
  Amaro, Jr. ph 1 0 0 0
  Bottalico p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 14 8
Atlanta 210 122 0109101
Philadelphia 030 120 1108140
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Neagle   4.1 10 6 6 2 3
  Clontz  W (3-1) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Bielecki   2.0 2 1 0 2 2
  Borowski   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Embree   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Wohlers  SV (15) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
8
7
5
6
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Beech   5.0 6 6 6 4 3
  Blazier  L (0-1) 0.2 3 2 2 1 1
  Harris   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Spradlin   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Bottalico   2.0 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
10
9
9
8
5

  E–McGriff (5).  DP–Atlanta 2, Philadelphia 1.  2B–Atlanta C Jones 2 (20,off Beech 2), Philadelphia Rolen (15,off Neagle); Lieberthal (11,off Neagle); Morandini (24,off Borowski).  3B–Philadelphia Daulton (4,off Neagle).  HR–Atlanta Perez (3,4th inning off Beech 0 on, 0 out); A Jones (5,5th inning off Beech 1 on, 1 out); Graffanino (1,6th inning off Blazier 0 on, 0 out), Philadelphia Lieberthal (10,2nd inning off Neagle 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Neagle (3,off Beech); Beech 2 (4,off Neagle 2).  SF–Blauser (4,off Beech); Jordan 2 (3,off Neagle 2).  IBB–Jefferies (2,by Neagle).  SB–Graffanino (4,3rd base off Beech/Lieberthal).  IBB–Neagle (4,Jefferies).  U-HP–Bruce Dreckman, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Larry Vanover, 3B–Paul Nauert.  T–3:19.  A–24,309.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook