Atlanta Braves vs Montreal Expos
July 3, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 1997 at Stade Olympique. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 15, Montreal Expos 2

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Blauser ss 3 1 1 0
  Belliard ss 2 0 0 0
Tucker rf 6 3 3 0
Jones C. 3b 4 3 2 2
  Mordecai 3b 2 0 0 0
McGriff 1b 3 2 2 1
  Perez pr,1b 1 0 1 0
Klesko lf 3 1 3 3
  Bautista pr,lf 3 2 0 1
Jones A. cf 6 1 2 4
Lopez c 5 1 3 2
Lemke 2b 1 1 0 0
  Graffanino pr,2b 2 0 1 1
Smoltz p 3 0 0 0
  Byrd p 1 0 1 0
  Borowski p 0 0 0 0
  Clontz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 15 19 14
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Grudzielanek ss 3 0 0 0
  Santangelo ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Lansing 2b 2 0 1 0
  Stankiewicz 2b,ss 2 0 1 0
Guerrero rf 4 0 1 0
Segui 1b 2 0 0 0
  McGuire 1b 1 0 0 0
Fletcher c 2 0 1 0
  Chavez pr,c 2 0 0 0
Orsulak lf 4 1 2 0
White cf 4 1 1 2
Strange 3b 4 0 0 0
Bullinger p 1 0 0 0
  Torres p 0 0 0 0
  Telford p 2 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Atlanta 300 930 00015190
Montreal 000 000 200271
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz  W (8-7) 5.0 4 0 0 0 3
  Byrd   2.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Borowski   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Clontz   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
4
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Bullinger  L (5-8) 3.1 6 8 7 2 1
  Torres   0.2 7 7 7 3 0
  Telford   4.0 5 0 0 0 2
  Veres   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
19
15
14
5
4

  E–Guerrero (8).  DP–Montreal 1.  2B–Atlanta Blauser (22,off Bullinger); C Jones (22,off Torres); Klesko (14,off Torres), Montreal Lansing (26,off Smoltz).  HR–Atlanta A Jones (7,4th inning off Bullinger 1 on, 0 out); Lopez (14,4th inning off Bullinger 0 on, 0 out), Montreal White (11,7th inning off Byrd 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Blauser (13,by Bullinger).  HBP–Bullinger (3,Blauser).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Larry Vanover.  T–2:37.  A–18,064.
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