Los Angeles Dodgers vs Atlanta Braves
July 20, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1997 at Turner Field. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 8, Atlanta Braves 3

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Butler lf 3 1 0 0
  Cedeno pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Hollandsworth cf,lf 5 1 1 0
Piazza c 1 0 1 1
  Prince pr,c 4 1 1 0
Karros 1b 4 0 0 0
Mondesi rf 5 2 2 2
Zeile 3b 4 2 2 1
Guerrero ss 4 0 1 1
Liriano 2b 4 1 2 1
Park p 2 0 1 0
  Guthrie p 1 0 0 0
  Dreifort p 0 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 11 6
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Blauser ss 4 1 2 0
Tucker rf 3 0 0 0
  Bautista ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Jones C. 3b 3 1 1 0
McGriff 1b 4 0 1 2
Klesko lf 4 0 1 1
Jones A. cf 4 0 1 0
Perez c 2 0 0 0
  Lockhart ph 1 0 0 0
  Spehr c 1 0 0 0
Lemke 2b 4 0 1 0
Smoltz p 1 1 0 0
  Mordecai ph 1 0 0 0
  Cather p 0 0 0 0
  Bielecki p 0 0 0 0
  Graffanino ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Los Angeles 110 201 1028110
Atlanta 002 001 000373
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Park  W (8-5) 6.1 6 3 3 2 11
  Guthrie   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Dreifort   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Worrell   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
15
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz  L (8-9) 7.0 10 6 3 3 8
  Cather   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Bielecki   1.0 1 2 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
8
4
4
10

  E–McGriff (9), A Jones (5), Lemke (9).  2B–Los Angeles Zeile (9,off Smoltz); Prince (4,off Smoltz), Atlanta Klesko (18,off Park); Lemke (13,off Park).  HR–Los Angeles Mondesi (20,9th inning off Bielecki 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Guerrero (11,off Smoltz); Park (5,off Smoltz).  IBB–Karros (2,by Smoltz).  HBP–Blauser (14,by Park).  SB–Mondesi (18,2nd base off Smoltz/Perez).  HBP–Park (4,Blauser).  IBB–Smoltz (8,Karros).  U-HP–Brian Gorman, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Bruce Dreckman, 3B–Ed Rapuano.  T–2:50.  A–48,414.
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