Chicago Cubs vs Atlanta Braves
July 30, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 30, 1997 at Turner Field. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 5, Atlanta Braves 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Glanville lf 5 0 2 1
McRae cf 3 1 1 0
Sosa rf 5 0 0 0
Grace 1b 4 1 2 1
Dunston ss 5 0 1 0
Houston c 4 1 1 0
  Rojas p 1 0 0 0
Orie 3b 3 0 1 0
Sanchez 2b 2 0 0 0
  Hansen ph,2b 1 0 1 1
  Hernandez pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Foster p 2 0 1 0
  Tatis p 0 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
  Bottenfield p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Servais ph,c 1 1 1 1
Totals 37 5 11 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 2 2 1 0
  Bautista rf 2 1 1 0
Blauser ss 4 0 1 0
Jones C. 3b 5 1 3 3
McGriff 1b 4 1 1 1
Tucker lf 3 1 1 0
Jones A. rf,cf 4 0 0 0
Lopez c 3 0 0 1
Lemke 2b 3 0 2 1
Smoltz p 2 0 0 0
  Graffanino ph 1 0 0 0
  Bielecki p 0 0 0 0
  Fox p 0 0 0 0
  Cather p 0 0 0 0
  Lockhart ph 1 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 6
Chicago 000 002 1205110
Atlanta 100 210 0026100
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Foster   4.0 4 4 4 4 4
  Tatis   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Adams   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Bottenfield   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Patterson   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Rojas  L (0-4) 1.1 4 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.1
10
6
6
5
7
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz   6.0 6 2 2 4 10
  Bielecki   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Fox   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Cather   1.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Embree  W (3-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
5
13

  E–None.  2B–Chicago Foster (1,off Smoltz); Orie (16,off Smoltz); Servais (13,off Cather), Atlanta Tucker (21,off Foster); C Jones 2 (29,off Tatis,off Rojas); Blauser (27,off Bottenfield).  3B–Atlanta Bautista (2,off Rojas).  SF–Lopez (4,off Foster).  SB–McRae (13,2nd base off Bielecki/Lopez); Lofton (20,2nd base off Foster/Houston); C Jones (17,2nd base off Foster/Houston).  CS–Glanville (9,2nd base by Smoltz/Lopez).  WP–Foster (3), Smoltz 2 (8).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Sam Holbrook.  T–3:33.  A–43,090.
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