Atlanta Braves vs Florida Marlins
July 31, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1997 at Pro Player Stadium. The Florida Marlins defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 0, Florida Marlins 1

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Tucker lf 3 0 1 0
Blauser ss 3 0 0 0
Jones C. 3b 4 0 1 0
McGriff 1b 2 0 0 0
  Belliard pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Jones A. cf 3 0 0 0
Lopez c 4 0 0 0
Bautista rf 4 0 2 0
Graffanino 2b,1b 3 0 0 0
  Lockhart ph 1 0 0 0
Byrd p 2 0 0 0
  Perez ph 1 0 0 0
  Cather p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 4 0
Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
White cf 4 0 0 0
Renteria ss 3 1 2 0
Sheffield rf 4 0 1 0
  Cangelosi pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Bonilla 3b 3 0 0 0
Daulton 1b 2 0 1 1
  Conine 1b 1 0 0 0
Alou lf,rf 3 0 1 0
Johnson c 3 0 0 0
Counsell 2b 3 0 1 0
Saunders p 2 0 0 0
  Abbott ph 1 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Nen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 6 1
Atlanta 000 000 000041
Florida 000 100 00x161
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Byrd  L (3-1) 6.0 5 1 1 1 4
  Cather   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
6
1
1
2
6
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Saunders  W (3-3) 7.0 4 0 0 4 7
  Powell   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Cook   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Nen  SV (27) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
5
11

  E–Blauser (14), Bonilla (13).  DP–Florida 2.  2B–Atlanta Bautista (2,off Saunders), Florida Renteria (17,off Byrd).  HBP–Renteria (3,by Byrd).  IBB–Daulton (5,by Byrd).  SB–Renteria (15,2nd base off Byrd/Lopez).  CS–Daulton (1,2nd base by Byrd/Lopez).  HBP–Byrd (2,Renteria).  IBB–Byrd (4,Daulton).  U-HP–Wally Bell, 1B–Larry Vanover, 2B–Tom Hallion, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:51.  A–18,409.
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