Florida Marlins vs Atlanta Braves
August 8, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1997 at Turner Field. 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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Florida Marlins 6, Atlanta Braves 4

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
White cf 5 0 1 1
Renteria ss 5 0 0 0
Sheffield rf 4 0 0 0
Bonilla 3b 4 2 2 0
Daulton 1b 3 1 1 0
  Cook p 1 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Nen p 0 0 0 0
Alou lf 4 1 3 1
Johnson c 4 1 1 3
Counsell 2b 4 1 3 1
Fernandez p 3 0 0 0
  Eisenreich ph 0 0 0 0
  Conine ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 11 6
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 5 2 3 0
Blauser ss 3 2 1 2
Jones C. 3b 3 0 1 0
McGriff 1b 3 0 2 1
Klesko lf 4 0 1 1
Jones A. rf 3 0 0 0
Lopez c 4 0 0 0
Lemke 2b 4 0 1 0
Byrd p 1 0 0 0
  Cather p 0 0 0 0
  Bielecki p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Graffanino ph 1 0 0 0
  Millwood p 0 0 0 0
  Tucker ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
Florida 000 310 2006111
Atlanta 101 000 200492
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  W (14-8) 6.0 7 2 2 3 4
  Cook   1.1 2 2 2 0 1
  Powell   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Nen  SV (28) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
7
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Byrd  L (3-2) 4.1 7 4 4 1 4
  Cather   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Bielecki   0.0 2 2 2 3 0
  Embree   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Millwood   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
6
8

  E–Conine (6), C Jones (10), Lemke (10).  DP–Florida 3, Atlanta 1.  2B–Florida Bonilla 2 (33,off Byrd 2); Alou 2 (26,off Byrd,off Cather); Counsell (3,off Byrd).  HR–Florida Johnson (15,4th inning off Byrd 1 on, 1 out), Atlanta Blauser (14,7th inning off Cook 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Counsell (1,by Cather); Alou (7,by Bielecki).  SH–Byrd (1,off Fernandez).  HBP–Blauser (15,by Fernandez).  CS–C Jones (3,Home by Fernandez/Johnson).  HBP–Fernandez (4,Blauser).  IBB–Cather (1,Counsell); Bielecki (3,Alou).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Rich Rieker, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–3:08.  A–49,335.
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