Florida Marlins vs Atlanta Braves
August 9, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1997 at Turner Field. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Florida Marlins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Florida Marlins 3, Atlanta Braves 4

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
White cf 4 1 0 0
Abbott ss 4 0 2 1
Sheffield rf 4 0 1 1
Bonilla 3b 4 0 0 0
Daulton 1b 3 1 0 0
Alou lf 3 0 1 0
Johnson c 4 0 0 0
Counsell 2b 3 1 3 0
Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Stanifer p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Helling p 0 0 0 0
  Eisenreich ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 2
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 3 0 0 0
Tucker rf,lf 3 0 0 0
Jones C. 3b 4 1 1 0
McGriff 1b 2 1 1 0
Klesko lf 3 0 0 0
  Jones A. ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Lopez c 4 1 3 2
Blauser ss 4 1 2 0
  Wohlers p 0 0 0 0
Lemke 2b 4 0 1 1
Smoltz p 2 0 0 1
  Graffanino ph 1 0 1 0
  Belliard ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 4
Florida 002 000 001371
Atlanta 000 103 00x490
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez   5.1 5 2 2 3 5
  Stanifer  L (1-1) 0.2 3 2 2 1 0
  Heredia   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Helling   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
5
6
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz  W (11-9) 8.0 5 2 2 3 9
  Wohlers  SV (28) 1.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
11

  E–Counsell (2).  DP–Florida 1, Atlanta 1.  2B–Florida Abbott 2 (15,off Smoltz 2), Atlanta C Jones (31,off Hernandez); McGriff (20,off Hernandez).  SH–Hernandez 2 (3,off Smoltz 2); Smoltz (4,off Stanifer).  IBB–Alou (8,by Smoltz).  CS–Lofton (14,3rd base by Hernandez/Johnson).  WP–Wohlers (4).  IBB–Smoltz (9,Alou).  U-HP–Mark Hirschbeck, 1B–Rich Rieker, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:58.  A–47,552.
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