Cincinnati Reds vs Atlanta Braves
August 24, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1997 at Turner Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 6, Atlanta Braves 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Reese ss 5 1 2 1
Nunnally cf 5 1 1 1
Stynes lf 5 1 2 1
Perez 1b 5 0 1 2
Greene 3b 5 0 0 0
Sanders rf 3 1 1 1
Taubensee c 3 0 1 0
  Kelly pr 0 0 0 0
  Oliver c 1 0 1 0
Boone 2b 4 1 0 0
Morgan p 2 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 1 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
  Larkin ph 1 0 1 0
  Remlinger pr 0 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 10 6
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 2 2 1
Tucker rf 5 1 1 0
Jones 3b 4 0 0 1
McGriff 1b 4 0 2 2
  Belliard pr 0 0 0 0
  Wohlers p 0 0 0 0
  Fox p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
Klesko lf 4 0 1 0
Lopez c 3 0 0 0
Blauser ss 4 0 0 0
Graffanino 2b 4 0 0 0
Smoltz p 1 0 0 0
  Cather p 0 0 0 0
  Lockhart ph 1 1 1 0
  Colbrunn 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 7 4
Cincinnati 100 000 030 26101
Atlanta 100 001 020 0473
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Morgan   7.0 3 2 2 2 3
  Shaw  W (4-2) 2.0 4 2 2 0 2
  Belinda  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
7
4
4
2
6
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz   7.2 7 4 2 1 12
  Cather   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Wohlers   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Fox  L (0-1) 0.2 2 2 0 0 1
  Embree   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
10
6
2
1
17

  E–Perez (2), C Jones (13), Graffanino 2 (4).  DP–Cincinnati 2, Atlanta 1.  2B–Cincinnati Reese (9,off Smoltz); Perez (13,off Fox), Atlanta Lofton (16,off Shaw).  3B–Atlanta Tucker (7,off Morgan).  HR–Cincinnati R Sanders (16,8th inning off Smoltz 0 on, 0 out), Atlanta Lofton (5,1st inning off Morgan 0 on, 0 out).  SF–C Jones (6,off Morgan).  HBP–Lopez (5,by Morgan).  SB–Nunnally (2,2nd base off Fox/Lopez).  CS–R Sanders (5,2nd base by Smoltz/Lopez).  WP–Smoltz (10).  HBP–Morgan (7,Lopez).  U-HP–Wally Bell, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–C.B. Bucknor.  T–2:49.  A–45,577.
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