Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
August 26, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1997 at Turner Field. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 6, Atlanta Braves 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 6 1 3 2
Bell rf 5 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 2 1 1 0
Mouton cf 4 1 0 0
  Hudek p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Pena ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 3 1 1 0
  Spiers ph,ss 3 0 1 1
Gonzalez lf 5 1 1 0
Johnson 3b 5 0 2 2
Ausmus c 5 0 1 0
Reynolds p 1 0 0 0
  Carr ph 1 0 0 0
  Lima p 0 0 0 0
  Eusebio ph 1 0 0 1
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph,cf 3 1 2 0
Totals 45 6 13 6
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 5 1 2 1
Blauser ss 5 1 1 1
Jones C. 3b 4 1 1 1
McGriff 1b 5 0 0 0
Klesko lf 3 1 1 1
  Bautista ph 1 0 0 0
Jones A. rf 4 0 1 1
Lopez c 5 1 1 1
Graffanino 2b 4 1 1 1
Glavine p 2 1 1 0
  Colbrunn ph 1 0 0 0
  Cather p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Fox p 0 0 0 0
  Wohlers p 0 0 0 0
  Lockhart ph 0 0 0 0
  Clontz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 9 7
Houston 000 002 220 006132
Atlanta 005 100 000 01791
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds   4.0 7 6 6 2 2
  Lima   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Magnante   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Hudek   1.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Martin   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Wagner  L (7-6) 1.2 1 1 1 0 3
Totals
10.2
9
7
7
4
10
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Glavine   6.0 6 2 2 5 3
  Cather   0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Embree   0.2 3 1 1 0 1
  Fox   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Wohlers   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Clontz  W (5-1) 2.0 2 0 0 2 3
Totals
11.0
13
6
6
9
9

  E–Biggio (17), Spiers (11), C Jones (14).  DP–Houston 3.  PB–Lopez (8).  2B–Houston Biggio (33,off Glavine); Gutierrez (9,off Glavine); Howard (12,off Clontz), Atlanta C Jones (34,off Reynolds); A Jones (17,off Reynolds).  3B–Atlanta Lofton (6,off Reynolds).  HR–Houston Biggio (19,8th inning off Fox 1 on, 0 out), Atlanta Graffanino (4,4th inning off Reynolds 0 on, 0 out); Lopez (20,11th inning off Wagner 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Bagwell 2 (24,by Glavine,by Clontz).  SB–Bagwell (23,2nd base off Fox/Lopez); Gonzalez (9,2nd base off Clontz/Lopez).  BK–Magnante (2), Embree (1).  IBB–Glavine (9,Bagwell); Clontz (3,Bagwell).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Mark Hirschbeck, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–3:47.  A–37,313.
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