Atlanta Braves vs Boston Red Sox
August 29, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1997 at Fenway Park. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 9, Boston Red Sox 1

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 5 1 2 0
Lockhart 2b 4 2 3 1
  Graffanino 2b 0 0 0 0
Jones C. 3b 5 0 0 1
McGriff 1b 5 2 3 1
  Perez 1b 0 0 0 0
Klesko lf 3 1 2 1
  Bautista ph,lf 2 0 1 1
Jones A. rf 5 1 1 1
Lopez c 4 0 0 0
Colbrunn dh 5 1 2 3
Blauser ss 3 1 2 0
  Belliard ss 0 0 0 0
Smoltz p 0 0 0 0
  Clontz p 0 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 16 9
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garciaparra ss 4 0 2 0
Frye 2b 4 0 0 0
Vaughn 1b 4 0 1 0
Jefferson dh 4 1 1 1
Cordero lf 4 0 1 0
O'Leary rf 4 0 1 0
Hatteberg c 3 0 0 0
Benjamin 3b 4 0 2 0
Bragg cf 4 0 0 0
Sele p 0 0 0 0
  Hudson p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Brandenburg p 0 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 8 1
Atlanta 010 004 1309160
Boston 000 000 001180
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz  W (13-10) 7.0 4 0 0 1 9
  Clontz   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Ligtenberg   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
13
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Sele  L (12-11) 5.1 6 4 4 2 3
  Hudson   0.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Mahay   0.2 3 1 1 0 1
  Brandenburg   1.1 4 3 3 0 0
  Corsi   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
16
9
9
3
4

  E–None.  2B–Atlanta Klesko 2 (22,off Sele 2); Blauser (30,off Hudson); Lofton (17,off Brandenburg), Boston Vaughn (20,off Smoltz); Benjamin (6,off Ligtenberg).  HR–Atlanta McGriff (18,2nd inning off Sele 0 on, 0 out); Colbrunn (1,8th inning off Brandenburg 0 on, 1 out), Boston Jefferson (13,9th inning off Ligtenberg 0 on, 0 out).  SB–A Jones (18,2nd base off Hudson/Hatteberg).  CS–Lofton (19,3rd base by Sele/Hatteberg).  U-HP–Brian O'Nora, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Martin Foster.  T–2:59.  A–32,577.
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