Florida Marlins vs Atlanta Braves
October 8, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 8, 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 1, Atlanta Braves 7

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Abbott 2b 4 0 2 0
Renteria ss 3 0 0 0
Sheffield rf 3 0 0 0
Bonilla 3b 4 0 0 0
Conine 1b 2 0 0 0
  Vosberg p 0 0 0 0
  Counsell ph 1 0 0 0
Eisenreich lf 3 0 0 0
Johnson c 2 1 0 0
  Zaun c 0 0 0 0
White cf 3 0 1 1
Fernandez p 1 0 0 0
  Leiter p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Daulton 1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 1 3 1
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 5 1 1 0
Lockhart 2b 3 2 2 1
  Graffanino 2b 2 1 1 0
Jones C. 3b 5 2 3 3
McGriff 1b 3 0 1 0
Klesko lf 3 1 1 2
  Bautista lf 0 0 0 0
Lopez c 2 0 1 1
Tucker rf 2 0 0 0
  Jones A. ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Blauser ss 4 0 1 0
Glavine p 2 0 0 0
  Cather p 0 0 0 0
  Colbrunn ph 1 0 1 0
  Wohlers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 13 7
Florida 000 000 010131
Atlanta 302 000 20x7130
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  L (0-1) 2.2 6 5 5 1 3
  Leiter   2.1 3 0 0 0 1
  Heredia   1.1 3 2 2 2 2
  Vosberg   1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
3
8
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Glavine  W (1-0) 7.2 3 1 1 4 5
  Cather   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Wohlers   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
5
7

  E–Johnson (1).  DP–Florida 1, Atlanta 2.  2B–Florida Abbott (1,off Glavine); White (1,off Glavine), Atlanta Lopez (1,off Fernandez); Graffanino (1,off Heredia).  3B–Atlanta Lockhart (1,off Fernandez).  HR–Atlanta Klesko (2,1st inning off Fernandez 1 on, 2 out); C Jones (2,3rd inning off Fernandez 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Glavine (1,off Leiter).  SF–Lopez (1,off Heredia).  U–Charlie Williams, Mike Winters, Jerry Layne, Eric Gregg, Bruce Froemming, Frank Pulli.  T–2:51.  A–48,933.
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