Milwaukee Brewers vs Atlanta Braves
March 31, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on March 31, 1998 at Turner Field. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Milwaukee Brewers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Milwaukee Brewers 1, Atlanta Braves 2

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 4 1 1 0
Cirillo 3b 4 0 2 0
Jaha 1b 4 0 3 1
Burnitz rf 2 0 0 0
Grissom cf 2 0 0 0
Valentin ss 3 0 0 0
Newfield lf 4 0 0 0
Matheny c 4 0 0 0
Eldred p 2 0 1 0
  Hamelin ph 1 0 0 0
  Fox p 0 0 0 0
  Levis ph 0 0 0 0
  Martinez pr 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Wickman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 7 1
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Weiss ss 3 1 3 0
Graffanino 2b 2 0 1 0
Jones C. 3b 4 0 1 1
Galarraga 1b 4 0 0 0
Klesko lf 4 0 0 0
Tucker rf 3 0 1 0
  Williams ph 0 1 0 0
Perez c 2 0 0 0
  Pride ph 1 0 0 0
  Cather p 0 0 0 0
  Butler p 0 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0
  Lockhart ph 1 0 1 0
Jones A. cf 4 0 0 0
Maddux p 2 0 0 0
  Lopez ph,c 1 0 1 0
Totals 31 2 8 1
Milwaukee 001 000 000171
Atlanta 100 000 001280
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Eldred   6.0 5 1 1 2 4
  Fox   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Myers   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Wickman  L (0-1) 0.1 1 1 0 1 1
Totals
8.2
8
2
1
3
8
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux   7.0 6 1 1 3 6
  Cather   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Butler   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg  W (1-0) 1.1 0 0 0 4 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
7
8

  E–Matheny (1).  DP–Milwaukee 1, Atlanta 2.  2B–Atlanta Tucker (1,off Eldred).  SH–Grissom (1,off Maddux); Graffanino (1,off Fox).  IBB–Valentin (1,by Maddux).  SB–Cirillo (1,2nd base off Maddux/E Perez); Martinez (1,2nd base off Ligtenberg/Lopez); Lockhart (1,2nd base off Wickman/Matheny).  CS–Graffanino (1,2nd base by Eldred/Matheny); Lopez (1,2nd base by Fox/Matheny).  WP–Butler (1).  IBB–Maddux (1,Valentin).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Mark Hirschbeck, 3B–Larry Vanover.  T–2:39.  A–42,891.
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