Pittsburgh Pirates vs Atlanta Braves
April 16, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1998 at Turner Field. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Atlanta Braves 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 4 0 0 0
Kendall c 3 0 1 0
Martin lf 4 0 0 0
Ward rf 3 0 0 0
Allensworth cf 3 0 1 0
Smith 1b 3 0 0 0
Strange 3b 4 1 1 0
Collier ss 4 0 1 0
Cordova p 2 0 0 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Young ph 1 0 1 1
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Weiss ss 4 0 1 0
Lockhart 2b 4 0 2 0
Jones C. 3b 2 1 1 0
Galarraga 1b 4 1 1 0
Klesko lf 3 0 1 1
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0
  Pride ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams rf 0 0 0 0
Lopez c 4 1 1 1
Tucker rf 4 0 2 1
  Wohlers p 0 0 0 0
Jones A. cf 3 0 0 0
Smoltz p 2 0 0 0
  Bautista lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
Pittsburgh 000 000 100152
Atlanta 012 000 00x390
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cordova  L (2-1) 4.2 7 3 2 1 2
  Peters   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Martinez   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Christiansen   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Wilkins   1.1 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
9
3
2
2
9
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz  W (1-0) 5.0 2 0 0 2 7
  Martinez   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Ligtenberg   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Wohlers  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
9

  E–Collier (4), Christiansen (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Atlanta Tucker (3,off Cordova); Lopez (3,off Cordova).  3B–Pittsburgh Kendall (1,off Smoltz).  HBP–Kendall (4,by Smoltz).  SB–Kendall (1,2nd base off Smoltz/Lopez); Allensworth (2,2nd base off Wohlers/Lopez).  CS–Allensworth (2,2nd base by Smoltz/Lopez); Tucker (1,2nd base by J Martinez/Kendall).  HBP–Smoltz (1,Kendall).  U-HP–Bruce Dreckman, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Ed Rapuano.  T–2:40.  A–35,760.
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