San Diego Padres vs Atlanta Braves
May 7, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1998 at Turner Field. The Atlanta Braves defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 3, Atlanta Braves 6

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Finley cf 4 1 1 0
Giovanola 2b 2 1 1 0
Gwynn rf 3 1 2 1
Joyner 1b 4 0 0 0
Vaughn lf 4 0 1 2
Myers c 3 0 0 0
Sheets 3b 3 0 0 0
  Wall p 0 0 0 0
  Sweeney ph 1 0 0 0
Gomez ss 3 0 0 0
Hamilton p 2 0 0 0
  Cianfrocco 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 5 3
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Weiss ss 4 0 1 1
Lockhart 2b 4 0 0 0
Jones C. 3b 3 0 0 0
Galarraga 1b 4 1 2 1
Klesko lf 4 2 2 0
  Rocker p 0 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0
Lopez c 3 0 1 1
Tucker rf 3 1 0 0
Jones A. cf 3 2 2 0
Smoltz p 2 0 2 3
  Williams lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 10 6
San Diego 200 010 000350
Atlanta 000 402 00x6100
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Hamilton  L (3-2) 5.2 10 6 6 2 3
  Wall   2.1 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
2
6
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz  W (3-0) 7.0 5 3 3 3 7
  Rocker   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
3
8

  E–None.  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Finley (10,off Smoltz); Gwynn (5,off Smoltz), Atlanta Smoltz (1,off Hamilton); Weiss (9,off Hamilton).  3B–San Diego Vaughn (3,off Smoltz), Atlanta Klesko (1,off Hamilton).  HR–Atlanta Galarraga (11,4th inning off Hamilton 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Giovanola (1,off Smoltz); Smoltz (2,off Hamilton).  SF–Lopez (4,off Hamilton).  HBP–Tucker (1,by Hamilton).  CS–C Jones (2,2nd base by Hamilton/G Myers).  HBP–Hamilton (1,Tucker).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Wally Bell, 3B–Jerry Meals.  T–2:09.  A–31,811.
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