Colorado Rockies vs Atlanta Braves
May 20, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1998 at Turner Field. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Colorado Rockies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Colorado Rockies 1, Atlanta Braves 5

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Perez ss 4 0 1 0
Burks cf 4 0 0 0
Walker rf 4 1 1 1
Bichette lf 4 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 3 0 0 0
Helton 1b 4 0 1 0
Lansing 2b 2 0 1 0
Reed c 2 0 0 0
Thomson p 2 0 0 0
  Bates ph 1 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  McElroy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Weiss ss 5 1 3 0
Tucker rf 4 1 1 2
Jones C. 3b 5 0 1 0
Galarraga 1b 4 1 2 0
Klesko lf 2 1 0 0
Lopez c 3 0 1 1
Graffanino 2b 4 1 2 1
Jones A. cf 4 0 1 1
Millwood p 2 0 0 0
  Pride ph 1 0 0 0
  Cather p 0 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
Colorado 100 000 000141
Atlanta 300 010 10x5112
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Thomson  L (2-5) 6.0 9 4 4 4 5
  Veres   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  McElroy   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
4
7
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Millwood  W (6-1) 7.0 4 1 1 2 3
  Cather   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
4

  E–Bichette (4), Galarraga (4), Graffanino (2).  DP–Colorado 1, Atlanta 3.  2B–Atlanta Galarraga (8,off Thomson); Graffanino (6,off Veres).  HR–Colorado Walker (5,1st inning off Millwood 0 on, 2 out), Atlanta Tucker (9,1st inning off Thomson 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Castilla (3,by Millwood); Lopez (2,by Thomson).  HBP–Thomson (2,Lopez); Millwood (2,Castilla).  U-HP–Jeff Kellogg, 1B–Kerwin Danley, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Mark Wegner.  T–2:30.  A–33,531.
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