New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves
July 5, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1998 at Turner Field. The Atlanta Braves defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 2, Atlanta Braves 3

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Agbayani cf 3 0 0 0
  Harris ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Alfonzo 3b 3 1 1 0
Olerud 1b 3 1 1 0
Piazza c 4 0 2 1
Huskey rf 3 0 0 1
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Kirby cf 1 0 0 0
Gilkey lf 5 0 0 0
Baerga 2b 5 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 5 0 2 0
Reed p 1 0 0 0
  Pratt ph 1 0 0 0
  Tam p 0 0 0 0
  McRae cf 1 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 7 2
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Weiss ss 4 0 1 1
Lockhart 2b 4 0 0 0
Jones C. 3b 4 0 1 0
Galarraga 1b 4 1 1 1
Lopez c 4 0 0 0
  Seanez p 0 0 0 0
Tucker rf 4 1 0 0
Jones A. cf 5 1 3 0
Williams lf 4 0 1 1
Neagle p 2 0 1 0
  Simon ph 1 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0
  Bautista ph 1 0 0 0
  Rocker p 0 0 0 0
  Perez c 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 8 3
New York 000 002 000 00270
Atlanta 010 010 000 01380
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Reed   6.0 6 2 2 0 5
  Tam   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Cook   1.2 1 0 0 2 2
  Franco  L (0-2) 2.0 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
10.2
8
3
3
4
8
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Neagle   7.0 5 2 2 2 6
  Springer   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Ligtenberg   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Rocker   1.0 0 0 0 2 2
  Seanez  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
7
2
2
5
10

  E–None.  2B–New York Piazza (13,off Neagle).  3B–Atlanta A Jones (7,off Reed).  HR–Atlanta Galarraga (28,2nd inning off Reed 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Reed (7,off Neagle); Alfonzo (2,off Springer); Lockhart (2,off J Franco).  IBB–Olerud (8,by Springer); Piazza (7,by Rocker); Williams (1,by Cook); Galarraga (5,by J Franco).  SF–Weiss (2,off J Franco).  HBP–Lopez (4,by Reed); Tucker (3,by J Franco); E Perez (2,by J Franco).  SB–Alfonzo (5,2nd base off Rocker/Lopez); A Jones (7,2nd base off Cook/Piazza).  CS–Huskey (6,3rd base by Neagle/Lopez); Williams (2,2nd base by Reed/Piazza).  BK–Neagle (1).  HBP–Reed (2,Lopez); J Franco 2 (3,Tucker,E Perez).  IBB–Cook (2,Williams); J Franco (3,Galarraga); Springer (2,Olerud); Rocker (2,Piazza).  U-HP–Angel Hernandez, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Greg Bonin, 3B–Bill Hohn.  T–3:35.  A–40,430.
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