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

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

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San Diego Padres 3, Atlanta Braves 2

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Veras 2b 3 0 0 0
Gwynn rf 5 0 2 1
Vaughn lf 3 0 0 0
  Rivera lf 2 1 1 0
Caminiti 3b 5 1 1 1
Joyner 1b 3 0 0 0
  Leyritz ph,1b 2 0 0 1
Finley cf 2 0 1 0
Hernandez c 4 1 2 0
Gomez ss 4 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
  Wall p 0 0 0 0
Ashby p 2 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
  Sheets ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 7 3
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Weiss ss 5 0 0 0
Lockhart 2b 3 0 2 0
  Graffanino ph 0 0 0 0
  Guillen ph 1 0 1 0
  Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0
  Glavine ph 0 0 0 0
Jones C. 3b 4 0 0 0
Galarraga 1b 5 0 0 0
Klesko lf 3 1 0 0
Lopez c 4 0 2 0
  Bautista pr 0 0 0 0
  Perez c 0 0 0 0
Jones A. cf 3 1 1 2
Tucker rf 1 0 1 0
  Williams ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Smoltz p 2 0 0 0
  Rocker p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Colbrunn ph 1 0 1 0
  Malloy 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
San Diego 000 010 010 1370
Atlanta 001 000 001 0283
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Ashby   7.0 5 1 1 1 3
  Myers   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Miceli   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman  W (1-0) 2.0 1 1 1 2 3
  Wall  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
8
2
2
4
8
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz   7.0 4 2 2 5 5
  Rocker   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Martinez   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Ligtenberg  L (0-1) 2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
10.0
7
3
3
6
7

  E–Galarraga 2 (2), Smoltz (1).  DP–San Diego 2, Atlanta 2.  2B–San Diego Rivera (1,off Smoltz), Atlanta Tucker (1,off Ashby); Lockhart (1,off Ashby).  HR–San Diego Caminiti (1,10th inning off Ligtenberg 0 on, 1 out), Atlanta A Jones (1,3rd inning off Ashby 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Ashby (1,off Smoltz).  IBB–Finley (1,by Martinez).  SF–A Jones (1,off Hoffman).  SB–Finley (1,2nd base off Ligtenberg/E Perez).  IBB–Martinez (1,Finley).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Larry Poncino, 2B–Tom Hallion, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–3:27.  A–42,117.
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