Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
August 9, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1999 at Turner Field. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 3, Atlanta Braves 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 1 2 0
Spiers lf 5 0 3 0
Bagwell 1b 5 0 1 0
Bell rf 5 0 2 0
Everett cf 4 2 3 1
Johnson 3b 4 0 0 0
Bako c 3 0 0 1
Bogar ss 4 0 3 1
Holt p 3 0 0 0
  Henry p 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 14 3
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Williams lf 4 0 2 1
Lockhart 2b 3 1 1 0
Jones C. 3b 3 0 2 1
Jordan rf 4 0 0 0
Klesko 1b 4 1 2 1
  Rocker p 0 0 0 0
Jones A. cf 2 1 0 0
Myers c 2 0 1 0
  Weiss pr,ss 1 1 0 0
Hernandez ss 3 1 1 0
  Matos c 1 0 1 2
Smoltz p 2 0 0 0
  Guillen ph 0 0 0 0
  Seanez p 0 0 0 0
  Hunter ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 10 5
Houston 001 001 0103140
Atlanta 001 000 22x5100
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Holt   6.2 8 3 3 4 4
  Henry  L (1-2) 0.2 2 2 2 1 1
  Williams   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
5
6
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz   7.0 11 2 2 0 4
  Seanez  W (6-1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Rocker  SV (23) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
3
3
0
5

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2, Atlanta 1.  2B–Houston Bagwell (25,off Smoltz); Everett (22,off Seanez), Atlanta C Jones (32,off Holt); Klesko (19,off Henry).  SF–Bako (3,off Seanez); Williams (2,off Holt).  SH–Guillen (3,off Holt).  SB–Klesko (3,3rd base off Henry/Bako); A Jones (13,2nd base off Henry/Bako).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Angel Hernandez, 3B–Larry Vanover.  T–2:48.  A–40,072.
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