Colorado Rockies vs Atlanta Braves
May 17, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 2001 at Turner Field. The Colorado Rockies defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Colorado Rockies 8, Atlanta Braves 3

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Pierre cf 5 4 3 0
Perez ss 5 0 1 1
Helton 1b 4 3 3 3
Cirillo 3b 5 1 2 2
Walker 2b 5 0 3 2
Gant lf 4 0 0 0
Mayne c 4 0 0 0
Little rf 3 0 0 0
Neagle p 3 0 0 0
  White p 1 0 0 0
  Jimenez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 12 8
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Veras 2b 5 1 3 0
Jones A. cf 5 2 2 1
Jones C. 3b 4 0 0 0
Jordan rf 3 0 1 2
Lopez c 4 0 0 0
Helms 1b 4 0 0 0
Gilkey lf 3 0 1 0
Furcal ss 4 0 2 0
Smoltz p 1 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0
  Brogna ph 1 0 1 0
  Seelbach p 0 0 0 0
  Surhoff ph 1 0 0 0
  Whiteside p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
Colorado 320 002 0108120
Atlanta 002 010 0003102
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Neagle  W (4-1) 6.0 8 3 3 0 4
  White   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Jimenez   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
1
5
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz  L (0-1) 3.0 6 5 5 2 2
  Ligtenberg   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Seelbach   2.0 4 2 2 1 2
  Whiteside   3.0 2 1 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
8
7
3
6

  E–Whiteside 2 (2).  DP–Colorado 1.  2B–Colorado Cirillo (6,off Whiteside), Atlanta Veras (6,off Neagle); Jordan (12,off Neagle); Furcal (10,off Neagle).  HR–Colorado Cirillo (7,1st inning off Smoltz 1 on, 1 out); Helton (14,6th inning off Seelbach 1 on, 2 out), Atlanta A Jones (8,5th inning off Neagle 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Little (2,by Smoltz); Gilkey (1,by Neagle).  IBB–Gant (2,by Seelbach).  CS–T Walker (1,2nd base by Smoltz/Lopez).  SB–Furcal (6,3rd base off Neagle/Mayne); Brogna (3,2nd base off Neagle/Mayne).  WP–Seelbach (1).  HBP–Neagle (3,Gilkey); Smoltz (1,Little).  IBB–Seelbach (1,Gant).  U-HP–Fieldin Culbreth, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Andrew Fletcher, 3B–Jim Wolf.  T–3:15.  A–31,221.
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