New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves
April 7, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 7, 2002 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 5

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno lf 3 0 0 0
  Komiyama p 0 0 0 0
Payton cf 7 0 1 1
Alomar 2b 6 0 0 1
Alfonzo 3b 4 0 1 0
Burnitz rf 5 0 1 0
Valentin 1b 4 0 1 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
  Christensen lf 1 0 0 0
Wilson c 5 0 1 0
Ordonez ss 6 1 3 0
Leiter p 1 1 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Strickland p 0 0 0 0
  McEwing 1b 3 0 0 0
Totals 46 2 8 2
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
DeRosa ss,lf 7 0 2 1
Jones A. cf 6 1 0 0
Jones C. lf 3 0 2 0
  Furcal pr,ss 2 0 1 0
Sheffield rf 5 1 2 1
Castilla 3b 7 0 0 0
Franco 1b 4 1 0 0
Giles 2b 6 2 3 3
Blanco c 3 0 0 0
  Lopez J. ph,c 2 0 0 0
Moss p 2 0 0 0
  Helms ph 1 0 0 0
  Spooneybarger p 0 0 0 0
  Remlinger p 0 0 0 0
  Surhoff ph 0 0 0 0
  Smoltz p 0 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0
  Lockhart ph 1 0 0 0
  Hammond p 0 0 0 0
  Holmes p 0 0 0 0
  Glavine ph 1 0 0 0
  Lopez A. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 5 10 5
New York 000 002 000 000 00282
Atlanta 100 000 010 000 035100
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Leiter   6.0 5 1 1 3 9
  Guthrie   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Davis   0.2 0 0 0 2 2
  Strickland   1.0 1 1 0 1 2
  Roberts   0.2 1 0 0 2 0
  Weathers   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Komiyama  L (0-1) 4.1 3 3 3 2 2
Totals
13.1
10
5
4
10
15
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Moss   6.0 3 2 2 2 4
  Spooneybarger   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Remlinger   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Smoltz   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Ligtenberg   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Hammond   0.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Holmes   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Lopez  W (1-1) 2.0 0 0 0 3 1
Totals
14.0
8
2
2
7
11

  E–Alfonzo (2), Valentin (2).  DP–New York 1, Atlanta 2.  PB–Wilson (1).  2B–Atlanta Giles 2 (3,off Leiter,off Komiyama).  HR–Atlanta Giles (1,14th inning off Komiyama 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Cedeno (1,off Moss); Komiyama (1,off Holmes).  HBP–Wilson (1,by Moss); Sheffield (1,by Komiyama).  IBB–Alfonzo (2,by Moss); J Franco 2 (2,by Roberts,by Komiyama); J Lopez (1,by Komiyama).  CS–Furcal (1,2nd base by Komiyama/Wilson).  HBP–Komiyama (1,Sheffield); Moss (1,Wilson).  IBB–Roberts (1,J Franco); Komiyama 2 (2,J Lopez,J Franco); Moss (1,Alfonzo).  U-HP–Jim Joyce, 1B–Chris Guccione, 2B–Jeff Nelson, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–4:59.  A–34,210.
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