Atlanta Braves vs New York Mets
September 28, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 2002 at Shea Stadium. 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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Atlanta Braves 5, New York Mets 2

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Furcal ss 4 1 2 0
  Garcia ss 1 0 0 0
Franco J. 1b 5 0 3 0
Sheffield rf 2 1 2 0
  Giles 3b 3 0 0 0
Jones C. lf 2 0 1 1
  Bragg pr,lf,cf 3 1 1 0
Jones A. cf 2 1 1 1
  Franco M. lf 2 0 1 0
Lopez c 2 0 0 1
  Torrealba c 2 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 2 1 1 2
  Pratt p 0 0 0 0
  Hodges p 2 0 0 0
  Spooneybarger p 0 0 0 0
  Smoltz p 0 0 0 0
DeRosa 2b 4 0 0 0
Glavine p 1 0 0 0
  Helms ph,rf 3 0 1 0
Totals 40 5 13 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno lf 4 1 1 0
Scutaro ss 5 0 1 1
Piazza c 2 0 0 0
  Cerda p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
  Perez ph 1 0 0 0
  Strickland p 0 0 0 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
  Burnitz ph 1 0 0 0
Vaughn 1b 4 0 2 1
Alfonzo 3b 2 0 0 0
Wigginton 2b 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez cf 4 0 0 0
Clark rf 3 1 3 0
Leiter p 1 0 0 0
  Phillips ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Atlanta 104 000 0005131
New York 100 100 000280
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Glavine   2.0 3 1 1 2 2
  Pratt   1.1 1 1 1 4 1
  Hodges  W (2-0) 3.2 2 0 0 0 3
  Spooneybarger   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Smoltz  SV (55) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
6
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Leiter  L (13-13) 4.0 9 5 5 2 4
  Cerda   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Roberts   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Strickland   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Feliciano   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
2
11

  E–Giles (8).  DP–Atlanta 3.  2B–Atlanta Sheffield (25,off Leiter), New York Vaughn (18,off Glavine).  HR–Atlanta Castilla (12,3rd inning off Leiter 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Alfonzo (8,by Glavine).  SB–Furcal (27,3rd base off Leiter/Piazza); Sheffield (12,2nd base off Leiter/Piazza); Cedeno (25,2nd base off Glavine/J Lopez).  IBB–Glavine (8,Alfonzo).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Jeff Nelson, 3B–Ron Kulpa.  T–3:05.  A–38,988.
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