Atlanta Braves vs Philadelphia Phillies
April 9, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 2003 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Atlanta Braves 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Atlanta Braves 2, Philadelphia Phillies 16

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Furcal ss 4 0 1 0
Fick 1b 4 1 3 1
Sheffield rf 4 0 3 1
  Dawley p 0 0 0 0
Jones C. lf 4 0 0 0
Jones A. cf 4 0 1 0
Castilla 3b 4 0 1 0
DeRosa 2b 4 0 0 0
Blanco c 4 0 0 0
Maddux p 2 0 0 0
  Bong p 0 0 0 0
  Franco ph 1 1 1 0
  Bragg rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 10 2
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rollins ss 6 3 3 2
Polanco 2b 5 2 3 1
  Punto 2b 1 0 0 0
Abreu rf 4 4 2 2
Thome 1b 6 2 2 5
Burrell lf 6 2 3 5
Lieberthal c 4 1 2 0
Perez 3b 5 1 2 0
Byrd cf 2 1 1 0
Padilla p 3 0 0 0
  Cormier p 0 0 0 0
  Houston ph 1 0 0 0
  Junge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 16 18 15
Atlanta 001 000 1002103
Philadelphia 310 204 33x16180
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux  L (0-3) 5.2 12 10 7 3 7
  Bong   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Dawley   2.0 5 6 6 2 3
Totals
8.0
18
16
13
6
11
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Padilla  W (1-1) 7.0 10 2 2 0 9
  Cormier   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Junge   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
0
10

  E–Fick (1), Blanco (1), Maddux (2).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Atlanta Fick (2,off Padilla); Sheffield (3,off Padilla); M Franco (1,off Padilla), Philadelphia Rollins 2 (5,off Maddux,off Dawley); Lieberthal (3,off Maddux).  HR–Philadelphia Burrell 2 (2,1st inning off Maddux 1 on, 2 out,6th inning off Maddux 2 on, 2 out); Thome 2 (2,7th inning off Dawley 2 on, 1 out,8th inning off Dawley 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Padilla (1,off Maddux).  IBB–Byrd (1,by Maddux).  SB–Polanco (1,2nd base off Maddux/Blanco).  WP–Dawley (1).  BK–Bong (1).  IBB–Maddux (4,Byrd).  U-HP–Bill Welke, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Wally Bell, 3B–Kerwin Danley.  T–2:52.  A–14,724.
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