Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
July 31, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 2003 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 4, Atlanta Braves 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio cf 4 2 2 0
Ensberg 3b 4 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 1 2 4
Kent 2b 4 0 0 0
Hidalgo rf 4 0 0 0
Merced lf 2 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
  Bruntlett ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 0 1 0
Everett ss 3 1 1 0
  Saarloos p 0 0 0 0
Miller p 1 0 0 0
  Munro p 0 0 0 0
  Porter lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Furcal ss 4 1 0 0
Giles 2b 4 2 2 0
Sheffield rf 3 1 2 1
Jones C. lf 5 1 2 1
Jones A. cf 4 1 1 2
Fick 1b 4 0 0 0
Lopez c 4 1 2 3
Castilla 3b 4 0 2 0
Reynolds p 0 0 0 0
  Franco ph 1 0 1 0
  Holmes p 0 0 0 0
  Smoltz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 12 7
Houston 000 103 000461
Atlanta 600 100 00x7120
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Miller  L (7-10) 2.0 6 6 5 2 1
  Munro   2.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Miceli   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Saarloos   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
12
7
6
4
4
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  W (9-5) 7.0 6 4 4 0 2
  Holmes   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Smoltz  SV (40) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
0
3

  E–Merced (3).  DP–Houston 1, Atlanta 1.  2B–Houston Biggio (33,off Reynolds), Atlanta C Jones (19,off Miller); Giles (36,off Miceli).  3B–Atlanta Giles (2,off Munro).  HR–Houston Bagwell (24,6th inning off Reynolds 2 on, 2 out), Atlanta Lopez (30,1st inning off Miller 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Reynolds 3 (8,off Miller,off Munro,off Miceli).  SB–Furcal (18,2nd base off Miller/Ausmus).  WP–Miceli (2).  U-HP–Marvin Hudson, 1B–Greg Gibson, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:32.  A–30,047.
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