Atlanta Braves vs San Diego Padres
August 18, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 2004 at PetCo Park. The Atlanta Braves defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 6, San Diego Padres 5

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Furcal ss 3 0 1 0
Giles 2b 5 0 1 0
Drew rf 5 0 0 0
Franco 1b 5 1 3 0
  Thomas pr 0 1 0 0
  Smoltz p 0 0 0 0
Jones A. cf 5 2 3 2
Marrero lf 4 1 2 1
Estrada c 4 0 2 0
  Green pr 0 1 0 0
  Reitsma p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche ph,1b 1 0 0 0
DeRosa 3b 3 0 1 1
  Perez c 1 0 1 0
Byrd p 2 0 1 1
  Gryboski p 0 0 0 0
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
  Jones C. ph,3b 1 0 0 1
Totals 39 6 15 6
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Guzman cf 5 0 1 0
Loretta 2b 4 2 2 1
Giles rf 3 1 3 2
Nevin 1b 4 0 0 0
Klesko lf 2 1 0 0
  Payton lf 1 0 0 0
Burroughs 3b 4 1 1 0
Greene ss 3 0 0 1
Hernandez c 4 0 1 1
Wells p 2 0 1 0
  Hansen ph 1 0 0 0
  Otsuka p 0 0 0 0
  Linebrink p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
  Long ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Atlanta 000 300 0126151
San Diego 100 022 000590
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Byrd   5.1 6 5 3 2 5
  Gryboski   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Alfonseca   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Reitsma  W (5-3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Smoltz  SV (31) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
3
4
8
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Wells   6.0 9 3 3 2 6
  Otsuka   1.0 3 1 1 0 3
  Linebrink   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Hoffman  L (2-3) 1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
6
6
3
10

  E–Giles (10).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Atlanta Franco (12,off Wells); Estrada (32,off Otsuka); Perez (7,off Hoffman), San Diego Loretta (40,off Alfonseca); Giles (18,off Smoltz).  3B–San Diego Giles (6,off Byrd).  HR–Atlanta A Jones (21,9th inning off Hoffman 1 on, 0 out), San Diego Loretta (14,5th inning off Byrd 0 on, 2 out); Giles (18,5th inning off Byrd 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Byrd (5,off Wells).  SF–DeRosa (5,off Wells); C Jones (5,off Linebrink); Greene (5,off Byrd).  Team LOB–12.  IBB–Giles (6,by Alfonseca).  Team–7.  SB–Guzman (1,2nd base off Byrd/Estrada); Loretta (5,3rd base off Alfonseca/Estrada).  IBB–Alfonseca (4,Giles).  U-HP–Jim Wolf, 1B–Tony Randazzo, 2B–Fieldin Culbreth, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:05.  A–36,827.
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