Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
May 5, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 2005 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 3, Atlanta Braves 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Taveras cf 4 1 1 0
Biggio 2b 4 1 1 0
Vizcaino 1b 4 0 0 1
Lamb lf 3 0 0 1
Lane rf 3 0 0 0
Ensberg 3b 3 1 1 1
Everett ss 3 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 0 0 0
Backe p 2 0 0 0
  Harville p 0 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Bruntlett ph 1 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 3 3
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Furcal ss 4 2 2 1
Giles 2b 3 2 2 0
Jones 3b 4 1 1 2
  Betemit 3b 0 0 0 0
LaRoche 1b 5 1 1 4
Estrada c 4 0 0 0
Jordan lf 4 0 2 1
Langerhans cf 4 1 1 0
Mondesi rf 4 1 1 0
Thomson p 3 1 1 1
Totals 35 9 11 9
Houston 200 010 000331
Atlanta 400 104 00x9111
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Backe  L (2-2) 5.1 9 7 7 1 1
  Harville   0.2 1 2 2 4 1
  Springer   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Wheeler   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Franco   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
9
9
5
3
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Thomson  W (3-2) 9.0 3 3 3 0 5
Totals
9.0
3
3
3
0
5

  E–Everett (3), Furcal (2).  2B–Houston Biggio (11,off Thomson), Atlanta Mondesi (4,off Backe); Langerhans (1,off Backe).  HR–Houston Ensberg (3,5th inning off Thomson 0 on 0 out), Atlanta LaRoche (3,1st inning off Backe 2 on 0 out).  SF–Lamb (1,off Thomson).  Team LOB–1.  SH–Thomson (4,off Backe).  IBB–Estrada (2,by Harville).  Team–8.  U-HP–Tony Randazzo, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Paul Emmel.  T–2:27.  A–20,553.
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