Atlanta Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 1, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 2006 at PNC Park. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Aybar 3b 4 0 0 0
Giles 2b 5 1 3 1
Renteria ss 5 0 0 0
Jones cf 3 0 0 0
McCann c 4 0 2 1
Francoeur rf 3 0 1 0
LaRoche 1b 4 2 2 2
Thorman lf 3 1 1 0
  Langerhans lf 0 0 0 0
Smoltz p 2 0 0 0
  Orr ph 1 0 0 0
  Baez p 0 0 0 0
  Wickman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Duffy cf 4 0 0 0
Wilson ss 4 0 2 0
Sanchez 3b 4 1 1 0
Bay lf 4 1 1 0
Burnitz rf 4 0 1 1
Nady 1b 4 0 1 0
Castillo 2b 4 0 1 0
Paulino c 4 0 1 1
  McLouth pr 0 0 0 0
Snell p 2 0 0 0
  Randa ph 1 0 0 0
  Sharpless p 0 0 0 0
  Capps p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 8 2
Atlanta 001 111 000491
Pittsburgh 000 100 001280
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz  W (9-5) 7.0 6 1 1 0 6
  Baez   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Wickman  SV (3) 1.0 2 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
0
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Snell  L (9-7) 7.0 9 4 4 1 10
  Sharpless   1.0 0 0 0 3 0
  Capps   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
10

  E–Renteria (9).  2B–Atlanta Giles 3 (21,off Snell 3); Francoeur (15,off Snell)., Pittsburgh Sanchez (36,off Smoltz); Burnitz (12,off Smoltz); J. Wilson (20,off Smoltz)..  HR–Atlanta LaRoche 2 (22,3rd inning off Snell 0 on 0 out,6th inning off Snell 0 on 2 out).  SH–Smoltz (12,off Snell).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  SB–A. Jones (4,2nd base off Sharpless/Paulino).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Jim Reynolds, 3B–Kerwin Danley.  T–2:29.  A–22,145.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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