Atlanta Braves vs Philadelphia Phillies
April 8, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 2009 at Citizens Bank Park. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 11, Philadelphia Phillies 12

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Infante 3b 4 1 2 1
Johnson 2b 4 1 0 0
Escobar ss 5 2 2 0
McCann c 4 2 2 3
Kotchman 1b 5 1 2 0
Francoeur rf 5 1 1 2
Diaz lf 4 2 2 3
Schafer cf 4 1 1 2
Vazquez p 3 0 0 0
  Norton ph 0 0 0 0
  O'Flaherty p 0 0 0 0
  Moylan p 0 0 0 0
  Boyer p 0 0 0 0
  Campillo p 0 0 0 0
  Bennett p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 12 11
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rollins ss 5 1 0 1
Victorino cf 6 1 2 1
Utley 2b 4 1 2 2
Howard 1b 4 2 1 1
Werth rf 3 1 0 0
Ibanez lf 3 3 2 3
Feliz 3b 4 1 2 1
Ruiz c 2 0 1 0
  Stairs ph 0 1 0 1
  Madson p 0 0 0 0
  Bruntlett ph 0 0 0 1
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
Blanton p 0 0 0 0
  Cairo ph 1 0 0 0
  Happ p 0 0 0 0
  Dobbs ph 1 0 0 0
  Durbin p 0 0 0 0
  Condrey p 0 0 0 0
  Coste ph,c 1 1 1 1
Totals 34 12 11 12
Atlanta 205 020 10111121
Philadelphia 021 000 81x12110
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Vazquez   6.0 5 3 3 4 5
  O'Flaherty   0.1 1 2 2 0 0
  Moylan   0.0 2 4 4 2 0
  Boyer  L(0-1) 0.0 0 2 2 2 0
  Campillo   0.2 2 1 1 2 0
  Bennett   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
12
12
10
6
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Blanton   4.0 9 7 7 2 6
  Happ   2.0 1 2 2 1 2
  Durbin   0.2 1 1 1 3 0
  Condrey  W(1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Madson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Lidge  SV(1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
11
11
6
11

  E–Infante (1).  2B–Atlanta Escobar (2,off Blanton); Diaz (1,off Blanton); Infante (1,off Blanton); Kotchman (1,off Durbin), Philadelphia Howard (1,off Vazquez); Utley (1,off Vazquez); Feliz (1,off Campillo).  3B–Philadelphia Victorino (1,off Vazquez).  HR–Atlanta McCann (2,1st inning off Blanton 1 on 2 out); Schafer (2,5th inning off Happ 1 on 1 out); Diaz (1,9th inning off Lidge 0 on 1 out), Philadelphia Ibanez (1,2nd inning off Vazquez 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Blanton (1,off Vazquez).  SF–Bruntlett (1,off Bennett).  HBP–Howard (1,by O'Flaherty).  Team–11.  U-HP–Tim Timmons, 1B–Rob Drake, 2B–Jeff Kellogg, 3B–Mark Wegner.  T–3:13.  A–44,939.
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