Montreal Expos vs Atlanta Braves
September 21, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1997 at Turner Field. The Montreal Expos defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Montreal Expos 7, Atlanta Braves 1

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Grudzielanek ss 5 0 1 0
  Urbina p 0 0 0 0
Lansing 2b 4 0 0 0
  Stankiewicz ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Vidro 3b 4 0 0 0
  Strange 3b 1 0 0 0
Segui 1b 4 2 3 1
White cf 4 3 3 3
Meulens lf 2 2 1 1
  Telford p 0 0 0 0
  Fullmer ph 1 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Cabrera ss 0 0 0 0
Widger c 4 0 2 1
McGuire rf 3 0 1 1
Johnson p 2 0 0 0
  DeHart p 0 0 0 0
  Orsulak lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 7
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 1 1 0
  Clontz p 0 0 0 0
  Brock p 0 0 0 0
  Myers ph 1 0 0 0
Lockhart 2b 3 0 2 0
Jones C. 3b 4 0 2 1
  Giovanola pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Klesko lf 4 0 2 0
Tucker rf 2 0 0 0
  Jones A. ph,rf,cf 2 0 1 0
Lopez c 2 0 0 0
  Spehr c 1 0 0 0
Colbrunn 1b 4 0 0 0
Belliard ss 2 0 0 0
  Gregg ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Neagle p 2 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0
  Simon ph 1 0 1 0
  Mordecai ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 10 1
Montreal 000 033 0107110
Atlanta 000 010 0001100
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   4.1 6 1 1 2 4
  DeHart  W (2-1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Telford   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Kline   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Urbina   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 9.0 10 1 1 2 8
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Neagle  L (20-4) 5.2 7 6 6 1 4
  Ligtenberg   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Clontz   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Brock   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 11 7 7 1 5

  E–None.  DP–Montreal 2.  2B–Montreal McGuire (15,off Neagle); Widger (18,off Neagle), Atlanta Gregg (1,off Urbina).  HR–Montreal White 2 (26,5th inning off Neagle 1 on, 0 out,6th inning off Neagle 0 on, 2 out); Meulens (1,5th inning off Neagle 0 on, 0 out); Segui (20,6th inning off Neagle 0 on, 2 out).  SF–McGuire (1,off Clontz).  Team LOB–5.  Team–9.  SB–Lofton (26,2nd base off Johnson/Widger).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Ed Rapuano, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:52.  A–47,179.

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