New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves
September 10, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 10, 2002 at Turner Field. The Atlanta Braves defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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New York Mets 6, Atlanta Braves 12

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno lf 5 3 3 2
Gonzalez cf,rf 4 1 1 1
Piazza c 4 1 1 2
Alfonzo 3b 4 0 2 1
Wigginton 1b,2b 5 0 2 0
Scutaro 2b 2 0 0 0
  Perez ph,cf 2 0 1 0
McEwing rf,2b 2 1 2 0
  Burnitz ph 1 0 0 0
  Valentin 1b 0 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 4 0 1 0
Astacio p 3 0 1 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
  Strickland p 0 0 0 0
  Snead ph 1 0 0 0
  Cerda p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 14 6
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Furcal ss 5 0 1 1
Franco J. 1b 5 1 1 0
Sheffield rf 4 1 0 0
  Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0
Jones C. lf 4 1 2 0
Jones A. cf 4 3 3 4
Giles 2b 0 0 0 0
  DeRosa 2b 4 2 2 1
Castilla 3b 4 1 1 0
Blanco c 3 2 1 1
Moss p 0 0 0 0
  Lockhart ph 1 0 1 2
  Hodges p 1 0 0 0
  Franco M. ph 1 1 1 3
  Spooneybarger p 0 0 0 0
  Holmes p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez ph 1 0 0 0
  Gryboski p 0 0 0 0
  Bragg rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 12 13 12
New York 140 100 0006140
Atlanta 030 360 00x12131
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Astacio  L (12-9) 4.0 8 8 8 0 1
  Feliciano   0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Strickland   3.0 3 2 2 1 4
  Cerda   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 8.0 13 12 12 1 6
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Moss   2.0 8 5 5 2 1
  Hodges  W (1-0) 3.0 5 1 1 0 2
  Spooneybarger   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Holmes   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Gryboski   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 14 6 6 3 4

  E–Blanco (3).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–New York McEwing (7,off Moss); Wigginton (4,off Moss), Atlanta Lockhart (11,off Astacio).  3B–Atlanta M Franco (3,off Strickland); Furcal (8,off Strickland).  HR–New York Cedeno (7,1st inning off Moss 0 on, 0 out); Piazza (28,2nd inning off Moss 1 on, 2 out), Atlanta A Jones 2 (31,2nd inning off Astacio 0 on, 1 out,4th inning off Astacio 0 on, 0 out); DeRosa (3,4th inning off Astacio 0 on, 0 out); Blanco (6,4th inning off Astacio 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–McEwing (2,by Hodges); Sheffield (11,by Astacio).  SB–Cedeno (20,2nd base off Moss/Blanco); Perez (9,2nd base off Holmes/Blanco).  CS–Gonzalez (2,2nd base by Moss/Blanco).  HBP–Astacio (16,Sheffield); Hodges (1,McEwing).  U-HP–Tony Randazzo, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Larry Poncino.  T–3:05.  A–28,214.

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