The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 2000 at Pro Player Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Florida Marlins 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)
Atlanta Braves 10, Florida Marlins 5
Atlanta Braves | ab | r | h | rbi |
Veras 2b | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Lockhart 3b | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jones A. cf | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Jones C. 3b | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Ligtenberg p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joyner ph,1b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Galarraga 1b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Chen p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jordan rf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Lopez c | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Lunar c | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bonilla lf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Hubbard lf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Furcal ss | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Burkett p | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sisco ph,2b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 38 | 10 | 12 | 9 |
Florida Marlins | ab | r | h | rbi |
Castillo 2b | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Kotsay rf | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Smith lf | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Floyd lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Looper p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lee ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wilson cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bautista cf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lowell 3b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Millar 1b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gonzalez ss | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bako c | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Penny p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Darensbourg p | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Brown ph,rf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 36 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
Atlanta | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 12 | 1 | ||
Florida | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | 9 | 1 |
Atlanta Braves | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Burkett W (1-2) | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Ligtenberg | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Chen | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 9.0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Florida Marlins | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Penny L (3-4) | 2.1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
Darensbourg | 4.2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Looper | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Totals | 9.0 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
E –Lockhart (1), Lowell (3). DP –Atlanta 1. 2B –Atlanta C Jones (8,off Darensbourg); Galarraga (3,off Darensbourg), Florida Castillo (5,off Burkett); Wilson (10,off Burkett). 3B –Atlanta Lockhart (2,off Looper), Florida Kotsay (2,off Burkett). HR –Atlanta Lopez (4,1st inning off Penny 3 on, 1 out), Florida Lowell (6,8th inning off Ligtenberg 0 on, 1 out); M Smith (1,9th inning off Chen 1 on, 2 out). SF –Jordan (1,off Darensbourg). HBP –A Jones (2,by Penny); Jordan (2,by Penny). Team LOB –11. Team –7. SB –Furcal (8,2nd base off Darensbourg/Bako). WP –Penny (2). BK –Penny (1). HBP –Penny 2 (3,A Jones,Jordan). U-HP –Jerry Crawford, 1B –Mike DiMuro, 2B –Brian Gorman, 3B –Mike Everitt. T –3:05. A –12,564. |
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