The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 2000 at Busch Stadium II. The Atlanta Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 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 6, St. Louis Cardinals 4
Atlanta Braves | ab | r | h | rbi |
Furcal ss | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Jones A. cf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Jones C. 3b | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jordan rf | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Galarraga 1b | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Surhoff lf | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lopez c | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lockhart 2b | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Glavine p | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Remlinger p | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ligtenberg p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mulholland p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kamieniecki p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 36 | 6 | 10 | 6 |
St. Louis Cardinals | ab | r | h | rbi |
Renteria ss | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Perez lf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Morris p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dunston ph,lf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Edmonds cf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Davis rf | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
James p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tatis 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clark 1b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Hernandez c | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Lankford ph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Polanco 2b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Drew ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Benes p | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paquette ph,lf,rf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 35 | 4 | 10 | 3 |
Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 6 | 10 | 2 | ||
St. Louis | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 10 | 4 |
Atlanta Braves | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Glavine W (14-5) | 6.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Remlinger | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Ligtenberg | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mulholland | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Kamieniecki SV (2) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Totals | 9.0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
St. Louis Cardinals | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Benes L (10-6) | 6.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Morris | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
James | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 9.0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
E –Furcal (16), Galarraga (9), Davis (4), Clark (1), Hernandez 2 (7). DP –Atlanta 2. 2B –Atlanta Jordan (18,off Andy Benes); A Jones (21,off Morris); Galarraga (15,off James), St. Louis Renteria (21,off Glavine). HR –Atlanta Galarraga (22,4th inning off Andy Benes 1 on, 0 out), St. Louis Clark (2,2nd inning off Glavine 0 on, 0 out). SH –Glavine (9,off Andy Benes); Andy Benes (6,off Glavine). SF –A Jones (4,off Andy Benes); Renteria (6,off Glavine). Team LOB –10. Team –14. SB –Furcal 2 (25,2nd base off Andy Benes/Hernandez,2nd base off Morris/Hernandez); A. Jones (12,2nd base off Andy Benes/Hernandez). U-HP –Steve Rippley, 1B –Greg Gibson, 2B –Ed Rapuano, 3B –Tim Timmons. T –3:37. A –48,901. |
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