The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 7, 2002 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Texas Rangers 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 13, Texas Rangers 7
Atlanta Braves | ab | r | h | rbi |
Furcal ss | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Bragg rf | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Sheffield dh | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jones C. lf | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Jones A. cf | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Castilla 3b | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Franco 1b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Helms 1b | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Lopez J. c | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lockhart 2b | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Moss p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gryboski p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lopez A. p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hammond p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ligtenberg p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 45 | 13 | 19 | 13 |
Texas Rangers | ab | r | h | rbi |
Romano lf | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rodriguez I. c | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Rodriguez A. ss | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Gonzalez rf | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Palmeiro dh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Perry 3b | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Greene 1b | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ludwick cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Young 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Park p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Benoit p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Flores p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cordero p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 38 | 7 | 12 | 7 |
Atlanta | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | 13 | 19 | 0 | ||
Texas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 12 | 2 |
Atlanta Braves | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Moss | 4.2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
Gryboski | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lopez | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hammond W (4-2) | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ligtenberg | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Totals | 9.0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
Texas Rangers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Park L (2-3) | 1.1 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
Benoit | 4.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Flores | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Cordero | 3.2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Totals | 9.0 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 |
E –A Rodriguez (4), Perry (4). DP –Atlanta 1, Texas 2. 2B –Atlanta A Jones (14,off Park); Lockhart (5,off Park); Bragg (3,off Park); C Jones (10,off Park), Texas I Rodriguez 2 (5,off Moss 2); Gonzalez 2 (9,off Moss,off A Lopez); Young (8,off Gryboski). HR –Atlanta M Franco (1,1st inning off Park 1 on, 2 out). SF –C Jones (1,off Benoit). HBP –Greene (1,by Gryboski). WP –Moss (5). BK –Ligtenberg (1). HBP –Gryboski (3,Greene). U-HP –Lance Barksdale, 1B –Rick Reed, 2B –Tim Tschida, 3B –Bill Welke. T –3:52. A –42,765. |
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