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New York Mets @ Atlanta Braves

1996-06-05 · Night game · Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium · Att: 31998 · 77°F, night, dry · Wind 11 mph L to R · 2:38

Atlanta Braves defeated New York Mets 8–6. Atlanta Braves put up 3 in the 2nd. Greg McMichael earned the win and Mark Wohlers picked up the save. Jeff Blauser went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYN	0	0	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	6	10
ATL	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	0		8	9

W: Greg McMichael L: Dave Mlicki SV: Mark Wohlers

Umpires — HP: Jim Quick · 1B: Dana DeMuth · 2B: Gary Darling · 3B: Angel Hernandez · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carl Everett	5	1	1	1	0	2
Jose Vizcaino	4	0	2	1	0	1
Bernard Gilkey	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jeff Kent	4	1	2	0	0	0
Chris Jones	3	0	1	0	1	0
Todd Hundley	3	1	1	0	1	0
Butch Huskey	4	1	2	3	0	0
Rey Ordonez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Jones	1	1	0	0	0	0
Tim Bogar	0	0	0	1	0	0
Dave Mlicki	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lance Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Roberto Petagine	1	0	0	0	0	1

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Marquis Grissom	5	0	0	0	0	0
Dwight Smith	3	1	0	0	0	0
Chipper Jones	4	2	4	1	0	0
Fred McGriff	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Klesko	2	2	1	1	2	0
Eddie Perez	2	1	0	0	1	1
Jeff Blauser	4	2	2	2	0	1
Rafael Belliard	3	0	0	0	0	1
Steve Avery	1	0	1	1	0	0
Javy Lopez	2	0	0	0	0	1
Tyler Houston	1	0	1	3	0	0

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobby Jones	4.0	6	1	0
Dave Mlicki	3.0	3	2	4
Jerry Dipoto	1.0	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Avery	5.2	8	1	1
Greg McMichael	1.1	1	0	2
Brad Clontz	0.1	1	1	0
Mark Wohlers	1.2	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Carl Everett: K
Jose Vizcaino: S6/G56/R3
Bernard Gilkey: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 1

Marquis Grissom: 3/P3DF
Dwight Smith: 7/L7M
Chipper Jones: S8/L8LM/R6
Fred McGriff: 8/F8LD

Top 2

Jeff Kent: 9/L9LM
Chris Jones: S8/G4M
Todd Hundley: S7/L56/R65.1-2
Butch Huskey: 4(1)3/GDP/G4M

Bot 2

Ryan Klesko: HR/F8LXD
Eddie Perez: W
Jeff Blauser: HR/F7D.1-H
Rafael Belliard: 63/G6M
Steve Avery: S8/L4
Marquis Grissom: 3/P3F
Dwight Smith: 8/L78D

Top 3

Rey Ordonez: 63/G56
Bobby Jones: E7/F78D/U8.B-2
Carl Everett: D8/L89XD/R4.2-H(UR)
Jose Vizcaino: S8/L4M/R4.2-H
Bernard Gilkey: CS2(24)
Bernard Gilkey: 9/F89XD

Bot 3

Chipper Jones: HR/F9LD
Fred McGriff: 9/F9D
Ryan Klesko: 5/P5F
Eddie Perez: 4/P4MD

Top 4

Jeff Kent: 9/F9M
Chris Jones: 63/G6
Todd Hundley: 63/G6

Bot 4

Jeff Blauser: D7/L5L
Rafael Belliard: 53/SH/BG56S.2-3
Steve Avery: 9/SF/F9M/R2.3-H
Marquis Grissom: 4/P4D

Top 5

Butch Huskey: D7/L78XD/R6
Rey Ordonez: 63/G6M.2-3
Tim Bogar: 9/SF/L9D/R4.3-H
Carl Everett: 53/G56

Bot 5

Dwight Smith: 43/G4
Chipper Jones: S7/L56/R6
Fred McGriff: SB2/R6
Fred McGriff: 3/G3.2-3
Ryan Klesko: I
Eddie Perez: K

Top 6

Jose Vizcaino: 13/G15
Bernard Gilkey: S5/G5S
Jeff Kent: S7/L56.1-2
Chris Jones: 6/L6
Todd Hundley: SB3;SB2
Todd Hundley: W
Butch Huskey: D7/L78XDW.3-H;2-H;1-H
Rey Ordonez: 63/G6

Bot 6

Jeff Blauser: K
Rafael Belliard: K23
Javy Lopez: K

Top 7

Dave Mlicki: 43/G4
Carl Everett: K
Jose Vizcaino: K

Bot 7

Marquis Grissom: 43/G4M
Dwight Smith: HP
Chipper Jones: S9/L4.1-2
Fred McGriff: 53/G5S.2-3;1-2
Ryan Klesko: I
Tyler Houston: T9/G3L/R42.3-H;2-H;1-H
Jeff Blauser: 7/F7LS

Top 8

Bernard Gilkey: 8/F8RXD
Jeff Kent: S4/P34D
Chris Jones: W.1-2
Todd Hundley: 8/F8RS
Butch Huskey: 8/F8RXD

Bot 8

Rafael Belliard: 4/P4D
Javy Lopez: 53/G5S
Marquis Grissom: 63/G6

Top 9

Lance Johnson: 53/G5S
Roberto Petagine: K
Carl Everett: 3/G3