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Atlanta Braves @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1997-08-04 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 21609 · 77°F, night, dry · Wind 12 mph to RF · 2:35

Atlanta Braves defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6–0. Atlanta Braves put up 4 in the 6th. John Smoltz earned the win. Andruw Jones went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: John Smoltz L: Steve Cooke SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Mike Winters · 1B: Joe West · 2B: Greg Gibson · 3B: Jerry Layne · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kenny Lofton	3	1	1	0	2	0
Jeff Blauser	4	0	2	1	0	0
Chipper Jones	5	0	1	1	0	2
Fred McGriff	3	1	0	0	1	2
Andruw Jones	3	2	2	2	2	0
Javy Lopez	3	1	1	0	2	1
Ryan Klesko	4	1	0	0	0	2
Mark Lemke	3	0	1	1	0	0
John Smoltz	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Graffanino	2	0	0	0	0	1
Danny Bautista	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Tony Womack	3	1	1	1
Jermaine Allensworth	4	0	0	2
Al Martin	4	1	0	0
Mark Johnson	4	0	0	3
Joe Randa	3	0	1	1
Jason Kendall	4	1	0	0
Jose Guillen	3	1	0	0
Kevin Polcovich	3	0	0	2
Steve Cooke	2	0	0	0
Turner Ward	1	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Smoltz	9.0	4	2	9

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Cooke	5.0	6	4	4
Paul Wagner	0.2	0	1	0
Jason Christiansen	2.1	2	0	3
Clint Sodowsky	1.0	0	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kenny Lofton: W
Jeff Blauser: 63/G6M.1-2
Chipper Jones: D39/P3D/R46.2-H
Fred McGriff: 63/G4M.2-3
Andruw Jones: W
Javy Lopez: W.1-2
Ryan Klesko: K

Bot 1

Tony Womack: W
Jermaine Allensworth: K
Al Martin: S9/G34/R6.1-2
Mark Johnson: K
Joe Randa: K

Top 2

Mark Lemke: 31/G34
John Smoltz: 9/F89M
Kenny Lofton: 143/G4MS

Bot 2

Jason Kendall: 9/F89XD
Jose Guillen: 7/F78D
Kevin Polcovich: K

Top 3

Jeff Blauser: D9/L9LS/R46
Chipper Jones: K
Fred McGriff: K
Andruw Jones: 63/G6

Bot 3

Steve Cooke: 43/G4M
Tony Womack: 9/F89D
Jermaine Allensworth: 8/F8RXD

Top 4

Javy Lopez: 8/L8RM
Ryan Klesko: K
Mark Lemke: 6/L6M

Bot 4

Al Martin: 9/F9D
Mark Johnson: K
Joe Randa: 8/F89D

Top 5

John Smoltz: 63/G6M
Kenny Lofton: 7/F7LMF
Jeff Blauser: D8/F8RXDW/R46
Chipper Jones: 53/G5L

Bot 5

Jason Kendall: 9/L9LM
Jose Guillen: S7/G56/R6
Kevin Polcovich: K
Steve Cooke: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 6

Fred McGriff: W
Andruw Jones: HR/F7D.1-H
Javy Lopez: S8/G6M/R4
Ryan Klesko: HP.1-2
Mark Lemke: S8/G4M/R6.2-H;1-2
John Smoltz: 53/G15.2-3;1-2
Kenny Lofton: IW
Jeff Blauser: 8/SF/F8RD/R2.3-H
Chipper Jones: K

Bot 6

Tony Womack: S8/L6D/R4
Jermaine Allensworth: 53/G5.1-2
Al Martin: 7/F7D/R65
Mark Johnson: K

Top 7

Fred McGriff: K
Andruw Jones: S5/G5L/R3
Javy Lopez: K
Ryan Klesko: 8/F78M

Bot 7

Joe Randa: W
Jason Kendall: S8/G6M/R5.1-2
Jose Guillen: 64(1)3/GDP/G6M.2-3
Kevin Polcovich: 7/F7M

Top 8

Tony Graffanino: 9/F9M
John Smoltz: 13/P13
Kenny Lofton: S7/L56D/R64
Jeff Blauser: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 8

Turner Ward: 7/L78S
Tony Womack: K+WP.B-1
Jermaine Allensworth: K
Al Martin: 3/G34

Top 9

Chipper Jones: 43/G4
Danny Bautista: 53/G5L
Andruw Jones: W
Javy Lopez: W.1-2
Ryan Klesko: E5/TH/G5L/R3.2-H(UR)(NR);1-2
Tony Graffanino: WP.2-3;1-2
Tony Graffanino: K

Bot 9

Mark Johnson: 31/G34
Joe Randa: 8/F89D
Jason Kendall: 13/G2R