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Atlanta Braves @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1998-04-08 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 11254 · 58°F, sunny, dry · Wind 5 mph to RF · 2:13

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Atlanta Braves 5–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 3rd. Esteban Loaiza earned the win and Rich Loiselle picked up the save. Andres Galarraga went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Esteban Loaiza L: Denny Neagle SV: Rich Loiselle

Umpires — HP: Angel Hernandez · 1B: Randy Marsh · 2B: Greg Bonin · 3B: Bill Hohn · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Andruw Jones	4	0	0	0	0	0
Curtis Pride	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chipper Jones	4	1	1	0	0	0
Andres Galarraga	4	2	2	3	0	2
Ryan Klesko	3	0	0	0	1	1
Javy Lopez	3	0	2	0	1	0
Tony Graffanino	4	0	1	0	0	1
Rafael Belliard	3	0	0	0	0	0
Denny Neagle	2	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Tucker	2	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Bautista	1	0	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Womack	3	1	0	0	1	0
Jason Kendall	4	2	3	2	0	0
Mark Smith	4	0	0	0	0	2
Kevin Young	4	0	2	1	0	2
Jermaine Allensworth	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Guillen	3	1	2	1	0	0
Freddy Garcia	3	0	0	0	0	2
Lou Collier	3	0	0	0	0	1
Esteban Loaiza	3	1	1	0	0	1

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Denny Neagle	7.0	7	1	8
Brian Edmondson	1.0	1	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Esteban Loaiza	8.0	5	2	3
Jason Christiansen	0.1	0	0	1
Rich Loiselle	0.2	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Andruw Jones: 7/F7M
Curtis Pride: 7/F7M
Chipper Jones: 9/F9M

Bot 1

Tony Womack: 53/G56S
Jason Kendall: D6/L6MD
Mark Smith: 2/P2RF
Kevin Young: K

Top 2

Andres Galarraga: HR/F8RXD
Ryan Klesko: W
Javy Lopez: 9/F9D
Tony Graffanino: S6/G6.1-2
Rafael Belliard: 13/G15S.2-3;1-2
Denny Neagle: 31/G34S

Bot 2

Jermaine Allensworth: 63/G6
Jose Guillen: S5/G56S
Freddy Garcia: K
Lou Collier: K

Top 3

Andruw Jones: E6/TH/G6
Curtis Pride: 7/F7LD.1-2
Chipper Jones: FC1/G15.2X3(16);B-2(TH)
Andres Galarraga: K

Bot 3

Esteban Loaiza: S4/G34
Tony Womack: 7/F7M
Jason Kendall: HR/F78XD.1-H
Mark Smith: K
Kevin Young: K

Top 4

Ryan Klesko: 3/G3
Javy Lopez: S8/L8LM
Tony Graffanino: 54(1)/FO/G5
Rafael Belliard: 9/F9M

Bot 4

Jermaine Allensworth: 9/F9S
Jose Guillen: HR/F78XD
Freddy Garcia: K
Lou Collier: 9/L9S

Top 5

Denny Neagle: 63/G6
Andruw Jones: 53/G5
Curtis Pride: 43/G4

Bot 5

Esteban Loaiza: K
Tony Womack: W
Jason Kendall: S5/L56D.1-3
Mark Smith: WP.3-H;1-2
Mark Smith: K
Kevin Young: S8/F6D.2-H
Jermaine Allensworth: CS2(26)

Top 6

Chipper Jones: 3/G34S
Andres Galarraga: K
Ryan Klesko: 7/F7D

Bot 6

Jermaine Allensworth: 31/G34S
Jose Guillen: 7/F7
Freddy Garcia: 31/G34S

Top 7

Javy Lopez: W
Tony Graffanino: K
Rafael Belliard: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 7

Lou Collier: 8/F8LM
Esteban Loaiza: 8/F89M
Tony Womack: 63/G6M

Top 8

Michael Tucker: 5/P25F
Andruw Jones: 1/L15
Curtis Pride: 9/F9M

Bot 8

Jason Kendall: 8/F89D
Mark Smith: 9/F9D
Kevin Young: S4/L4
Jermaine Allensworth: WP.1-2
Jermaine Allensworth: K

Top 9

Chipper Jones: D7/F7LM
Andres Galarraga: HR/L9D.2-H
Ryan Klesko: K
Javy Lopez: S6/G56S
Tony Graffanino: 8/F8RD
Danny Bautista: S3/G34.1-3
Michael Tucker: 8/F8RXD