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Atlanta Braves @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1999-08-03 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 17154 · 82°F, night · Wind 5 mph L to R · 2:08

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Atlanta Braves 7–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 8th. Kris Benson earned the win. Brian Giles went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Kris Benson L: Kevin Millwood SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Paul Schrieber · 1B: Terry Tata · 2B: Tom Hallion · 3B: Bill Hohn · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Walt Weiss	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bret Boone	4	0	2	1	0	0
Chipper Jones	4	0	1	0	0	0
Brian Jordan	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ryan Klesko	3	0	0	0	1	1
Andruw Jones	4	0	0	0	0	1
Randall Simon	4	0	0	0	0	1
Eddie Perez	1	1	0	0	2	0
Kevin Millwood	3	0	0	0	0	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Al Martin	4	1	1	1	2
Abraham Nunez	4	1	1	0	1
Brian Giles	4	2	2	4	0
Kevin Young	4	1	1	1	0
Ed Sprague	3	0	0	0	1
Warren Morris	3	1	1	1	0
Brant Brown	3	0	0	0	2
Joe Oliver	3	0	0	0	0
Kris Benson	2	0	0	0	1
John Wehner	1	1	1	0	0

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kevin Millwood	7.0	4	0	6
Terry Mulholland	1.0	3	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kris Benson	8.0	4	3	4
Mike Williams	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Walt Weiss: 43/G4
Bret Boone: S8/G6
Chipper Jones: 64(1)/FO/G6M
Brian Jordan: 53/G5L

Bot 1

Al Martin: K
Abraham Nunez: 4/L4
Brian Giles: 7/L78D

Top 2

Ryan Klesko: 43/G4
Andruw Jones: 9/F9LD
Randall Simon: 6/P6M

Bot 2

Kevin Young: 63/G6
Ed Sprague: 63/G56
Warren Morris: 8/F78D

Top 3

Eddie Perez: W
Kevin Millwood: K
Walt Weiss: 43/G34.1-2
Bret Boone: D8/F89D.2-H
Chipper Jones: 7/F7D

Bot 3

Brant Brown: K
Joe Oliver: 9/F9D
Kris Benson: 9/F9LD

Top 4

Brian Jordan: 53/G5
Ryan Klesko: W
Andruw Jones: 13/G13.1-2
Randall Simon: K

Bot 4

Al Martin: 8/F8LXD
Abraham Nunez: K
Brian Giles: 8/F8LS

Top 5

Eddie Perez: 63/G6MS
Kevin Millwood: K
Walt Weiss: 3/G34S

Bot 5

Kevin Young: HR/F78XD
Ed Sprague: 3/P3
Warren Morris: 3/G3
Brant Brown: 8/F8LD

Top 6

Bret Boone: 7/L7M
Chipper Jones: 8/F8LD
Brian Jordan: S8/L8LM
Ryan Klesko: 43/G4

Bot 6

Joe Oliver: 4/P4
Kris Benson: K
Al Martin: HR/F9D
Abraham Nunez: 3/BG34S

Top 7

Andruw Jones: 5/L5S
Randall Simon: 63/G56
Eddie Perez: W
Kevin Millwood: 46(1)/FO/G4

Bot 7

Brian Giles: HR/F9D
Kevin Young: 53/G5
Ed Sprague: K
Warren Morris: HR/F9D
Brant Brown: K

Top 8

Walt Weiss: 3/G3
Bret Boone: 5/P5F
Chipper Jones: S8/G4M
Brian Jordan: K

Bot 8

Joe Oliver: 7/F7D
John Wehner: S8/L89S
Al Martin: K
Abraham Nunez: S6/G6MS.1-2
Brian Giles: HR/F8RXD.2-H;1-H
Kevin Young: 43/G4

Top 9

Ryan Klesko: K
Andruw Jones: K
Randall Simon: 63/G6M