Atlanta Braves vs New York Yankees
October 20, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 20, 1996 at Yankee Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 12, New York Yankees 1

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Grissom cf 5 2 2 1
Lemke 2b 4 0 2 1
Jones C. 3b 4 1 1 3
McGriff 1b 5 2 2 2
Lopez c 4 2 1 0
  Perez c 0 0 0 0
Dye rf 5 0 1 0
Jones A. lf 4 3 3 5
Klesko dh 4 1 0 0
Blauser ss 3 1 1 0
  Polonia ph 1 0 0 0
  Belliard ss 0 0 0 0
Smoltz p 0 0 0 0
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
  Neagle p 0 0 0 0
  Wade p 0 0 0 0
  Clontz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 12 13 12
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Jeter ss 3 1 0 0
Boggs 3b 4 0 2 1
Williams cf 3 0 0 0
Martinez 1b 3 0 1 0
Fielder dh 4 0 0 0
Strawberry lf 3 0 0 0
  Raines lf 1 0 0 0
O'Neill rf 2 0 0 0
  Aldrete rf 0 0 0 0
  Hayes ph 1 0 0 0
Duncan 2b 3 0 0 0
  Fox 2b 0 0 0 0
  Sojo ph 1 0 0 0
Leyritz c 3 0 1 0
Pettitte p 0 0 0 0
  Boehringer p 0 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Atlanta 026 013 00012130
New York 000 010 000141
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz  W (1-0) 6.0 2 1 1 5 4
  McMichael   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Neagle   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Wade   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Clontz   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
5
5
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Pettitte  L (0-1) 2.1 6 7 7 1 1
  Boehringer   3.0 5 5 3 0 2
  Weathers   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Nelson   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Wetteland   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
12
10
1
6

  E–Duncan (1).  2B–New York Boggs (1,off Smoltz).  HR–Atlanta A Jones 2 (2,2nd inning off Pettitte 1 on, 2 out,3rd inning off Boehringer 2 on, 2 out); McGriff (1,5th inning off Boehringer 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Lemke (1,off Pettitte).  SF–C Jones (1,off Weathers).  SB–C Jones (1,3rd base off Pettitte/Leyritz).  U–Jim Evans (AL), Terry Tata (NL), Tim Welke (AL), Steve Rippley (NL), Gerry Davis (NL), Larry Young (AL).  T–3:10.  A–56,365.
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