St. Louis Cardinals vs Atlanta Braves
August 2, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 2002 at Turner Field. The Atlanta Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 5, Atlanta Braves 11

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 2 0 0 0
  Joseph p 0 0 0 0
  Marrero ph,lf 2 1 1 1
Renteria ss 3 0 1 0
  Robinson ph 1 1 1 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Drew ph 1 0 0 0
Pujols lf,ss 5 1 3 2
Edmonds cf 4 0 0 0
Rolen 3b 4 0 0 0
Perez rf 4 1 1 0
Martinez 1b 4 0 0 0
Matheny c 4 0 3 1
Simontacchi p 0 0 0 0
  Matthews p 0 0 0 0
  Cairo ph,2b 3 1 1 0
Totals 37 5 11 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Furcal ss 5 2 2 0
Franco J. 1b 2 2 1 1
Sheffield rf 3 1 1 1
  Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0
  Holmes p 0 0 0 0
  Franco M. ph 1 0 0 0
  Spooneybarger p 0 0 0 0
Jones C. lf 4 2 3 3
Jones A. cf 5 1 2 1
Lockhart 2b 3 1 0 0
Helms 3b 3 1 1 4
Blanco c 3 1 2 1
Glavine p 3 0 0 0
  Bragg rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 11 12 11
St. Louis 010 000 4005110
Atlanta 541 000 10x11122
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Simontacchi  L (7-3) 1.0 7 9 9 4 0
  Matthews   3.0 2 1 1 2 3
  Joseph   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Kline   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Veres   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
11
11
8
3
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Glavine  W (14-6) 5.0 6 1 1 1 3
  Ligtenberg   2.0 4 4 4 0 0
  Holmes   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Spooneybarger   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
1
3

  E–A Jones (3), Lockhart (6).  DP–St. Louis 3.  2B–St. Louis Perez (5,off Glavine); Marrero (12,off Ligtenberg), Atlanta Furcal (21,off Matthews).  3B–St. Louis Pujols (2,off Ligtenberg), Atlanta Blanco (1,off Simontacchi).  HR–Atlanta Helms (6,1st inning off Simontacchi 3 on, 2 out); C Jones (13,2nd inning off Simontacchi 2 on, 0 out); Blanco (4,7th inning off Kline 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Simontacchi (3,off Glavine).  HBP–Sheffield (7,by Matthews).  HBP–Matthews (2,Sheffield).  U-HP–Dale Scott, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Jeff Nelson, 3B–Ron Kulpa.  T–2:53.  A–45,512.
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