Atlanta Braves vs Arizona Diamondbacks
May 4, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 2003 at Bank One Ballpark. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Atlanta Braves 7, Arizona Diamondbacks 4

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Furcal ss 4 0 0 1
Giles 2b 5 0 2 1
Jones C. lf 6 1 1 0
Jones A. cf 4 2 2 2
Fick 1b 5 1 2 0
  Hodges p 0 0 0 0
  Smoltz p 0 0 0 0
Bragg rf 4 1 0 0
Castilla 3b 3 1 0 0
Blanco c 3 0 2 2
Maddux p 2 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Franco M. ph 1 0 0 0
  Gryboski p 0 0 0 0
  Franco J. 1b 0 1 0 0
Totals 37 7 9 6
Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
Counsell 3b 6 0 1 0
Spivey 2b 6 2 2 1
Gonzalez lf 4 2 1 1
Bautista rf 4 0 1 0
  Service p 0 0 0 0
  McCracken rf 1 0 1 0
Grace 1b 3 0 0 1
Finley cf 4 0 2 0
Moeller c 4 0 2 0
  Overbay ph 1 0 0 0
  Barajas c 0 0 0 0
Womack ss 5 0 0 0
Dessens p 1 0 0 0
  Baerga ph 0 0 0 0
  Villarreal p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Dellucci rf 1 0 0 0
  Capuano p 0 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 4 10 3
Atlanta 010 003 000 03791
Arizona 202 000 000 004101
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux   6.0 7 4 2 4 4
  King   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Gryboski   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Hodges  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Smoltz  SV (12) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
10
4
2
5
6
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Dessens   6.0 7 4 4 4 3
  Villarreal   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Myers   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Service   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Capuano  L (0-1) 2.0 1 3 2 3 0
Totals
11.0
9
7
6
8
5

  E–Furcal (7), Grace (2).  DP–Arizona 1.  2B–Atlanta Fick 2 (4,off Dessens 2); C Jones (11,off Dessens); Blanco (2,off Dessens), Arizona Spivey (5,off Maddux); Moeller (7,off Maddux).  3B–Arizona Bautista (1,off Maddux); Finley (2,off Hernandez).  HR–Atlanta A Jones (8,6th inning off Dessens 1 on, 0 out), Arizona Spivey (4,3rd inning off Maddux 0 on, 0 out); L Gonzalez (8,3rd inning off Maddux 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Maddux (1,off Dessens); Blanco (1,off Capuano).  SF–Furcal (1,off Capuano); Grace (2,off Maddux).  IBB–J Franco (2,by Capuano); Finley (2,by Hodges).  SB–Furcal (6,2nd base off Service/Moeller); Bragg (2,2nd base off Capuano/Barajas); Finley (3,2nd base off Maddux/Blanco); McCracken (2,2nd base off Hodges/Blanco).  CS–Giles (1,2nd base by Dessens/Moeller); Bautista (1,2nd base by Maddux/Blanco); Moeller (2,2nd base by Maddux/Blanco).  IBB–Hodges (2,Finley); Capuano (1,J Franco).  U-HP–Tony Randazzo, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Ted Barrett, 3B–C.B. Bucknor.  T–3:49.  A–38,851.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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