Atlanta Braves 4, Houston Astros 3 (12 innings)
Regular Season Game 8
Played on Wednesday, April 9, 1997 (N) at Turner Field
HOU N 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 1 ATL N 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 8 0
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Biggio 2b 4 1 1 0 2 0 5 7 Abreu rf 5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 Bagwell 1b 6 0 1 0 0 1 11 1 Bell cf 6 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 Gonzalez lf 4 1 1 0 2 0 6 0 Lima p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Martin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eusebio c 5 0 2 0 0 2 6 2 Johnson 3b 5 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 Wagner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Montgomery lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bogar ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Spiers ph,ss,3b 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 Kile p 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 Howard ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hudek p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Listach ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 43 3 8 3 7 5 35 16 FIELDING - DP: 2. Bogar-Biggio-Bagwell, Eusebio-Biggio. E: Johnson (1). BATTING - 2B: Gonzalez (3,off Neagle); Abreu (2,off Neagle); Johnson (1,off Neagle). Team LOB: 11. BASERUNNING - SB: Gonzalez (1,2nd base off Byrd/Lopez).
Atlanta Braves AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Lofton cf 5 1 1 0 1 0 6 0 Tucker rf,lf 5 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 C. Jones 3b 4 0 2 2 2 1 1 3 McGriff 1b 5 1 1 1 1 2 15 0 Klesko lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 Byrd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Mordecai ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Perez c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lopez c 5 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 Belliard pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Embree p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lemke 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 Graffanino pr,2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Blauser ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 Neagle p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clontz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lockhart ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bielecki p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A. Jones rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Totals 40 4 8 4 8 5 36 11 FIELDING - DP: 1. McGriff. BATTING - 2B: C. Jones (2,off Kile). SH: A. Jones (1,off Lima). GDP: Lopez (1,off Kile). IBB: Lofton (1,by Lima). Team LOB: 10. BASERUNNING - SB: C. Jones (2,2nd base off Kile/Eusebio); Graffanino (1,2nd base off Hudek/Eusebio). CS: Belliard (1,2nd base by Wagner/Eusebio).
PITCHING
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Kile 8 6 3 3 3 1 0 32 Hudek 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 Wagner 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 6 Lima L(0-1) 0.2 1 1 1 2 0 0 5 Martin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Totals 11.2 8 4 4 8 5 0 49 WP: Kile (1). IBB: Lima (1,Lofton). Inherited Runners - Scored: Martin 3-1. .
Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Neagle 5.1 8 3 3 2 1 0 25 Clontz 1.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 Bielecki 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 Byrd 3 0 0 0 4 2 0 13 Embree W(1-0) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 12 8 3 3 7 5 0 50 Inherited Runners - Scored: Clontz 2-0. . Umpires: HP - Larry Vanover, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Tom Hallion Time of Game: 3:48 Attendance: 33986 Starting Lineups: Houston Astros Atlanta Braves 1. Biggio 2b Lofton cf 2. Abreu rf Tucker rf 3. Bagwell 1b C. Jones 3b 4. Bell cf McGriff 1b 5. Gonzalez lf Klesko lf 6. Eusebio c Lopez c 7. Johnson 3b Lemke 2b 8. Bogar ss Blauser ss 9. Kile p Neagle p ASTROS 1ST: Biggio flied to right; Abreu grounded out (second to first); Bagwell singled to right; Bell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Lofton grounded out (shortstop to first); Tucker grounded out (second to first); C. Jones walked; McGriff flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0. ASTROS 2ND: Gonzalez doubled to center; Eusebio flied to right [Gonzalez to third]; Johnson grounded out (third to first); Bogar walked; Kile struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Klesko flied to center; Lopez lined to left; Lemke flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0. ASTROS 3RD: Biggio singled to left; Abreu doubled to left [Biggio scored]; Bagwell grounded out (third to first); Bell grounded out (third to first); Gonzalez popped to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Blauser flied to left; Neagle grounded out (second to first); Lofton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. ASTROS 4TH: Eusebio singled to center; Johnson lined into a double play to first [Eusebio out at first (first unassisted)]; Bogar grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 4TH: Tucker walked; C. Jones forced Tucker (second to shortstop) [C. Jones to first]; McGriff singled to right [C. Jones to second]; Kile threw a wild pitch [C. Jones out at home (catcher to pitcher), McGriff to third]; Klesko singled to right [McGriff scored]; Lopez made an out to catcher; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 1. ASTROS 5TH: Kile flied to left; Biggio grounded out (shortstop to first); Abreu grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 1. BRAVES 5TH: Lemke lined to second; Blauser flied to center; Neagle grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 1. ASTROS 6TH: Bagwell flied to left; Bell singled to center; Gonzalez walked [Bell to second]; Eusebio singled to right [Bell to third, Gonzalez to second]; Johnson doubled to center [Bell scored, Gonzalez scored, Eusebio to third]; CLONTZ REPLACED NEAGLE (PITCHING); Bogar lined to shortstop; Kile grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Braves 1. BRAVES 6TH: On a bunt Lofton singled to pitcher; On a bunt Tucker singled to pitcher [Lofton to second]; C. Jones doubled to left [Lofton scored, Tucker scored]; McGriff struck out; Klesko walked; Lopez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Klesko out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Braves 3. ASTROS 7TH: Biggio walked; Abreu flied to center; Bagwell flied to center; Bell flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Braves 3. BRAVES 7TH: Lemke grounded out (pitcher to first); Blauser flied to left; LOCKHART BATTED FOR CLONTZ; Lockhart grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Braves 3. ASTROS 8TH: BIELECKI REPLACED LOCKHART (PITCHING); Gonzalez flied to center; Eusebio struck out; Johnson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Braves 3. BRAVES 8TH: Lofton grounded out (second to first); Tucker popped to second; C. Jones singled to second; C. Jones stole second; McGriff reached on an error by Johnson [C. Jones to third, McGriff to first]; Klesko lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Braves 3. ASTROS 9TH: TUCKER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BYRD REPLACED KLESKO (PITCHING); A. JONES REPLACED BIELECKI (PLAYING RF); SPIERS BATTED FOR BOGAR; Spiers walked; HOWARD BATTED FOR KILE; Howard grounded out (second to first) [Spiers to second]; Biggio lined to left; Abreu walked; Bagwell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Braves 3. BRAVES 9TH: SPIERS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); HUDEK REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING); Lopez grounded out (shortstop to first); Lemke walked; GRAFFANINO RAN FOR LEMKE; Blauser was called out on strikes; Graffanino stole second; A. Jones walked; Lofton forced A. Jones (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Braves 3. ASTROS 10TH: GRAFFANINO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Bell flied to center; Gonzalez walked; Eusebio struck out; Gonzalez stole second; Johnson flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Braves 3. BRAVES 10TH: LISTACH REPLACED HUDEK (PLAYING SS); SPIERS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); WAGNER REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Tucker grounded out (first unassisted); C. Jones struck out; McGriff struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Braves 3. ASTROS 11TH: Spiers grounded out (second to first); Listach grounded out (first unassisted); Biggio walked; Abreu grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Braves 3. BRAVES 11TH: MORDECAI BATTED FOR BYRD; Mordecai flied to right; Lopez singled to left; BELLIARD RAN FOR LOPEZ; Graffanino struck out while Belliard was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Braves 3. ASTROS 12TH: PEREZ REPLACED MORDECAI (PLAYING C ); EMBREE REPLACED BELLIARD (PITCHING); Bagwell flied to right; Bell flied to right; Gonzalez flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Braves 3. BRAVES 12TH: LIMA REPLACED GONZALEZ (PITCHING); MONTGOMERY REPLACED WAGNER (PLAYING LF); Blauser singled to left; A. Jones out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Blauser to second]; Lofton was walked intentionally; Tucker flied to center; C. Jones walked [Blauser to third, Lofton to second]; MARTIN REPLACED LIMA (PITCHING); McGriff walked [Blauser scored, Lofton to third, C. Jones to second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 3, Braves 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Astros 3 8 1 11 Braves 4 8 0 10
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