Atlanta Braves 6, Houston Astros 4
Regular Season Game 139
Played on Tuesday, September 1, 1998 (N) at Turner Field
HOU N 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 - 4 12 1 ATL N 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 x - 6 11 1
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Biggio 2b 4 2 3 1 1 0 1 3 Spiers 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 Berry 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bell rf 5 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 Bagwell 1b 4 0 1 0 1 0 6 2 Alou lf 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Hidalgo cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 Elarton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Meluskey ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Henry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eusebio c 4 0 1 0 0 2 6 0 Gutierrez ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 Bergman p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Everett cf 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 38 4 12 4 3 4 24 8 FIELDING - DP: 2. Bell-Bagwell, Bagwell-Gutierrez. E: Eusebio (3). BATTING - 2B: Gutierrez (21,off Neagle); Biggio (43,off Neagle). 3B: Spiers (4,off Neagle); Gutierrez (2,off Neagle). HR: Biggio (18,1st inning off Neagle 0 on 0 out). GDP: Meluskey (1,off O. Perez); Bagwell (12,off Ligtenberg). Team LOB: 10.
Atlanta Braves AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Guillen ss 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 Lockhart 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Graffanino ph,2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 C. Jones 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 Galarraga 1b 3 2 2 0 1 0 7 0 Klesko lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 5 0 Seanez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lopez c 3 1 2 3 1 1 4 0 A. Jones cf 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 Tucker rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Neagle p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Pride ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 O. Perez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Williams lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 32 6 11 6 5 6 27 9 FIELDING - DP: 2. Guillen-Graffanino-Galarraga, C. Jones-Graffanino-Galarraga. E: Guillen (6). BATTING - HR: C. Jones (32,4th inning off Bergman 0 on 0 out); Lopez (32,4th inning off Bergman 2 on 0 out). SH: Neagle (8,off Bergman). GDP: Klesko (9,off Bergman). Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING - SB: Lopez (4,2nd base off Bergman/Eusebio); Galarraga 2 (5,2nd base off Elarton/Eusebio,2nd base off Henry/Eusebio).
PITCHING
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bergman 4 7 4 4 2 1 2 19 Nitkowski 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 Elarton L(1-1) 1.2 1 1 1 2 2 0 8 Henry 2 2 1 1 1 2 0 9 Totals 8 11 6 6 5 6 2 38 WP: Henry (5). Inherited Runners - Scored: Elarton 1-0. .
Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Neagle W(14-11) 6 10 4 4 1 3 1 29 O. Perez 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 Seanez 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 Ligtenberg SV(25) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 9 12 4 4 3 4 1 41 Umpires: HP - Mike Winters, 1B - Gary Darling, 2B - Steve Rippley, 3B - Larry Poncino Time of Game: 3:06 Attendance: 31168 Starting Lineups: Houston Astros Atlanta Braves 1. Biggio 2b Guillen ss 2. Spiers 3b Lockhart 2b 3. Bell rf C. Jones 3b 4. Bagwell 1b Galarraga 1b 5. Alou lf Klesko lf 6. Hidalgo cf Lopez c 7. Eusebio c A. Jones cf 8. Gutierrez ss Tucker rf 9. Bergman p Neagle p ASTROS 1ST: Biggio homered; Spiers lined to left; Bell was called out on strikes; Bagwell walked; Alou flied to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Guillen singled to left; Lockhart lined to right; C. Jones lined into a double play (right to first) [Guillen out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. ASTROS 2ND: Hidalgo grounded out (shortstop to first); Eusebio struck out; Gutierrez doubled to center; Bergman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Galarraga singled to left; Klesko grounded into a double play (first to shortstop) [Galarraga out at second]; Lopez singled to left; Lopez stole second [Lopez to third (error by Eusebio)]; A. Jones struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. ASTROS 3RD: Biggio grounded out (pitcher to first); Spiers popped to left; Bell singled to left; Bagwell flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Tucker lined to center; Neagle singled to shortstop; Guillen popped to right; Lockhart grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. ASTROS 4TH: Alou lined to left; Hidalgo singled to right; Eusebio singled to center [Hidalgo to second]; Gutierrez popped to third; Bergman popped to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 4TH: C. Jones homered; Galarraga walked; Klesko singled to center [Galarraga to third]; Lopez homered [Galarraga scored, Klesko scored]; A. Jones walked; Tucker flied to center; Neagle out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [A. Jones to second]; Guillen grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Braves 4. ASTROS 5TH: Biggio singled to right; Spiers tripled to right [Biggio scored]; Bell grounded out (second to first) [Spiers scored]; Bagwell singled to right; Alou flied to center; Hidalgo flied to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Braves 4. BRAVES 5TH: NITKOWSKI REPLACED BERGMAN (PITCHING); GRAFFANINO BATTED FOR LOCKHART; Graffanino singled to center; C. Jones struck out; ELARTON REPLACED HIDALGO (PITCHING); EVERETT REPLACED NITKOWSKI (PLAYING CF); Galarraga forced Graffanino (shortstop unassisted); Galarraga stole second; Klesko struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Braves 4. ASTROS 6TH: GRAFFANINO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Eusebio flied to right; Gutierrez tripled to center; Everett grounded out (shortstop to first) [Gutierrez scored]; Biggio doubled to left; Spiers flied to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 4. BRAVES 6TH: Lopez struck out; A. Jones walked; Tucker popped to third; PRIDE BATTED FOR NEAGLE; Pride walked [A. Jones to second]; Guillen singled to right [A. Jones scored, Pride to third]; Graffanino flied to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 5. ASTROS 7TH: O. PEREZ REPLACED PRIDE (PITCHING); Bell reached on an error by Guillen; Debut game for Odalis Perez; Bagwell flied to left; Alou walked [Bell to second]; MELUSKEY BATTED FOR ELARTON; Meluskey grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Alou out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 5. BRAVES 7TH: HENRY REPLACED MELUSKEY (PITCHING); C. Jones grounded out (second to first); Galarraga singled to left; Klesko was called out on strikes while Galarraga stole second; Henry threw a wild pitch [Galarraga to third]; Lopez walked; A. Jones singled to left [Galarraga scored, Lopez to second]; BERRY REPLACED SPIERS (PLAYING 3B); Tucker grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 6. ASTROS 8TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED O. PEREZ (PLAYING LF); SEANEZ REPLACED KLESKO (PITCHING); Eusebio was called out on strikes; Gutierrez lined to shortstop; Everett singled to center; Biggio walked [Everett to second]; Berry lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 6. BRAVES 8TH: Williams struck out; Guillen popped to shortstop; Graffanino grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 6. ASTROS 9TH: LIGTENBERG REPLACED SEANEZ (PITCHING); Bell singled to center; Bagwell grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Bell out at second]; Alou grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 6. Final Totals R H E LOB Astros 4 12 1 10 Braves 6 11 1 8
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