August 24, 2003 Atlanta Braves at Colorado Rockies Box Score and Play by Play

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BOS 6
SEA 1 TEX 5
@CHW 0 DET 10
ANA 9 MIN 8
KCR 1 NYY 7
BAL 0 CLE 7
@TBD 5 OAK 17
@TOR 2 CHC 5
@ARI 3 ATL 12
@COL 6 HOU 6
CIN 3 NYM 2
@LAD 1 MIL 10
PIT 9 MON 8
@SDP 4 FLA 7
@SFG 4 STL 3
PHI 0

Standings at end of play this day

Coors Field, Attendance: 31,227

Sunday, August 24, 2003, 1:05PM
Time of Game: 3:12

Braves

84-46

Won 3

1st

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Braves          0  1  3   3  0  2   2  1  0   12 17  0
Rockies         1  0  0   0  0  1   2  0  2    6 11  2

W: R Ortiz (18-5), L: D Stark (2-2)

Rockies

64-69

Lost 3

4th, 16 GB

BATTING

Atlanta Braves               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Furcal SS                   6   4   4   2    0   1  .288  .798   23    0   7   HR,2B
M Giles 2B                    5   0   0   0    0   1  .310  .911   20    2   2   HBP
G Sheffield RF                5   2   1   3    0   0  .331 1.034   25    2   0   HR,SF
C Jones LF                    4   1   4   2    0   0  .298  .905   15    0   0   2·2B
  D Bragg PR-LF               2   0   1   0    0   1  .242  .601    8    2   0   
A Jones CF                    5   1   1   1    0   0  .279  .865   15    2   0   
J Lopez C                     3   0   1   1    2   1  .326 1.047   25    6   0   
M Franco 1B                   3   1   1   0    2   0  .290  .735   21   12   0   2B
V Castilla 3B                 5   2   2   1    0   2  .283  .799   22    0   3   HR
R Ortiz P                     3   1   1   1    0   1  .230  .666   15    1   0   SF
  R King P                    0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  M DeRosa PH                 1   0   1   0    0   0  .232  .629    1    0   0   
  J Marquis P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .500 1.500         0   1   
Totals                       42  12  17  11    4   7              190   27  13

BATTING

2B: R Furcal (27, off C Vance); M Franco (5, off D Stark); C Jones 2 (25, off C Vance, off D Stark).

HR: G Sheffield (33, off D Stark; 3rd inn, 1 on, 1 out to LF); R Furcal (15, off C Vance; 7th inn, 1 on, 0 outs to LF); V Castilla (21, off J Lopez; 8th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to LF).

SF: G Sheffield (6, off D Stark); R Ortiz (1, off D Stark).

HBP: M Giles (9, by D Stark).

TB: R Furcal 8; C Jones 6; V Castilla 5; G Sheffield 4; M Franco 2; J Lopez; D Bragg; M DeRosa; R Ortiz; A Jones.

RBI: G Sheffield 3 (105); R Furcal 2 (49); C Jones 2 (80); J Lopez (85); A Jones (95); V Castilla (70); R Ortiz (8).

2-out RBI: V Castilla; J Lopez; C Jones.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 3 for 14.

Colorado Rockies             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
P Ozuna SS-CF                 4   3   3   0    0   0  .444 1.056   13    1   1   2B,SB,HBP
R Belliard 2B                 5   0   1   1    0   2  .280  .728   20    1   1   
T Helton 1B                   3   0   1   1    0   0  .358 1.083   15    4   0   
  G Norton PH-1B              1   0   1   3    0   0  .256  .741   12    2   0   2B,SF
P Wilson CF                   3   0   0   0    0   1  .292  .907   10    3   0   
  J Uribe SS                  2   0   0   0    0   0  .249  .697    6    0   1   
J Payton LF                   4   1   1   1    0   0  .309  .864   11    3   0   HR
M Bellhorn 3B                 3   0   1   0    1   0  .216  .638   15    1   1   
R Reyes RF                    4   0   0   0    0   0  .262  .679   14    4   1   
M Romero C                    4   1   2   0    0   1  .429 1.127   14    8   1   2B
D Stark P                     1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .158    6    0   2   
  C Stynes PH                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .265  .781    5    0   0   
  C Vance P                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    6    0   0   
  J Lopez P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .500         0   1   
  J Speier P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  L Walker PH                 1   1   1   0    0   0  .289  .906    5    0   0   
Totals                       37   6  11   6    1   5              152   27   9

BATTING

2B: P Ozuna (1, off J Marquis); G Norton (13, off R King); M Romero (1, off R Ortiz).

HR: J Payton (19, off R Ortiz; 6th inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF).

SF: G Norton (1, off J Marquis).

HBP: P Ozuna (1, by R Ortiz).

TB: J Payton 4; P Ozuna 4; M Romero 3; G Norton 2; L Walker; T Helton; R Belliard; M Bellhorn.

RBI: G Norton 3 (26); T Helton (106); J Payton (68); R Belliard (36).

2-out RBI: G Norton 2.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 4 for 9.

FIELDING

E: P Ozuna (1); M Romero (1).

BASERUNNING

SB: P Ozuna (2, 2nd base off R Ortiz/J Lopez).

PITCHING

Atlanta Braves                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
R Ortiz, W (18-5)              6.2   7   4   4    1   5   1   3.56   29  118-73   51· 7·15    9· 5· 8· 0     48    -     0.58   0.12
R King                         0.1   1   0   0    0   0   0   3.62    2    9-5     2· 2· 1    1· 0· 1· 0          2-2    0.09  -0.00
J Marquis                      2     3   2   2    0   0   0   6.49    9   25-17   10· 0· 7    4· 3· 2· 0          0-0    0.03   0.00
Totals                         9    11   6   6    1   5   1          40  152-95   63· 9·23   14· 8·11· 0          2-2

Colorado Rockies              IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Stark, L (2-2)               5    10   7   6    2   4   1   5.93   27  103-64   34·12·18    6· 7· 7· 0     23    -     0.93  -0.35
C Vance                        2     5   4   3    2   1   1   4.91   14   58-31   21· 4· 6    3· 6· 2· 0          0-0    0.08  -0.03
J Lopez                        1     2   1   1    0   1   1   4.28    5   19-12    8· 0· 4    3· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.01  -0.00
J Speier                       1     0   0   0    0   1   0   3.52    3    8-7     6· 1· 0    0· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9    17  12  10    4   7   3          49  188-114  69·17·28   12·16· 9· 0           -

Balks: None.

WP: D Stark (1).

IBB: None.

HBP: D Stark (3; M Giles); R Ortiz (3; P Ozuna).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Steve Rippley, 1B - Jerry Meals, 2B - Matt Hollowell, 3B - Gary Darling.

Time of Game: 3:12.

Attendance: 31,227.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 85° F, Wind 6mph from Right to Left, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   Atlanta Braves                Colorado Rockies                     
1. R Furcal             SS    1. P Ozuna              SS 
2. M Giles              2B    2. R Belliard           2B 
3. G Sheffield          RF    3. T Helton             1B 
4. C Jones              LF    4. P Wilson             CF 
5. A Jones              CF    5. J Payton             LF 
6. J Lopez              C     6. M Bellhorn           3B 
7. M Franco             1B    7. R Reyes              RF 
8. V Castilla           3B    8. M Romero             C  
9. R Ortiz              P     9. D Stark              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 3   1  1-1  1--  5   17%  68% G Sheffield     D Stark         Home Run (Line Drive); Furcal Scores
   b 1   1  0-0  -2-  3   -8%  36% T Helton        R Ortiz         Single to LF (Line Drive); Ozuna Scores
   t 2   1  1-1  1-3  4   -7%  50% V Castilla      D Stark         Strikeout Swinging
   t 3   2  1-3  -2-  2    6%  74% J Lopez         D Stark         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep 2B-1B); Jones Scores; Lopez out at 2B/RF-C-SS-2B
   t 2   0  1-0  1--  5    6%  50% A Jones         D Stark         Single to LF (Line Drive); Jones to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Dennis Stark facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  5   48%  R Furcal        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  7   46%  M Giles         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   45%  G Sheffield     Lineout: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Rockies 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Rockies Batting, Tied 0-0, Russ Ortiz facing 1-2-3
          ---  3   42%  P Ozuna         Hit By Pitch
   O      1--  5   43%  R Belliard      Strikeout Swinging, Ozuna Steals 2B
   R      -2-  3   36%  T Helton        Single to LF (Line Drive); Ozuna Scores
   O      1--  4   38%  P Wilson        Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  1   41%  J Payton        Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Rockies 1.

Top of the 2nd, Braves Batting, Behind 0-1, Dennis Stark facing 4-5-6
          ---  6   44%  C Jones         Single to SS (Ground Ball)
          1--  5   50%  A Jones         Single to LF (Line Drive); Jones to 2B
          12-      55%  J Lopez         Wild Pitch; Jones to 3B; Jones to 2B
          -23  5   57%  " "             Walk
   RO     123  3   56%  M Franco        Groundout: P-C/Forceout at Hm; Jones Scores/Adv on E2 (throw)/unER/No RBI; Lopez to 3B
   O      1-3  4   50%  V Castilla      Strikeout Swinging
   O      1-3  3   44%  R Ortiz         Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Rockies 1.

Bottom of the 2nd, Rockies Batting, Tied 1-1, Russ Ortiz facing 6-7-8
          ---  5   41%  M Bellhorn      Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  1   44%  R Reyes         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  4   48%  M Romero        Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  6   50%  D Stark         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Rockies 1.

Top of the 3rd, Braves Batting, Tied 1-1, Dennis Stark facing 1-2-3
          ---  3   54%  R Furcal        Single to P (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  6   50%  M Giles         Flyball: CF
   RR     1--  5   68%  G Sheffield     Home Run (Line Drive); Furcal Scores
          ---  3   71%  C Jones         Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
   O      -2-  1   68%  A Jones         Flyball: LF
   RO     -2-  2   74%  J Lopez         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep 2B-1B); Jones Scores; Lopez out at 2B/RF-C-SS-2B
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Rockies 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Rockies Batting, Behind 1-4, Russ Ortiz facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   76%  P Ozuna         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  5   78%  R Belliard      Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3   79%  T Helton        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Rockies 1.

Top of the 4th, Braves Batting, Ahead 4-1, Dennis Stark facing 7-8-9
          ---  7   82%  M Franco        Walk
          1--  4   87%  V Castilla      Single to RF (Line Drive); Franco to 3B
   RO     1-3  2   86%  R Ortiz         Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Franco Scores
          1--  4   89%  R Furcal        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep 2B-1B); Castilla to 3B
          1-3  1   90%  M Giles         Hit By Pitch; Furcal to 2B
   RO     123  4   90%  G Sheffield     Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Castilla Scores
   R      12-  4   94%  C Jones         Single to LF (Line Drive); Furcal Scores; Giles to 2B
   O      12-  2   93%  A Jones         Flyball: CF
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 7, Rockies 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Rockies Batting, Behind 1-7, Russ Ortiz facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  3   94%  P Wilson        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3   95%  J Payton        Flyball: CF (CF-RF)
          ---  5   94%  M Bellhorn      Walk
   O      1--  6   95%  R Reyes         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 7, Rockies 1.

Top of the 5th, Braves Batting, Ahead 7-1, Dennis Stark facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  7   95%  J Lopez         Lineout: RF
          ---  1   95%  M Franco        Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
   O      -2-  2   95%  V Castilla      Groundout: P-1B; Franco to 3B
   O      --3  4   94%  R Ortiz         Popfly: 1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 7, Rockies 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Rockies Batting, Behind 1-7, Russ Ortiz facing 8-9-1
          ---  5   92%  M Romero        Single to LF (Line Drive)
                  Chris Stynes pinch hits for Dennis Stark batting 9th
   O      1--  5   94%  C Stynes        Strikeout Swinging
          1--  2   92%  P Ozuna         Single to RF (Line Drive); Romero to 2B
   O      12-  4   95%  R Belliard      Lineout: RF
   O      12-  9   97%  T Helton        Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 7, Rockies 1.

Top of the 6th, Braves Batting, Ahead 7-1, Cory Vance facing 1-2-3
                  Cory Vance replaces Chris Stynes pitching and batting 9th
          ---  4   97%  R Furcal        Double to RF (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
   O      -2-  4   97%  M Giles         Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
          -2-  6   97%  G Sheffield     Reached on E6 (Ground Ball)
   R      12-  2   99%  C Jones         Ground-rule Double (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Furcal Scores; Sheffield to 3B
                  Darren Bragg pinch runs for Chipper Jones batting 4th
   RO     -23  3   99%  A Jones         Groundout: 2B-1B; Sheffield Scores/unER; Bragg to 3B
          --3  4   99%  J Lopez         Walk
          1-3  7   99%  M Franco        Walk; Lopez to 2B
   O      123  6   99%  V Castilla      Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB. Braves 9, Rockies 1.

Bottom of the 6th, Rockies Batting, Behind 1-9, Russ Ortiz facing 4-5-6
                  Darren Bragg moves to LF
   O      ---  3   99%  P Wilson        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   R      ---  6   98%  J Payton        Home Run (Line Drive)
   O      ---  2   99%  M Bellhorn      Lineout: P
   O      ---  6   99%  R Reyes         Groundout: SS-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 9, Rockies 2.

Top of the 7th, Braves Batting, Ahead 9-2, Cory Vance facing 9-1-2
                  Juan Uribe replaces Preston Wilson playing SS batting 4th; Pablo Ozuna moves to CF
          ---  6   99%  R Ortiz         Single to CF (Line Drive)
   RR     1--  3  100%  R Furcal        Home Run (Fly Ball); Ortiz Scores
   O      ---  1  100%  M Giles         Flyball: CF
   O      ---  4  100%  G Sheffield     Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  4  100%  D Bragg         Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B)
   O      1--  4  100%  A Jones         Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 11, Rockies 2.

Bottom of the 7th, Rockies Batting, Behind 2-11, Russ Ortiz facing 8-9-1
          ---  2   99%  M Romero        Double to LF (Fly Ball to LF Line)
   O      -2-  6  100%  C Vance         Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
          -2-  1   99%  P Ozuna         Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Romero to 3B
   O      1-3  5  100%  R Belliard      Strikeout Looking
                  Ray King replaces Russ Ortiz pitching and batting 9th; Greg Norton pinch hits for Todd Helton batting 3rd
   RR     1-3  6   99%  G Norton        Double to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Romero Scores; Ozuna Scores
   O      -2-  3   99%  J Uribe         Groundout: 3B-1B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 11, Rockies 4.

Top of the 8th, Braves Batting, Ahead 11-4, Javier Lopez facing 6-7-8
                  Javier Lopez replaces Cory Vance pitching and batting 9th; Greg Norton moves to 1B
   O      ---  5   99%  J Lopez         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3   99%  M Franco        Groundout: P-1B
   R      ---  6  100%  V Castilla      Home Run (Fly Ball)
                  Mark DeRosa pinch hits for Ray King batting 9th
          ---  1  100%  M DeRosa        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Deep SS-2B)
   O      1--  4  100%  R Furcal        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 12, Rockies 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Rockies Batting, Behind 4-12, Jason Marquis facing 5-6-7
                  Jason Marquis replaces Mark DeRosa pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  1  100%  J Payton        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3  100%  M Bellhorn      Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  1  100%  R Reyes         Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 12, Rockies 4.

Top of the 9th, Braves Batting, Ahead 12-4, Justin Speier facing 2-3-4
                  Justin Speier replaces Javier Lopez pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  1  100%  M Giles         Flyball: RF
   O      ---  3  100%  G Sheffield     Popfly: 3B
   O      ---  4  100%  D Bragg         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 12, Rockies 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Rockies Batting, Behind 4-12, Jason Marquis facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  3  100%  M Romero        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  Larry Walker pinch hits for Justin Speier batting 9th
          ---  5  100%  L Walker        Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  2  100%  P Ozuna         Double to CF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Walker to 3B
   R      -23  1  100%  R Belliard      Single to SS (Ground Ball); Walker Scores; Ozuna to 3B
   RO     1-3  6  100%  G Norton        Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Ozuna Scores
   O      1--  3  100%  J Uribe         Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
        2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 12, Rockies 6.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation