August 21, 1995 Atlanta Braves at Houston Astros Box Score and Play by Play

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BOS 6
@CAL 4 CHW 7
@DET 3 MIL 3
KCR 1 KCR 18
@MIL 9 OAK 13
NYY 4 SEA 6
BAL 0 TEX 12
MIN 5 CLE 7
@TOR 3 ATL 5
@HOU 4 LAD 7
@MON 2 NYM 5
SFG 4
(11) PHI 3
SDP 1 PIT 5
FLA 3 STL 8
CIN 6

Standings at end of play this day

Astrodome, Attendance: 15,291

Monday, August 21, 1995, 7:05
Time of Game: 2:59

Braves

68-39

Won 2

1st

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

W: T Glavine (12-5), L: C McMurtry (0-1), S: M Wohlers (18)

Astros

57-50

Lost 5

2nd, 10 GB

BATTING

Atlanta Braves               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
M Grissom CF                  5   0   0   0    0   1  .256  .682   17    1   0   
J Blauser SS                  4   2   0   0    0   1  .217  .672   19    2   3   HBP
C Jones 3B                    5   1   2   0    0   0  .273  .830   11    0   3   2B,CS
F McGriff 1B                  4   1   2   3    0   1  .270  .822   14    9   2   HR
D Justice RF                  3   1   1   0    1   1  .272  .904   19    5   0   
R Klesko LF                   3   0   3   2    1   0  .319 1.005   15    0   1   3B,2·2B
J Lopez C                     4   0   1   0    0   0  .301  .814   11    6   0   
M Lemke 2B                    3   0   0   0    1   1  .236  .643   20    3   3   IW
T Glavine P                   3   0   0   0    0   1  .224  .541    7    1   4   
  D Smith PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .267  .784    2    0   0   
  G McMichael P               0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  M Wohlers P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
Totals                       35   5   9   5    3   6              135   27  16

BATTING

2B: C Jones (19, off C McMurtry); R Klesko 2 (18, off D Drabek, off D Hartgraves).

3B: R Klesko (2, off D Drabek).

HR: F McGriff (19, off D Drabek; 6th inn, 1 on, 1 out to Deep CF-RF).

IBB: M Lemke (2, by D Drabek).

HBP: J Blauser (8, by D Drabek).

TB: R Klesko 7; F McGriff 5; C Jones 3; D Justice; J Lopez.

RBI: F McGriff 3 (70); R Klesko 2 (44).

2-out RBI: R Klesko.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 3 for 9.

FIELDING

DP: 2. J Blauser-M Lemke-F McGriff; T Glavine-J Blauser-F McGriff.

E: J Blauser (11).

BASERUNNING

CS: C Jones (4, 2nd base by D Drabek/T Eusebio).

Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
B Hunter CF                   5   0   1   0    0   0  .325  .782   26    5   0   
J Mouton LF                   4   1   0   0    1   0  .263  .706   14    1   1   GDP
C Biggio 2B                   4   0   1   0    0   0  .296  .902   14    3   2   
D Bell RF                     3   1   1   0    1   1  .329  .808   17    1   0   SB
T Eusebio C                   4   1   1   2    0   2  .323  .825   15    7   1   2B
D Magadan 1B                  4   0   2   2    0   1  .279  .757   25    8   2   
C Shipley 3B                  4   0   3   0    0   0  .263  .647   10    0   3   2B
R Gutierrez SS                2   0   0   0    0   0  .222  .483    7    1   2   SH,GDP
  M Thompson PH               1   0   1   0    0   0  .204  .568    2    0   0   
D Drabek P                    1   0   0   0    0   1  .205  .466    3    0   1   
  J Cangelosi PH              1   1   1   0    0   0  .354  .926    5    0   0   
  C McMurtry P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  D Hartgraves P              0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         1   0   
  M Simms PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .308  .958    3    0   0   
  D Veres P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  D May PH                    1   0   0   0    0   0  .262  .675    2    0   0   
Totals                       35   4  11   4    2   5              143   27  12

BATTING

2B: T Eusebio (21, off T Glavine); C Shipley (7, off M Wohlers).

SH: R Gutierrez (1, off T Glavine).

TB: C Shipley 4; D Magadan 2; T Eusebio 2; J Cangelosi; C Biggio; M Thompson; B Hunter; D Bell.

GIDP: R Gutierrez (1); J Mouton (4).

RBI: D Magadan 2 (30); T Eusebio 2 (47).

2-out RBI: D Magadan 2; T Eusebio 2.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 3 for 13.

FIELDING

E: R Gutierrez 2 (3).

BASERUNNING

SB: D Bell (26, 2nd base off M Wohlers/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
T Glavine, W (12-5)            7     8   4   0    1   3   0   2.94   28   99-62   32·15·15   16· 4· 4· 0     55    -     1.52  -0.17
G McMichael, H (15)            0.1   1   0   0    1   0   0   3.00    3   14-6     4· 2· 0    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    3.23  -0.19
M Wohlers, S (18)              1.2   2   0   0    0   2   0   1.86    7   23-19   11· 5· 3    3· 1· 1· 0          2-0    5.44   0.52
Totals                         9    11   4   0    2   5   0          38  136-87   47·22·18   20· 6· 5· 0          2-0

Houston Astros                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Drabek                       6     7   3   3    2   5   1   4.73   27   91-57   38· 2·17    8· 6· 5· 0     49    -     1.13  -0.07
C McMurtry, H (1), L (0-1)     0.1   1   2   0    0   0   0  11.25    3    9-6     3· 1· 2    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    1.76  -0.17
D Hartgraves, BS (1)           0.2   1   0   0    1   0   0   2.73    3   12-6     3· 2· 1    1· 1· 0· 0          2-2    2.80  -0.17
D Veres                        2     0   0   0    0   1   0   1.84    6   22-15    8· 0· 7    2· 3· 0· 0          0-0    0.66   0.09
Totals                         9     9   5   3    3   6   1          39  134-84   52· 5·27   12·11· 6· 0          2-2

Balks: None.

WP: T Glavine (2).

IBB: D Drabek (3; M Lemke).

HBP: D Drabek (5; J Blauser).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Gerry Davis, 2B - Wally Bell, 3B - Mike Winters.

Time of Game: 2:59.

Attendance: 15,291.

Weather: In Dome.

LINEUPS

   Atlanta Braves                Houston Astros                       
1. M Grissom            CF    1. B Hunter             CF 
2. J Blauser            SS    2. J Mouton             LF 
3. C Jones              3B    3. C Biggio             2B 
4. F McGriff            1B    4. D Bell               RF 
5. D Justice            RF    5. T Eusebio            C  
6. R Klesko             LF    6. D Magadan            1B 
7. J Lopez              C     7. C Shipley            3B 
8. M Lemke              2B    8. R Gutierrez          SS 
9. T Glavine            P     9. D Drabek             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 9   0  5-4  1-3  2   33%  67% D May           M Wohlers       Fielder's Choice 3B; Shipley out at Hm/3B-C; Thompson to 2B; May to 1B
   b 6   2  3-2  -23  7  -29%  30% D Magadan       T Glavine       Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep SS-3B Hole); Bell Scores/unER; Eusebio Scores/unER; Magadan out at 2B/LF-P-2B
   b 9   0  5-4  ---  2  -24%  56% C Shipley       M Wohlers       Double to RF (Line Drive)
   t 6   1  0-0  -2-  4   24%  77% F McGriff       D Drabek        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Blauser Scores
   b 9   2  5-4  -23  1   24% 100% J Mouton        M Wohlers       Flyball: RF (Short RF Line)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Doug Drabek facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  2   48%  M Grissom       Groundout: SS-1B (SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  5   46%  J Blauser       Groundout: P-1B (P's Left)
   O      ---  1   45%  C Jones         Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Tom Glavine facing 1-2-3
          ---  3   42%  B Hunter        Single to RF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF)
   OO     1--  4   49%  J Mouton        Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B (P's Right)
   O      ---  6   50%  C Biggio        Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0.

Top of the 2nd, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Doug Drabek facing 4-5-6
          ---  1   54%  F McGriff       Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line)
   O      1--  2   52%  D Justice       Groundout: 1B; McGriff to 2B/Safe on E6 (catch)
          -2-  4   54%  R Klesko        Walk
          12-  5   60%  J Lopez         Single to CF (Line Drive); McGriff to 3B; Klesko to 2B
   O      123  5   53%  M Lemke         Strikeout Looking
   O      123  1   45%  T Glavine       Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Tom Glavine facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   47%  D Bell          Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3   49%  T Eusebio       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   50%  D Magadan       Groundout: 1B-P
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0.

Top of the 3rd, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Doug Drabek facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   48%  M Grissom       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   46%  J Blauser       Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  2   47%  C Jones         Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF)
   O      1--  1   45%  F McGriff       Jones Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Tom Glavine facing 7-8-9
          ---  3   41%  C Shipley       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   OO     1--  2   49%  R Gutierrez     Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  3   50%  D Drabek        Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0.

Top of the 4th, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Doug Drabek facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   47%  F McGriff       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5   45%  D Justice       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   48%  R Klesko        Double to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   O      -2-  1   44%  J Lopez         Lineout: 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Tom Glavine facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   47%  B Hunter        Groundout: P-1B (P's Left)
   O      ---  2   49%  J Mouton        Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  1   47%  C Biggio        Single to RF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  3   50%  D Bell          Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0.

Top of the 5th, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Doug Drabek facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  5   47%  M Lemke         Flyball: CF (Short LF-CF)
   O      ---  3   45%  T Glavine       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5   44%  M Grissom       Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Tom Glavine facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5   46%  T Eusebio       Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
          ---  5   43%  D Magadan       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  2   47%  C Shipley       Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B (2B-1B); Shipley to 1B
   O      1--  3   50%  R Gutierrez     Flyball: RF (Short RF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0.

Top of the 6th, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Doug Drabek facing 2-3-4
          ---  4   55%  J Blauser       Hit By Pitch
   O      1--  2   53%  C Jones         Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B); Blauser to 2B
   RR     -2-  4   77%  F McGriff       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Blauser Scores
          ---  5   79%  D Justice       Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF)
   R      1--  4   90%  R Klesko        Triple to CF (Fly Ball); Justice Scores
   O      --3  3   87%  J Lopez         Popfly: 2B (SS-2B)
          --3  4   87%  M Lemke         Intentional Walk
   O      1-3  3   85%  T Glavine       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 6th, Astros Batting, Behind 0-3, Tom Glavine facing 9-1-2
                  John Cangelosi pinch hits for Doug Drabek batting 9th
          ---  5   80%  J Cangelosi     Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--      78%  B Hunter        Wild Pitch; Cangelosi to 2B
   O      -2-  6   83%  " "             Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
          -2-  1   80%  J Mouton        Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); Mouton to 1B
   O      12-  2   85%  C Biggio        Flyball: RF; Cangelosi to 3B
          1-3  6   81%  D Bell          Walk; Mouton to 2B
   RR     123  2   59%  T Eusebio       Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Cangelosi Scores/unER; Mouton Scores/unER; Bell to 3B
   RRO    -23  7   30%  D Magadan       Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep SS-3B Hole); Bell Scores/unER; Eusebio Scores/unER; Magadan out at 2B/LF-P-2B
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 4.

Top of the 7th, Braves Batting, Behind 3-4, Craig McMurtry facing 1-2-3
                  Craig McMurtry replaces John Cangelosi pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  5   26%  M Grissom       Flyball: RF (Deep RF Line)
          ---  3   31%  J Blauser       Reached on E6 (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Blauser to 1B
          1--  1   47%  C Jones         Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Blauser to 3B
                  Dean Hartgraves replaces Craig McMurtry pitching and batting 9th
   RO     -23  4   48%  F McGriff       Groundout: 1B-P; Blauser Scores/unER; Jones to 3B
          --3  7   50%  D Justice       Walk
   RO     1-3  1   65%  R Klesko        Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Jones Scores/unER; Justice out at Hm/LF-SS-C
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 7th, Astros Batting, Behind 4-5, Tom Glavine facing 7-8-9
          ---  3   57%  C Shipley       Single to 2B (Ground Ball to 2B-1B)
   O      1--  2   60%  R Gutierrez     Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Shipley to 2B
                  Mike Simms pinch hits for Dean Hartgraves batting 9th
   O      -2-  3   67%  M Simms         Flyball: RF (Deep RF); Shipley to 3B
   O      --3  3   75%  B Hunter        Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Astros 4.

Top of the 8th, Braves Batting, Ahead 5-4, Dave Veres facing 7-8-9
                  Dave Veres replaces Mike Simms pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  2   73%  J Lopez         Flyball: CF
   O      ---  6   72%  M Lemke         Groundout: 3B-1B
                  Dwight Smith pinch hits for Tom Glavine batting 9th
   O      ---  2   70%  D Smith         Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Astros Batting, Behind 4-5, Greg McMichael facing 2-3-4
                  Greg McMichael replaces Dwight Smith pitching and batting 9th
          ---  6   61%  J Mouton        Walk
   O      1--  5   70%  C Biggio        Flyball: CF
          1--  3   51%  D Bell          Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Mouton to 3B
                  Mark Wohlers replaces Greg McMichael pitching and batting 9th
   O      1-3  5   70%  T Eusebio       Strikeout Swinging
          1-3      67%  D Magadan       Bell Steals 2B
   O      -23  6   84%  " "             Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 5, Astros 4.

Top of the 9th, Braves Batting, Ahead 5-4, Dave Veres facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  1   83%  M Grissom       Flyball: CF
   O      ---  6   82%  J Blauser       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5   81%  C Jones         Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Astros Batting, Behind 4-5, Mark Wohlers facing 7-8-9
          ---  2   56%  C Shipley       Double to RF (Line Drive)
                  Milt Thompson pinch hits for Ricky Gutierrez batting 8th
          -2-  2   34%  M Thompson      Single to 1B (Bunt Popup to Weak SS-2B); Shipley to 3B
                  Derrick May pinch hits for Dave Veres batting 9th
   O      1-3  2   67%  D May           Fielder's Choice 3B; Shipley out at Hm/3B-C; Thompson to 2B; May to 1B
   O      12-  5   76%  B Hunter        Groundout: 1B unassisted; Thompson to 3B; May to 2B
   O      -23  1  100%  J Mouton        Flyball: RF (Short RF Line)
        0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 5, Astros 4.

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