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TEX  2
@DET  1

KCR  6
CHW  4

ANA  8
@MIN  3

NYY  5
OAK  1

SEA  4
@TBD  2

(11)
CLE  6
@TOR  3

(10)
FLA 11
@ARI  5

CHC  5
@COL  1

ATL  6
@HOU  5

LAD  8
PIT  3

NYM 11
@MIL  6

PHI  5
@SDP  3

(10)
CIN 12
@SFG  3

STL  2
MON  1

Standings at end of play this day

Minute Maid Park, Attendance: 37,015

Thursday, August 5, 2004, 7:06PM
Time of Game: 3:23
Braves
6
60-47
Won 2
1st
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Braves          0  1  0   0  0  4   0  0  1    6 11  1
Astros          1  0  0   2  2  0   0  0  0    5  9  1
W: J Cruz (4-0), L: D Miceli (4-6), S: J Smoltz (27)
Astros
5
54-54
Lost 2
3rd, 15½ GB

BATTING

Atlanta Braves               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Furcal SS                   5   0   3   0    0   1  .270  .757   21    1   2   2·SB
N Green 2B                    4   0   0   0    0   3  .274  .708   30    4   0   SH
J Drew RF                     4   1   1   0    1   0  .303 1.009   19    4   0   
C Jones 3B                    4   1   3   0    1   0  .238  .784   18    0   4   2B,IW
A Jones CF                    4   2   1   0    1   1  .265  .853   18    4   0   SB,IW
J Franco 1B                   3   1   1   2    1   0  .286  .796   20    8   1   2B
  M DeRosa PR                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .235  .613         0   0   
  J Cruz P                    0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .333         0   0   
  M Giles PH                  0   0   0   1    0   0  .313  .842    2    0   0   SF
  J Smoltz P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
E Marrero LF                  5   1   1   2    0   1  .336  .957   26    3   0   HR
E Perez C                     2   0   0   0    0   1  .178  .471    7    1   0   
  C Thomas PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .337  .905    1    0   0   
  A Alfonseca P               0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  A LaRoche PH-1B             1   0   1   0    0   0  .250  .696    3    1   0   
M Hampton P                   2   0   0   0    0   2  .114  .397    9    0   1   
  K Gryboski P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  T Martin P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Estrada PH-C              2   0   0   0    0   1  .329  .862    6    1   0   
Totals                       37   6  11   5    4  10              180   27   8
BATTING
2B: J Franco (9, off M Gallo); C Jones (13, off D Miceli).
HR: E Marrero (7, off D Weathers; 6th inn, 1 on, 1 out to LF).
SF: M Giles (7, off D Miceli).
SH: N Green (8, off D Weathers).
IBB: A Jones (7, by D Miceli); C Jones (6, by D Weathers).
TB: E Marrero 4; C Jones 4; R Furcal 3; J Franco 2; A LaRoche; J Drew; A Jones.
RBI: J Franco 2 (35); E Marrero 2 (28); M Giles (28).
Team LOB: 10.
With RISP: 2 for 12.
FIELDING
DP: 1. R Furcal-J Franco.
E: E Perez (3).
BASERUNNING
SB: A Jones (5, 2nd base off K Bullinger/B Ausmus); R Furcal 2 (12, 2nd base off K Bullinger/B Ausmus, 2nd base off C Harville/B Ausmus).
Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Biggio LF                   3   0   1   1    2   0  .295  .839   27    0   0   
A Everett SS                  5   0   1   2    0   0  .272  .698   15    1   1   GDP
C Beltran CF                  5   1   2   1    0   0  .267  .899   17    3   0   HR
L Berkman RF                  3   1   1   0    2   1  .299  .989   19    2   0   2·SB
  D Miceli P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .500 1.000         0   0   
J Kent 2B                     5   1   1   0    0   0  .284  .821   12    3   1   
J Bagwell 1B                  4   0   0   0    0   0  .267  .832   20    5   2   
  B Lidge P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  O Palmeiro RF               1   0   1   0    0   0  .239  .697    1    1   0   
M Ensberg 3B                  3   0   1   0    2   0  .272  .724   22    0   4   2B
B Ausmus C                    2   1   1   1    2   0  .240  .618   17   10   0   SH
D Oliver P                    0   0   0   0    0   0  .136  .272         0   0   
  K Bullinger P               1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    6    0   1   
  J Lane PH                   0   1   0   0    1   0  .218  .710    5    0   0   
  C Harville P                0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  M Lamb PH                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .317  .918    3    0   0   
  M Gallo P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         1   0   
  D Weathers P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     1   0   
  J Vizcaino 1B               1   0   0   0    0   0  .282  .706    1    0   0   
Totals                       34   5   9   5    9   2              165   27   9
BATTING
2B: M Ensberg (16, off M Hampton).
HR: C Beltran (27, off M Hampton; 1st inn, 0 on, 2 outs to LF).
SH: B Ausmus (5, off A Alfonseca).
TB: C Beltran 5; M Ensberg 2; C Biggio; B Ausmus; O Palmeiro; L Berkman; A Everett; J Kent.
GIDP: A Everett (4).
RBI: A Everett 2 (31); B Ausmus (23); C Biggio (43); C Beltran (77).
2-out RBI: A Everett 2; C Beltran; C Biggio.
Team LOB: 12.
With RISP: 2 for 11.
FIELDING
E: A Everett (10).
BASERUNNING
SB: L Berkman 2 (5, 3rd base off M Hampton/E Perez, 2nd base off A Alfonseca/J Estrada).

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
M Hampton                      4.1   7   5   5    6   1   1   4.91   25   90-51   31· 6·14   10· 7· 1· 0     24    -     1.08  -0.19
K Gryboski                     0     1   0   0    0   0   0   2.97    1    3-3     2· 0· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          3-1    1.53  -0.05
T Martin                       0.2   0   0   0    1   0   0   3.94    3   14-7     7· 0· 0    0· 2· 0· 0          3-1    0.99   0.00
A Alfonseca                    2     0   0   0    2   0   0   3.26    8   26-13    6· 1· 6    1· 3· 2· 0          0-0    1.69   0.17
J Cruz, W (4-0)                1     0   0   0    0   1   0   2.82    3   16-12    7· 1· 4    0· 2· 0· 0          0-0    1.44   0.11
J Smoltz, S (27)               1     1   0   0    0   0   0   2.09    4   11-7     6· 0· 1    1· 3· 0· 0          0-0    3.72   0.21
Totals                         9     9   5   5    9   2   1          44  160-93   59· 8·26   13·17· 3· 0          6-2 
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 Oliver                       1     0   0   0    0   1   0   5.43    3   12-8     4· 3· 1    0· 2· 0· 0     54    -     0.64   0.05
K Bullinger                    3     2   1   0    1   1   0   4.12   13   51-33   18· 5·10    8· 2· 1· 0          0-0    1.16   0.07
C Harville, H (3)              1     1   0   0    0   3   0   5.40    4   20-12    2· 8· 2    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    1.04   0.06
M Gallo                        0.1   3   3   3    0   0   0   4.63    4   13-9     5· 1· 3    2· 0· 2· 0          0-0    0.91  -0.16
D Weathers, BS (4)             1.1   2   1   1    1   0   1   4.08    7   24-12    8· 1· 3    3· 3· 0· 0          1-1    1.70  -0.18
B Lidge                        1.1   1   0   0    1   3   0   2.17    6   29-20    7· 8· 5    0· 2· 0· 0          2-0    2.91   0.20
D Miceli, L (4-6)              1     2   1   1    1   2   0   3.94    6   19-11    5· 5· 1    0· 1· 2· 0          0-0    3.09  -0.29
Totals                         9    11   6   5    4  10   1          43  168-105  49·31·25   14·10· 5· 0          3-1 
K Gryboski faced 1 batter in the 5th inning.
Balks: None.
WP: C Harville (4).
IBB: D Miceli (11; A Jones); D Weathers (1; C Jones).
HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Brian Gorman, 1B - Dale Scott, 2B - Ron Kulpa, 3B - Bill Miller.
Time of Game: 3:23.
Attendance: 37,015.
Weather: 72° F, Wind 0mph, In Dome.

LINEUPS

   Atlanta Braves                Houston Astros                       
1. R Furcal             SS    1. C Biggio             LF 
2. N Green              2B    2. A Everett            SS 
3. J Drew               RF    3. C Beltran            CF 
4. C Jones              3B    4. L Berkman            RF 
5. A Jones              CF    5. J Kent               2B 
6. J Franco             1B    6. J Bagwell            1B 
7. E Marrero            LF    7. M Ensberg            3B 
8. E Perez              C     8. B Ausmus             C  
9. M Hampton            P     9. D Oliver             P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 6   1  5-3  -2-  5   22%  47% E Marrero       D Weathers      Home Run (Fly Ball); Franco Scores
   t 9   1  5-5  1--  4   22%  72% C Jones         D Miceli        Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Drew to 3B
   b 4   2  1-1  123  2  -20%  21% A Everett       M Hampton       Single to LF (Fly Ball); Ausmus Scores; Lane Scores; Biggio to 3B/Adv on E2; Everett to 2B
   t 6   1  5-1  12-  3   13%  25% J Franco        M Gallo         Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Jones Scores; Jones Scores
   t 9   1  5-5  123  2   12%  83% M Giles         D Miceli        Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Drew Scores; Jones to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Darren Oliver facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  2   48%  R Furcal        Flyball: RF
   O      ---  5   46%  N Green         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   45%  J Drew          Popfly: SS
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Mike Hampton facing 1-2-3
          ---  2   42%  C Biggio        Single to SS (Ground Ball)
   OO     1--  3   49%  A Everett       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B
   R      ---  2   39%  C Beltran       Home Run (Fly Ball)
   O      ---  4   40%  L Berkman       Groundout: SS-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 1.

Top of the 2nd, Braves Batting, Behind 0-1, Kirk Bullinger facing 4-5-6
                  Kirk Bullinger replaces Darren Oliver pitching and batting 9th
          ---  1   44%  C Jones         Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   40%  A Jones         Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
          1--      42%  J Franco        Jones Steals 2B
   O      -2-  4   38%  " "             Groundout: 3B-1B; Jones to 3B
   R      --3  7   47%  E Marrero       Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); Jones Scores/unER/No RBI
   O      1--  2   45%  E Perez         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 1.

Bottom of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Tied 1-1, Mike Hampton facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  1   47%  J Kent          Flyball: LF
   O      ---  2   49%  J Bagwell       Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  3   47%  M Ensberg       Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF)
          -2-  5   45%  B Ausmus        Walk
   O      12-  6   50%  K Bullinger     Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 1.

Top of the 3rd, Braves Batting, Tied 1-1, Kirk Bullinger facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  4   47%  M Hampton       Strikeout Looking
          ---  6   50%  R Furcal        Single to 1B (Ground Ball)
          1--      52%  N Green         Furcal Steals 2B
   O      -2-  2   49%  " "             Groundout: P-1B; Furcal to 3B
          --3  7   50%  J Drew          Walk
   O      1-3  3   44%  C Jones         Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Tied 1-1, Mike Hampton facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  6   47%  C Biggio        Popfly: 2B
   O      ---  3   49%  A Everett       Groundout: P-1B
          ---  2   47%  C Beltran       Single to RF (Fly Ball)
          1--  4   45%  L Berkman       Walk; Beltran to 2B
   O      12-  2   50%  J Kent          Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 1.

Top of the 4th, Braves Batting, Tied 1-1, Kirk Bullinger facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  4   47%  A Jones         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  4   45%  J Franco        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  4   44%  E Marrero       Popfly: 1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Astros Batting, Tied 1-1, Mike Hampton facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  8   47%  J Bagwell       Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  3   49%  M Ensberg       Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  4   47%  B Ausmus        Walk
                  Jason Lane pinch hits for Kirk Bullinger batting 9th
          1--  5   45%  J Lane          Walk; Ausmus to 2B
          12-  6   41%  C Biggio        Walk; Ausmus to 3B; Lane to 2B
   RR     123  2   21%  A Everett       Single to LF (Fly Ball); Ausmus Scores; Lane Scores; Biggio to 3B/Adv on E2; Everett to 2B
   O      -23  2   25%  C Beltran       Groundout: 3B-1B
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 3.

Top of the 5th, Braves Batting, Behind 1-3, Chad Harville facing 8-9-1
                  Chad Harville replaces Jason Lane pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  5   22%  E Perez         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   20%  M Hampton       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   22%  R Furcal        Single to RF (Ground Ball)
          1--      23%  N Green         Furcal Steals 2B
          -2-      23%  " "             Wild Pitch; Furcal to 3B
   O      --3  6   19%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 3.

Bottom of the 5th, Astros Batting, Ahead 3-1, Mike Hampton facing 4-5-6
          ---  3   17%  L Berkman       Single to 2B (Ground Ball)
          1--  2   14%  J Kent          Single to LF (Ground Ball); Berkman to 2B
   O      12-  5   17%  J Bagwell       Flyball: CF
          12-      15%  M Ensberg       Berkman Steals 3B
          1-3  5   13%  " "             Walk; Kent to 2B
                  Kevin Gryboski replaces Mike Hampton pitching and batting 9th
   R      123  3    8%  B Ausmus        Single to 2B (Ground Ball); Berkman Scores; Kent to 3B; Ensberg to 2B
                  Tom Martin replaces Kevin Gryboski pitching and batting 9th; Mike Lamb pinch hits for Chad Harville batting 9th
   O      123  3   11%  M Lamb          Flyball: CF
   R      123  9    7%  C Biggio        Walk; Kent Scores; Ensberg to 3B; Ausmus to 2B
   O      123  2    8%  A Everett       Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 5.

Top of the 6th, Braves Batting, Behind 1-5, Mike Gallo facing 3-4-5
                  Mike Gallo replaces Mike Lamb pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  2    7%  J Drew          Groundout: 1B-P
          ---  6    9%  C Jones         Single to RF (Ground Ball)
          1--  2   12%  A Jones         Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Jones to 2B
   RR     12-  3   25%  J Franco        Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Jones Scores; Jones Scores
                  Dave Weathers replaces Mike Gallo pitching and batting 9th
   RR     -2-  5   47%  E Marrero       Home Run (Fly Ball); Franco Scores
                  Charles Thomas pinch hits for Eddie Perez batting 8th
   O      ---  1   44%  C Thomas        Groundout: 1B-P
                  Johnny Estrada pinch hits for Tom Martin batting 9th
   O      ---  2   42%  J Estrada       Flyball: CF
                  4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Astros 5.

Bottom of the 6th, Astros Batting, Tied 5-5, Antonio Alfonseca facing 3-4-5
                  Antonio Alfonseca replaces Charles Thomas pitching and batting 8th; Johnny Estrada moves to C
   O      ---  3   46%  C Beltran       Flyball: LF
          ---  5   42%  L Berkman       Walk
   O      1--  2   46%  J Kent          Lineout: RF
          1--      45%  J Bagwell       Berkman Steals 2B
   O      -2-  3   50%  " "             Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Astros 5.

Top of the 7th, Braves Batting, Tied 5-5, Dave Weathers facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   56%  R Furcal        Single to CF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  3   53%  N Green         Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice (Front of Home); Furcal to 2B
   O      -2-  4   48%  J Drew          Flyball: RF; Furcal to 3B
          --3  4   50%  C Jones         Intentional Walk
                  Brad Lidge replaces Jeff Bagwell pitching and batting 6th; Jose Vizcaino replaces Dave Weathers playing 1B batting 9th
   O      1-3  5   41%  A Jones         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 5, Astros 5.

Bottom of the 7th, Astros Batting, Tied 5-5, Antonio Alfonseca facing 7-8-9
          ---  5   35%  M Ensberg       Walk
   O      1--  3   38%  B Ausmus        Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice (Front of Home); Ensberg to 2B
   O      -2-  1   44%  J Vizcaino      Lineout: LF
   O      -2-  4   50%  C Biggio        Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Astros 5.

Top of the 8th, Braves Batting, Tied 5-5, Brad Lidge facing 6-7-8
          ---  7   57%  J Franco        Walk
                  Mark DeRosa pinch runs for Julio Franco batting 6th
   O      1--  6   50%  E Marrero       Flyball: CF
                  Adam LaRoche pinch hits for Antonio Alfonseca batting 8th
          1--  3   57%  A LaRoche       Single to RF (Fly Ball to RF Line); DeRosa to 2B
   O      12-  4   48%  J Estrada       Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  4   39%  R Furcal        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 5, Astros 5.

Bottom of the 8th, Astros Batting, Tied 5-5, Juan Cruz facing 2-3-4
                  Juan Cruz replaces Mark DeRosa pitching and batting 6th; Adam LaRoche moves to 1B
   O      ---  5   44%  A Everett       Popfly: 2B (Short CF-RF)
   O      ---  8   47%  C Beltran       Foul Popfly: 2B (1B Foul)
   O      ---  3   50%  L Berkman       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Astros 5.

Top of the 9th, Braves Batting, Tied 5-5, Dan Miceli facing 2-3-4
                  Dan Miceli replaces Lance Berkman pitching and batting 4th; Orlando Palmeiro replaces Brad Lidge playing RF batting 6th
   O      ---  4   44%  N Green         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  1   50%  J Drew          Single to RF (Line Drive)
          1--  4   72%  C Jones         Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Drew to 3B
          -23  4   71%  A Jones         Intentional Walk
                  Marcus Giles pinch hits for Juan Cruz batting 6th
   RO     123  2   83%  M Giles         Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Drew Scores; Jones to 3B
   O      1-3  4   79%  E Marrero       Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 6, Astros 5.

Bottom of the 9th, Astros Batting, Behind 5-6, John Smoltz facing 5-6-7
                  John Smoltz replaces Marcus Giles pitching and batting 6th
   O      ---  5   88%  J Kent          Flyball: RF
          ---  1   78%  O Palmeiro      Single to RF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  3   90%  M Ensberg       Popfly: 1B
   O      1--  2  100%  B Ausmus        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 6, Astros 5.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:HOU200408050

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