October 10, 2004 National League Division Series (NLDS) Game 4 at Minute Maid Park Play by Play and Box Score

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2004 National League Division Series (NLDS) Game 4
2004 postseason: WS: BOS-STL / ALCS: BOS-NYY / NLCS: STL-HOU / Div. Series: BOS-ANA / NYY-MIN / STL-LAD / HOU-ATL

Game 1
HOU  9
@ATL  3
Game 2
ATL  4
HOU  2
(11) Game 3
HOU  8
ATL  5
Game 4
ATL  6
@HOU  5
Game 5
HOU 12
@ATL  3

Minute Maid Park, Attendance: 43,336

Sunday, October 10, 2004, 12:10PM
Time of Game: 3:24

Braves

Bobby Cox

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Braves          0  2  0   0  0  3   0  0  1    6 10  0
Astros          0  5  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    5 13  0

W: J Smoltz (1-0), L: R Springer (0-1)

Astros

Phil Garner

BATTING

Atlanta Braves               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Furcal SS                   4   1   1   0    0   2  .353 1.097   19    3   4   2·SB,HBP
J Drew RF                     4   0   1   1    1   2  .188  .504   36    3   0   SB
M Giles 2B                    5   0   0   0    0   2  .100  .200   17    3   7   
C Jones 3B                    4   2   2   0    0   0  .133  .411   11    0   1   GDP
J Estrada C                   3   1   1   0    1   1  .308  .950   17    3   0   
  N Green PR                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Smoltz P                  0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 2.000         1   0   
A Jones CF                    4   1   3   1    0   0  .563 1.651   11    4   0   2B,SB
A LaRoche 1B                  3   1   1   3    1   1  .308 1.015   19    8   0   HR,GDP
E Marrero LF                  3   0   1   0    0   1  .200  .400   20    0   0   
  A Alfonseca P               0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  M Hampton P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .500 1.000         0   0   
  E Perez C                   1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    5    1   0   
R Ortiz P                     1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    6    0   0   
  D Wise PH                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .750    6    0   0   
  K Gryboski P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  C Thomas PH-LF              2   0   0   0    0   1  .308  .708    6    1   0   
Totals                       35   6  10   5    3  12              173   27  12

BATTING

2B: A Jones (2, off C Qualls).

HR: A LaRoche (1, off C Qualls; 6th inn, 2 on, 1 out to CF).

HBP: R Furcal (1, by R Springer).

TB: A Jones 4; A LaRoche 4; C Jones 2; R Furcal; J Drew; E Marrero; J Estrada.

GIDP: C Jones (1); A LaRoche (1).

RBI: A LaRoche 3 (4); J Drew (1); A Jones (5).

2-out RBI: J Drew.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 3 for 9.

FIELDING

DP: 3. R Furcal-A LaRoche; R Furcal-M Giles-A LaRoche; C Jones-M Giles-A LaRoche.

BASERUNNING

SB: R Furcal 2 (3, 2nd base off R Springer/B Ausmus, 2nd base off R Clemens/B Ausmus); A Jones (1, 2nd base off R Clemens/B Ausmus); J Drew (1, 2nd base off R Springer/B Ausmus).

Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Biggio LF                   4   1   3   3    0   0  .333 1.012   17    0   0   HR,2B
  M Gallo P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  D Miceli P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  B Lidge P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  O Palmeiro PH               1   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .666    2    0   0   
  R Springer P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
C Beltran CF                  4   1   1   0    1   1  .353 1.245   19    4   0   2B
J Bagwell 1B                  4   0   2   1    1   0  .333 1.011   18    7   0   
  A Everett PR                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
L Berkman RF                  5   0   2   0    0   2  .389 1.006   26    0   0   
J Kent 2B                     5   1   1   0    0   1  .176  .557   13    2   4   2·GDP
M Ensberg 3B                  4   0   1   0    0   0  .357  .900   14    0   1   GDP
J Vizcaino SS                 4   1   1   0    0   0  .067  .192   12    0   2   
B Ausmus C                    2   1   1   0    2   0  .333 1.167   14   13   0   
R Clemens P                   1   0   0   1    0   0  .000  .200    8    0   0   SF
  C Qualls P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
  M Lamb PH                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    3    0   0   
  J Lane LF                   1   0   1   0    0   0  .500 1.750    2    1   0   
Totals                       36   5  13   5    4   4              148   27   8

BATTING

2B: C Biggio (1, off R Ortiz); C Beltran (2, off R Ortiz).

HR: C Biggio (1, off R Ortiz; 2nd inn, 2 on, 2 outs to LF).

SF: R Clemens (1, off R Ortiz).

TB: C Biggio 7; L Berkman 2; C Beltran 2; J Bagwell 2; M Ensberg; J Lane; B Ausmus; J Vizcaino; J Kent.

GIDP: J Kent 2 (2); M Ensberg (1).

RBI: C Biggio 3 (3); R Clemens (1); J Bagwell (3).

2-out RBI: C Biggio 3; J Bagwell.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 2 for 9.

FIELDING

DP: 2. J Vizcaino-J Kent-J Bagwell 2.

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                        3     7   5   5    1   1   1  15.00   17   62-37   25· 3· 9    5· 2· 2· 6     25    -     1.09  -0.36
K Gryboski                     2     1   0   0    1   1   0   2.45    7   32-18   10· 4· 4    3· 1· 0· 1          0-0    0.43   0.05
A Alfonseca                    1     1   0   0    1   0   0   4.91    5   15-7     6· 0· 1    1· 2· 1· 0          0-0    1.56   0.08
M Hampton                      1     0   0   0    1   1   0   2.45    3   11-6     2· 1· 3    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    1.93   0.09
J Smoltz, W (1-0)              2     4   0   0    0   1   0   0.00    9   28-20   12· 3· 5    2· 2· 0· 4          0-0    3.14   0.32
Totals                         9    13   5   5    4   4   1          41  148-88   55·11·22   12· 7· 3·11           -

Houston Astros                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
R Clemens                      5     6   2   2    2   5   0   3.00   21   87-52   27·13·12    5· 4· 0· 5     50    -     1.13   0.04
C Qualls, BS (1)               1     3   3   3    0   1   1   9.00    6   13-11    6· 3· 2    2· 0· 0· 3          0-0    1.25  -0.28
M Gallo                        0.2   0   0   0    0   2   0   0.00    2   11-8     2· 3· 3    0· 0· 0· 0          0-0    1.36   0.07
D Miceli                       0.2   0   0   0    1   0   0   7.71    3   11-3     2· 0· 1    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    1.37   0.02
B Lidge                        0.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   2.08    2    7-6     3· 2· 1    0· 1· 0· 0          1-0    2.14   0.11
R Springer, L (0-1)            1     1   1   1    0   3   0  18.00    5   25-16    6· 5· 5    0· 0· 0· 1          0-0    1.94  -0.29
Totals                         9    10   6   6    3  12   1          39  154-96   46·26·24    8· 6· 0· 9          1-0

Balks: None.

WP: R Clemens (3).

IBB: None.

HBP: R Springer (1; R Furcal).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Fieldin Culbreth, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Tony Randazzo, 3B - Tim McClelland.

Time of Game: 3:24.

Attendance: 43,336.

Weather: 72° F, Wind 0mph, In Dome.

LINEUPS

   Atlanta Braves                Houston Astros                       
1. R Furcal             SS    1. C Biggio             LF 
2. J Drew               RF    2. C Beltran            CF 
3. M Giles              2B    3. J Bagwell            1B 
4. C Jones              3B    4. L Berkman            RF 
5. J Estrada            C     5. J Kent               2B 
6. A Jones              CF    6. M Ensberg            3B 
7. A LaRoche            1B    7. J Vizcaino           SS 
8. E Marrero            LF    8. B Ausmus             C  
9. R Ortiz              P     9. R Clemens            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 9   1  6-5  1-3  2   47% 100% J Kent          J Smoltz        Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B
   t 9   2  5-5  -2-  6   35%  81% J Drew          R Springer      Single to CF; Furcal Scores
   b 2   2  2-1  12-  5  -28%  29% C Biggio        R Ortiz         Home Run; Vizcaino Scores; Ausmus Scores
   b 9   1  6-5  1--  8  -25%  53% L Berkman       J Smoltz        Single to CF; Everett to 3B
   t 6   1  5-2  -23  1   23%  47% A LaRoche       C Qualls        Home Run; Jones Scores; Jones Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Roger Clemens facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  3   48%  R Furcal        Foul Flyball: C
   O      ---  5   46%  J Drew          Flyball: CF
   O      ---  2   45%  M Giles         Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Russ Ortiz facing 1-2-3
          ---  2   39%  C Biggio        Double to LF
   O      -2-  5   43%  C Beltran       Lineout: RF
   O      -2-  5   47%  J Bagwell       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      -2-  5   50%  L Berkman       Lineout: 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0.

Top of the 2nd, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Roger Clemens facing 4-5-6
          ---  1   54%  C Jones         Single to RF
          1--  5   63%  J Estrada       Single to CF; Jones to 3B
   R      1-3  2   71%  A Jones         Single to CF; Jones Scores; Estrada to 3B
   ROO    1-3  3   66%  A LaRoche       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B; Estrada Scores/No RBI
          ---  3   67%  E Marrero       Single to 3B (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  6   65%  R Ortiz         Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Behind 0-2, Russ Ortiz facing 5-6-7
          ---  2   61%  J Kent          Single to LF
          1--  2   55%  M Ensberg       Single to CF; Kent to 2B
   O      12-  3   58%  J Vizcaino      Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Kent to 3B
          1-3  5   54%  B Ausmus        Walk; Vizcaino to 2B
   RO     123  2   56%  R Clemens       Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Kent Scores
   RRR    12-  5   29%  C Biggio        Home Run; Vizcaino Scores; Ausmus Scores
          ---  3   27%  C Beltran       Double to RF
   R      -2-  1   20%  J Bagwell       Single to LF; Beltran Scores
   O      1--  7   21%  L Berkman       Strikeout Swinging
                  5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 5.

Top of the 3rd, Braves Batting, Behind 2-5, Roger Clemens facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   25%  R Furcal        Single to RF
          1--      27%  J Drew          Furcal Steals 2B
          -2-  6   31%  " "             Walk
   O      12-  5   25%  M Giles         Strikeout Swinging
   OO     12-  2   17%  C Jones         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 5.

Bottom of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Ahead 5-2, Russ Ortiz facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  3   18%  J Kent          Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  4   19%  M Ensberg       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  5   18%  J Vizcaino      Single to 2B (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  3   19%  B Ausmus        Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 5.

Top of the 4th, Braves Batting, Behind 2-5, Roger Clemens facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5   17%  J Estrada       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  4   20%  A Jones         Single to CF
          1--      21%  A LaRoche       Jones Steals 2B
          -2-  6   23%  " "             Walk
          12-      28%  E Marrero       Wild Pitch; Jones to 3B; LaRoche to 2B
   O      -23  8   20%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  Dewayne Wise pinch hits for Russ Ortiz batting 9th
   O      -23  6   14%  D Wise          Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 5.

Bottom of the 4th, Astros Batting, Ahead 5-2, Kevin Gryboski facing 9-1-2
                  Kevin Gryboski replaces Dewayne Wise pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  6   16%  R Clemens       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  6   16%  C Biggio        Popfly: SS
          ---  5   16%  C Beltran       Walk
   O      1--  4   17%  J Bagwell       Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 5.

Top of the 5th, Braves Batting, Behind 2-5, Roger Clemens facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   15%  R Furcal        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6   13%  J Drew          Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  1   12%  M Giles         Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 5.

Bottom of the 5th, Astros Batting, Ahead 5-2, Kevin Gryboski facing 4-5-6
          ---  2   11%  L Berkman       Single to RF
   O      1--  5   12%  J Kent          Strikeout Swinging
   OO     1--  4   14%  M Ensberg       Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 5.

Top of the 6th, Braves Batting, Behind 2-5, Chad Qualls facing 4-5-6
                  Chad Qualls replaces Roger Clemens pitching and batting 9th
          ---  3   18%  C Jones         Single to CF
   O      1--  3   15%  J Estrada       Strikeout Swinging
          1--  2   23%  A Jones         Double to LF; Jones to 3B
   RRR    -23  1   47%  A LaRoche       Home Run; Jones Scores; Jones Scores
   O      ---  2   44%  E Marrero       Groundout: P-1B
                  Charles Thomas pinch hits for Kevin Gryboski batting 9th
   O      ---  2   42%  C Thomas        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Astros 5.

Bottom of the 6th, Astros Batting, Tied 5-5, Antonio Alfonseca facing 7-8-9
                  Antonio Alfonseca replaces Eli Marrero pitching and batting 8th; Charles Thomas moves to LF
   O      ---  1   46%  J Vizcaino      Lineout: CF
          ---  5   42%  B Ausmus        Walk
                  Mike Lamb pinch hits for Chad Qualls batting 9th
   O      1--  3   46%  M Lamb          Flyball: LF
          1--  4   44%  C Biggio        Single to 3B (Ground Ball); Ausmus to 2B
   O      12-  2   50%  C Beltran       Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 5, Astros 5.

Top of the 7th, Braves Batting, Tied 5-5, Mike Gallo facing 1-2-3
                  Mike Gallo replaces Craig Biggio pitching and batting 1st; Jason Lane replaces Mike Lamb playing LF batting 9th
   O      ---  3   46%  R Furcal        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  8   43%  J Drew          Strikeout Swinging
                  Dan Miceli replaces Mike Gallo pitching and batting 1st
   O      ---  2   41%  M Giles         Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Astros 5.

Bottom of the 7th, Astros Batting, Tied 5-5, Mike Hampton facing 3-4-5
                  Mike Hampton replaces Antonio Alfonseca pitching and batting 8th
          ---  6   35%  J Bagwell       Walk
   O      1--  4   41%  L Berkman       Strikeout Looking
   OO     1--  1   50%  J Kent          Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Astros 5.

Top of the 8th, Braves Batting, Tied 5-5, Dan Miceli facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   45%  C Jones         Groundout: 1B unassisted
          ---  4   50%  J Estrada       Walk
                  Brad Lidge replaces Dan Miceli pitching and batting 1st; Nick Green pinch runs for Johnny Estrada batting 5th
   O      1--  3   44%  A Jones         Flyball: LF
   O      1--  4   39%  A LaRoche       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Astros 5.

Bottom of the 8th, Astros Batting, Tied 5-5, John Smoltz facing 6-7-8
                  John Smoltz replaces Nick Green pitching and batting 5th; Eddie Perez replaces Mike Hampton playing C batting 8th
   O      ---  4   44%  M Ensberg       Flyball: RF
   O      ---  3   47%  J Vizcaino      Flyball: CF
          ---  1   45%  B Ausmus        Single to CF
          1--  2   39%  J Lane          Single to RF; Ausmus to 3B
                  Orlando Palmeiro pinch hits for Brad Lidge batting 1st
   O      1-3  2   50%  O Palmeiro      Groundout: 2B-P
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 5, Astros 5.

Top of the 9th, Braves Batting, Tied 5-5, Russ Springer facing 8-9-1
                  Russ Springer replaces Orlando Palmeiro pitching and batting 1st
   O      ---  5   44%  E Perez         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   39%  C Thomas        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   42%  R Furcal        Hit By Pitch
          1--      46%  J Drew          Furcal Steals 2B
   R      -2-  6   81%  " "             Single to CF; Furcal Scores
          1--      82%  M Giles         Drew Steals 2B
   O      -2-  5   79%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 6, Astros 5.

Bottom of the 9th, Astros Batting, Behind 5-6, John Smoltz facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  4   88%  C Beltran       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  2   78%  J Bagwell       Single to RF
                  Adam Everett pinch runs for Jeff Bagwell batting 3rd
          1--  8   53%  L Berkman       Single to CF; Everett to 3B
   OO     1-3  2  100%  J Kent          Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B
        0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 6, Astros 5.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:HOU200410100

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation