May 12, 1997 Atlanta Braves at Pittsburgh Pirates Box Score and Play by Play

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ANA 16
CHW 8 MIL 9
SEA 8 MIN 12
TOR 2 BAL 5
@OAK 1 TEX 4
CLE 2 FLA 11
HOU 4 COL 9
@PHI 2 ATL 10
@PIT 2

Standings at end of play this day

Three Rivers Stadium, Attendance: 12,114

Monday, May 12, 1997, 7:06
Time of Game: 2:40

Braves

26-11

Won 3

1st

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Braves          4  0  1   0  4  1   0  0  0   10 14  0
Pirates         0  0  0   0  1  0   1  0  0    2 12  0

W: G Maddux (4-1), L: J Schmidt (1-2)

Pirates

19-18

Lost 3

2nd, ½ GB

BATTING

Atlanta Braves               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
K Lofton CF                   4   1   1   0    1   2  .362  .860   28    1   0   
M Tucker RF-LF                5   2   2   1    0   1  .350  .913   15    2   0   HR
C Jones 3B                    4   3   3   2    0   0  .323  .886   12    0   1   HR,2B
  B Clontz P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  M Mordecai PH               1   0   0   0    0   0  .259  .762    2    0   0   
  J Borowski P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     1   0   
F McGriff 1B                  5   1   1   1    0   0  .273  .749   20    8   1   
R Klesko LF                   2   1   0   0    1   1  .257  .833   16    0   0   
  A Jones RF                  2   0   1   0    0   0  .278  .802    3    2   1   2B
M Lemke 2B                    4   0   2   1    0   1  .264  .684   19    2   3   
  T Graffanino PH-2B          1   0   0   0    0   1  .261  .553    6    0   1   
J Blauser SS                  1   1   0   1    0   0  .398 1.129   15    0   1   HBP,SF
  R Belliard SS               2   0   1   0    0   1  .364  .728    7    2   4   
E Perez C                     4   1   2   2    0   0  .103  .206   19    9   0   GDP
G Maddux P                    3   0   1   2    0   0  .056  .216    4    0   0   2B
  A Embree P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  K Lockhart PH-3B            1   0   0   0    0   0  .174  .467    4    0   0   
Totals                       39  10  14  10    2   7              170   27  12

BATTING

2B: A Jones (6, off C Sodowsky); G Maddux (1, off J Schmidt); C Jones (9, off J Schmidt).

HR: M Tucker (4, off C Sodowsky; 6th inn, 0 on, 0 outs); C Jones (4, off J Schmidt; 3rd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep CF-RF).

SF: J Blauser (3, off J Schmidt).

HBP: J Blauser (6, by J Schmidt).

TB: C Jones 7; M Tucker 5; M Lemke 2; E Perez 2; G Maddux 2; A Jones 2; F McGriff; K Lofton; R Belliard.

GIDP: E Perez (2).

RBI: G Maddux 2 (2); E Perez 2 (3); C Jones 2 (27); M Lemke (6); J Blauser (19); F McGriff (22); M Tucker (22).

2-out RBI: E Perez 2; G Maddux 2.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 5 for 12.

FIELDING

DP: 1. J Blauser-M Lemke-F McGriff.

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
T Womack 2B                   3   0   2   1    0   0  .279  .710    7    0   2   SB
  K Young 3B                  2   0   0   1    0   0  .289  .692   11    1   1   
J Allensworth CF              4   0   1   0    0   2  .254  .719   10    1   0   
A Martin LF                   2   0   0   0    0   1  .318  .855    5    0   0   
  M Cummings LF               2   0   0   0    0   0  .222  .708    7    1   0   
M Johnson 1B                  4   0   1   0    0   3  .248  .690   17   10   3   
K Elster SS                   2   0   2   0    0   0  .227  .776    6    0   1   
  C Sodowsky P                0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         1   0   
  E Brown PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .675    3    0   0   
  R Morel P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     1   1   
  J Kendall PH                1   0   1   0    0   0  .257  .722    5    0   0   
  R Rincon P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
J Randa 3B-2B                 4   1   1   0    0   0  .248  .667    9    2   4   GDP
J Guillen RF                  4   0   1   0    0   0  .256  .687   14    2   0   
K Osik C                      4   1   3   0    0   1  .200  .551   23    7   0   2·2B
J Schmidt P                   1   0   0   0    0   1  .231  .539    4    1   0   
  D Sveum SS                  3   0   0   0    0   1  .200  .561    7    0   1   
Totals                       37   2  12   2    0   9              128   27  13

BATTING

2B: K Osik 2 (3, off J Borowski, off G Maddux).

TB: K Osik 5; K Elster 2; T Womack 2; J Allensworth; J Kendall; M Johnson; J Guillen; J Randa.

GIDP: J Randa (4).

RBI: T Womack (9); K Young (9).

2-out RBI: T Womack.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 2 for 9.

FIELDING

DP: 1. K Young-J Randa-M Johnson.

BASERUNNING

SB: T Womack (13, 2nd base off G Maddux/E Perez).

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
G Maddux, W (4-1)              5     6   1   1    0   7   0   1.57   20   68-48   27·10·11    7· 3· 3· 0     58    -     0.56   0.14
A Embree                       1     0   0   0    0   1   0   2.89    3    7-6     3· 1· 2    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.04   0.00
B Clontz                       1     3   1   1    0   1   0   4.15    6   24-16   11· 2· 3    2· 1· 2· 0          0-0    0.17   0.00
J Borowski                     2     3   0   0    0   0   0   0.96    8   29-18   12· 2· 4    6· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.02   0.00
Totals                         9    12   2   2    0   9   0          37  128-88   53·15·20   16· 6· 6· 0           -

Pittsburgh Pirates            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Schmidt, L (1-2)             4.2  10   9   9    2   3   1   5.71   27  109-62   36·11·15   11· 6· 4· 0      9    -     0.58  -0.35
C Sodowsky                     1.1   2   1   1    0   1   1   2.08    6   20-12    8· 4· 0    3· 1· 1· 0          1-0    0.02  -0.00
R Morel                        2     2   0   0    0   1   0   3.18    7   27-18   10· 1· 7    4· 0· 2· 0          0-0    0.01   0.00
R Rincon                       1     0   0   0    0   2   0   1.53    3   12-8     4· 3· 1    0· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9    14  10  10    2   7   2          43  168-100  58·19·23   18· 7· 8· 0          1-0

Balks: None.

WP: J Schmidt (3).

IBB: None.

HBP: J Schmidt (2; J Blauser).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - Wally Bell, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Tom Hallion.

Time of Game: 2:40.

Attendance: 12,114.

Field Condition: Dry.

Weather: 61° F, Wind 15mph out to Leftfield, Cloudy, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Atlanta Braves                Pittsburgh Pirates                   
1. K Lofton             CF    1. T Womack             2B 
2. M Tucker             RF    2. J Allensworth        CF 
3. C Jones              3B    3. A Martin             LF 
4. F McGriff            1B    4. M Johnson            1B 
5. R Klesko             LF    5. K Elster             SS 
6. M Lemke              2B    6. J Randa              3B 
7. J Blauser            SS    7. J Guillen            RF 
8. E Perez              C     8. K Osik               C  
9. G Maddux             P     9. J Schmidt            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 1   0  0-1  12-  7   10%  78% F McGriff       J Schmidt       Single to LF (Line Drive to SS-3B Hole); Tucker Scores; Jones to 3B
   t 1   0  0-0  12-  2    9%  67% C Jones         J Schmidt       Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF Line); Lofton Scores; Tucker to 2B
   t 1   1  0-2  1-3  8    7%  80% M Lemke         J Schmidt       Single to RF (Ground Ball); Jones Scores; McGriff to 3B
   t 1   0  0-0  1--  2    5%  59% M Tucker        J Schmidt       Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep 3B); Lofton to 2B
   t 3   0  0-4  ---  1    5%  90% C Jones         J Schmidt       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Jason Schmidt facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  5   53%  K Lofton        Walk
          1--  2   59%  M Tucker        Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep 3B); Lofton to 2B
   R      12-  2   67%  C Jones         Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF Line); Lofton Scores; Tucker to 2B
   R      12-  7   78%  F McGriff       Single to LF (Line Drive to SS-3B Hole); Tucker Scores; Jones to 3B
   O      1-3  6   73%  R Klesko        Strikeout Looking
   R      1-3  8   80%  M Lemke         Single to RF (Ground Ball); Jones Scores; McGriff to 3B
   RO     1-3  4   81%  J Blauser       Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; McGriff Scores
   O      1--  9   80%  E Perez         Flyball: RF
                  4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-4, Greg Maddux facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   82%  T Womack        Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  1   80%  J Allensworth   Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole)
   O      1--  1   82%  A Martin        Flyball: RF
   O      1--  4   84%  M Johnson       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Pirates 0.

Top of the 2nd, Braves Batting, Ahead 4-0, Jason Schmidt facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  1   83%  G Maddux        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  4   82%  K Lofton        Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  1   81%  M Tucker        Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-4, Greg Maddux facing 5-6-7
          ---  3   78%  K Elster        Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   81%  J Randa         Flyball: RF
   O      1--  6   84%  J Guillen       Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      1--  6   85%  K Osik          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Pirates 0.

Top of the 3rd, Braves Batting, Ahead 4-0, Jason Schmidt facing 3-4-5
   R      ---  1   90%  C Jones         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  2   90%  F McGriff       Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  5   89%  R Klesko        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  4   89%  M Lemke         Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  5   89%  J Blauser       Flyball: RF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-5, Greg Maddux facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  4   90%  J Schmidt       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   89%  T Womack        Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep SS)
   O      1--  4   90%  J Allensworth   Strikeout Looking, Womack Steals 2B
   O      -2-  4   92%  A Martin        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Pirates 0.

Top of the 4th, Braves Batting, Ahead 5-0, Jason Schmidt facing 8-9-1
                  Midre Cummings replaces Al Martin playing LF batting 3rd
          ---  3   93%  E Perez         Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  2   92%  G Maddux        Bunt Popfly: 1B (Short 1B Line)
          1--      92%  K Lofton        Wild Pitch; Perez to 2B
   O      -2-  6   91%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  5   90%  M Tucker        Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-5, Greg Maddux facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  7   92%  M Johnson       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  3   90%  K Elster        Single to LF (Ground Ball)
   OO     1--  2   93%  J Randa         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Pirates 0.

Top of the 5th, Braves Batting, Ahead 5-0, Jason Schmidt facing 3-4-5
          ---  6   95%  C Jones         Double to RF (Ground Ball)
   O      -2-  1   94%  F McGriff       Flyball: LF
          -2-  5   94%  R Klesko        Walk
   O      12-  6   93%  M Lemke         Strikeout Swinging
          12-  6   94%  J Blauser       Hit By Pitch; Jones to 3B; Klesko to 2B
   RR     123  2   98%  E Perez         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Jones Scores; Klesko Scores; Blauser to 3B; Perez to 2B/Adv on throw
   RR     -23  1   99%  G Maddux        Double to LF (Ground Ball); Blauser Scores; Perez Scores
                  Clint Sodowsky replaces Kevin Elster pitching and batting 5th; Dale Sveum replaces Jason Schmidt playing SS batting 9th
   O      -2-  7   99%  K Lofton        Strikeout Swinging
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 9, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-9, Greg Maddux facing 7-8-9
                  Rafael Belliard replaces Jeff Blauser playing SS batting 7th; Michael Tucker moves to LF; Andruw Jones replaces Ryan Klesko playing RF batting 5th
   O      ---  2   99%  J Guillen       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  5   99%  K Osik          Double to LF (Ground Ball)
   O      -2-  4   99%  D Sveum         Strikeout Looking
   R      -2-  1   99%  T Womack        Single to LF (Line Drive to SS-3B Hole); Osik Scores
   O      1--  2   99%  J Allensworth   Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 9, Pirates 1.

Top of the 6th, Braves Batting, Ahead 9-1, Clint Sodowsky facing 2-3-4
                  Joe Randa moves to 2B; Kevin Young replaces Tony Womack playing 3B batting 1st
   R      ---  3  100%  M Tucker        Home Run (Fly Ball)
   O      ---  3  100%  C Jones         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   99%  F McGriff       Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  1  100%  A Jones         Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep SS-3B Hole)
   O      -2-  1   99%  M Lemke         Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 10, Pirates 1.

Bottom of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Behind 1-10, Alan Embree facing 3-4-5
                  Alan Embree replaces Greg Maddux pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  1  100%  M Cummings      Popfly: SS
   O      ---  3  100%  M Johnson       Strikeout Looking
                  Emil Brown pinch hits for Clint Sodowsky batting 5th
   O      ---  3  100%  E Brown         Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 10, Pirates 1.

Top of the 7th, Braves Batting, Ahead 10-1, Ramon Morel facing 7-8-9
                  Ramon Morel replaces Emil Brown pitching and batting 5th
          ---  3  100%  R Belliard      Single to CF (Line Drive to SS-2B)
   OO     1--  5  100%  E Perez         Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
                  Keith Lockhart pinch hits for Alan Embree batting 9th
   O      ---  4  100%  K Lockhart      Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 10, Pirates 1.

Bottom of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Behind 1-10, Brad Clontz facing 6-7-8
                  Brad Clontz replaces Chipper Jones pitching and batting 3rd; Keith Lockhart moves to 3B
          ---  2  100%  J Randa         Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  5   99%  J Guillen       Single to RF (Ground Ball); Randa to 2B
          12-  6   98%  K Osik          Single to CF (Line Drive to SS-2B); Randa to 3B; Guillen to 2B
   O      123  1   99%  D Sveum         Flyball: RF (Short RF)
   RO     123  7  100%  K Young         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Randa Scores; Guillen to 3B
   O      1-3  3  100%  J Allensworth   Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 10, Pirates 2.

Top of the 8th, Braves Batting, Ahead 10-2, Ramon Morel facing 1-2-3
          ---  4  100%  K Lofton        Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-2B)
   O      1--  4  100%  M Tucker        Strikeout Looking
                  Mike Mordecai pinch hits for Brad Clontz batting 3rd
   O      1--  2  100%  M Mordecai      Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B (SS-2B)
   O      1--  5  100%  F McGriff       Lineout: P-1B (P's Left)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 10, Pirates 2.

Bottom of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-10, Joe Borowski facing 3-4-5
                  Joe Borowski replaces Mike Mordecai pitching and batting 3rd
   O      ---  6  100%  M Cummings      Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3  100%  M Johnson       Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Johnson out at 2B/RF-SS
                  Jason Kendall pinch hits for Ramon Morel batting 5th
          ---  5  100%  J Kendall       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B)
   O      1--  2  100%  J Randa         Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 10, Pirates 2.

Top of the 9th, Braves Batting, Ahead 10-2, Ricardo Rincon facing 5-6-7
                  Ricardo Rincon replaces Jason Kendall pitching and batting 5th
   O      ---  2  100%  A Jones         Lineout: 3B
                  Tony Graffanino pinch hits for Mark Lemke batting 6th
   O      ---  6  100%  T Graffanino    Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4  100%  R Belliard      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 10, Pirates 2.

Bottom of the 9th, Pirates Batting, Behind 2-10, Joe Borowski facing 7-8-9
                  Tony Graffanino moves to 2B
   O      ---  1  100%  J Guillen       Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B)
          ---  6  100%  K Osik          Double to LF (Ground Ball)
   O      -2-  2  100%  D Sveum         Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B); Osik to 3B
   O      --3  4  100%  K Young         Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 10, Pirates 2.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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