April 7, 1998 Atlanta Braves at Pittsburgh Pirates Play by Play and Box Score

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ANA 6
BOS 1 DET 3
TBD 1 BAL 11
@KCR 7 MIN 12
TOR 2 NYY 13
@SEA 7 NYM 3
@CHC 2 STL 12
@COL 11 LAD 9
ARI 1 MIL 6
MON 4 PHI 9
FLA 8
(10) ATL 11
@PIT 3 SDP 3
CIN 2
(10) SFG 5
HOU 4
(10)

Standings at end of play this day

Three Rivers Stadium, Attendance: 43,268

Tuesday, April 7, 1998, 7:05
Time of Game: 2:39

Braves

4-2

Won 1

2nd, ½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Braves          2  0  2   1  0  0   3  3  0   11 14  1
Pirates         0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  3    3 10  3

W: T Glavine (1-0), L: J Schmidt (1-1)

Pirates

3-4

Lost 1

5th, 3 GB

BATTING

Atlanta Braves               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
A Jones CF                    6   2   2   1    0   1  .100  .317   20    0   0   
C Pride RF                    5   1   2   0    0   2  .294  .706   13    3   0   
C Jones 3B                    4   3   3   5    1   0  .542 1.660   22    1   5   2·HR
A Galarraga 1B                4   0   1   0    1   1  .217  .699   26   11   0   
R Klesko LF                   5   1   1   1    0   1  .160  .354   23    1   0   
  M Cather P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  D Martinez P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
J Lopez C                     4   1   1   3    1   0  .278  .911   17    8   1   HR
T Graffanino 2B               5   1   1   0    0   3  .176  .516   16    1   2   2B
R Belliard SS                 5   1   3   1    0   0  .333  .666   14    1   3   
T Glavine P                   2   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000   11    0   3   SH
  D Bautista PH-LF            2   1   0   0    0   0  .200  .400    4    1   0   
Totals                       42  11  14  11    3   9              166   27  14

BATTING

2B: T Graffanino (2, off J Schmidt).

HR: J Lopez (2, off E Dessens; 7th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep LF Line); C Jones 2 (4, 2 off J Schmidt; 1st inn, 1 on, 1 out to Deep LF-CF; 3rd inn, 1 on, 1 out).

SH: T Glavine (1, off E Dessens).

TB: C Jones 9; J Lopez 4; R Belliard 3; T Graffanino 2; A Jones 2; C Pride 2; A Galarraga; R Klesko.

RBI: C Jones 5 (11); J Lopez 3 (6); R Klesko (4); A Jones (1); R Belliard (1).

2-out RBI: J Lopez 3.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 4 for 14.

FIELDING

DP: 1. T Glavine-R Belliard-A Galarraga.

E: A Galarraga (1).

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
T Womack 2B                   5   0   0   0    0   2  .171  .371   19    2   3   
J Kendall C                   4   0   2   0    1   0  .333  .782   14    9   0   2B
A Martin LF                   5   0   0   0    0   2  .167  .361   18    3   0   
K Young 1B                    4   0   1   0    0   1  .269  .691    9    7   0   2B
J Allensworth CF              3   0   2   0    1   0  .353  .888   16    1   1   2B
J Guillen RF                  4   1   2   1    0   1  .286  .762    8    0   0   HR,GDP
F Garcia 3B                   4   1   1   1    0   1  .273  .955   13    2   4   HR
L Collier SS                  4   1   1   0    0   0  .240  .736   11    3   1   3B
J Schmidt P                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    4    0   0   
  J Tabaka P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  M Smith PH                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    4    0   0   
  E Dessens P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  T Ward PH                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .500 1.038    2    0   0   
  J Martinez P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  C Peters P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  D Strange PH                1   0   1   1    0   0  .300  .700    2    0   0   
Totals                       37   3  10   3    2   8              120   27   9

BATTING

2B: K Young (2, off T Glavine); J Allensworth (1, off T Glavine); J Kendall (1, off T Glavine).

3B: L Collier (2, off D Martinez).

HR: F Garcia (2, off D Martinez; 9th inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep LF); J Guillen (1, off D Martinez; 9th inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep RF).

TB: J Guillen 5; F Garcia 4; J Kendall 3; J Allensworth 3; L Collier 3; K Young 2; D Strange.

GIDP: J Guillen (1).

RBI: J Guillen (3); D Strange (1); F Garcia (3).

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 3 for 12.

FIELDING

E: L Collier (1); T Womack (2); F Garcia (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
T Glavine, W (1-0)             7     5   0   0    1   5   0   1.50   27   89-59   35· 9·15   14· 5· 2· 0     71    -     0.69   0.23
M Cather                       1     0   0   0    1   1   0   4.91    4   11-5     3· 1· 1    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
D Martinez                     1     5   3   3    0   2   2   7.20    8   20-16    9· 4· 3    0· 4· 2· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9    10   3   3    2   8   2          39  120-80   47·14·19   15·10· 4· 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 (1-1)             4     7   5   4    0   3   2   6.30   19   61-38   26·10· 3    4· 7· 5· 0     33    -     0.60  -0.26
J Tabaka                       1     1   0   0    1   1   0   4.50    5   24-13    7· 2· 4    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.32   0.01
E Dessens                      2     4   3   3    0   2   1   5.40   10   36-24   15· 7· 3    5· 1· 2· 0          0-0    0.18  -0.02
J Martinez                     1     2   3   0    2   3   0   0.00    9   34-20    8· 6· 6    2· 0· 2· 0          0-0    0.00  -0.00
C Peters                       1     0   0   0    0   0   0   2.70    3    7-4     3· 1· 0    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.00   0.00
Totals                         9    14  11   7    3   9   3          46  162-99   59·26·16   14·10·10· 0           -

Balks: None.

WP: E Dessens (1); J Martinez (1).

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Bill Hohn, 1B - Angel Hernandez, 2B - Randy Marsh, 3B - Greg Bonin.

Time of Game: 2:39.

Attendance: 43,268.

Field Condition: Dry.

Weather: 60° F, Wind 3mph out to Centerfield, Overcast, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Atlanta Braves                Pittsburgh Pirates                   
1. A Jones              CF    1. T Womack             2B 
2. C Pride              RF    2. J Kendall            C  
3. C Jones              3B    3. A Martin             LF 
4. A Galarraga          1B    4. K Young              1B 
5. R Klesko             LF    5. J Allensworth        CF 
6. J Lopez              C     6. J Guillen            RF 
7. T Graffanino         2B    7. F Garcia             3B 
8. R Belliard           SS    8. L Collier            SS 
9. T Glavine            P     9. J Schmidt            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 1   1  0-0  -2-  3   15%  67% C Jones         J Schmidt       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Jones Scores/unER
   t 3   1  0-2  -2-  3   12%  85% C Jones         J Schmidt       Home Run (Fly Ball); Pride Scores
   b 2   0  2-0  12-  3   12%  67% J Guillen       T Glavine       Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B (P's Right); Young to 3B
   b 2   0  2-0  ---  1   -6%  59% K Young         T Glavine       Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
   t 1   0  0-0  ---  5    6%  56% A Jones         J Schmidt       Reached on E5 (throw) (Ground Ball to Weak 3B); Jones to 2B

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   56%  A Jones         Reached on E5 (throw) (Ground Ball to Weak 3B); Jones to 2B
   O      -2-      52%  C Pride         Flyball: LF
   RR     -2-  3   67%  C Jones         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Jones Scores/unER
   O      ---  5   65%  A Galarraga     Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   66%  R Klesko        Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
   O      1--  3   65%  J Lopez         Groundout: 2B-1B (Weak SS-2B)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-2, Tom Glavine facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   67%  T Womack        Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  2   69%  J Kendall       Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  5   70%  A Martin        Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Pirates 0.

Top of the 2nd, Braves Batting, Ahead 2-0, Jason Schmidt facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  3   68%  T Graffanino    Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5   67%  R Belliard      Lineout: 1B
   O      ---  5   66%  T Glavine       Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 2B-1B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-2, Tom Glavine facing 4-5-6
          ---  1   59%  K Young         Double to RF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
          -2-  5   55%  J Allensworth   Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Young stays at 2B
   OO     12-  3   67%  J Guillen       Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B (P's Right); Young to 3B
   O      --3  4   71%  F Garcia        Flyball: RF (Short RF Line)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Pirates 0.

Top of the 3rd, Braves Batting, Ahead 2-0, Jason Schmidt facing 1-2-3
          ---  3   74%  A Jones         Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B)
   O      1--  1   73%  C Pride         Single to CF (Line Drive); Jones out at 3B/CF-3B; Pride to 2B/Adv on throw
   RR     -2-  3   85%  C Jones         Home Run (Fly Ball); Pride Scores
   O      ---  4   84%  A Galarraga     Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  2   83%  R Klesko        Flyball: CF
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-4, Tom Glavine facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   85%  L Collier       Foul Flyball: RF
   O      ---  4   87%  J Schmidt       Groundout: 3B-1B (Short 3B Line)
   O      ---  6   88%  T Womack        Groundout: P-1B (P's Left)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Pirates 0.

Top of the 4th, Braves Batting, Ahead 4-0, Jason Schmidt facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  1   87%  J Lopez         Popfly: SS (Weak SS-2B)
          ---  1   88%  T Graffanino    Double to CF (Fly Ball)
   R      -2-  1   92%  R Belliard      Single to LF (Line Drive); Graffanino Scores
   O      1--  6   91%  T Glavine       Strikeout (foul bunt)
   O      1--  4   91%  A Jones         Popfly: SS (SS-2B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-5, Tom Glavine facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  2   92%  J Kendall       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   93%  A Martin        Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 1B)
   O      ---  2   94%  K Young         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Pirates 0.

Top of the 5th, Braves Batting, Ahead 5-0, Jeff Tabaka facing 2-3-4
                  Jeff Tabaka replaces Jason Schmidt pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  4   93%  C Pride         Strikeout Looking
          ---  6   94%  C Jones         Walk
          1--  4   94%  A Galarraga     Single to CF (Line Drive); Jones to 2B
   O      12-  4   93%  R Klesko        Flyball: LF
   O      12-  6   92%  J Lopez         Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 5, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-5, Tom Glavine facing 5-6-7
          ---  3   89%  J Allensworth   Double to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line)
          -2-  1   84%  J Guillen       Single to RF (Line Drive to 2B-1B); Allensworth to 3B
   O      1-3  4   88%  F Garcia        Strikeout Looking
   O      1-3  5   92%  L Collier       Fielder's Choice P; Allensworth out at Hm/P-C-3B; Guillen to 3B; Collier to 2B/Adv on throw
                  Mark Smith pinch hits for Jeff Tabaka batting 9th
   O      -23  4   95%  M Smith         Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 5, Pirates 0.

Top of the 6th, Braves Batting, Ahead 5-0, Elmer Dessens facing 7-8-9
                  Elmer Dessens replaces Mark Smith pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  3   95%  T Graffanino    Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  4   95%  R Belliard      Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--      95%  T Glavine       Bunt Groundout: 3B-2B/Sacrifice (Weak 3B); Belliard to 2B
   O      -2-  4   94%  A Jones         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-5, Tom Glavine facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   95%  T Womack        Strikeout Looking
          ---  5   94%  J Kendall       Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  2   95%  A Martin        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      -2-  1   97%  K Young         Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Pirates 0.

Top of the 7th, Braves Batting, Ahead 5-0, Elmer Dessens facing 2-3-4
          ---  4   97%  C Pride         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--  4   98%  C Jones         Single to LF (Line Drive); Pride to 2B
   O      12-  7   97%  A Galarraga     Groundout: 3B unassisted/Forceout at 3B (Weak 3B); Jones to 2B
          12-      98%  R Klesko        Wild Pitch; Jones to 3B
   RO     1-3  4   98%  " "             Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Jones Scores
   RR     1--  2   99%  J Lopez         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Klesko Scores
   O      ---  4   99%  T Graffanino    Strikeout Looking
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 8, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-8, Tom Glavine facing 5-6-7
          ---  7   99%  J Allensworth   Walk
   O      1--  3   99%  J Guillen       Strikeout Looking
   O      1--  1  100%  F Garcia        Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
          1--  2  100%  L Collier       Reached on E3 (Ground Ball); Garcia to 2B
                  Turner Ward pinch hits for Elmer Dessens batting 9th
   O      12-  2  100%  T Ward          Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Braves 8, Pirates 0.

Top of the 8th, Braves Batting, Ahead 8-0, Javier Martinez facing 8-9-1
                  Javier Martinez replaces Turner Ward pitching and batting 9th
          ---  3  100%  R Belliard      Single to RF (Line Drive)
                  Danny Bautista pinch hits for Tom Glavine batting 9th
          1--  1  100%  D Bautista      Reached on E4 (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Belliard to 2B
   R      12-  1  100%  A Jones         Single to LF (Line Drive); Belliard Scores/unER; Bautista to 3B
   O      1-3  4  100%  C Pride         Strikeout Swinging
   R      1-3  6  100%  C Jones         Reached on E6 (throw) (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Bautista Scores/unER; Jones to 2B
          12-     100%  A Galarraga     Wild Pitch; Jones to 3B; Jones to 2B
          -23  5  100%  " "             Walk
   O      123  4  100%  R Klesko        Strikeout Swinging
   R      123  5  100%  J Lopez         Walk; Jones Scores/unER; Jones to 3B; Galarraga to 2B
   O      123  5  100%  T Graffanino    Strikeout Looking
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 3 LOB. Braves 11, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-11, Mike Cather facing 1-2-3
                  Mike Cather replaces Ryan Klesko pitching and batting 5th; Danny Bautista moves to LF
   O      ---  1  100%  T Womack        Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  4  100%  J Kendall       Walk
   O      1--  1  100%  A Martin        Flyball: LF (Short LF Line)
   O      1--  5  100%  K Young         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Braves 11, Pirates 0.

Top of the 9th, Braves Batting, Ahead 11-0, Chris Peters facing 8-9-1
                  Chris Peters replaces Javier Martinez pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  1  100%  R Belliard      Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3  100%  D Bautista      Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  3  100%  A Jones         Flyball: LF (Deep LF Line)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Braves 11, Pirates 0.

Bottom of the 9th, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-11, Dennis Martinez facing 5-6-7
                  Dennis Martinez replaces Mike Cather pitching and batting 5th
   O      ---  1  100%  J Allensworth   Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   R      ---  1  100%  J Guillen       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
   R      ---  4  100%  F Garcia        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
          ---  2  100%  L Collier       Triple to RF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
                  Doug Strange pinch hits for Chris Peters batting 9th
   R      --3  2  100%  D Strange       Single to CF (Line Drive); Collier Scores
   O      1--  4  100%  T Womack        Strikeout Swinging
          1--  1  100%  J Kendall       Single to CF (Line Drive); Strange to 3B
   O      1-3  5  100%  A Martin        Strikeout Looking
        3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Braves 11, Pirates 3.

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