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Pirates
@ Braves
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
August 16, 1996
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on August 16, 1996 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 16, 1996 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Home Team |
Atlanta Braves
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 16, 1996 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | Atlanta Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Denny Neagle |
| Home Starting Pitcher | John Smoltz |
| Ballpark | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium |
| City | Atlanta |
| State | GA |
| Attendance | 39,210 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 24 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Mike Winters 1B: Harry Wendelstedt 2B: Rich Rieker 3B: Brian Gorman |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jermaine Allensworth | Center Fielder |
| Al Martin | Left Fielder |
| Jeff King | Second Baseman |
| Mark Johnson | First Baseman |
| Orlando Merced | Right Fielder |
| Charlie Hayes | Third Baseman |
| Jay Bell | Shortstop |
| Jason Kendall | Catcher |
| Denny Neagle | Pitcher |
| Jim Leyland | Manager |
Atlanta Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Marquis Grissom | Center Fielder |
| Andruw Jones | Right Fielder |
| Chipper Jones | Shortstop |
| Fred McGriff | First Baseman |
| Terry Pendleton | Third Baseman |
| Jermaine Dye | Left Fielder |
| Javy Lopez | Catcher |
| Mark Lemke | Second Baseman |
| John Smoltz | Pitcher |
| Bobby Cox | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Braves
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
August 16, 1996
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allensworth vs. Smoltz
Allensworth hits a fly ball into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Smoltz
Martin hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
King vs. Smoltz
King strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Smoltz
Johnson takes first base on ball four. Martin moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Merced vs. Smoltz
Merced hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Martin scores. There goes Johnson trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grissom vs. Neagle
Grissom hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Neagle
Jones hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Merced who is chasing the ball. Jones reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Jones vs. Neagle
Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jones scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
McGriff vs. Neagle
McGriff strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Pendleton vs. Neagle
Pendleton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Smoltz
Hayes strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Smoltz
Bell strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Smoltz
Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jones scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Dye vs. Neagle
Dye hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Martin. Dye reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Lopez vs. Neagle
Lopez strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lemke vs. Neagle
Lemke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Smoltz vs. Neagle
Smoltz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Neagle vs. Smoltz
Neagle hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff scoops it up and throws to first, with Smoltz covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Allensworth vs. Smoltz
Allensworth hits a line drive towards third. Pendleton reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Smoltz
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Martin for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Grissom vs. Neagle
Grissom hits a popup towards short. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Neagle
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Neagle
Jones takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
McGriff vs. Neagle
McGriff hits a popup into left field for a base hit. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Pendleton vs. Neagle
Pendleton hits a fly ball into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Smoltz
King hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff scoops it up and throws to first, with Smoltz covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Smoltz
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Merced vs. Smoltz
Merced strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dye vs. Neagle
Dye hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Hayes. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Neagle
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Lemke vs. Neagle
Lemke hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Smoltz vs. Neagle
Smoltz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. King scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Smoltz
Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jones scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Smoltz
Bell strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Smoltz
Kendall hits a fly ball into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Grissom vs. Neagle
Grissom hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Neagle
Jones hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Neagle
Jones hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McGriff vs. Neagle
McGriff hits a popup into center field for a base hit. Jones moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pendleton vs. Neagle
Pendleton hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Jones scores. McGriff moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dye vs. Neagle
Dye hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Merced. Dye reaches second base with a double. McGriff scores. Pendleton moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Lopez vs. Neagle
Lopez is walked intentionally. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lemke vs. Neagle
Lemke hits a fly ball towards center. Allensworth catches it and throws to Johnson who throws to second to double up Dye. Pendleton tags and scores. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 1 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Liriano vs. Smoltz
Nelson Liriano pinch hits for Denny Neagle.
Liriano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pendleton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Allensworth vs. Smoltz
Allensworth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jones scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Smoltz
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jones scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 1 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Smoltz vs. Morel
Ramon Morel now pitching.
Smoltz strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Grissom vs. Morel
Grissom hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Morel
Jones strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Morel
Jones takes first base on ball four. Grissom moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
McGriff vs. Morel
McGriff hits a line drive towards first. Johnson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 1 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
King vs. Smoltz
King hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pendleton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Smoltz
Johnson hits a popup towards short. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Merced vs. Smoltz
Merced hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dye. Merced reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hayes vs. Smoltz
Hayes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Merced scores. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Smoltz
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jones fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Pendleton vs. Morel
Pendleton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Dye vs. Morel
Dye hits a fly ball into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Morel
Lopez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Lemke vs. Morel
Lemke hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lemke for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Smoltz
Kendall hits a fly ball into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kingery vs. Smoltz
Mike Kingery pinch hits for Ramon Morel.
Kingery hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff scoops it up and throws to first, with Smoltz covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allensworth vs. Smoltz
Allensworth hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pendleton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Smoltz vs. Wainhouse
Dave Wainhouse now pitching.
Smoltz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Grissom vs. Wainhouse
Grissom strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Wainhouse
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Wainhouse
Wainhouse fires to first and picks off Jones. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Smoltz
Martin hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Dye. Martin reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
King vs. Smoltz
King hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pendleton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Smoltz
Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Martin moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Merced vs. Smoltz
Merced hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Martin scores. Johnson moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Hayes vs. Wohlers
Mark Wohlers now pitching.
Hayes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Merced moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Wohlers
Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Grissom settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Braves, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Clark vs. Wohlers
Dave Clark pinch hits for Jason Kendall.
Clark strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/16/1996 -- Pittsburgh at Atlanta (N)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Atlanta AB R H RBI
Allensworth J, cf 4 0 0 0 Grissom M, cf 5 0 1 0
Martin A, lf 4 2 2 0 Jones A, rf 5 2 2 1
King J, 2b 4 0 0 0 Jones C, ss 2 1 2 1
Johnson M, 1b 3 1 1 0 McGriff F, 1b 4 1 2 0
Merced O, rf 4 1 3 2 Pendleton T, 3b 4 1 1 1
Hayes C, 3b 4 0 2 2 Dye J, lf 4 0 2 1
Bell J, ss 4 0 0 0 Lopez J, c 3 0 1 0
Kendall J, c 3 0 0 0 Lemke M, 2b 3 0 0 1
Clark D, ph 1 0 0 0 Smoltz J, p 4 0 1 0
Neagle D, p 1 0 0 0 Wohlers M, p 0 0 0 0
Liriano N, ph 1 0 0 0
Morel R, p 0 0 0 0
Kingery M, ph 1 0 0 0
Wainhouse D, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 4 8 4 34 5 12 5
Pittsburgh 100 000 102 -- 4
Atlanta 100 040 00x -- 5
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Neagle D (L) 5.0 9 5 5 2 2
Morel R 2.0 2 0 0 1 2
Wainhouse D 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz J (W) 8.1 7 4 4 1 6
Wohlers M (S) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
E -- Hayes C
DP -- Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 4, Atlanta 9
2B -- Dye J 2, Merced O, Martin A
3B -- Jones A
HR -- Jones A
SF -- Lemke M
T -- 2:24
A -- 39210
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