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Tigers 12 @ Braves 4
Turner Field
September 3, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Detroit Tigers, played on September 3, 1997 at Turner Field. The home team Braves were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 12 to 4.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 3, 1997 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 12 H: 15 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 12
Hits: 15
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Atlanta Braves
R: 4 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 6
Runs: 4
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 6
Winning Pitcher—Willie Blair  
Losing Pitcher—John Smoltz  
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Game Winning RBI—Bobby Higginson 

Game Info

DateSeptember 3, 1997 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamAtlanta Braves 
Visiting Starting PitcherWillie Blair  
Home Starting PitcherJohn Smoltz  
BallparkTurner Field 
CityAtlanta 
StateGA 
Attendance36,556 
Time of Game2 hours 46 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Greg Bonin
1B: Frank Pulli
2B: Bruce Dreckman
3B: Ron Barnes

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Brian Hunter  Center Fielder 
Damion Easley  Second Baseman 
Bobby Higginson  Left Fielder 
Tony Clark  First Baseman 
Travis Fryman  Third Baseman 
Juan Encarnacion  Right Fielder 
Marcus Jensen  Catcher 
Deivi Cruz  Shortstop 
Willie Blair  Pitcher 
Buddy Bell  Manager 

Atlanta Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Kenny Lofton  Center Fielder 
Michael Tucker  Right Fielder 
Chipper Jones  Third Baseman 
Randall Simon  First Baseman 
Ryan Klesko  Left Fielder 
Javy Lopez  Catcher 
Jeff Blauser  Shortstop 
Tony Graffanino  Second Baseman 
John Smoltz  Pitcher 
Bobby Cox  Manager 

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Tigers 12 @ Braves 4
Turner Field
September 3, 1997

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         Game of 9/3/1997 -- Detroit at Atlanta (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Atlanta            AB  R  H RBI
Hunter B, cf          5  2  2  0   Lofton K, cf          3  2  2  0   
Nieves M, ph-rf       1  0  0  0   Byrd P, p             0  0  0  0   
Easley D, 2b          4  3  2  1   Giovanola E, 3b       2  0  0  0   
Higginson B, lf       3  2  2  2   Tucker M, rf          3  0  1  0   
Bartee K, lf          0  0  0  0   Jones C, 3b           3  0  1  1   
Clark T, 1b           4  2  3  5   Spehr T, c            1  0  1  0   
Nevin P, ph-1b        1  0  0  0   Simon R, 1b           4  1  2  1   
Fryman T, 3b          4  1  2  0   Klesko R, lf          3  0  1  1   
Encarnacion J, rf-cf  5  0  1  1   Lopez J, c            3  0  0  0   
Jensen M, c           5  1  2  1   Belliard R, ss        1  0  0  0   
Cruz D, ss            5  1  1  2   Blauser J, ss         2  0  0  0   
Blair W, p            4  0  0  0   Clontz B, p           0  0  0  0   
Myers M, p            0  0  0  0   Embree A, p           0  0  0  0   
Catalanotto F, ph     0  0  0  0   Fox C, p              0  0  0  0   
Miceli D, p           0  0  0  0   Colbrunn G, ph        1  1  1  1   
                                   Graffanino T, 2b      4  0  1  0   
                                   Smoltz J, p           1  0  0  0   
                                   Ligtenberg K, p       0  0  0  0   
                                   Gregg T, ph           1  0  0  0   
                                   Jones A, cf           0  0  0  0   
                                   Bautista D, cf        2  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41 12 15 12                        34  4 10  4

Detroit          201 603 000 -- 12
Atlanta          101 001 001 --  4

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Blair W (W)           7.0  8  3  3  0  1
Myers M               1.0  1  0  0  1  1
Miceli D              1.0  1  1  1  0  0

  Atlanta              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Smoltz J (L)          3.1 10  8  8  0  4
Ligtenberg K          1.2  1  1  1  0  4
Byrd P                1.0  3  3  3  2  0
Clontz B              1.0  0  0  0  0  2
Embree A              1.0  1  0  0  0  1
Fox C                 1.0  0  0  0  1  2

DP -- Detroit 2, Atlanta 1
LOB -- Detroit 7, Atlanta 6
2B -- Easley D 2, Clark T, Lofton K, Hunter B, Klesko R, Spehr T
3B -- Hunter B
HR -- Cruz D, Clark T, Colbrunn G
SH -- Tucker M
SF -- Easley D
HBP -- by Blair W (Blauser J), by Embree A (Bartee K)
T -- 2:46
A -- 36556

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