Braves 6, Rangers 5

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	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Texas 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 10 0 Atlanta 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 X 6 10 2 WP: K. Gryboski (4-3) S: J. Smoltz (21) LP: U. Urbina (0-2)

Scoring Summary

Top 1st: Texas

-J. Gonzalez homered to left, H. Blalock and M. Young scored

Top 2nd: Texas

-M. Teixeira homered to right

Bot 2nd: Atlanta

-H. Blanco doubled to deep right center, C. Jones and V. Castilla scored

-R. Ortiz singled to left, H. Blanco scored

Bot 3rd: Atlanta

-V. Castilla singled to center, G. Sheffield scored

Top 8th: Texas

-H. Blalock singled to shallow center, E. Diaz scored, M. Young to second

Bot 8th: Atlanta

-A. Jones homered to center, C. Jones scored

Texas
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
M. Young 2b	3	1	1	0	2	0	1	.327
H. Blalock 3b	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	.355
U. Urbina p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
A. Rodriguez ss	5	0	0	0	0	1	7	.288
R. Palmeiro 1b	5	0	1	0	0	2	2	.263
J. Gonzalez rf	5	1	2	3	0	2	2	.286
R. Christenson pr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186
C. Everett cf	4	0	1	0	1	1	2	.307
M. Teixeira lf	3	1	2	1	2	1	2	.246
E. Diaz c	3	1	1	0	1	0	4	.238
R. Sierra ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.260
I. Valdes p	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
A. Fultz p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
D. Sadler 3b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118
Totals	35	5	10	5	7	7	22

Batting 2B - C Everett (11, R Ortiz). HR - J Gonzalez (17, 1st inning off R Ortiz 2 on, 2 Out), M Teixeira (6, 2nd inning off R Ortiz 0 on, 0 Out). S - I Valdes 2. RBI - J Gonzalez 3 (40), M Teixeira (27), H Blalock (34). 2-out RBI - J Gonzalez 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - E Diaz 2, R Sierra 1, A Rodriguez 2, M Teixeira 1. GIDP - A Rodriguez. Team LOB - 12.

Fielding DP - 3 (H Blalock-M Young-R Palmeiro, M Young-A Rodriguez-R Palmeiro, A Rodriguez-M Young-R Palmeiro).

Atlanta
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
R. Furcal ss	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	.331
M. Giles 2b	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	.309
G. Sheffield rf	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	.347
C. Jones lf	3	2	3	0	1	0	0	.307
R. Fick 1b	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.294
J. Smoltz p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
V. Castilla 3b	4	1	1	1	0	0	3	.278
D. Bragg cf	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	.145
A. Jones ph	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	.298
H. Blanco c	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	.194
R. Ortiz p	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	.226
M. Franco ph	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.308
T. Hodges p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
R. Hernandez p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
R. King p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
K. Gryboski p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Franco 1b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280
Totals	31	6	10	6	3	5	14

Batting 2B - H Blanco (4, I Valdes). HR - A Jones (14, 8th inning off U Urbina 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - H Blanco 2 (5), R Ortiz (4), V Castilla (28), A Jones 2 (46). 2-out RBI - H Blanco 2, R Ortiz, V Castilla, A Jones 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Giles 1, G Sheffield 1. GIDP - G Sheffield, R Fick, V Castilla. Team LOB - 5.

Base Running SB - R Furcal (11, 2nd base off I Valdes/E Diaz).    Fielding E - R Fick (6, throw); R Furcal (13, throw). DP - 1 (R Furcal-R Fick).

Texas
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
I. Valdes	7.0	9	4	4	2	5	0	5.01
A. Fultz	0.1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2.32
U. Urbina (L, 0-2)	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	3.38
Atlanta
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
R. Ortiz	6.0	7	4	4	4	4	2	3.83
T. Hodges	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1.98
R. Hernandez	0.1	0	1	1	2	0	0	4.88
R. King	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.09
K. Gryboski (W, 4-3)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.31
J. Smoltz (S, 21)	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0.89

WP - I Valdes.

IBB - C Everett (by T Hodges).

HBP - R Furcal (by I Valdes).

Pitches-strikes - I Valdes 105-66; A Fultz 12-5; U Urbina 11-9; R Ortiz 110-63; T Hodges 20-11; R Hernandez 13-5; R King 2-2; K Gryboski 2-1; J Smoltz 15-11.

Ground balls-fly balls - I Valdes 11-5; A Fultz 1-0; U Urbina 1-1; R Ortiz 5-9; T Hodges 1-0; R Hernandez 1-0; R King 0-0; K Gryboski 2-0; J Smoltz 0-2.

Batters faced - I Valdes 30; A Fultz 2; U Urbina 3; R Ortiz 29; T Hodges 5; R Hernandez 3; R King 1; K Gryboski 1; J Smoltz 5.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Bruce Froemming. 1B--Doug Eddings. 2B--Ron Kulpa. 3B--Mike Winters. Time: 2:56. Attendance: 30,444. Weather: 72 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 5 mph, out to center.

Updated on Tuesday, Jun 3, 2003 10:50 pm ET