Atlanta vs. Arizona
Play By Play. Pitch By PitchMay 04, 2003
NL FINAL 11
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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ATLANTA 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
ARIZONA 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 11 R H E
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ATLANTA 0 3 7 9 1
ARIZONA 0 0 4 10 1 (FINAL 11)
ATLANTA (7) VS ARIZONA (4) - FINAL IN 11 INNINGS
ATLANTA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Furcal ss 4 0 0 1 1 1 1 .333
M Giles 2b 5 0 2 1 1 0 2 .330
C Jones lf 6 1 1 0 0 0 3 .300
A Jones cf 4 2 2 2 1 1 0 .299
R Fick 1b 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 .323
T Hodges p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Smoltz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
D Bragg rf 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 .135
V Castilla 3b 3 1 0 0 2 2 3 .255
H Blanco c 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 .241
G Maddux p 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .063
R King p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-M Franco ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
K Gryboski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Franco 1b 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .347
Totals 37 7 9 6 8 5 16
a-lined out to left for R Hernandez in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - R Fick 2 (4, E Dessens 2); C Jones (11, E Dessens); H Blanco (2,
E Dessens). HR - A Jones (8, 6th inning off E Dessens 1 on, 0 Out). S - G
Maddux , H Blanco. SF - R Furcal. RBI - H Blanco 2 (3), A Jones 2 (31), R
Furcal (9), M Giles (16). 2-out RBI - H Blanco 2, M Giles. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - M Giles 2, G Maddux 2, V Castilla 1. GIDP - C Jones.
Team LOB - 8.
BASERUNNING: SB - R Furcal (6, 2nd base off S Service/C Moeller), D Bragg (2,
2nd base off C Capuano/R Barajas). CS - M Giles (1, 2nd base by E Dessens/C
Moeller).
FIELDING: E - R Furcal (7, bobble).
ARIZONA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Counsell 3b 6 0 1 0 0 0 3 .257
J Spivey 2b 6 2 2 1 0 2 1 .255
L Gonzalez lf 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 .333
D Bautista rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .242
S Service p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Q McCracken rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .171
M Grace 1b 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 .189
S Finley cf 4 0 2 0 1 0 2 .241
C Moeller c 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 .355
b-L Overbay ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .271
R Barajas c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .467
T Womack ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 .185
E Dessens p 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .308
a-C Baerga ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .400
O Villarreal p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Myers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
D Dellucci rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224
C Capuano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-M Williams ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217
Totals 41 4 10 3 5 6 15
a-walked for E Dessens in the 6th; b-flied out to right for C Moeller in the
10th; c-popped out to shallow right for C Capuano in the 11th.
BATTING: 2B - J Spivey (5, G Maddux); C Moeller (7, G Maddux). 3B - D Bautista
(1, G Maddux); S Finley (2, R Hernandez). HR - J Spivey (4, 3rd inning off G
Maddux 0 on, 0 Out), L Gonzalez (8, 3rd inning off G Maddux 0 on, 0 Out). SF -
M Grace. RBI - M Grace (8), J Spivey (11), L Gonzalez (20). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - L Overbay 1, C Counsell 1, T Womack 1, S Finley 1, C
Moeller 1. Team LOB - 10.
BASERUNNING: SB - S Finley (3, 2nd base off G Maddux/H Blanco), Q McCracken
(2, 2nd base off T Hodges/H Blanco). CS - D Bautista (1, 2nd base by G Maddux/H
Blanco), C Moeller (2, 2nd base by G Maddux/H Blanco).
FIELDING: E - M Grace (2, throw). DP: 1 (M Grace-T Womack-E Dessens).
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ATLANTA - 010 003 000 03 -- 7
ARIZONA - 202 000 000 00 -- 4
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ATLANTA ip h r er bb so hr era
G Maddux 6 7 4 2 4 4 2 4.86
R King 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.21
R Hernandez 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.50
K Gryboski 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.84
T Hodges (W, 1-0) 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3.14
J Smoltz (S, 12) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.08
ARIZONA ip h r er bb so hr era
E Dessens 6 7 4 4 4 3 1 4.32
O Villarreal 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.92
M Myers 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.75
S Service 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.70
C Capuano (L, 0-1) 2 1 3 2 3 0 0 9.00
O Villarreal pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
IBB - S Finley (by T Hodges), J Franco (by C Capuano). Pitches-strikes: G
Maddux 105-62; R King 10-7; R Hernandez 17-9; K Gryboski 14-11; T Hodges 16-7;
J Smoltz 18-12; E Dessens 95-56; O Villarreal 20-11; M Myers 6-5; S Service
27-14; C Capuano 34-17. Ground balls-fly balls: G Maddux 9-3; R King 2-1; R
Hernandez 1-2; K Gryboski 0-3; T Hodges 0-2; J Smoltz 0-2; E Dessens 8-6; O
Villarreal 2-0; M Myers 1-1; S Service 0-3; C Capuano 3-3. Batters faced: G
Maddux 28; R King 3; R Hernandez 4; K Gryboski 3; T Hodges 5; J Smoltz 4; E
Dessens 27; O Villarreal 4; M Myers 2; S Service 5; C Capuano 10.
UMPIRES: HP--Tony Randazzo. 1B--Tim Mcclelland. 2B--Ted Barrett. 3B--C.B.
Bucknor.
EJECTIONS: ATLANTA's Cox by Randazzo (1st).
T--3:49. Att--38,851.
Weather: INDOORS
How They ScoredARIZONA 1ST: C Counsell grounded out to second. J Spivey doubled to left. L Gonzalez walked. D Bautista safe at first on error by shortstop R Furcal, J Spivey scored, L Gonzalez to third. M Grace hit sacrifice fly to center, L Gonzalez scored. D Bautista caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. Atlanta's Manager B Cox ejected by T Randazzo. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) ATLANTA 0, ARIZONA 2. ATLANTA 2ND: A Jones walked. R Fick popped out to second. D Bragg grounded out to shortstop, A Jones to second. V Castilla walked. H Blanco singled to right, A Jones scored, V Castilla to second. G Maddux struck out looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 1, ARIZONA 2. ARIZONA 3RD: J Spivey homered to left. L Gonzalez homered to right. D Bautista grounded out to second. M Grace struck out swinging. S Finley singled to right. S Finley stole second. C Moeller struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 1, ARIZONA 4. ATLANTA 6TH: C Jones doubled to right center. A Jones homered to right, C Jones scored. R Fick doubled to deep right. D Bragg flied out to deep center, R Fick to third. V Castilla struck out swinging. H Blanco doubled to left, R Fick scored. G Maddux lined out to right. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) ATLANTA 4, ARIZONA 4. ATLANTA 11TH: R Barajas catching. D Bragg walked. D Bragg stole second. V Castilla walked. H Blanco sacrificed to catcher, D Bragg to third, V Castilla to second. J Franco intentionally walked. R Furcal hit sacrifice fly to first in foul territory, D Bragg scored, V Castilla scored, J Franco to third on throwing error by first baseman M Grace. M Giles singled to center, J Franco scored. C Jones flied out to left. (3 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) ATLANTA 7, ARIZONA 4.
Game StoryPHOENIX (Ticker) -- The biggest hit for the Atlanta Braves on Sunday was a collision between Mark Grace and Junior Spivey of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Rafael Furcal drove in the go-ahead run with a fluke sacrifice fly in the 11th inning as the Braves rallied for a 7-4 victory over the Diamondbacks. Chris Capuano (0-1), the fifth Arizona pitcher, walked Darren Bragg and Vinny Castilla in the 11th before Henry Blanco sacrificed. Furcal blooped a short pop fly in back of first base, where Grace caught the ball before colliding with second baseman Spivey and falling to the ground. An alert Bragg raced home with the go-ahead run and Castilla also scored when Grace made a wild throw to the plate. "I will take full responsibility. The ball just took off on me," Grace said. Believe me I don't have that strong of an arm. The collision is not an excuse. I have to catch that ball and come up and put it on the button and I didn't." "It might be a record for the shortest sac fly," Bragg added. "The bottom line with us is that we play hard the whole game." Marcus Giles capped the inning with an RBI single off Capuano, who was called up from the minor leagues before the game and took the loss in his major league debut. "I knew that (pop fly) was trouble," Capuano said. "His momentum was carrying him a way from where he has to throw the ball. I shouldn't have let it get by me. I was expecting it was my game to win or lose at that point." Trey Hodges (1-0), the fifth of six Atlanta pitchers, worked a scoreless 10th for the win. John Smoltz allowed a hit in the 11th and earned his 12th save. Five Atlanta relievers - Ray King, Roberto Hernandez, Kevin Gryboski, Hodges and Smoltz - combined on five scoreless innings. "It is hard to pitch that many innings and hold a team down," Smoltz said. The Braves tied the game in the sixth on a two-run homer by Andruw Jones and an RBI double by Henry Blanco. Atlanta won for the seventh time in eight games and completed a six-game road trip at 5-1. "That game had a little bit of everything, clutch pitching, big hitting and great baserunning by Bragg," said Braves manager Bobby Cox, who was ejected by plate umpire Tony Randazzo in the first inning for arguing balls and strikes. "It was a tough, struggling ball game for both sides." Both starters - Greg Maddux for Atlanta and Elmer Dessens of Arizona - allowed four runs and seven hits in six innings. Spivey and Luis Gonzalez homered in the third off Maddux, the first time all season Arizona has hit back-to-back homers. The Diamondbacks jumped on Maddux for two runs in the first with the help of an error by shortstop Furcal. Spivey doubled and Gonzalez walked with one out before Furcal booted a ground ball by Danny Bautista, allowing the first run to score. Grace followed with a sacrifice fly. Spivey and Luis Gonzalez hit back-to-back homers to increase Arizona's lead to 4-1. The last time the Diamondbacks hit back-to-back homers was September 28, when Matt Williams and Felix Jose connected against Colorado. Atlanta answered with some power of its own to tie the game in the sixth. Chipper Jones doubled to lead off the inning before Andruw Jones went the opposite way off Dessens for his eighth homer. Doubles by Robert Fick and Henry Blanco later in the inning tied the game at 4-4. The Braves scored their first run in the second on an RBI single by Blanco. The Diamondbacks threatened in the eighth when Steve Finley tripled off the wall in center field with one out. But Hernandez retired Chad Moeller on a pop up and Tony Womack on a groundout to end the inning. "We had a lot of opportunities. We had a big one in the eighth," Grace said. "We couldn't come up with a big hit." It was the 100th career triple for Finley, tops among active major leaguers. Spivey had a pair of hits off Maddux and is 7-for-10 against the four-time Cy Young Award winer in his career.
