Ejections: ATL Manager Bobby Cox by Matt Hollowell [Called third
strike]; Gary Sheffield by Matt Hollowell [Called third strike]
Time of Game: 2:57 Attendance: 35578
Starting Lineups:
Atlanta Braves Colorado Rockies
1. Furcal ss Belliard 2b
2. Giles 2b Stynes 3b
3. Sheffield rf Helton 1b
4. C. Jones lf Wilson cf
5. A. Jones cf Walker rf
6. Fick 1b Payton lf
7. Castilla 3b Johnson c
8. Blanco c Uribe ss
9. Maddux p Jennings p
BRAVES 1ST: Furcal singled to right; Giles doubled to right
[Furcal to third]; Sheffield was called out on strikes; Gary
Sheffield and Braves Manager Bobby Cox ejected by HP umpire Matt
Hollowell; C. Jones doubled to right [Furcal scored, Giles
scored]; A. Jones popped to catcher; Fick walked; Castilla
popped to first; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Rockies 0.
ROCKIES 1ST: BRAGG REPLACED SHEFFIELD (PLAYING RF); Belliard
grounded out (second to first); Stynes struck out; Helton
walked; Wilson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2,
Rockies 0.
BRAVES 2ND: Blanco grounded out (shortstop to first); Maddux
doubled to left; Furcal homered to center [Maddux scored]; Giles
flied to right; Bragg doubled to center; C. Jones doubled to
center [Bragg scored]; A. Jones flied to left; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Braves 5, Rockies 0.
ROCKIES 2ND: Walker singled to center; Payton struck out;
Johnson homered to right [Walker scored]; Uribe grounded out
(shortstop to first); Jennings was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Rockies 2.
BRAVES 3RD: Fick singled to right; Castilla grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Fick out at second];
Blanco grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 5, Rockies 2.
ROCKIES 3RD: Belliard grounded out (third to first); Stynes
popped to shortstop; Helton flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Braves 5, Rockies 2.
BRAVES 4TH: Maddux struck out; Furcal singled to left; Giles
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Furcal
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Rockies 2.
ROCKIES 4TH: Wilson reached on an error by Bragg; Wilson stole
second; Walker walked; Payton reached on an error by Giles
[Wilson to third, Walker to second]; Johnson grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Wilson scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Walker to third, Payton out at second]; Uribe grounded
out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Braves 5,
Rockies 3.
BRAVES 5TH: Bragg doubled to left; C. Jones grounded out (second
to first) [Bragg to third]; A. Jones lined to third; Fick
walked; Castilla singled to shortstop [Bragg scored, Fick to
second]; Blanco walked [Fick to third, Castilla to second];
Maddux forced Blanco (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB. Braves 6, Rockies 3.
ROCKIES 5TH: Jennings grounded out (second to first); Belliard
singled to left; Stynes forced Belliard (first to shortstop);
Helton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 6, Rockies 3.
BRAVES 6TH: Furcal was hit by a pitch; DEROSA RAN FOR FURCAL;
Giles popped to first; Braves Rafael Furcal left the game due
to an injured leg; Bragg popped to catcher; C. Jones homered
to right [DeRosa scored]; A. Jones flied to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Braves 8, Rockies 3.
ROCKIES 6TH: DEROSA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Wilson grounded
out (shortstop to first); Walker grounded out (second to first);
Payton was hit by a pitch; Johnson forced Payton (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 8, Rockies 3.
BRAVES 7TH: LOPEZ REPLACED JENNINGS (PITCHING); Fick grounded
out (second to first); Castilla reached on an error by Uribe;
Blanco singled to right [Castilla to third]; HESSMAN BATTED FOR
MADDUX; Hessman grounded into a double play (second to first)
[Blanco out at second]; Debut game for Mike Hessman; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 8, Rockies 3.
ROCKIES 7TH: GRYBOSKI REPLACED HESSMAN (PITCHING); Uribe lined
to shortstop; ATKINS BATTED FOR LOPEZ; Atkins grounded out
(shortstop to first); Belliard grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 8, Rockies 3.
BRAVES 8TH: COOK REPLACED ATKINS (PITCHING); DeRosa grounded out
(third to first); Giles grounded out (second to first); Bragg
walked; C. Jones walked [Bragg to second]; A. Jones flied to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 8, Rockies 3.
ROCKIES 8TH: KING REPLACED GRYBOSKI (PITCHING); Stynes grounded
out (shortstop to first); Helton grounded out (shortstop to
first); Wilson walked; Walker lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Braves 8, Rockies 3.
BRAVES 9TH: Fick singled to left; Castilla singled to left [Fick
to second]; Blanco singled to center [Fick to third, Castilla to
second]; M. FRANCO BATTED FOR KING; M. Franco hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Fick scored]; DeRosa grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Blanco out at second]; 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 9, Rockies 3.
ROCKIES 9TH: SMOLTZ REPLACED M. FRANCO (PITCHING); Payton
singled to center; ROMERO BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Romero grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Payton out at
second]; NORTON BATTED FOR URIBE; Norton was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 9, Rockies 3.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Braves 9 16 2 10
Rockies 3 4 1 5
