San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers
April 4, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 4, 1988 at Dodger Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Francisco Giants 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 1

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 5 1 3 2
Aldrete lf 3 1 1 1
Clark 1b 4 1 1 0
Maldonado rf 3 0 2 0
Mitchell 3b 2 0 0 1
Melvin c 4 0 0 0
Thompson 2b 4 0 0 0
Uribe ss 4 1 2 0
Dravecky p 2 1 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 4
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 4 1 2 1
Griffin ss 4 0 0 0
Gibson lf 4 0 0 0
Guerrero 3b 2 0 0 0
Marshall 1b 3 0 0 0
Shelby cf 3 0 0 0
Davis rf 3 0 0 0
Scioscia c 3 0 1 0
Valenzuela p 1 0 0 0
  Hatcher ph 1 0 0 0
  Belcher p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton ph 1 0 0 0
  Havens p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 3 1
San Francisco 002 300 000590
Los Angeles 100 000 000132
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Dravecky  W (1-0) 9.0 3 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
1
3
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Valenzuela  L (0-1) 6.0 7 5 4 4 4
  Belcher   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Havens   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
4
6

  E–Shelby (1), Valenzuela (1).  DP–San Francisco 1.  3B–San Francisco Butler (1,off Valenzuela).  HR–Los Angeles Sax (1,1st inning off Dravecky 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Dravecky 2 (2,off Valenzuela 2).  SF–Mitchell (1,off Valenzuela); Aldrete (1,off Valenzuela).  CS–Butler 2 (2,2nd base by Valenzuela/Scioscia,2nd base by Havens/Scioscia).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–2:24.  A–48,484.
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