San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants
April 9, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1988 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the San Diego Padres 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 Diego Padres 1, San Francisco Giants 3

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Gwynn rf 4 1 2 1
Thon ss 4 0 0 0
Ready 2b 4 0 2 0
Kruk 1b 4 0 2 0
Moreland lf 4 0 1 0
  Abner pr 0 0 0 0
Santiago c 4 0 1 0
Flannery 3b 3 0 1 0
Jefferson cf 3 0 0 0
Grant p 2 0 0 0
  Wynne ph 1 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 9 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 0 1 0
Aldrete lf 3 1 1 0
Clark 1b 3 1 1 2
Maldonado rf 3 0 0 0
Mitchell 3b 3 1 1 1
Melvin c 3 0 1 0
Speier 2b 3 0 0 0
Uribe ss 3 0 2 0
Reuschel p 3 0 0 0
  Garrelts p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 7 3
San Diego 001 000 000190
San Francisco 200 100 00x371
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Grant  L (0-1) 7.0 6 3 3 1 3
  Davis   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
1
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  W (1-0) 8.1 9 1 1 0 1
  Garrelts  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
0
1

  E–Uribe (1).  DP–San Diego 1, San Francisco 3.  2B–San Francisco Aldrete (2,off Grant); Uribe (1,off Davis).  HR–San Diego Gwynn (1,3rd inning off Reuschel 0 on, 1 out), San Francisco Clark (1,1st inning off Grant 1 on, 1 out); Mitchell (2,4th inning off Grant 0 on, 1 out).  CS–Santiago (1,2nd base by Reuschel/Melvin); Butler (3,2nd base by Grant/Santiago); Speier (1,3rd base by Grant/Santiago); Uribe (2,2nd base by Grant/Santiago).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–2:00.  A–17,930.
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