San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
April 19, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 19, 1988 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Francisco Giants 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 0, Cincinnati Reds 8

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 0 1 0
  Garrelts p 0 0 0 0
Mitchell 3b 2 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 0 1 0
Maldonado rf 4 0 0 0
Leonard lf 3 0 0 0
Thompson 2b 3 0 2 0
  Speier 2b 0 0 0 0
Uribe ss 3 0 0 0
Melvin c 3 0 0 0
LaCoss p 1 0 0 0
  Wasinger ph 1 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Larkin ss 2 2 1 1
  Concepcion ph,ss 2 0 1 1
Sabo 3b 3 0 2 0
Daniels lf 2 1 0 0
Davis cf 3 1 0 0
Esasky 1b 4 2 2 4
Diaz c 4 1 2 1
O'Neill rf 2 0 0 0
  Jones ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Treadway 2b 3 1 0 0
Rasmussen p 4 0 1 1
Totals 31 8 9 8
San Francisco 000 000 000040
Cincinnati 104 002 10x890
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  L (1-1) 5.0 5 5 5 4 3
  Price   2.0 4 3 3 1 1
  Garrelts   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
8
8
5
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen  W (1-1) 9.0 4 0 0 3 4
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
3
4

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 2, Cincinnati 1.  2B–San Francisco Thompson (3,off Rasmussen), Cincinnati Sabo 2 (6,off LaCoss 2).  HR–Cincinnati Larkin (2,1st inning off LaCoss 0 on, 0 out); Esasky (1,7th inning off Price 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Sabo (1,by Price).  CS–Butler (5,2nd base by Rasmussen/Diaz); Daniels (1,2nd base by LaCoss/Melvin).  SB–Larkin (9,2nd base off LaCoss/Melvin).  WP–LaCoss (1).  HBP–Price (1,Sabo).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:20.  A–15,430.
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