Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 2, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1988 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 5 0 2 1
Lind 2b 3 1 0 0
Van Slyke cf 4 0 0 0
Bonilla 3b 4 0 2 1
Bream 1b 3 0 0 0
  Hostetler ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Reynolds rf 4 1 1 0
LaValliere c 3 0 0 0
  Ortiz ph 1 0 0 0
Belliard ss 3 1 1 0
Drabek p 1 0 0 0
  Coles ph 0 0 0 1
  Kipper p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Milligan ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 3 2 3 3
Davis cf,rf 4 0 1 0
Gibson lf 3 2 1 1
Guerrero 3b 4 0 1 1
Marshall 1b 3 0 0 0
Heep rf 1 1 0 1
  Devereaux ph,cf 2 0 1 0
Scioscia c 4 0 0 0
Griffin ss 3 0 0 0
Sutton p 0 1 0 0
  Pena p 1 0 0 0
  Orosco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 6 7 6
Pittsburgh 000 120 000360
Los Angeles 200 310 00x671
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek  L (3-2) 4.0 3 5 5 5 2
  Kipper   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Jones   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
5
3
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton   4.2 4 3 3 1 3
  Pena   2.0 1 0 0 3 2
  Orosco  W (1-0) 2.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
4
7

  E–Guerrero (6).  2B–Pittsburgh Bonilla (8,off Sutton).  HR–Los Angeles Sax (2,4th inning off Drabek 2 on, 2 out); Gibson (3,5th inning off Kipper 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Coles (3,off Sutton).  SH–Sutton (4,off Drabek).  HBP–Gibson (3,by Drabek).  SB–Bonds (3,2nd base off Pena/Scioscia); Sax (4,2nd base off Drabek/LaValliere); Heep (1,2nd base off Drabek/LaValliere).  CS–Devereaux (1,2nd base by Kipper/LaValliere).  WP–Sutton (1).  BK–Pena (1).  HBP–Drabek (2,Gibson).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–3:16.  A–26,821.
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