Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 14, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1988 at Busch Stadium II. The Atlanta Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 7, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
James cf 7 1 2 0
Thomas ss 9 0 1 1
Murphy rf 7 2 0 0
Griffey lf 9 1 3 2
Perry 1b 7 1 2 1
Virgil c 8 0 2 0
Oberkfell 3b 7 1 1 2
Gant 2b 7 1 2 1
Smith p 2 0 0 0
  Puleo p 0 0 0 0
  Hall ph 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Garcia ph 0 0 0 0
  Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
  Simmons ph 1 0 0 0
  Mahler p 3 0 0 0
Totals 67 7 13 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 8 1 4 1
  O'Neal p 0 0 0 0
  DeLeon lf,rf,lf,rf,lf,rf,lf,rf,lf,rf,lf,rf 1 0 0 0
  Tudor ph 1 0 0 0
Smith ss 10 0 2 0
McGee cf 8 2 3 1
Brunansky rf,lf,rf,lf,rf,lf,rf,lf,rf,lf,rf,lf 6 0 3 1
Pendleton 3b 5 0 2 2
  Lawless pr,3b 3 0 0 0
Horner 1b 3 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Ford ph 1 0 0 0
  Lake c 3 0 0 0
Alicea 2b 8 0 0 0
Pena c 6 1 3 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Walker ph,lf,1b 3 0 1 0
Carpenter p 3 1 1 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Terry p 0 0 0 0
  Pagnozzi ph 1 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
  Oquendo 1b,p 4 0 1 0
Totals 74 5 20 5
Atlanta 000 400 100 000 000 000 27132
St. Louis 120 200 000 000 000 000 05200
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   4.0 11 5 5 2 2
  Puleo   2.0 2 0 0 1 3
  Assenmacher   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Alvarez   3.0 2 0 0 1 3
  Mahler  W (2-4) 8.0 3 0 0 3 2
Totals
19.0
20
5
5
7
11
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Carpenter   6.0 7 5 5 1 3
  Peters   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Terry   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Dayley   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Worrell   3.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Forsch   3.0 1 0 0 0 0
  O'Neal   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Oquendo  L (0-1) 4.0 4 2 2 6 1
Totals
19.0
13
7
7
9
10

  E–Oberkfell (3), Mahler (1).  DP–Atlanta 2.  PB–Pena (2).  2B–Atlanta James (4,off Carpenter); Perry (6,off Carpenter); Gant (5,off Carpenter); Griffey 2 (4,off Oquendo 2), St. Louis Pena (4,off Z Smith); Pendleton (11,off Z Smith).  3B–Atlanta Oberkfell (2,off Carpenter).  SH–James (1,off Peters); Oquendo (2,off Mahler); Lawless (1,off Mahler).  SF–Gant (2,off Carpenter).  IBB–Perry 2 (4,by Oquendo 2); Horner 2 (6,by Z Smith,by Puleo); McGee (3,by Mahler).  CS–Perry (4,2nd base by Carpenter/Pena).  SB–Brunansky (2,2nd base off Puleo/Virgil).  WP–Oquendo (1).  BK–Mahler (1), Worrell (1).  IBB–Z Smith (3,Horner); Puleo (3,Horner); Mahler (1,McGee); Oquendo 2 (2,Perry 2).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–5:40.  A–47,887.
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