Pittsburgh Pirates vs Atlanta Braves
May 31, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1988 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Atlanta Braves 11

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 3 0 0 0
Lind 2b 4 1 1 0
Van Slyke cf 4 0 1 0
Bonilla 3b 3 0 1 1
Diaz rf 4 0 0 0
Milligan 1b 2 0 0 0
Ortiz c 3 0 1 0
Pedrique ss 3 0 0 0
Dunne p 0 0 0 0
  Medvin p 1 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Coles ph 1 0 0 0
  Walk pr 0 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Hall cf 5 2 2 2
Oberkfell 3b 5 3 4 1
Perry 1b 5 1 3 3
Murphy rf 4 1 3 0
James lf 3 1 1 2
Thomas ss 4 0 0 0
  Runge ss 0 0 0 0
Benedict c 4 0 1 2
Gant 2b 4 2 2 1
Glavine p 3 1 1 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 11 17 11
Pittsburgh 000 100 000140
Atlanta 240 020 03x11171
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Dunne  L (3-3) 1.1 7 6 6 1 0
  Medvin   3.2 4 2 2 1 1
  Jones   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Robinson   1.0 5 3 3 0 0
Totals
8.0
17
11
11
3
1
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Glavine  W (2-6) 8.0 4 1 1 3 2
  Assenmacher   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
3
4

  E–Oberkfell (7).  DP–Pittsburgh 3, Atlanta 3.  2B–Atlanta Glavine (1,off Dunne); Hall (3,off Dunne); Murphy 2 (9,off Medvin,off Robinson).  HR–Atlanta Gant (3,2nd inning off Dunne 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Glavine (3,off Robinson).  SB–Lind (3,2nd base off Glavine/Benedict); James (4,2nd base off Medvin/Ortiz).  WP–Medvin 2 (3), Robinson (2).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–2:31.  A–4,483.
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