San Francisco Giants vs Montreal Expos
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 Stade Olympique. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Montreal Expos 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 9, Montreal Expos 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 5 2 2 1
Thompson 2b 5 2 2 3
Clark 1b 4 2 1 1
Maldonado rf 4 0 1 2
Leonard lf 5 1 3 2
Mitchell 3b 4 0 0 0
Speier ss 3 1 0 0
Melvin c 3 1 1 0
Reuschel p 1 0 0 0
  Robinson p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 10 9
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 2 0 1 1
Webster cf 4 0 0 0
Brooks rf 3 0 0 0
Wallach 3b 4 0 1 0
Galarraga 1b 4 0 0 0
Foley 2b 4 1 3 0
Santovenia c 4 0 1 0
Rivera ss 4 1 1 0
Smith p 1 0 0 0
  Burke p 1 0 0 0
  Nettles ph 1 0 1 1
  McClure p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
San Francisco 000 240 0129100
Montreal 000 000 200281
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  W (7-3) 7.0 8 2 2 2 4
  Robinson   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
7
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L (3-4) 4.2 7 6 5 1 2
  Burke   2.1 0 0 0 0 1
  McClure   2.0 3 3 3 2 1
Totals
9.0
10
9
8
3
4

  E–Foley (5).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco Clark (12,off B Smith); Maldonado (8,off McClure), Montreal Foley 2 (5,off Reuschel 2).  HR–San Francisco Thompson (1,5th inning off B Smith 2 on, 1 out); Leonard (2,8th inning off McClure 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Reuschel 2 (4,off B Smith 2).  HBP–Maldonado (3,by B Smith).  SF–Raines (2,off Reuschel).  CS–Leonard (5,2nd base by B Smith/Santovenia); Raines (3,2nd base by Reuschel/Melvin).  BK–McClure (3).  HBP–B Smith (4,Maldonado).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Tom Hallion, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:38.  A–11,902.
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