Atlanta Braves vs San Francisco Giants
June 9, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1988 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Atlanta Braves 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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Atlanta Braves 4, San Francisco Giants 6

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Hall cf 5 0 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 5 0 1 1
Perry 1b 4 1 2 1
Murphy rf 5 1 2 2
Griffey lf 1 0 0 0
  Roenicke ph 1 0 0 0
  Royster lf 0 0 0 0
Virgil c 4 0 1 0
Thomas ss 2 0 0 0
  Puleo p 0 0 0 0
  James ph 0 0 0 0
  Eichelberger p 0 0 0 0
  Coffman ph 1 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
Gant 2b 3 1 1 0
Smith p 1 0 0 0
  Runge ss 2 1 1 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 3 1 1 1
Thompson 2b 3 2 1 0
Clark 1b 4 1 1 1
Maldonado rf 3 0 1 2
Aldrete lf 4 0 1 0
Mitchell 3b 4 1 1 0
Williams ss 3 0 1 0
Manwaring c 4 0 2 1
LaCoss p 1 1 1 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Price p 1 0 0 0
  Garrelts p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 10 5
Atlanta 001 001 200482
San Francisco 004 100 10x6100
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L (1-6) 3.1 6 5 4 2 4
  Puleo   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Eichelberger   2.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Assenmacher   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
6
5
2
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  W (5-4) 6.2 6 4 4 4 5
  Robinson   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Price   2.0 1 0 0 1 4
  Garrelts  SV (3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
5
9

  E–P Smith 2 (3).  2B–Atlanta Oberkfell (7,off LaCoss); Murphy (10,off Robinson), San Francisco Butler (8,off P Smith); Mitchell (11,off P Smith).  3B–Atlanta Perry (1,off LaCoss), San Francisco Thompson (4,off Eichelberger).  HR–Atlanta Murphy (8,6th inning off LaCoss 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Perry (1,by LaCoss).  SH–Williams (2,off P Smith); LaCoss 2 (4,off P Smith,off Eichelberger).  SF–Maldonado (3,off Eichelberger).  CS–Griffey (3,2nd base by LaCoss/Manwaring); Williams (1,2nd base by Assenmacher/Virgil).  HBP–LaCoss (1,Perry).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–3:12.  A–10,486.
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