Atlanta Braves vs Houston Astros
June 13, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 13, 1988 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Atlanta Braves 5, Houston Astros 6

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Gant 2b 5 1 2 1
Oberkfell 3b 4 0 1 0
Perry 1b 4 1 1 0
Murphy rf 4 0 0 0
Griffey lf 5 1 2 1
Thomas ss 4 2 2 2
Hall cf 4 0 0 0
Benedict c 4 0 2 1
Coffman p 2 0 0 0
  Runge ph 1 0 0 0
  Eichelberger p 0 0 0 0
  Morrison ph 0 0 0 0
  Smith pr 0 0 0 0
  Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher cf 4 2 2 0
Puhl lf 3 1 1 1
Doran 2b 4 1 2 1
Davis 1b 3 1 1 3
Bass rf 3 1 1 0
Ashby c 3 0 0 0
  Trevino pr,c 0 0 0 0
Walling 3b 4 0 2 1
Reynolds ss 4 0 1 0
Ryan p 2 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Young ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 10 6
Atlanta 011 200 1005100
Houston 103 010 01x6100
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Coffman   5.0 6 5 5 3 2
  Eichelberger   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Alvarez  L (2-2) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
4
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan   7.0 9 5 5 3 8
  Agosto  W (3-0) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Smith  SV (11) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
10

  E–None.  DP–Atlanta 2.  2B–Atlanta Thomas (9,off Ryan), Houston Walling (7,off Eichelberger).  HR–Atlanta Thomas (4,2nd inning off Ryan 0 on, 0 out); Gant (6,3rd inning off Ryan 0 on, 0 out), Houston Davis (13,3rd inning off Coffman 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Ryan (4,off Eichelberger).  SB–Oberkfell (3,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby); Perry (14,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby); Puhl (7,2nd base off Coffman/Benedict); Hatcher 2 (21,2nd base off Coffman/Benedict 2); Bass (15,2nd base off Alvarez/Benedict).  WP–Ryan (5).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:53.  A–21,485.
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