Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
June 17, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 1988 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 5, Atlanta Braves 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher cf 5 1 2 0
Puhl lf 4 2 2 1
Doran 2b 4 1 1 1
Davis 1b 4 1 3 3
Bass rf 4 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 0 0 0
Walling 3b 3 0 2 0
Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0
Andujar p 2 0 1 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 1 0
  Childress p 1 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 12 5
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Gant 2b 5 1 1 0
Oberkfell 3b 5 1 1 1
Perry 1b 5 1 3 1
Griffey rf,lf 5 1 3 1
Thomas ss 5 1 3 0
James lf 3 0 1 0
  Virgil c 2 0 1 1
Benedict c 2 0 0 0
  Murphy ph,rf 3 0 1 1
Hall cf 3 0 0 0
Puleo p 1 0 1 1
  Alvarez p 1 0 1 0
  Morrison ph 1 0 0 0
  Eichelberger p 0 0 0 0
  Royster ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 42 6 17 6
Houston 104 000 0005121
Atlanta 010 000 0056170
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar   5.0 8 1 1 1 3
  Childress   3.0 4 2 2 0 4
  Agosto   0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Smith  L (3-4) 0.1 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.1
17
6
6
1
8
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Puleo   2.2 7 5 5 1 1
  Alvarez   3.1 3 0 0 1 1
  Eichelberger  W (2-0) 3.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
3
2

  E–Ramirez (9).  DP–Houston 1, Atlanta 2.  2B–Houston Hatcher (12,off Puleo); Doran (6,off Puleo); Walling (8,off Puleo); Andujar (1,off Alvarez); Davis (8,off Alvarez), Atlanta James (9,off Andujar).  HR–Houston Davis (16,3rd inning off Puleo 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Hall (1,by Andujar).  SB–Puhl (8,2nd base off Puleo/Benedict); Davis (3,2nd base off Puleo/Benedict).  CS–Jackson (1,2nd base by Alvarez/Virgil); Hatcher (11,2nd base by Eichelberger/Virgil).  IBB–Andujar (2,Hall).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Bill Hohn, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:52.  A–12,878.
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