Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
June 19, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 19, 1988 at Fulton County Stadium. The Houston Astros defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 6, Atlanta Braves 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 3 3 0
Hatcher lf 4 1 1 1
Reynolds ss,1b 5 2 2 3
Davis 1b 2 0 0 0
  Walling 1b 2 0 1 1
  Ramirez pr,ss 1 0 1 0
Puhl rf 5 0 3 1
Ashby c 2 0 0 0
Bell 3b 3 0 0 0
Pankovits 2b 4 0 0 0
  Doran 2b 0 0 0 0
Darwin p 2 0 0 0
  Bass ph 1 0 0 0
  Childress p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 11 6
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Hall cf 5 0 2 2
Oberkfell 3b 5 0 0 0
James lf 4 2 2 1
Murphy rf 4 0 2 1
Griffey 1b 5 0 0 0
Thomas ss 2 1 1 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Runge ph 1 0 0 0
Benedict c 4 1 1 0
Gant 2b 3 0 0 0
Smith p 3 0 1 0
  Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
  Royster ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Houston 200 000 0316110
Atlanta 100 012 000491
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin   6.0 7 4 4 3 3
  Childress  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Smith  SV (13) 2.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
5
6
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   6.0 4 2 2 2 2
  Alvarez   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Sutter  L (1-2) 0.0 5 3 3 0 0
  Assenmacher   2.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
3
5

  E–Benedict (3).  2B–Houston Young (12,off P Smith), Atlanta Murphy (15,off Darwin); James (10,off Darwin); Thomas (11,off Darwin); Hall (6,off Darwin).  3B–Houston Young (2,off Assenmacher).  HR–Houston Reynolds (1,1st inning off P Smith 1 on, 1 out), Atlanta James (1,5th inning off Darwin 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Ashby (1,off Assenmacher).  SF–Hatcher (5,off Assenmacher).  IBB–Bell (2,by Assenmacher); Thomas (3,by Childress).  HBP–Thomas (1,by Darwin).  SB–Young 2 (38,2nd base off P Smith/Benedict,2nd base off Sutter/Benedict).  HBP–Darwin (3,Thomas).  IBB–Childress (1,Thomas); Assenmacher (6,Bell).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:44.  A–9,750.
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