Atlanta Braves vs Montreal Expos
July 2, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1988 at Stade Olympique. The Atlanta Braves 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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Atlanta Braves 5, Montreal Expos 4

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Gant 2b 7 1 3 1
Oberkfell 3b 6 1 1 0
James cf 6 0 0 0
Murphy rf 4 1 0 0
Griffey lf,1b 5 1 2 0
Thomas ss 6 0 1 1
Simmons 1b 2 1 1 2
  Royster lf 1 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
  Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
  Morrison ph,lf 2 0 1 0
Virgil c 5 0 1 0
Mahler p 2 0 0 0
  Roenicke lf 2 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Runge ph 1 0 0 0
  Puleo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 5 10 4
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Nixon lf 7 0 0 0
Winningham cf 7 0 0 0
Galarraga 1b 6 1 5 1
Brooks rf 7 0 1 0
Wallach 3b 5 1 2 0
  Hudler pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Santovenia c 3 0 0 0
  Webster ph 1 0 0 0
  Fitzgerald c 1 0 0 0
Foley 2b,3b 5 2 3 3
Rivera ss 6 0 2 0
Smith p 2 0 0 0
  Nettles ph 1 0 0 0
  Burke p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Parrett p 0 0 0 0
  Engle ph 1 0 0 0
  Heaton p 1 0 0 0
Totals 55 4 13 4
Atlanta 020 000 002 000 0015100
Montreal 000 010 012 000 0004131
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Mahler   8.0 9 2 2 0 4
  Sutter   2.0 2 2 2 1 4
  Alvarez   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Assenmacher  W (3-4) 3.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Puleo  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
15.0
13
4
4
2
13
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Smith   7.0 3 2 2 2 7
  Burke   2.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Parrett   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Heaton  L (2-6) 4.0 3 1 1 2 2
Totals
15.0
10
5
5
4
12

  E–Wallach (6).  DP–Atlanta 2, Montreal 3.  PB–Santovenia (4).  2B–Montreal Rivera (9,off Mahler); Galarraga (27,off Mahler).  HR–Atlanta Simmons (2,2nd inning off B Smith 1 on, 2 out); Gant (9,15th inning off Heaton 0 on, 1 out), Montreal Foley 2 (2,5th inning off Mahler 0 on, 1 out,9th inning off Sutter 1 on, 1 out); Galarraga (19,8th inning off Mahler 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Mahler (5,off Burke); James (2,off Burke); Oberkfell (2,off Heaton); Fitzgerald (2,off Alvarez).  HBP–Murphy (1,by Burke).  IBB–Murphy (8,by Heaton); Foley (4,by Alvarez).  CS–Gant (2,2nd base by Parrett/Fitzgerald).  WP–Heaton (1).  BK–Mahler (5), Burke (1).  HBP–Burke (2,Murphy).  IBB–Alvarez (5,Foley); Heaton (3,Murphy).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–3:53.  A–15,797.
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