Chicago Cubs vs San Francisco Giants
July 4, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1988 at Candlestick Park. The Chicago Cubs defeated the San Francisco Giants 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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Chicago Cubs 3, San Francisco Giants 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Martinez cf 5 1 1 2
Palmeiro lf 4 0 0 0
Dawson rf 3 0 1 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 1 0
Grace 1b 4 0 1 0
Dunston ss 4 1 1 0
Davis c 3 0 2 0
  Jackson pr 0 0 0 0
  Sundberg c 0 0 0 0
Trillo 3b 4 0 1 1
Maddux p 4 1 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 3 0 1 2
Thompson 2b 4 0 0 0
Clark 1b 2 0 1 0
Mitchell lf 3 0 0 0
  Maldonado rf 1 0 0 0
Aldrete rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Riles 3b 3 0 0 0
Brenly c 3 1 1 0
  Hammaker p 0 0 0 0
  Garrelts p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
Uribe ss 4 1 1 0
Robinson p 2 0 0 0
  Melvin c 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 4 2
Chicago 000 020 001380
San Francisco 002 000 000243
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux  W (14-3) 9.0 4 2 2 4 7
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
4
7
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson   7.0 4 2 2 1 7
  Hammaker  L (4-3) 1.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Garrelts   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
7

  E–Thompson (9), Uribe (9), Melvin (5).  DP–San Francisco 2.  2B–Chicago Grace (8,off Robinson); Davis (8,off Robinson).  HR–Chicago Martinez (4,5th inning off Robinson 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Butler (3,off Maddux).  IBB–Clark 2 (10,by Maddux 2).  SB–Dunston 2 (13,3rd base off Robinson/Brenly,2nd base off Hammaker/Melvin); Butler (21,2nd base off Maddux/Davis).  IBB–Maddux 2 (10,Clark 2).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Fred Brocklander.  T–2:48.  A–22,076.
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