San Francisco Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 15, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 1988 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates 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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San Francisco Giants 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 8

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 3 1 1 1
Thompson 2b 4 1 2 1
Clark 1b 4 1 1 0
Aldrete lf 4 1 1 1
Mitchell 3b 4 0 2 2
Maldonado rf 4 0 0 0
Melvin c 3 0 0 0
  Riles ph 1 0 0 0
Uribe ss 3 0 0 0
Downs p 2 1 1 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Speier ph 1 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 5 1 2 3
  Gregg lf 0 0 0 0
Lind 2b 4 0 0 0
Van Slyke cf 3 2 1 0
Bonilla 3b 4 1 1 2
Coles rf 3 1 2 0
  Gott p 0 0 0 0
Bream 1b 4 1 2 1
LaValliere c 3 1 1 2
Belliard ss 4 1 2 0
Walk p 1 0 0 0
  Kipper p 2 0 0 0
  Reynolds rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 11 8
San Francisco 201 200 000580
Pittsburgh 140 020 10x8111
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Downs  L (8-8) 4.0 9 7 7 2 4
  Lefferts   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Robinson   3.0 2 1 1 1 3
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
3
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Walk   3.2 8 5 3 1 3
  Kipper  W (2-2) 3.2 0 0 0 1 4
  Gott  SV (12) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
3
2
9

  E–Bream (4).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco Downs (1,off Walk), Pittsburgh Bream (25,off Downs); LaValliere (14,off Downs); Bonds (23,off Downs); Coles (13,off Downs); Van Slyke (13,off Downs).  HR–Pittsburgh Bonds (16,1st inning off Downs 0 on, 0 out); Bonilla (18,5th inning off Downs 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–LaValliere (9,by Downs).  CS–Thompson (3,2nd base by Kipper/LaValliere).  SB–Belliard (5,2nd base off Robinson/Melvin); Van Slyke (13,2nd base off Robinson/Melvin).  IBB–Downs (6,LaValliere).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–3:11.  A–28,315.
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