San Francisco Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 16, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 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 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 10

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 2 0 1 0
  Nixon pr,cf 1 0 1 0
Thompson 2b 2 0 1 0
  Spilman ph,c 2 0 0 0
Clark 1b 3 0 0 0
  Garrelts p 0 0 0 0
Aldrete lf,1b 4 0 0 0
Mitchell 3b 4 1 1 1
Maldonado rf 4 0 1 0
Riles ss 3 0 0 0
Brenly c 2 0 0 0
  Speier 2b 1 0 0 0
LaCoss p 1 0 0 0
  Bockus p 1 0 1 0
  Youngblood ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 3 1 2 1
  Diaz lf 1 0 0 0
Lind 2b 5 1 1 0
Van Slyke cf 2 3 1 0
Bonilla 3b 3 0 0 0
  Gonzalez 3b 0 0 0 0
Bream 1b 3 1 1 2
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Gregg rf 2 1 0 2
LaValliere c 4 1 3 2
Belliard ss 4 1 1 1
Drabek p 3 1 2 2
  Destrade ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 10 11 10
San Francisco 000 000 100160
Pittsburgh 306 100 00x10110
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  L (7-7) 2.1 5 7 7 5 2
  Bockus   4.2 6 3 3 1 2
  Garrelts   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
10
10
6
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek  W (7-5) 8.0 6 1 1 2 5
  Jones   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
5

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 2, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Bonds (24,off LaCoss); Drabek (1,off LaCoss); LaValliere (15,off LaCoss).  3B–Pittsburgh Drabek (2,off Bockus).  HR–San Francisco Mitchell (10,7th inning off Drabek 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Gregg (1,off Bockus).  IBB–Bonds (12,by LaCoss).  CS–Butler (14,2nd base by Drabek/LaValliere); Gregg (1,2nd base by LaCoss/Brenly).  WP–Drabek (2).  IBB–LaCoss (3,Bonds).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:42.  A–28,997.
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