San Francisco Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 17, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 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."

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San Francisco Giants 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 3 2 2 0
Thompson 2b 5 1 3 3
Clark 1b 3 0 1 0
Aldrete rf 3 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
Mitchell 3b 5 1 1 1
Nixon lf 4 0 1 0
Brenly c 2 0 0 0
  Riles ph 1 0 0 0
  Melvin c 0 0 0 0
Uribe ss 4 0 0 0
Mulholland p 2 0 0 0
  Downs p 0 0 0 0
  Maldonado rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Lind 2b 4 0 1 0
Belliard ss 3 0 1 0
Coles rf 4 0 2 2
Bonilla 3b 3 0 0 0
Diaz lf 3 0 0 0
  Van Slyke ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Reynolds cf,lf 4 1 1 0
Destrade 1b 4 0 1 0
  Bream 1b 0 0 0 0
Ortiz c 3 2 1 0
Dunne p 3 1 0 1
  Rucker p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Bonds ph 1 1 1 2
  Gott p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
San Francisco 000 021 001480
Pittsburgh 030 000 02x580
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Mulholland   6.0 7 3 3 2 3
  Downs   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Price  L (0-3) 1.1 1 2 2 1 2
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
3
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Dunne   6.1 6 3 3 4 1
  Rucker   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Robinson  W (7-2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Gott  SV (13) 1.0 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
6
2

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–San Francisco Clark (19,off Dunne); Nixon (3,off Robinson); Thompson (16,off Gott), Pittsburgh Destrade (1,off Mulholland).  3B–Pittsburgh Belliard (3,off Mulholland).  HR–San Francisco Thompson (3,5th inning off Dunne 1 on, 2 out); Mitchell (11,6th inning off Dunne 0 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Bonds (17,8th inning off Price 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Clark (3,by Dunne); Bonilla (3,by Mulholland).  IBB–Clark (13,by Gott).  SB–Butler (22,2nd base off Dunne/Ortiz); Nixon (2,3rd base off Robinson/Ortiz); Belliard (6,2nd base off Mulholland/Brenly); Reynolds (7,2nd base off Mulholland/Brenly).  WP–Mulholland (1), Dunne (5).  HBP–Mulholland (1,Bonilla); Dunne (2,Clark).  IBB–Gott (5,Clark).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–3:02.  A–25,512.
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