Atlanta Braves vs New York Mets
July 22, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 22, 1988 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Atlanta Braves 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Atlanta Braves 1, New York Mets 6

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Gant 2b 4 0 0 0
Oberkfell 3b 4 0 1 0
Perry 1b 4 0 1 0
Murphy rf 4 0 1 0
Thomas ss 4 1 2 0
James lf,cf 4 0 0 0
Benedict c 3 0 2 1
Royster cf 3 0 1 0
  Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
Glavine p 2 0 0 0
  Griffey lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 8 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 3 0 1 0
Teufel 2b 4 0 1 0
  Backman pr,2b 0 1 0 0
McReynolds lf 3 1 0 0
Strawberry rf 4 1 1 1
Carter c 4 1 1 0
Johnson 3b 3 2 1 0
Magadan 1b 4 0 2 3
Elster ss 4 0 0 2
Gooden p 4 0 1 0
Totals 33 6 8 6
Atlanta 000 010 000182
New York 000 020 04x680
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Glavine  L (3-11) 6.2 5 2 2 1 2
  Alvarez   0.2 2 4 4 2 1
  Assenmacher   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
3
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden  W (12-5) 9.0 8 1 1 0 4
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
0
4

  E–Thomas (18), Benedict (4).  DP–New York 1.  2B–Atlanta Benedict (6,off Gooden); Perry (15,off Gooden), New York Johnson (14,off Glavine).  IBB–Johnson (17,by Alvarez).  CS–Murphy (3,2nd base by Gooden/Carter).  BK–Alvarez (1).  IBB–Alvarez (10,Johnson).  U-HP–Dave Pallone, 1B–Bill Hohn, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:20.
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