San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 23, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1988 at Busch Stadium II. The San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 5 2 2 2
Thompson 2b 5 0 1 1
Clark 1b 4 0 0 0
Maldonado rf 5 1 3 1
Aldrete lf 4 0 0 0
Riles 3b 3 1 1 0
  Speier ph,3b 0 0 0 0
Melvin c 4 1 3 2
Uribe ss 4 0 0 0
Hammaker p 2 0 0 0
  Bockus p 0 0 0 0
  Mitchell ph 0 1 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
  Garrelts p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 10 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 1 0 0
Smith ss 4 2 1 2
McGee cf 5 0 2 1
Brunansky rf 4 1 0 1
Pendleton 3b 4 0 2 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Oquendo 2b,3b 4 0 0 1
Pagnozzi 1b,c,1b 4 0 2 0
Lake c 2 0 1 0
  Ford ph,1b 1 0 0 0
  McWilliams p 0 0 0 0
  Alicea 2b 1 0 0 0
Forsch p 1 0 0 0
  Pena c 2 1 1 0
Totals 36 5 9 5
San Francisco 010 100 3016101
St. Louis 000 003 200592
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hammaker   5.0 3 3 3 2 2
  Bockus   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Price   0.1 3 2 2 0 1
  Garrelts  W (2-4) 2.2 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   6.1 6 3 3 0 2
  McWilliams   1.0 3 2 2 2 0
  Worrell  L (4-8) 1.2 1 1 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
6
5
3
4

  E–Riles (1), McGee (8), Oquendo (8).  2B–San Francisco Riles (5,off Forsch); Melvin (6,off Forsch), St. Louis Lake (1,off Hammaker).  3B–San Francisco Butler (6,off McWilliams).  HR–St. Louis Smith (3,7th inning off Price 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Aldrete (1,off McWilliams); Forsch (4,off Hammaker).  IBB–Mitchell (5,by McWilliams); Speier (1,by McWilliams); Clark (16,by Worrell).  SB–Butler (23,2nd base off Forsch/Lake); Coleman 2 (50,2nd base off Hammaker/Melvin,3rd base off Hammaker/Melvin); Smith (32,2nd base off Hammaker/Melvin).  IBB–McWilliams 2 (4,Mitchell,Speier); Worrell (10,Clark).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–3:11.  A–42,072.
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