Atlanta Braves vs San Francisco Giants
July 29, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 29, 1988 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants 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)
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Atlanta Braves 3, San Francisco Giants 5

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Gant 2b 4 1 1 1
Oberkfell 3b 4 1 2 0
Perry 1b 4 1 1 0
Murphy rf 4 0 0 0
Thomas ss 4 0 0 0
Smith L. lf 3 0 1 1
Virgil c 3 0 0 0
Blocker cf 3 0 1 0
Smith Z. p 1 0 0 0
  Royster ph 1 0 0 0
  Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
  James ph 1 0 0 0
  Boever p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 2 1 1 2
Thompson 2b 4 1 1 0
Clark 1b 4 0 2 1
Maldonado rf 4 0 0 0
Mitchell 3b 4 0 1 0
Nixon lf 4 0 2 0
Melvin c 3 1 1 0
Uribe ss 2 1 1 0
  Speier ss 1 0 0 0
Reuschel p 2 1 0 0
Totals 30 5 9 3
Atlanta 001 100 001362
San Francisco 002 300 00x591
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L (4-8) 4.0 7 5 3 3 0
  Alvarez   3.0 2 0 0 0 5
  Boever   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
3
3
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  W (14-5) 9.0 6 3 3 0 4
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
0
4

  E–L Smith (1), Virgil (1), Mitchell (14).  DP–Atlanta 2, San Francisco 2.  2B–Atlanta Oberkfell (14,off Reuschel).  HR–Atlanta Gant (12,3rd inning off Reuschel 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Reuschel (14,off Z Smith).  CS–Nixon (4,2nd base by Z Smith/Virgil).  WP–Reuschel (1).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Mark Hirschbeck, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–2:08.  A–12,810.
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