Chicago Cubs vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 31, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1988 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Chicago Cubs 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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Chicago Cubs 3, Philadelphia Phillies 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Webster cf 3 1 0 0
Sandberg 2b 4 1 1 0
Grace 1b 3 0 2 0
Dawson rf 4 0 1 1
Palmeiro lf 4 1 2 1
Law 3b 4 0 0 0
Berryhill c 3 0 0 1
Salazar ss 2 0 0 0
  Varsho ph 1 0 0 0
  Dunston ss 1 0 0 0
Maddux p 3 0 1 0
  Pico p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Bradley lf 4 2 2 2
Thompson cf 4 1 2 1
Samuel 2b 3 0 2 2
Schmidt 3b 3 0 0 0
Parrish c 4 0 0 0
Young rf 4 0 0 0
  Ruffin p 0 0 0 0
Jordan 1b 4 2 2 0
Gutierrez ss 4 1 1 0
Maddux p 2 0 1 1
  Gross rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 6
Chicago 011 000 010371
Philadelphia 010 300 20x6101
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux  L (15-5) 6.0 10 6 6 1 6
  Pico   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
1
8
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux  W (3-1) 7.0 6 3 2 1 4
  Ruffin  SV (3) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
2
5

  E–Maddux (3), Samuel (8).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Chicago Palmeiro (27,off Maddux), Philadelphia Samuel (22,off Maddux); Jordan (1,off Maddux).  SH–Berryhill (2,off Maddux); Maddux (2,off Maddux).  HBP–Samuel (9,by Maddux).  HBP–Maddux (5,Samuel).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–2:25.  A–35,066.
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