Cincinnati Reds vs San Diego Padres
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 Jack Murphy Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 5, San Diego Padres 8

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Daniels lf 5 0 1 0
Larkin ss 4 1 1 0
Sabo 3b 4 1 0 0
Davis cf 5 0 1 0
Esasky 1b 2 1 1 0
McClendon rf 3 1 2 2
  O'Neill ph,rf 0 0 0 1
Diaz c 4 0 0 0
Concepcion 2b 3 1 1 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
Birtsas p 0 0 0 0
  St. Claire p 1 0 0 0
  Treadway ph 1 0 1 1
  Dibble p 0 0 0 0
  Winningham ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Oester ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 4
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Thon ss 5 1 1 0
Jefferson cf 4 1 2 0
Gwynn rf 3 1 0 0
Moreland 1b 4 1 1 2
Martinez lf 4 1 2 2
  Wynne pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Ready 3b 4 2 3 1
Alomar 2b 5 0 2 2
Parent c 4 0 0 0
Rasmussen p 2 1 1 0
  McCullers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 12 7
Cincinnati 000 300 200582
San Diego 330 101 00x8120
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Birtsas  L (0-2) 0.2 4 3 3 1 0
  St. Claire   2.1 4 3 0 2 0
  Dibble   3.0 2 2 2 2 1
  Williams   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Murphy   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
8
5
6
3
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen  W (9-7) 6.2 8 5 5 2 5
  McCullers  SV (8) 2.1 0 0 0 2 5
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
4
10

  E–Daniels (2), Sabo (9).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Concepcion (8,off Rasmussen); McClendon (4,off Rasmussen), San Diego Rasmussen (2,off St Claire); Martinez (8,off St Claire).  3B–San Diego R Alomar (3,off Dibble).  HR–Cincinnati McClendon (3,4th inning off Rasmussen 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Sabo (4,by Rasmussen); Jefferson (1,by Dibble).  SF–Moreland (5,off St Claire).  IBB–Gwynn 2 (8,by St Claire,by Dibble).  SB–R Alomar (9,2nd base off St Claire/Diaz); Gwynn (16,2nd base off St Claire/Diaz); Jefferson (1,2nd base off Dibble/Diaz); Ready (6,2nd base off Dibble/Diaz).  WP–Dibble (1), McCullers (3).  BK–Birtsas (3).  HBP–Dibble (1,Jefferson); Rasmussen (4,Sabo).  IBB–St Claire (2,Gwynn); Dibble (1,Gwynn).  U-HP–Greg Bonin, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:55.  A–18,852.
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