Atlanta Braves vs San Diego Padres
August 2, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1988 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The San Diego Padres 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 1, San Diego Padres 4

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Gant 2b 4 1 1 0
Oberkfell 3b 4 0 2 0
Perry 1b 2 0 0 1
Murphy rf 4 0 0 0
Thomas ss 4 0 1 0
James lf 4 0 1 0
Benedict c 3 0 0 0
Blocker cf 2 0 0 0
Smoltz p 2 0 1 0
  Simmons ph 1 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Jefferson cf 3 2 1 1
Alomar 2b 4 0 1 0
Gwynn rf 3 1 2 1
Kruk 1b 4 1 2 1
Santiago c 4 0 0 0
Wynne lf 3 0 2 1
Flannery 3b 3 0 0 0
Templeton ss 3 0 0 0
Show p 4 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
Atlanta 100 000 000160
San Diego 101 001 10x480
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz  L (1-2) 6.0 7 3 3 5 8
  Assenmacher   2.0 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
6
9
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Show  W (8-10) 9.0 6 1 1 2 4
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
4

  E–None.  DP–San Diego 2.  2B–Atlanta Gant (17,off Show); Oberkfell (16,off Show), San Diego Gwynn (11,off Smoltz); Wynne (9,off Smoltz); R Alomar (11,off Smoltz).  HR–San Diego Jefferson (1,6th inning off Smoltz 0 on, 1 out); Kruk (8,7th inning off Assenmacher 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Perry (5,off Show).  IBB–Perry (8,by Show); Templeton (7,by Smoltz).  SH–R Alomar (10,off Smoltz).  SB–Templeton (5,2nd base off Smoltz/Benedict).  IBB–Smoltz (2,Templeton); Show (5,Perry).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–2:24.  A–11,298.
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