San Francisco Giants vs Atlanta Braves
August 5, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1988 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the San Francisco Giants 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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San Francisco Giants 5, Atlanta Braves 8

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 5 2 1 1
Thompson 2b 5 1 1 0
Clark 1b 4 2 2 1
Mitchell 3b 4 0 1 1
Aldrete lf 4 0 2 2
Maldonado rf 4 0 1 0
Melvin c 3 0 0 0
Uribe ss 3 0 0 0
  Speier ss 0 0 0 0
Robinson p 1 0 0 0
  Samuels p 0 0 0 0
  Riles ph 1 0 0 0
  Brantley p 0 0 0 0
  Nixon ph 1 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 8 5
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Gant 2b 4 3 2 1
Oberkfell 3b 4 1 1 1
  Royster 3b 0 0 0 0
Perry 1b 3 1 2 3
Murphy rf 2 1 0 0
Thomas ss 4 1 1 3
James lf 4 0 0 0
Virgil c 3 0 2 0
Blocker cf 4 1 0 0
Mahler p 3 0 1 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Boever p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 8 9 8
San Francisco 100 101 020581
Atlanta 104 300 00x891
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson  L (3-2) 3.2 6 7 7 2 3
  Samuels   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Brantley   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Davis   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
8
8
3
3
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Mahler  W (9-10) 7.1 8 5 4 0 4
  Assenmacher   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Boever  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
4
2
4

  E–Butler (2), Gant (20).  2B–San Francisco Clark 2 (25,off Mahler 2); Thompson (19,off Mahler).  3B–Atlanta Gant (8,off Robinson); Oberkfell (3,off Samuels).  HR–San Francisco Butler (4,1st inning off Mahler 0 on, 0 out), Atlanta Thomas (12,3rd inning off Robinson 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Assenmacher (1,off Davis).  SF–Perry (6,off Robinson).  HBP–Virgil (4,by Davis).  IBB–Murphy (13,by Robinson).  SB–Gant (11,2nd base off Robinson/Melvin).  HBP–Davis (1,Virgil).  IBB–Robinson (9,Murphy).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Mark Hirschbeck.  T–2:37.  A–17,276.
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