San Francisco Giants vs Atlanta Braves
August 8, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1988 at Fulton County Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 5, Atlanta Braves 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 3 1 1 1
Thompson 2b 5 0 0 0
Clark 1b 3 1 1 0
Mitchell 3b 3 1 2 2
  Speier 3b 1 0 0 0
Aldrete lf 3 1 2 1
  Nixon pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Youngblood rf 5 1 2 0
Brenly c 3 0 0 0
Uribe ss 3 0 0 0
Price p 1 0 0 0
  Davis p 1 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Garrelts p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Gant 2b 3 1 1 1
Smith lf 3 1 0 0
Perry 1b 4 0 1 0
Murphy rf 4 0 1 1
Thomas ss 4 0 1 0
Morrison 3b 2 0 0 0
  Oberkfell ph 1 0 0 0
Benedict c 2 0 0 0
  Virgil c 2 0 0 0
Blocker cf 3 0 0 0
  Boever p 0 0 0 0
Smoltz p 0 0 0 0
  Alvarez p 1 0 0 0
  Royster cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 4 2
San Francisco 005 000 000580
Atlanta 100 000 010241
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Price   4.0 2 1 1 4 4
  Davis  W (1-1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Lefferts   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Garrelts  SV (10) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
4
8
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz  L (1-3) 2.2 4 5 5 6 4
  Alvarez   4.1 4 0 0 3 4
  Boever   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
9
9

  E–L Smith (2).  DP–San Francisco 1, Atlanta 2.  2B–San Francisco Mitchell (17,off Smoltz), Atlanta Murphy (27,off Price); Thomas (16,off Price).  HR–Atlanta Gant (13,8th inning off Lefferts 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Uribe (8,by Smoltz).  CS–Youngblood (1,2nd base by Alvarez/Benedict).  WP–Smoltz (1), Alvarez 2 (2).  BK–Price 2 (2).  IBB–Smoltz (3,Uribe).  U-HP–Mark Hirschbeck, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:59.  A–7,705.
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