Pittsburgh Pirates vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 14, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 1988 at Veteran's Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 9, Philadelphia Phillies 8

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 5 2 3 0
Cangelosi rf 4 2 1 0
  Reynolds rf 0 0 0 0
Van Slyke cf 4 1 1 2
Bonilla 3b 3 2 2 1
Bream 1b 3 2 2 2
LaValliere c 5 0 2 3
Lind 2b 4 0 1 1
Belliard ss 4 0 0 0
Fisher p 3 0 0 0
  Smiley p 0 0 0 0
  Dunne p 0 0 0 0
  Destrade ph 1 0 1 0
  Gott p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 13 9
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Bradley lf 3 0 0 0
  Ruffin p 0 0 0 0
  Young ph,rf 2 1 1 1
  Bedrosian p 0 0 0 0
Thompson cf,rf 5 0 2 2
Samuel 2b 4 0 1 1
James rf 4 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Dernier cf 1 0 0 0
Jordan 1b 4 2 1 0
Daulton c 3 1 1 0
Jeltz ss 3 2 1 0
Gutierrez 3b 2 1 1 2
  Gross ph,lf 1 0 1 1
Freeman p 0 0 0 0
  Clay p 0 0 0 0
  Miller ph,lf,3b 2 1 1 1
Totals 34 8 10 8
Pittsburgh 204 020 0019130
Philadelphia 002 000 5108100
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher   6.1 5 6 6 3 1
  Smiley   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Dunne   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Gott  W (6-4) 2.0 3 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
10
8
8
4
4
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Freeman   2.1 6 6 6 3 2
  Clay   2.2 4 2 2 1 3
  Ruffin   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Tekulve   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Bedrosian  L (3-6) 1.0 1 1 1 3 2
Totals
9.0
13
9
9
7
10

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 3.  2B–Pittsburgh Bonds (28,off Freeman); Bonilla (26,off Freeman); LaValliere (16,off Freeman); Bream (31,off Clay), Philadelphia Gutierrez (2,off Fisher); Jordan (7,off Fisher); Young (14,off Smiley).  HR–Pittsburgh Bonilla (20,5th inning off Clay 0 on, 0 out); Van Slyke (20,9th inning off Bedrosian 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Van Slyke (9,off Freeman); Gutierrez (2,off Fisher); Samuel (4,off Dunne).  IBB–Bream (3,by Freeman).  SH–Clay (1,off Fisher).  SB–Bonilla (2,2nd base off Bedrosian/Daulton).  WP–Dunne (7).  IBB–Freeman (1,Bream).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Greg Bonin, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–John McSherry.  T–3:15.  A–36,468.
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