Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 24, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1988 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 3, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Gant 2b 3 1 1 0
Oberkfell 3b 1 1 0 0
Perry 1b 4 1 1 0
Simmons c 2 0 0 1
  Glavine pr 0 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Thomas ss 4 0 1 2
James rf 4 0 0 0
Smith lf 4 0 1 0
Blocker cf 4 0 1 0
Mahler p 2 0 0 0
  Runge ph 1 0 0 0
  Benedict c 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 5 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
McGee cf 3 1 0 0
Smith ss 4 2 3 1
Guerrero 1b 4 1 2 2
Brunansky rf 3 1 1 0
Pendleton 3b 4 0 1 0
Ford lf 4 0 2 1
Oquendo 2b 2 0 0 1
Pena c 3 0 0 0
DeLeon p 2 0 0 0
  Coleman ph 1 0 0 0
  Worrell p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 5
Atlanta 000 001 020351
St. Louis 002 000 03x590
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Mahler   7.0 5 2 2 1 6
  Sutter  L (1-4) 1.0 4 3 3 2 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
3
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
DeLeon   7.0 3 1 1 3 6
  Worrell  W (5-9) 2.0 2 2 2 2 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
5
7

  E–Mahler (3).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–Atlanta Gant (22,off DeLeon); Perry (17,off Worrell), St. Louis Brunansky (14,off Mahler); Guerrero (8,off Sutter).  3B–St. Louis Smith (1,off Mahler).  SF–Simmons (1,off DeLeon).  IBB–Simmons (2,by Worrell); Brunansky (6,by Sutter); Pena (8,by Sutter).  SH–Oquendo 2 (11,off Mahler,off Sutter).  SB–Gant (13,2nd base off DeLeon/Pena); Smith (45,2nd base off Sutter/Benedict).  IBB–Sutter 2 (3,Brunansky,Pena); Worrell (12,Simmons).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Larry Poncino, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–2:24.  A–24,997.
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