San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets
August 28, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1988 at Shea Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the New York Mets 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 7, New York Mets 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 1 1 0
Speier 2b,3b,2b 5 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 2 1 0
Mitchell lf 4 2 2 1
  Sorensen p 0 0 0 0
Aldrete rf,lf 4 1 3 2
Riles 3b 2 0 0 0
  Thompson ph,2b 1 0 0 0
  Garrelts p 0 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph,rf 0 1 0 1
Brenly c 3 0 2 0
  Nixon pr 0 0 0 0
  Manwaring c 2 0 2 3
Uribe ss 4 0 0 0
Krukow p 1 0 0 0
  Samuels p 0 0 0 0
  Maldonado ph 1 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Williams 3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 7
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf,lf 5 1 4 0
Jefferies 3b,2b 5 1 2 0
Hernandez 1b 4 1 2 1
  McDowell p 0 0 0 0
Strawberry rf 5 0 1 1
McReynolds lf 1 0 0 0
  Dykstra cf 3 1 1 0
Johnson ss,3b 3 0 0 0
Teufel 2b 3 0 0 0
  Magadan ph,3b,1b 2 0 1 1
Sasser c 2 0 1 0
  Lyons pr,c 3 0 0 0
Gooden p 1 0 0 0
  Mazzilli ph 1 0 0 0
  McClure p 0 0 0 0
  Leach p 0 0 0 0
  Elster ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 12 3
San Francisco 002 010 0047111
New York 102 000 0014121
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow   3.1 6 3 2 0 2
  Samuels   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Lefferts   1.2 2 0 0 1 1
  Garrelts  W (4-7) 1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Sorensen   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
4
3
4
7
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden   6.0 7 3 3 5 4
  McClure   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Leach   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  McDowell  L (5-3) 1.0 2 4 3 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
6
6

  E–Mitchell (21), Magadan (5).  2B–San Francisco Aldrete 2 (14,off Gooden,off McClure), New York Jefferies (1,off Krukow); Wilson (13,off Lefferts).  SH–Uribe (4,off Leach); Gooden (8,off Krukow).  HBP–Youngblood (1,by McDowell); McReynolds (4,by Krukow).  IBB–Aldrete (10,by McDowell); Johnson (22,by Lefferts).  SB–Butler 2 (33,2nd base off Gooden/Sasser,2nd base off Gooden/Lyons); Mitchell (4,2nd base off Gooden/Lyons); Nixon (7,2nd base off Gooden/Lyons); Strawberry (24,2nd base off Lefferts/Manwaring); Dykstra (27,2nd base off Sorensen/Manwaring).  CS–Uribe (10,2nd base by Gooden/Sasser).  HBP–Krukow (5,McReynolds); McDowell (3,Youngblood).  IBB–Lefferts (4,Johnson); McDowell (6,Aldrete).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Greg Bonin, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–3:29.  A–46,571.
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