San Francisco Giants vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 31, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1988 at Veteran's Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 1 1 0
Thompson 2b 4 1 1 0
  Riles ph,2b 0 0 0 1
Aldrete 1b 3 0 0 0
  Garrelts p 1 0 0 0
Mitchell lf 4 0 0 0
  Nixon lf 1 0 0 0
Maldonado rf 4 0 1 2
Williams 3b 3 0 0 0
Brenly c 3 0 0 0
Uribe ss 4 1 0 0
Reuschel p 2 0 0 0
  Clark ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 3 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Bradley lf 5 1 1 1
Thompson cf 5 0 1 0
James 3b 5 0 2 0
Jordan 1b 5 0 0 0
Jones rf 5 1 2 0
Samuel 2b 4 0 1 0
Parrish c 4 0 1 1
Jeltz ss 3 0 0 0
Freeman p 2 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
  Ruffin p 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 2 8 2
San Francisco 200 000 000 01330
Philadelphia 100 000 100 00280
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel   8.0 8 2 2 1 4
  Garrelts  W (5-7) 3.0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals
11.0
8
2
2
1
8
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Freeman   7.0 2 2 2 7 7
  Harris   3.0 1 0 0 0 4
  Ruffin  L (6-10) 0.1 0 1 1 3 0
  Tekulve   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
3
3
3
10
12

  E–None.  PB–Parrish (10).  2B–San Francisco Maldonado (20,off Freeman), Philadelphia Jones (1,off Reuschel); James (20,off Reuschel).  HR–Philadelphia Bradley (9,1st inning off Reuschel 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Reuschel (17,off Freeman).  SF–Riles (3,off Tekulve).  HBP–Maldonado (6,by Freeman); Williams (2,by Harris).  SB–Butler 3 (37,2nd base off Freeman/Parrish 2,2nd base off Tekulve/Parrish); Aldrete (5,2nd base off Freeman/Parrish).  CS–Samuel (7,2nd base by Reuschel/Brenly).  WP–Reuschel (3), Freeman (2), Ruffin (10).  HBP–Freeman (1,Maldonado); Harris (4,Williams).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–3:08.  A–23,233.
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