San Francisco Giants vs Montreal Expos
September 4, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1988 at Stade Olympique. The Montreal Expos defeated the San Francisco Giants 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 2, Montreal Expos 3

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 4 1 0 0
  Butler ph 1 0 0 0
Thompson 2b 4 0 2 1
Melendez 1b 4 0 0 1
Mitchell lf 3 0 1 0
Maldonado rf 3 0 1 0
Riles 3b 4 0 1 0
Manwaring c 2 0 0 0
  Aldrete ph 1 0 0 0
  Melvin c 0 0 0 0
Uribe ss 3 1 2 0
Reuschel p 2 0 1 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
  Samuels p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 4 1 1 0
Jones lf 3 0 1 0
Martinez rf 4 1 2 0
Galarraga 1b 3 1 1 2
Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0
  Wallach 3b 0 0 0 0
Foley 2b 3 0 1 1
Fitzgerald c 3 0 2 0
  Burke p 0 0 0 0
Hudler ss 3 0 0 0
Holman p 2 0 0 0
  Santovenia c 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 8 3
San Francisco 000 020 000280
Montreal 000 300 00x383
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  L (17-8) 7.0 8 3 3 0 6
  Samuels   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
0
7
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Holman  W (3-6) 7.0 7 2 1 6 1
  Burke  SV (14) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
6
2

  E–Nettles (4), Fitzgerald 2 (5).  DP–San Francisco 2, Montreal 2.  2B–Montreal Galarraga (39,off Reuschel); Foley (17,off Reuschel).  IBB–Uribe (10,by Holman).  HBP–Jones (2,by Samuels).  SB–Riles (1,2nd base off Holman/Fitzgerald).  CS–Thompson (5,2nd base by Holman/Fitzgerald).  HBP–Samuels (1,Jones).  IBB–Holman (2,Uribe).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:28.  A–27,395.
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