Atlanta Braves vs San Francisco Giants
September 8, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1988 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Atlanta Braves 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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Atlanta Braves 2, San Francisco Giants 3

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Gant 3b 4 0 1 0
Blauser 2b 4 0 0 0
Perry 1b 4 1 1 0
Murphy rf 4 1 3 1
Thomas ss 4 0 1 1
James lf 3 0 1 0
Benedict c 3 0 1 0
  Hall ph 1 0 0 0
Blocker cf 3 0 0 0
Smoltz p 2 0 0 0
  Puleo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 0 4 0
Perezchica 2b 2 0 0 0
  Melendez ph 1 0 0 0
  Speier 2b 1 0 0 0
Clark 1b 3 1 1 1
Mitchell lf 3 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Aldrete rf 4 0 0 0
Riles 3b 4 1 3 0
  Nixon pr 0 1 0 0
  Williams 3b 0 0 0 0
Brenly c 3 0 1 1
Uribe ss 3 0 0 0
Robinson p 4 0 2 1
Totals 34 3 11 3
Atlanta 200 000 000282
San Francisco 000 110 10x3110
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz   5.0 8 2 2 3 1
  Puleo  L (3-4) 3.0 3 1 1 2 2
Totals
8.0
11
3
3
5
3
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson  W (6-4) 9.0 8 2 2 2 3
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
3

  E–Gant (26), Perry (15).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–Atlanta Perry (24,off Robinson); Murphy (33,off Robinson), San Francisco Butler 3 (22,off Smoltz,off Puleo 2).  3B–San Francisco Riles (1,off Puleo).  HR–San Francisco Clark (26,5th inning off Smoltz 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Puleo (4,off Robinson); Brenly (2,off Puleo).  IBB–James (4,by Robinson); Clark 2 (23,by Puleo 2).  SB–Thomas (6,2nd base off Robinson/Brenly); Murphy (3,2nd base off Robinson/Brenly).  CS–James (9,2nd base by Robinson/Brenly).  IBB–Puleo 2 (7,Clark 2); Robinson (11,James).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Tom Hallion, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:39.  A–5,005.
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