Atlanta Braves vs San Diego Padres
September 9, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1988 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 5, San Diego Padres 4

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Gant 3b 6 1 1 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Blauser 2b 4 2 1 0
Perry 1b 3 1 0 1
Murphy rf 4 0 2 2
Thomas ss 5 0 1 1
James lf 3 0 0 0
  Simmons ph 1 0 0 0
  Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
  Morrison ph,3b 1 1 1 0
Virgil c 5 0 2 1
Blocker cf 3 0 1 0
  Smith ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Jimenez p 1 0 0 0
  Royster ph 1 0 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
  Hall ph,lf,cf 3 0 1 0
Totals 42 5 10 5
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Thon ss 5 2 3 0
Alomar 2b 6 1 1 0
Gwynn cf 4 0 1 2
  Wynne cf 1 0 0 0
Martinez lf,1b 5 0 1 1
Moreland 1b 4 1 1 0
  Jefferson pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Santiago c 4 0 2 1
Kruk rf 4 0 0 0
Brown 3b 4 0 1 0
  McCullers p 0 0 0 0
Jones p 3 0 1 0
  Davis p 1 0 0 0
  Flannery 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 4 11 4
Atlanta 100 000 030 015101
San Diego 101 200 000 004112
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Jimenez   4.0 8 4 3 2 0
  Acker   3.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Alvarez  W (4-6) 3.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Sutter  SV (14) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
11
4
3
4
2
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   7.1 5 3 2 1 3
  Davis  L (5-8) 3.0 5 2 1 2 2
  McCullers   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
10
5
3
3
5

  E–Gant (27), Thon (7), Brown (10).  DP–Atlanta 1, San Diego 1.  2B–Atlanta Gant (23,off Jones), San Diego Martinez (10,off Jimenez); Santiago 2 (19,off Jimenez,off Acker).  3B–Atlanta Blauser (1,off Jones).  SF–Perry (9,off Jones).  SH–Santiago (4,off Alvarez).  IBB–Brown (3,by Acker); Kruk (11,by Alvarez).  IBB–Acker (3,Brown); Alvarez (12,Kruk).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–3:00.  A–44,112.
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