Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
September 28, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1988 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 3, Atlanta Braves 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher cf 8 1 3 1
Candaele 2b 7 1 2 0
Fishel lf 6 0 2 1
Davis 1b 5 0 0 1
Bass rf 7 0 1 0
Ramirez ss 6 0 2 0
Jackson 3b 4 0 0 0
  Caminiti ph,3b 1 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Meadows ph 1 0 1 0
  Andujar p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Heathcock p 0 0 0 0
Biggio c 3 1 1 0
  Ashby ph,c 2 0 0 0
  Trevino pr,c 1 0 0 0
Knepper p 1 0 0 0
  Pankovits ph 1 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds 3b 3 0 0 0
Totals 58 3 12 3
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Gant 3b 6 1 2 0
Blauser ss 6 1 2 1
Perry 1b 6 1 1 1
Murphy rf 5 0 1 0
Virgil c 7 0 2 1
  Royster pr 0 0 0 0
  Benedict c 0 0 0 0
Smith lf 7 0 2 0
Lemke 2b 6 0 1 0
Blocker cf 3 0 1 0
  Morrison ph 1 0 0 0
  James cf 2 1 1 0
Glavine p 2 0 0 0
  Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
  Simmons ph 1 0 0 0
  Boever p 0 0 0 0
  Gregg ph 1 0 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
  Assenmacher p 0 0 0 0
  Hall ph 1 0 0 0
  Puleo p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 55 4 14 4
Houston 003 000 000 000 000 003120
Atlanta 100 002 000 000 000 014140
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper   6.0 7 3 3 3 4
  Meyer   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Agosto   2.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Darwin   2.2 2 0 0 2 0
  Andujar   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Heathcock  L (0-5) 2.1 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
16.1
14
4
4
5
6
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Glavine   7.0 7 3 3 0 3
  Alvarez   3.0 2 0 0 2 1
  Boever   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Acker   2.2 3 0 0 3 1
  Assenmacher   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Puleo  W (4-5) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
17.0
12
3
3
5
7

  E–None.  DP–Houston 3.  2B–Atlanta Lemke (1,off Knepper); Perry (28,off Knepper); James (17,off Heathcock).  SH–Knepper (14,off Glavine); Fishel (1,off Alvarez); Candaele (3,off Alvarez); Glavine (8,off Meyer); Lemke (2,off Darwin); Blauser (2,off Darwin).  SF–Davis (9,off Glavine).  HBP–Davis (11,by Puleo).  IBB–James (5,by Darwin); Perry (9,by Darwin).  CS–Candaele (1,3rd base by Alvarez/Virgil); Meadows (2,2nd base by Acker/Virgil); L Smith (2,2nd base by Knepper/Biggio); Lemke (1,Home by Knepper/Biggio).  SB–Gant (19,2nd base off Knepper/Biggio).  WP–Acker (2).  HBP–Puleo (3,Davis).  IBB–Darwin 2 (9,James,Perry).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Greg Bonin, 3B–John Kibler.  T–4:22.  A–2,822.
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