Atlanta Braves vs Cincinnati Reds
September 30, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 1988 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 7, Cincinnati Reds 8

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Gant 3b 5 0 0 0
Smith lf 4 0 0 0
Perry 1b 4 2 2 1
Murphy rf 1 2 0 0
Davis c 4 2 2 3
Lemke 2b 4 0 1 1
Blauser ss 4 1 2 1
Gregg cf 3 0 0 0
  Virgil ph 1 0 1 0
  Blocker pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Mahler p 2 0 0 0
  Simmons ph 1 0 0 0
  Hall pr 0 0 0 0
  Boever p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 8 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Larkin ss 5 1 2 0
Harris 3b 5 1 2 1
Daniels lf 3 2 1 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
O'Neill cf,rf 4 2 2 4
Snider rf,lf 4 0 1 0
Esasky 1b 4 1 2 2
Reed c 4 1 1 0
Oester 2b 4 0 0 0
Browning p 3 0 1 1
  Winningham cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 12 8
Atlanta 000 303 001780
Cincinnati 001 301 0218121
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Mahler   8.0 10 7 7 1 5
  Boever  L (0-2) 0.2 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.2
12
8
8
1
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Browning   8.0 6 6 6 3 4
  Franco  W (6-6) 1.0 2 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
7
6
3
5

  E–Larkin (29).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Atlanta Lemke (3,off Browning); Perry (29,off Browning), Cincinnati Reed (9,off Mahler).  HR–Atlanta Perry (8,4th inning off Browning 0 on, 1 out); Davis (7,6th inning off Browning 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Mahler (11,off Browning).  CS–Murphy (5,2nd base by Browning/Reed).  SB–Harris (4,2nd base off Mahler/Davis); Larkin (40,2nd base off Boever/Davis).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:06.  A–21,222.
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