Atlanta Braves vs Cincinnati Reds
October 2, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 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 0, Cincinnati Reds 1

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Gant 3b 4 0 1 0
Blauser ss 4 0 1 0
Gregg lf,cf 3 0 2 0
  Virgil ph 0 0 0 0
  Hall pr 0 0 0 0
Murphy rf 4 0 0 0
Simmons 1b 4 0 0 0
Lemke 2b 2 0 1 0
Benedict c 3 0 0 0
Blocker cf 2 0 0 0
  Smith ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Acker p 2 0 0 0
  Olwine p 0 0 0 0
  Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas ph 1 0 0 0
  Cary p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 6 0
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Larkin ss 1 0 1 0
  Quinones pr,ss 3 0 0 0
Harris 3b,2b 4 0 1 0
O'Neill rf 4 0 0 0
Esasky 1b 3 0 1 0
Snider lf 3 1 1 0
Winningham cf 2 0 1 0
Reed c 2 0 0 0
Oester 2b 2 0 1 1
  Brown M. pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Brown K. p 1 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Dibble p 0 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 1 6 1
Atlanta 000 000 000061
Cincinnati 010 000 00x160
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Acker  L (0-4) 5.0 6 1 1 2 3
  Olwine   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Alvarez   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Cary   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
1
1
2
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Brown  W (2-1) 7.0 5 0 0 1 1
  Murphy   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Dibble   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Franco  SV (39) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
2
4

  E–Blauser (4).  DP–Atlanta 1, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Atlanta Gant (28,off K Brown).  SH–K Brown (1,off Acker).  SB–L Smith (4,2nd base off Dibble/Reed).  CS–Lemke (2,2nd base by K Brown/Reed); Hall (10,2nd base by Franco/Reed); Winningham (8,2nd base by Acker/Benedict).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:09.  A–24,173.
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