San Francisco Giants vs Chicago Cubs
July 20, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1988 at Wrigley Field. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Chicago Cubs 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Francisco Giants 12, Chicago Cubs 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 6 2 3 1
Thompson 2b 6 2 1 1
Clark 1b 4 4 3 2
  Speier ss 0 0 0 0
Mitchell 3b 4 1 1 2
  Samuels p 0 0 0 0
Aldrete rf 4 0 1 3
Nixon lf 5 0 3 2
Melvin c 5 0 1 0
Uribe ss 4 1 1 0
  Spilman ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Downs p 3 2 2 0
  Riles 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 12 16 11
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Webster cf 4 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 3 1 2 0
Grace 1b 4 0 1 0
Dawson rf 4 0 0 1
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
Palmeiro lf 3 0 1 0
  Lancaster p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson rf 1 0 0 0
Law 3b 4 0 0 0
Dunston ss 4 1 1 0
Berryhill c 3 0 1 0
Maddux p 1 0 0 0
  Mumphrey ph 1 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Varsho lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 1
San Francisco 003 110 34012161
Chicago 100 010 000261
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Downs  W (9-8) 7.0 6 2 2 0 6
  Samuels   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Maddux  L (15-4) 5.0 7 5 5 2 3
  DiPino   1.0 1 2 1 1 1
  Lancaster   2.0 8 5 5 1 0
  Perry   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
12
11
4
4

  E–Uribe (10), Grace (12).  DP–San Francisco 1, Chicago 1.  2B–San Francisco Mitchell (14,off Maddux); Uribe (7,off Maddux); Thompson (17,off Lancaster).  3B–San Francisco Downs (1,off Lancaster).  HR–San Francisco Clark (21,5th inning off Maddux 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Aldrete (6,by Maddux).  SB–Nixon (3,2nd base off Maddux/Berryhill).  WP–DiPino (4), Lancaster (3).  IBB–Maddux (12,Aldrete).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Mark Hirschbeck, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–3:00.  A–33,885.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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