San Diego Padres vs Cincinnati Reds
September 19, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 1988 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Diego Padres 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 Diego Padres 2, Cincinnati Reds 7

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Thon ss 3 0 0 0
  Roberts ph 1 0 0 0
Alomar 2b 4 2 3 1
Gwynn cf 4 0 2 1
Martinez rf 4 0 1 0
Moreland 1b 4 0 1 0
Santiago c 4 0 0 0
Ready lf 3 0 0 0
Brown 3b 4 0 0 0
Whitson p 1 0 0 0
  Leiper p 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Larkin ss 3 1 1 1
  Quinones ss 1 0 0 0
Harris 3b 2 0 2 1
  Brown ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Daniels lf 4 2 2 0
  McClendon lf 1 0 0 0
O'Neill 1b 4 1 3 3
Snider rf 4 1 1 1
Winningham cf 4 0 0 0
Reed c 4 0 1 0
Oester 2b 4 2 4 1
Jackson p 2 0 0 0
  Dibble p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 14 7
San Diego 100 000 010271
Cincinnati 001 220 20x7140
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Whitson  L (12-11) 4.1 7 5 4 1 2
  Leiper   1.2 3 0 0 1 2
  Harris   2.0 4 2 2 0 2
Totals
8.0
14
7
6
2
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W (22-7) 7.1 7 2 2 3 2
  Dibble   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
4

  E–Thon (9).  PB–Reed (6).  2B–San Diego R Alomar (21,off Jackson); Gwynn (22,off Jackson), Cincinnati Daniels (29,off Whitson); Oester (7,off Leiper); Snider (1,off Harris).  HR–San Diego R Alomar (8,8th inning off Jackson 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Jackson 2 (8,off Whitson 2).  IBB–Larkin (3,by Leiper).  IBB–Leiper (5,Larkin).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:26.  A–16,369.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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