San Francisco Giants vs Atlanta Braves
September 20, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1988 at Fulton County Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Francisco Giants 7, Atlanta Braves 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 2 3 3
Riles 3b 2 0 0 0
  Mitchell ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams 3b 1 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 1 3 0
Maldonado rf 4 0 1 1
  Nixon pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Aldrete lf,rf 3 2 1 0
Thompson 2b 4 0 0 0
Manwaring c 2 1 0 0
Uribe ss 3 1 1 2
Cook p 1 0 0 0
  Melendez ph 1 0 0 0
  Brantley p 0 0 0 0
  Samuels p 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 9 6
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Gant 3b 4 1 1 0
Smith lf 4 1 1 1
Perry 1b 4 0 1 1
Murphy rf 3 1 1 0
Virgil c 4 0 0 0
Lemke 2b 4 1 1 1
Blauser ss 4 0 1 1
Blocker cf 3 0 1 0
  Thomas ph 1 0 0 0
Blankenship p 1 0 0 0
  Olwine p 0 0 0 0
  Puleo p 0 0 0 0
  Gregg ph 1 0 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
  Royster ph 1 0 0 0
  Cary p 0 0 0 0
  Boever p 0 0 0 0
  Simmons ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 7 4
San Francisco 010 212 010792
Atlanta 101 002 000470
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Cook   4.0 3 2 2 2 2
  Brantley   1.2 3 2 2 0 0
  Samuels  W (1-2) 3.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
2
3
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Blankenship  L (0-1) 3.2 2 3 3 5 1
  Olwine   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Puleo   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Acker   2.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Cary   0.2 1 1 1 2 0
  Boever   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
9
4

  E–Butler (5), Nixon (1).  DP–Atlanta 2.  2B–San Francisco Butler 2 (26,off Blankenship,off Olwine), Atlanta Murphy (34,off Brantley); Blauser (2,off Brantley).  HR–San Francisco Butler (6,6th inning off Acker 0 on, 0 out), Atlanta L Smith (2,3rd inning off Cook 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Williams (3,off Cary).  HBP–Manwaring (3,by Blankenship); Thompson (4,by Olwine).  SB–Aldrete (6,2nd base off Olwine/Virgil); Clark 2 (8,2nd base off Acker/Virgil,2nd base off Cary/Virgil); Butler (41,3rd base off Cary/Virgil); Gant (18,2nd base off Cook/Manwaring); Perry (29,2nd base off Cook/Manwaring).  WP–Cary (1).  HBP–Blankenship (1,Manwaring); Olwine (1,Thompson).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–3:09.  A–3,034.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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