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Giants
@ Braves
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
August 8, 1988
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the San Francisco Giants, played on August 8, 1988 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 8, 1988 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
San Francisco Giants
|
| Home Team |
Atlanta Braves
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 8, 1988 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Home Team | Atlanta Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Joe Price |
| Home Starting Pitcher | John Smoltz |
| Ballpark | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium |
| City | Atlanta |
| State | GA |
| Attendance | 7,705 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 59 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Mark Hirschbeck 1B: Gary Darling 2B: Terry Tata 3B: Gerry Davis |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Brett Butler | Center Fielder |
| Robby Thompson | Second Baseman |
| Will Clark | First Baseman |
| Kevin Mitchell | Third Baseman |
| Mike Aldrete | Left Fielder |
| Joel Youngblood | Right Fielder |
| Bob Brenly | Catcher |
| Jose Uribe | Shortstop |
| Joe Price | Pitcher |
| Roger Craig | Manager |
Atlanta Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ron Gant | Second Baseman |
| Lonnie Smith | Left Fielder |
| Gerald Perry | First Baseman |
| Dale Murphy | Right Fielder |
| Andres Thomas | Shortstop |
| Jim Morrison | Third Baseman |
| Bruce Benedict | Catcher |
| Terry Blocker | Center Fielder |
| John Smoltz | Pitcher |
| Russ Nixon | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Braves
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
August 8, 1988
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Smoltz
Butler strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Smoltz
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Smoltz
Clark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Mitchell vs. Smoltz
There's a wild pitch. Clark moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Mitchell vs. Smoltz
Mitchell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Aldrete vs. Smoltz
Aldrete takes first base on ball four. Clark moves to third. Mitchell moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Youngblood vs. Smoltz
Youngblood hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gant settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gant vs. Price
Gant strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Price
Smith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perry vs. Price
Perry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Murphy vs. Price
Murphy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Aldrete. Murphy reaches second base with a double. Smith scores. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Price
The umpire calls a balk on Price Murphy moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Thomas vs. Price
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Brenly vs. Smoltz
Brenly strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Uribe vs. Smoltz
Uribe hits a popup, foul, towards short. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Price vs. Smoltz
Price strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Morrison vs. Price
Morrison hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mitchell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Benedict vs. Price
Benedict strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Blocker vs. Price
Blocker hits a fly ball into right field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Smoltz
Butler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Smoltz
Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Blocker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Butler moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Clark vs. Smoltz
Clark takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mitchell vs. Smoltz
Mitchell hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Blocker. Mitchell reaches second base with a double. Butler scores. Clark goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Aldrete vs. Smoltz
Aldrete hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mitchell scores. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Youngblood vs. Smoltz
Youngblood hits a line drive into left field. Smith picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Smith. Aldrete goes all the way around to score. Youngblood moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Brenly vs. Smoltz
Brenly strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Uribe vs. Smoltz
Uribe is walked intentionally. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Price vs. Smoltz
Price takes first base on ball four. Youngblood moves to third. Uribe moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 123
Butler vs. Alvarez
Jose Alvarez now pitching.
Butler takes first base on ball four. Youngblood scores. Uribe moves to third. Price moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Thompson vs. Alvarez
Thompson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Alvarez vs. Price
Alvarez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Gant vs. Price
Gant takes first base on ball four. Alvarez moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Price
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Perry vs. Price
Perry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Alvarez
Clark strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Alvarez
Mitchell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Aldrete vs. Alvarez
Aldrete hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gant fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Price
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Uribe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Price
Thomas hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Youngblood. Thomas reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Morrison vs. Price
The umpire calls a balk on Price Thomas moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Morrison vs. Price
Morrison takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Benedict vs. Price
Benedict strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Blocker vs. Price
Blocker hits a fly ball into center field. Butler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Youngblood vs. Alvarez
Youngblood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Brenly vs. Alvarez
Brenly strikes out. There goes Youngblood. The throw from Benedict to second, and Youngblood is out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Uribe vs. Alvarez
Uribe strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alvarez vs. Davis
Ron Davis now pitching.
Alvarez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gant vs. Davis
Gant hits a ball on the ground towards short. Uribe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Davis
Smith strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Alvarez
Davis hits a popup, foul, towards first. Perry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Alvarez
Butler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gant fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Alvarez
Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Blocker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Clark vs. Alvarez
Clark takes first base on ball four. Butler moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Mitchell vs. Alvarez
Mitchell hits a fly ball into right field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Davis
Chris Speier now playing third base.
Perry hits a fly ball into center field. Butler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Davis
Murphy hits a line drive towards short. Uribe reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Davis
Thomas strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Aldrete vs. Alvarez
Ozzie Virgil now catching.
Aldrete hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Youngblood vs. Alvarez
Youngblood hits a line drive into center field. Blocker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Brenly vs. Alvarez
Donell Nixon pinch runs for Mike Aldrete.
There's a wild pitch. Nixon moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Brenly vs. Alvarez
There's a wild pitch. Nixon moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Brenly vs. Alvarez
Brenly takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Uribe vs. Alvarez
Uribe hits a fly ball into right field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Spilman vs. Alvarez
Harry Spilman pinch hits for Ron Davis.
Spilman hits a popup, foul, towards first. Perry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morrison vs. Lefferts
Craig Lefferts now pitching. Donell Nixon now playing left field.
Morrison hits a popup, foul, towards first. Clark settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Virgil vs. Lefferts
Virgil hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Thompson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Blocker vs. Lefferts
Blocker strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Boever
Jerry Royster now playing center field. Joe Boever now pitching.
Butler hits a popup towards short. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Boever
Thompson strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Boever
Clark hits a popup towards short. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Royster vs. Lefferts
Royster hits a line drive towards third. Speier reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gant vs. Lefferts
Gant hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Lefferts
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Lefferts
Perry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Lefferts
Murphy hits a fly ball into right field. Youngblood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Boever
Speier hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Speier for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Boever
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gant scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Youngblood vs. Boever
Youngblood hits a popup towards short. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Garrelts
Scott Garrelts now pitching.
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Speier fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Oberkfell vs. Garrelts
Ken Oberkfell pinch hits for Jim Morrison.
Oberkfell hits a fly ball into left field. Nixon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virgil vs. Garrelts
Virgil hits a ball on the ground towards third. Speier fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/8/1988 -- San Francisco at Atlanta (N)
San Francisco AB R H RBI Atlanta AB R H RBI
Butler B, cf 3 1 1 1 Gant R, 2b 3 1 1 1
Thompson R, 2b 5 0 0 0 Smith L, lf 3 1 0 0
Clark W, 1b 3 1 1 0 Perry G, 1b 4 0 1 0
Mitchell K, 3b 3 1 2 2 Murphy D, rf 4 0 1 1
Speier C, 3b 1 0 0 0 Thomas A, ss 4 0 1 0
Aldrete M, lf 3 1 2 1 Morrison J, 3b 2 0 0 0
Nixon D, pr-lf 1 0 0 0 Oberkfell K, ph 1 0 0 0
Youngblood J, rf 5 1 2 0 Benedict B, c 2 0 0 0
Brenly B, c 3 0 0 0 Virgil O, c 2 0 0 0
Uribe J, ss 3 0 0 0 Blocker T, cf 3 0 0 0
Price J, p 1 0 0 0 Boever J, p 0 0 0 0
Davis R, p 1 0 0 0 Smoltz J, p 0 0 0 0
Spilman H, ph 1 0 0 0 Alvarez J, p 1 0 0 0
Lefferts C, p 0 0 0 0 Royster J, cf 1 0 0 0
Garrelts S, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 5 8 4 30 2 4 2
San Francisco 005 000 000 -- 5
Atlanta 100 000 010 -- 2
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Price J 4.0 2 1 1 4 4
Davis R (W) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Lefferts C 2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Garrelts S (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz J (L) 2.2 4 5 5 6 4
Alvarez J 4.1 4 0 0 3 4
Boever J 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
E -- Smith L
DP -- San Francisco 1, Atlanta 2
LOB -- San Francisco 10, Atlanta 5
2B -- Murphy D, Mitchell K, Thomas A
HR -- Gant R
CS -- Youngblood J
WP -- Smoltz J, Alvarez J 2
Balk -- Price J 2
T -- 2:59
A -- 7705
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