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Dodgers
@ Braves
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
April 8, 1988
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Los Angeles Dodgers, played on April 8, 1988 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | April 8, 1988 |
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Visiting Team |
Los Angeles Dodgers
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Home Team |
Atlanta Braves
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 8, 1988 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Los Angeles Dodgers |
Home Team | Atlanta Braves |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tim Leary |
Home Starting Pitcher | Kevin Coffman |
Ballpark | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium |
City | Atlanta |
State | GA |
Attendance | 10,723 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 27 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Gary Darling 1B: Bruce Froemming 2B: Terry Tata 3B: Gerry Davis |
Los Angeles Dodgers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Steve Sax | Second Baseman |
Alfredo Griffin | Shortstop |
Kirk Gibson | Left Fielder |
Pedro Guerrero | Third Baseman |
Mike Marshall | First Baseman |
Mike Davis | Right Fielder |
John Shelby | Center Fielder |
Mike Scioscia | Catcher |
Tim Leary | Pitcher |
Tom Lasorda | Manager |
Atlanta Braves Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dion James | Center Fielder |
Damaso Garcia | Second Baseman |
Gerald Perry | First Baseman |
Dale Murphy | Right Fielder |
Ken Griffey | Left Fielder |
Ozzie Virgil | Catcher |
Ken Oberkfell | Third Baseman |
Andres Thomas | Shortstop |
Kevin Coffman | Pitcher |
Chuck Tanner | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Dodgers
@ Braves
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
April 8, 1988
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Sax vs. Coffman
Sax hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Coffman
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Griffin for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Coffman
Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
James vs. Leary
James hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leary fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Leary
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards first. Marshall scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Garcia for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Leary
Perry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Coffman
Guerrero takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Coffman
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Oberkfell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Coffman
Davis hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of James. Davis reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Shelby vs. Coffman
Shelby takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Scioscia vs. Coffman
Scioscia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Leary
Murphy strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Griffey vs. Leary
Griffey strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Virgil vs. Leary
Virgil hits a fly ball into center field. Shelby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Leary vs. Coffman
Leary hits a ball on the ground towards third. Oberkfell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Sax vs. Coffman
Sax strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Griffin vs. Coffman
Griffin hits a fly ball into right field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gibson vs. Coffman
There's a wild pitch. Leary moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Gibson vs. Coffman
Gibson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murphy. Gibson reaches second base with a double. Leary scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Guerrero vs. Coffman
There goes Gibson. The throw from Virgil and he is safe. Gibson steals third. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Guerrero vs. Coffman
Guerrero takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Marshall vs. Coffman
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Oberkfell vs. Leary
Oberkfell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Leary
Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coffman vs. Leary
The ball gets by Scioscia for a passed ball. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Coffman vs. Leary
Coffman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sax scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Thomas moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
James vs. Leary
James strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Coffman
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perry fields the ball and throws to Coffman covering. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Shelby vs. Coffman
Shelby hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Garcia settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Scioscia vs. Coffman
Scioscia hits a fly ball into center field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leary vs. Coffman
Leary hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Leary
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sax scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Leary
Perry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Marshall scoops it up and throws to first, with Leary covering, for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Leary
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sax scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Sax vs. Coffman
Sax hits a ball on the ground towards third. Oberkfell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Coffman
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Coffman
Gibson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Griffey vs. Leary
Griffey hits a fly ball into left field. Gibson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Virgil vs. Leary
Virgil hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Oberkfell vs. Leary
Oberkfell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Virgil moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Thomas vs. Leary
Thomas hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Virgil scores. Oberkfell moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Coffman vs. Leary
Coffman bunts towards the mound. Leary fields it and throws to first for the out. Oberkfell moves to third. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
James vs. Leary
James hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Oberkfell scores. Thomas scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garcia vs. Leary
Garcia hits a fly ball into center field. Shelby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Coffman
Guerrero takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Coffman
Marshall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Guerrero moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Davis vs. Coffman
Davis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Guerrero moves to third. Marshall moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 1 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Shelby vs. Coffman
Shelby hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perry fields it and throws to second for the out. Guerrero scores. Marshall moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Scioscia vs. Coffman
Scioscia hits a fly ball into left field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Marshall tags and scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Heep vs. Coffman
Danny Heep pinch hits for Tim Leary.
Heep takes first base on ball four. Shelby moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Sax vs. Coffman
Sax takes first base on ball four. Shelby moves to third. Heep moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Griffin vs. Cary
Chuck Cary now pitching.
Griffin hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murphy who is chasing the ball. Griffin reaches third base with a triple. Shelby scores. Heep scores. Sax goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Gibson vs. Cary
Gibson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Belcher
Tim Belcher now pitching.
Perry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sax scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Belcher
Murphy hits a fly ball into center field. Shelby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Griffey vs. Belcher
Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sax scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Cary
Guerrero hits a popup towards first. Perry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Cary
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Cary
Davis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Shelby vs. Cary
Shelby strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Virgil vs. Belcher
Virgil hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Oberkfell vs. Belcher
Oberkfell is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Belcher
Thomas strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Hall vs. Belcher
Albert Hall pinch hits for Chuck Cary.
Hall hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Oberkfell moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
James vs. Belcher
James takes first base on ball four. Oberkfell moves to third. Hall moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Garcia vs. Belcher
Garcia strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Scioscia vs. Sutter
Bruce Sutter now pitching.
Scioscia strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Belcher vs. Sutter
Belcher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Sax vs. Sutter
Sax hits a fly ball into center field. James settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Belcher
Perry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Belcher
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sax scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Griffey vs. Belcher
Griffey strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Puleo
Charlie Puleo now pitching.
Griffin bunts towards the mound. Puleo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Puleo
Gibson hits a popup towards short. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Puleo
Guerrero hits a fly ball into right field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Virgil vs. Belcher
Jeff Hamilton now playing third base.
Virgil hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hamilton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oberkfell vs. Belcher
Oberkfell hits a line drive into center field. Shelby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 6 - Braves, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Belcher
Thomas hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/8/1988 -- Los Angeles at Atlanta (N) Los Angeles AB R H RBI Atlanta AB R H RBI Sax S, 2b 4 1 0 0 James D, cf 3 0 1 2 Griffin A, ss 5 0 1 3 Garcia D, 2b 4 0 0 0 Gibson K, lf 5 0 1 1 Perry G, 1b 4 0 0 0 Guerrero P, 3b 2 1 0 0 Murphy D, rf 4 0 0 0 Hamilton J, 3b 0 0 0 0 Griffey K, lf 4 0 0 0 Marshall M, 1b 4 1 1 0 Virgil O, c 4 1 1 0 Davis M, rf 3 0 3 0 Oberkfell K, 3b 3 1 1 0 Shelby J, cf 3 1 0 1 Thomas A, ss 4 1 2 1 Scioscia M, c 3 0 0 1 Coffman K, p 1 0 0 0 Leary T, p 2 1 1 0 Cary C, p 0 0 0 0 Heep D, ph 0 1 0 0 Hall A, ph 1 0 1 0 Belcher T, p 1 0 0 0 Sutter B, p 0 0 0 0 Puleo C, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 6 7 6 32 3 6 3 Los Angeles 001 005 000 -- 6 Atlanta 000 030 000 -- 3 Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO Leary T (W) 5.0 5 3 3 0 3 Belcher T (S) 4.0 1 0 0 1 3 Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO Coffman K (L) 5.2 6 6 6 6 2 Cary C 1.1 1 0 0 1 2 Sutter B 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Puleo C 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 DP -- Atlanta 1 LOB -- Los Angeles 7, Atlanta 5 2B -- Davis M, Gibson K 3B -- Griffin A SB -- Gibson K SH -- Coffman K SF -- Scioscia M HBP -- by Belcher T (Oberkfell K) WP -- Coffman K PB -- Scioscia M T -- 2:27 A -- 10723
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