Colorado Rockies vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 27, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 1996 at Busch Stadium II. The Colorado Rockies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Colorado Rockies 5, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 1 3 1
Burks lf 4 1 1 3
Bichette rf 5 0 0 0
  Ruffin p 0 0 0 0
Walker cf,rf 3 1 1 1
Galarraga 1b 4 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 4 1 1 0
Reed J. c 3 1 0 0
Weiss ss 3 0 1 0
Ritz p 2 0 0 0
  Vander Wal ph 1 0 0 0
  Reed S. p 0 0 0 0
  McCracken ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Sweeney lf 4 0 0 0
Clayton ss 4 1 1 1
Jordan rf 4 1 1 0
Lankford cf 3 0 0 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 2 1
Mabry 1b 4 0 0 0
Pagnozzi c 3 0 1 0
Alicea 2b 3 0 0 0
Stottlemyre p 1 0 0 0
  McGee ph 1 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
  Fossas p 0 0 0 0
  Parrett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Colorado 300 000 101580
St. Louis 001 001 000250
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Ritz  W (5-4) 6.0 5 2 2 2 3
  Reed   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Ruffin  SV (6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  L (4-3) 7.0 7 4 4 1 8
  Bailey   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Fossas   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Parrett   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
4
8

  E–None.  2B–Colorado Castilla (13,off Stottlemyre), St. Louis Pagnozzi (9,off Ritz); Gaetti (5,off Ritz).  HR–Colorado Burks (11,1st inning off Stottlemyre 1 on, 0 out); Walker (12,1st inning off Stottlemyre 0 on, 1 out), St. Louis Clayton (2,3rd inning off Ritz 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Weiss (2,off Fossas).  SB–Young (15,2nd base off Stottlemyre/Pagnozzi).  CS–Stottlemyre (1,2nd base by Ritz/J Reed).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Bill Hohn, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Rich Rieker.  T–2:44.  A–38,804.
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