Colorado Rockies vs Houston Astros
June 6, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 6, 1996 at Astrodome. The Colorado Rockies defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Colorado Rockies 14, Houston Astros 7

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 1 2 2
  Bates 2b 0 0 0 0
Burks cf 4 2 2 1
  McCracken cf 1 0 0 0
Vander Wal lf 6 0 2 3
Bichette rf 5 2 2 2
Galarraga 1b 5 2 2 0
Castilla 3b 5 3 3 3
Owens c 5 2 3 1
Weiss ss 3 1 0 1
Ritz p 4 1 2 1
  Alston p 1 0 0 0
  Habyan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 14 18 14
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi lf 3 2 2 1
Biggio 2b 3 0 0 1
  Morman p 0 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 1 0
  Gutierrez ss 0 1 0 0
Bagwell 1b 2 0 0 0
  Simms 1b 2 1 1 2
Bell rf 5 0 2 1
Berry 3b 4 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Hunter cf 4 0 1 0
Miller ss,3b 3 1 0 0
Knorr c 3 0 1 0
Drabek p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 1 0 0 0
  Mouton ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Spiers 2b 2 2 1 0
Totals 34 7 9 5
Colorado 141 200 42014182
Houston 100 000 033790
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Ritz  W (7-4) 7.1 7 4 3 2 2
  Alston   1.1 2 3 3 2 0
  Habyan   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
4
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek  L (2-5) 1.2 7 5 5 1 2
  Wagner   3.1 3 3 3 1 5
  Hernandez   1.1 5 4 4 1 3
  Morman   1.2 3 2 2 0 0
  Jones   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
18
14
14
4
12

  E–Young (1), Galarraga (9).  DP–Houston 1.  PB–Owens (1).  2B–Colorado Burks (15,off Drabek); Owens 2 (3,off Drabek,off Wagner); Young (11,off Morman).  3B–Colorado Vander Wal (1,off Drabek), Houston Cangelosi (2,off Ritz); Simms (1,off Alston).  HR–Colorado Bichette (7,4th inning off Wagner 1 on, 2 out); Castilla (6,8th inning off Morman 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Weiss (2,off Hernandez); Cangelosi (1,off Alston).  HBP–Gutierrez (1,by Alston).  CS–Vander Wal (1,2nd base by Drabek/Knorr).  WP–Alston (1), Drabek (5), Morman (3).  HBP–Alston (1,Gutierrez).  U-HP–Larry Poncino, 1B–Greg Bonin, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–3:17.  A–22,112.
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