Houston Astros vs Colorado Rockies
June 11, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 11, 1996 at Coors Field. 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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Houston Astros 5, Colorado Rockies 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 1 2 1
Biggio 2b 2 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 3 0 0 0
Bell rf 1 1 0 1
May lf 3 0 0 0
  Mouton ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Berry 3b 4 0 0 1
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Miller ss,3b 4 1 1 0
Wilkins c 2 1 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
Drabek p 1 0 0 0
  Spiers ph 1 1 1 2
  Young p 0 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 5 5
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 3 1
Burks cf,lf 5 0 0 1
Bichette rf 5 1 3 0
Galarraga 1b 3 1 1 0
Vander Wal lf 4 0 0 0
  Painter p 0 0 0 0
  Alston p 0 0 0 0
  Ruffin p 0 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 4 2 2 3
Weiss ss 3 1 0 0
Owens c 3 1 0 0
Ritz p 2 1 2 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Hubbard cf 1 0 1 1
Totals 34 7 12 6
Houston 010 010 300552
Colorado 000 311 02x7121
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek   6.0 10 5 4 1 2
  Young  L (2-3) 1.1 1 2 2 2 1
  Hernandez   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
12
7
6
4
4
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Ritz   6.0 5 5 5 6 2
  Reed   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Painter   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Alston  W (1-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Ruffin  SV (9) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
5
5
5
7
3

  E–Bagwell 2 (7), Castilla (9).  DP–Houston 1, Colorado 2.  2B–Colorado Bichette 2 (17,off Drabek,off Young); Ritz (1,off Drabek); Galarraga (15,off Drabek).  3B–Houston Hunter (2,off Ritz).  HR–Houston Spiers (1,7th inning off Ritz 1 on, 0 out), Colorado Castilla (7,4th inning off Drabek 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Drabek (5,off Ritz); Ritz (6,off Drabek).  SF–Bell (4,off S Reed).  HBP–Biggio (14,by Ritz).  SB–Bell (12,2nd base off Ritz/Owens); Hunter (15,2nd base off Ritz/Owens); Castilla (2,2nd base off Drabek/Wilkins).  CS–Biggio (4,2nd base by S Reed/Owens); Young (9,2nd base by Drabek/Wilkins).  WP–Drabek (6), Ritz (6).  HBP–Ritz (4,Biggio).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Charlie Reliford, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–3:18.  A–48,014.
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