Colorado Rockies vs Cincinnati Reds
August 17, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1996 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Colorado Rockies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Colorado Rockies 3, Cincinnati Reds 5

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 1 0
Weiss ss 4 0 0 0
Burks cf 4 1 1 1
Walker rf 4 1 1 0
Galarraga 1b 4 0 1 0
Bichette lf 2 1 1 2
Castilla 3b 3 0 0 0
  Holmes p 0 0 0 0
Owens c 3 0 1 0
Bailey p 2 0 0 0
  Munoz p 0 0 0 0
  Bates 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Howard cf,lf 5 3 3 1
Harris 3b 2 0 0 1
  Davis ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Larkin ss 3 1 1 1
Mitchell lf 3 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  Brantley p 0 0 0 0
Morris 1b 3 0 1 2
Sanders rf 1 0 0 0
Oliver c 4 0 0 0
Branson 2b,3b 4 1 3 0
Smiley p 2 0 1 0
  Owens ph 1 0 0 0
  Boone 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 9 5
Colorado 000 201 000360
Cincinnati 100 020 20x590
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Bailey   6.0 6 3 3 3 1
  Munoz  L (0-2) 0.2 1 2 2 1 1
  Holmes   1.1 2 0 0 2 3
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
6
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley  W (11-10) 7.0 6 3 3 1 3
  Carrasco   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Brantley  SV (33) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
1
4

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Colorado Walker (11,off Smiley), Cincinnati Howard 2 (14,off Bailey,off Munoz).  3B–Cincinnati Howard (6,off Bailey).  HR–Colorado Bichette (22,4th inning off Smiley 1 on, 2 out); Burks (33,6th inning off Smiley 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Boone (3,off Holmes).  SF–Harris (2,off Bailey).  IBB–Larkin (2,by Munoz).  SB–Bichette (23,2nd base off Smiley/Oliver); Sanders (23,2nd base off Bailey/Owens).  CS–Galarraga (4,2nd base by Smiley/Oliver); Sanders 2 (7,2nd base by Bailey/Owens,3rd base by Bailey/Owens).  WP–Bailey (3).  IBB–Munoz (2,Larkin).  U-HP–Jeff Kellogg, 1B–Wally Bell, 2B–Paul Nauert, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:43.
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