Colorado Rockies vs Houston Astros
September 7, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1996 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Colorado Rockies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Colorado Rockies 4, Houston Astros 5

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
McCracken cf 5 1 1 0
Perez 2b 4 0 0 0
Walker rf 2 0 0 0
  Bichette rf 3 0 1 0
Galarraga 1b 5 1 2 3
Anthony lf 3 0 0 0
  Cockrell ph 1 0 0 0
  Decker c 0 0 0 0
Reed c 3 1 2 0
  Burks ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 4 0 1 0
Weiss ss 4 0 0 0
Bailey p 1 1 1 0
  Burke p 1 0 1 1
  Echevarria ph 1 0 1 0
  Holmes p 0 0 0 0
  Young ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi lf 3 1 1 0
  Mouton pr,lf,cf 0 0 0 0
Biggio 2b 3 1 0 0
Bagwell 1b 3 1 1 1
Bell rf 3 0 0 1
Spiers 3b 4 0 2 2
Hunter cf 4 0 0 0
  Hudek p 0 0 0 0
Eusebio c 4 0 0 0
  Manwaring c 0 0 0 0
Miller ss 4 1 1 1
Kile p 3 1 1 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 6 5
Colorado 003 100 0004101
Houston 004 001 00x561
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Bailey   2.1 2 4 4 3 2
  Burke   2.2 2 0 0 1 6
  Holmes  L (3-4) 3.0 2 1 1 0 3
Totals
8.0
6
5
5
4
11
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Kile  W (11-8) 7.0 9 4 4 0 6
  Wagner   1.2 0 0 0 2 3
  Hudek  SV (2) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
10

  E–Perez (1), Hunter (10).  2B–Colorado J Reed (19,off Kile), Houston Bagwell (43,off Burke).  HR–Colorado Galarraga (41,3rd inning off Kile 2 on, 2 out), Houston Miller (14,6th inning off Holmes 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Perez (1,off Kile).  SB–Perez (1,2nd base off Kile/Eusebio); Bichette (28,2nd base off Hudek/Manwaring); Bell (27,3rd base off Burke/J Reed); Spiers (5,2nd base off Burke/J Reed).  WP–Kile 2 (12).  U-HP–Mike Winters, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Jerry Meals.  T–2:55.  A–37,213.
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