Houston Astros vs Colorado Rockies
September 15, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 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 4, Colorado Rockies 11

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 0 1 0
  Hudek p 0 0 0 0
  Cedeno ss 0 0 0 0
Biggio 2b 2 0 0 1
  Hajek 2b 2 1 1 0
Bagwell 1b 1 0 0 0
  Simms ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Berry 3b 2 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Mouton cf 1 1 1 0
Bell rf 3 0 0 0
  Montgomery rf 1 0 1 2
May lf 3 1 1 0
  Abreu lf 0 0 0 0
Eusebio c 2 1 0 0
  Knorr c 0 0 0 0
Miller ss 3 0 0 0
  Holt p 0 0 0 0
Drabek p 2 0 1 1
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Spiers 3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 2 2 1
  Bates ph,2b 1 0 0 0
McCracken cf,lf 5 2 2 2
Burks lf 4 0 1 0
  Echevarria rf 0 0 0 0
Bichette rf 3 1 1 2
  Nied p 0 0 0 0
Galarraga 1b 5 2 2 4
Castilla 3b 4 1 1 1
Owens c 4 1 2 0
Weiss ss 3 1 2 1
  Perez pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Thompson p 4 1 1 0
  Burke p 0 0 0 0
  Jones cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 11 14 11
Houston 020 000 020461
Colorado 021 503 00x11141
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek  L (6-9) 3.1 9 8 7 1 4
  Hernandez   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Jones   2.0 3 3 3 1 2
  Hudek   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Holt   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
11
10
3
9
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Thompson  W (8-10) 7.1 6 4 4 4 5
  Burke   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Nied   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
6
5

  E–Hunter (11), Bichette (5).  DP–Colorado 3.  2B–Houston May (11,off Mark Thompson); Montgomery (1,off Mark Thompson), Colorado Weiss (19,off Drabek); McCracken (11,off Drabek); Young (22,off Drabek).  HR–Colorado Galarraga 2 (45,2nd inning off Drabek 0 on, 1 out,6th inning off Jones 2 on, 2 out); Castilla (39,4th inning off Drabek 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Biggio (26,by Mark Thompson); Miller (9,by Mark Thompson); Berry (9,by Mark Thompson); Bichette (6,by Jones).  SF–Bichette (9,off Drabek).  SB–Young (51,2nd base off Jones/Eusebio).  HBP–Jones (3,Bichette); Mark Thompson 3 (12,Biggio,Miller,Berry).  U-HP–Greg Bonin, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–2:56.  A–48,038.
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