Colorado Rockies vs San Francisco Giants
September 20, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1996 at 3Com Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Colorado Rockies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Colorado Rockies 2, San Francisco Giants 6

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 1 0
Perez ss 4 1 1 0
Burks lf 4 0 0 0
Galarraga 1b 4 1 2 1
Castilla 3b 4 0 1 1
Bichette rf 3 0 1 0
Decker c 3 0 1 0
  Vander Wal ph 1 0 0 0
McCracken cf 4 0 1 0
Thompson p 2 0 1 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Anthony ph 1 0 0 0
  Holmes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Benard cf 3 0 0 0
Mueller 3b 4 0 0 0
Bonds lf 3 2 1 1
Wilkins c 4 2 1 2
Hill rf 3 1 1 1
Wilson 1b 3 1 2 0
Thompson 2b 3 0 0 0
  Beck p 0 0 0 0
Aurilia ss 2 0 1 1
Gardner p 3 0 0 0
  Canizaro 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 6 6 5
Colorado 000 100 010291
San Francisco 011 220 00x660
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Thompson  L (8-11) 5.0 6 6 5 5 3
  Reed   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Holmes   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
6
6
5
5
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Gardner  W (11-7) 8.0 9 2 2 1 4
  Beck   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
4

  E–Young (10).  DP–Colorado 3, San Francisco 1.  2B–Colorado Castilla (34,off Gardner); Perez (2,off Gardner).  HR–San Francisco Bonds (42,3rd inning off Mark Thompson 0 on, 2 out); Hill (17,4th inning off Mark Thompson 0 on, 0 out); Wilkins (12,5th inning off Mark Thompson 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Hill (5,by Mark Thompson).  CS–McCracken (4,2nd base by Gardner/Wilkins).  HBP–Mark Thompson (13,Hill).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Jeff Kellogg.  T–2:15.  A–15,734.
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