Colorado Rockies vs San Diego Padres
September 24, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1996 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The Colorado Rockies defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Colorado Rockies 5, San Diego Padres 4

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 3 0 0 1
McCracken cf 5 1 1 0
Burks lf 5 1 1 0
Galarraga 1b 5 0 1 2
Bichette rf 5 1 1 1
  Walker rf 0 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 5 0 2 0
Decker c 3 0 0 0
  Jones pr 0 1 0 0
  Reed J. c 2 0 0 0
Weiss ss 4 1 1 0
  Ruffin p 0 0 0 0
  Swift p 0 0 0 0
Ritz p 2 0 1 0
  Vander Wal ph 0 0 0 0
  Echevarria ph 0 0 0 0
  Reed S. p 0 0 0 0
  Munoz p 0 0 0 0
  Leskanic p 0 0 0 0
  Perez ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 8 4
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 6 1 1 0
Gwynn T. rf 5 1 3 0
Finley cf 6 1 3 2
Caminiti 3b 5 1 1 2
Joyner 1b 4 0 3 0
  Vaughn ph 1 0 0 0
  Cianfrocco 1b 0 0 0 0
  Gwynn C. ph 1 0 0 0
Gomez ss 4 0 2 0
Johnson c 5 0 2 0
Reed 2b 4 0 0 0
Valenzuela p 2 0 0 0
  Tewksbury p 1 0 0 0
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
  Bochtler p 0 0 0 0
  Livingstone ph 1 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 1 0 0 0
Totals 46 4 15 4
Colorado 000 200 200 01582
San Diego 200 000 200 004150
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Ritz   6.0 8 2 2 1 2
  Reed   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Munoz   0.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Leskanic   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Ruffin  W (7-5) 2.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Swift  SV (2) 1.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
11.0
15
4
4
4
5
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Valenzuela   5.0 5 2 2 0 2
  Tewksbury   1.1 2 2 2 0 1
  Osuna   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Bochtler   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Worrell   1.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Hoffman  L (9-5) 1.1 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
11.0
8
5
5
1
9

  E–Young (11), Castilla (20).  DP–Colorado 3.  2B–Colorado McCracken (12,off Valenzuela); Galarraga (36,off Valenzuela).  HR–Colorado Bichette (31,11th inning off Hoffman 0 on, 1 out), San Diego Finley (29,1st inning off Ritz 1 on, 1 out); Caminiti (39,7th inning off Munoz 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Young (5,off Bochtler).  HBP–Echevarria (1,by Osuna).  IBB–Reed (8,by Ruffin).  CS–Caminiti (5,2nd base by Ritz/Decker).  WP–Bochtler (8).  HBP–Osuna (1,Echevarria).  IBB–Ruffin (3,Reed).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–3:33.  A–23,556.
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