Cincinnati Reds vs Colorado Rockies
April 9, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1997 at Coors Field. The Colorado Rockies defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 4, Colorado Rockies 13

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Sanders D. cf 5 0 3 0
Harris lf 4 0 1 1
  Perez ph 1 0 1 0
Larkin ss 4 1 1 1
Greene 3b 5 1 1 1
Sanders R. rf 4 1 1 1
Morris 1b 4 0 1 0
Boone 2b 3 0 0 0
Fordyce c 4 0 0 0
Bones p 1 0 0 0
  Timmons ph 1 0 1 0
  Jarvis p 0 0 0 0
  Owens ph 1 1 1 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
  Service p 0 0 0 0
  Sierra ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 11 4
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 6 1 2 1
  Bates 2b 0 0 0 0
Burks cf,lf 5 3 2 3
Walker rf 5 2 3 0
Galarraga 1b 5 2 4 3
Bichette lf 4 1 2 3
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Ruffin p 0 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 4 1 1 0
Manwaring c 4 1 1 0
Weiss ss 3 1 2 1
Thompson p 3 0 1 0
  DiPoto p 0 0 0 0
  Munoz p 0 0 0 0
  McCracken cf 1 1 1 2
Totals 40 13 19 13
Cincinnati 000 003 1004110
Colorado 421 010 14x13190
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Bones  L (0-1) 4.0 10 7 7 5 2
  Jarvis   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Belinda   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Service   1.0 5 4 4 0 0
Totals
8.0
19
13
13
5
3
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Thompson  W (2-0) 6.1 9 4 4 0 0
  DiPoto   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Munoz   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Reed   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Ruffin   1.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
1
3

  E–None.  2B–Cincinnati Timmons (1,off Thompson), Colorado Bichette (2,off Bones); Thompson (1,off Bones); McCracken (1,off Service).  HR–Cincinnati Larkin (1,6th inning off Thompson 0 on, 1 out); Greene (2,6th inning off Thompson 0 on, 1 out); R Sanders (3,6th inning off Thompson 0 on, 1 out), Colorado Galarraga (3,5th inning off Jarvis 0 on, 2 out); Burks 2 (4,7th inning off Belinda 0 on, 1 out,8th inning off Service 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–B Boone (1,by Thompson); Castilla (2,by Bones).  SH–Thompson (2,off Bones); Weiss (1,off Service).  SF–Bichette (1,off Bones).  IBB–Walker (1,by Bones).  SB–D Sanders (5,2nd base off Thompson/Manwaring); Walker (4,3rd base off Bones/Fordyce); Galarraga (2,2nd base off Bones/Fordyce).  HBP–Bones (2,Castilla); Thompson (1,B Boone).  IBB–Bones (2,Walker).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Angel Hernandez.  T–2:42.  A–50,095.
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