Atlanta Braves vs Colorado Rockies
April 19, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 19, 1997 at Coors Field. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Colorado Rockies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 8, Colorado Rockies 7

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 5 2 3 1
Tucker rf 5 1 2 0
Jones C. 3b 4 1 0 1
McGriff 1b 4 1 1 1
Klesko lf 4 1 2 4
  Jones A. lf 1 1 1 1
Lopez c 5 0 2 0
Lemke 2b 5 1 2 0
Blauser ss 4 0 1 0
Neagle p 3 0 1 0
  Wohlers p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
  Bielecki p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 15 8
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 2 3 1
McCracken cf 5 0 1 1
Burks lf 4 1 1 1
Walker 1b 4 1 1 0
Bichette rf 3 1 1 2
Castilla 3b 3 1 1 2
Manwaring c 3 0 1 0
  Ruffin p 0 0 0 0
  McCurry p 0 0 0 0
  Vander Wal ph 1 1 1 0
Weiss ss 3 0 0 0
Ritz p 2 0 0 0
  DiPoto p 0 0 0 0
  Reed c 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 10 7
Atlanta 420 010 0018150
Colorado 300 010 0037100
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Neagle  W (2-0) 8.0 8 4 4 1 5
  Wohlers   0.0 2 3 3 2 0
  Embree   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Bielecki  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
3
5
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Ritz  L (1-3) 6.0 12 7 7 2 5
  DiPoto   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Ruffin   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  McCurry   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
8
8
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Atlanta 2, Colorado 1.  2B–Atlanta Lopez (4,off Ritz); Lofton (3,off Ritz); Klesko (3,off Ritz), Colorado Walker (5,off Neagle).  3B–Atlanta Lofton (1,off Ritz), Colorado Young (2,off Neagle).  HR–Atlanta Klesko (1,1st inning off Ritz 2 on, 1 out); A Jones (1,9th inning off McCurry 0 on, 0 out), Colorado Castilla (7,9th inning off Wohlers 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Neagle (1,off Ritz); J Reed (1,off Embree).  HBP–Blauser (2,by DiPoto).  SF–Young (1,off Bielecki).  SB–Lofton (8,2nd base off Ritz/Manwaring); C Jones (5,2nd base off Ritz/Manwaring); Young (6,2nd base off Neagle/Lopez); Manwaring (1,2nd base off Neagle/Lopez).  HBP–DiPoto (1,Blauser).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–3:06.  A–48,065.
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