Colorado Rockies vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 26, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1997 at Busch Stadium II. The Colorado Rockies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Colorado Rockies 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 5 0 1 0
Burks cf,lf 4 1 1 0
Walker rf 4 1 1 0
Galarraga 1b 3 1 1 0
Bichette lf 4 1 2 3
  McCracken pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 3 0 0 0
Manwaring c 3 0 1 0
Weiss ss 4 0 0 1
Swift p 2 0 0 0
  Coles ph 0 0 0 0
  Holmes p 1 0 0 0
  Ruffin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 4 0 1 0
Gant lf 4 1 1 1
Lankford cf 4 0 1 0
Jordan rf 5 0 1 1
Young 1b 4 0 1 0
Gaetti 3b 4 0 1 0
Lampkin c 3 0 0 0
Clayton ss 4 1 2 0
Morris p 1 0 0 0
  Sweeney ph 0 0 0 0
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
  McGee ph 1 0 0 0
  Batchelor p 0 0 0 0
  Mabry ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Colorado 000 300 010470
St. Louis 000 000 011282
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Swift  W (2-1) 6.0 2 0 0 2 2
  Holmes   2.2 6 2 2 2 0
  Ruffin  SV (5) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
5
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  L (0-1) 5.0 5 3 3 1 6
  Petkovsek   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Batchelor   2.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
2
8

  E–Gant (1), Lankford (1).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–Colorado Galarraga (3,off Morris); Bichette (4,off Morris), St. Louis Clayton (7,off Swift); Lankford (2,off Holmes).  HBP–Coles (1,by Petkovsek); Galarraga (3,by Batchelor).  IBB–Castilla (2,by Batchelor).  SB–McCracken (7,2nd base off Batchelor/Lampkin); DeShields 2 (5,2nd base off Swift/Manwaring,3rd base off Ruffin/Manwaring); Gant (3,2nd base off Ruffin/Manwaring).  HBP–Petkovsek (1,Coles); Batchelor (2,Galarraga).  IBB–Batchelor (1,Castilla).  U-HP–Brian Gorman, 1B–Wally Bell, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:46.  A–45,681.
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