Colorado Rockies vs Houston Astros
April 28, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1997 at Astrodome. The Colorado Rockies defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Colorado Rockies 7, Houston Astros 6

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 5 1 2 0
Burks cf,lf 4 2 2 2
Walker rf 5 1 1 0
Galarraga 1b 4 0 1 1
Bichette lf 4 1 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  McCurry p 0 0 0 0
  Coles ph 1 0 0 0
  Ruffin p 0 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 5 2 3 1
Manwaring c 4 0 1 2
Weiss ss 4 0 1 0
Wright p 2 0 0 0
  DiPoto p 1 0 0 0
  McCracken cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 7 11 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 1 1 1
Abreu rf 4 2 3 4
Bagwell 1b 4 0 0 0
Bell cf 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez lf 5 0 2 0
  Mouton pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Berry 3b 5 0 0 0
Spiers ss 3 0 0 0
  Listach ph 1 0 0 0
Ausmus c 5 2 1 0
Hampton p 1 0 1 1
  Montgomery ph 0 1 0 0
  Garcia p 1 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 1 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Eusebio ph 0 0 0 0
  Bogar pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 9 6
Colorado 013 200 000 17111
Houston 011 300 100 0690
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Wright   3.1 5 5 4 4 2
  DiPoto   2.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Reed   1.2 3 1 1 1 2
  McCurry  W (1-0) 1.1 1 0 0 1 2
  Ruffin  SV (6) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
9
6
5
7
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton   4.0 9 6 6 1 7
  Garcia   4.0 1 0 0 1 5
  Wagner  L (2-1) 2.0 1 1 1 0 3
Totals
10.0
11
7
7
2
15

  E–Young (4).  DP–Colorado 1.  2B–Colorado Young (8,off Hampton), Houston Ausmus (5,off Wright); Abreu (5,off Wright); Gonzalez (4,off S Reed).  3B–Colorado Manwaring (1,off Hampton).  HR–Colorado Burks (6,4th inning off Hampton 1 on, 1 out); Castilla (8,10th inning off Wagner 0 on, 2 out), Houston Abreu 2 (2,3rd inning off Wright 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off S Reed 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Manwaring (1,off Hampton).  SB–Weiss (1,2nd base off Garcia/Ausmus); Biggio (2,2nd base off Wright/Manwaring); Ausmus 2 (6,2nd base off Wright/Manwaring,3rd base off Wright/Manwaring).  WP–Hampton 2 (2).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–3:35.  A–13,510.
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