New York Mets vs Colorado Rockies
May 6, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1997 at Coors Field. The Colorado Rockies defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Mets 11, Colorado Rockies 12

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Bieser cf 4 2 2 1
  Manuel p 0 0 0 0
  Ordonez ph 1 0 0 0
  Kashiwada p 0 0 0 0
  Ochoa rf 1 0 0 0
Alfonzo 3b 6 1 3 0
Olerud 1b 5 3 4 3
Hundley c 2 2 2 3
Gilkey lf,cf 5 1 1 1
Baerga 2b 6 1 2 0
Huskey rf 2 0 0 0
  Borland p 0 0 0 0
  Thurman ph,cf 2 0 1 0
  Franco ph,lf 1 0 1 1
Alexander ss 5 1 3 1
Mlicki p 1 0 0 0
  Everett rf 4 0 1 0
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 11 20 10
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 1 1 2
Burks cf,lf 3 3 1 1
Bichette lf 5 2 3 1
  McCracken cf 0 0 0 0
Walker rf 4 2 2 1
Galarraga 1b 5 1 1 2
Castilla 3b 4 1 0 0
Reed J. c 5 1 2 1
Bates ss 4 1 2 1
  Reed S. p 0 0 0 0
Swift p 2 0 1 2
  DiPoto p 0 0 0 0
  McCurry p 0 0 0 0
  Vander Wal ph 1 0 0 0
  DeJean p 0 0 0 0
  Weiss ph,ss 1 0 1 0
Totals 38 12 14 11
New York 103 204 01011203
Colorado 005 420 10x12142
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Mlicki   2.2 6 5 5 4 4
  Borland  L (0-1) 1.1 4 4 4 2 1
  Manuel   2.0 2 2 2 0 1
  Kashiwada   1.0 0 1 1 2 1
  McMichael   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
14
12
12
8
8
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Swift  W (4-1) 5.0 11 6 6 2 2
  DiPoto   0.0 4 4 4 0 0
  McCurry   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  DeJean   2.0 2 1 0 1 1
  Reed  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
20
11
10
5
3

  E–Ochoa (2), Hundley (5), Borland (1), J Reed (1), Bates (3).  DP–Colorado 2.  2B–New York Alexander 2 (4,off Swift 2); Everett (2,off Swift); Alfonzo (6,off DiPoto), Colorado Walker (9,off Mlicki); Swift (1,off Borland).  HR–New York Olerud (5,1st inning off Swift 0 on, 2 out); Hundley (10,3rd inning off Swift 2 on, 1 out), Colorado Young (1,3rd inning off Mlicki 0 on, 0 out); Burks (7,5th inning off Manuel 0 on, 0 out); Bichette (4,5th inning off Manuel 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Olerud (2,off Swift).  IBB–Bates (1,by Mlicki).  SB–Alexander (7,2nd base off McCurry/J Reed); Galarraga (5,2nd base off Mlicki/Hundley); Burks (2,2nd base off Kashiwada/Hundley).  WP–Borland 2 (3), Kashiwada 2 (2).  IBB–Mlicki (3,Bates).  U-HP–Rich Rieker, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–3:27.  A–48,020.
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