Colorado Rockies vs New York Mets
May 16, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1997 at Shea Stadium. The Colorado Rockies defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Colorado Rockies 2, New York Mets 1

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 2 0
Burks cf 4 0 1 0
  McCracken pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Walker rf 3 1 2 2
Galarraga 1b 4 0 0 0
Bichette lf 4 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 4 0 0 0
Manwaring c 4 0 1 0
Weiss ss 3 0 1 0
Ritz p 3 0 0 0
  Munoz p 0 0 0 0
  Holmes p 0 0 0 0
  Ruffin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Bieser cf 3 0 1 0
  Everett ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Alfonzo 3b 3 0 2 0
Olerud 1b 4 0 1 0
Hundley c 3 0 0 0
Gilkey lf 4 0 1 0
Huskey rf 3 1 2 0
Alexander 2b,ss 4 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 1 0 0 0
  Baerga ph,2b 2 0 1 1
Clark p 2 0 0 0
  Franco ph 0 0 0 0
  Ochoa ph 1 0 0 0
  McMichael p 0 0 0 0
  Trlicek p 0 0 0 0
  Thurman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
Colorado 000 000 020270
New York 000 000 100180
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Ritz   6.1 6 1 1 4 2
  Munoz  W (1-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Holmes   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Ruffin  SV (7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
4
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Clark   7.0 5 0 0 2 6
  McMichael  L (3-4) 1.0 2 2 2 0 2
  Trlicek   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
8

  E–None.  DP–Colorado 2, New York 1.  2B–New York Huskey (7,off Ritz).  HR–Colorado Walker (14,8th inning off McMichael 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Ordonez (1,by Ritz); Hundley (5,by Ritz).  SB–Young (9,2nd base off Clark/Hundley).  CS–Gilkey (4,2nd base by Ritz/Manwaring).  WP–Clark (2).  IBB–Ritz 2 (3,Ordonez,Hundley).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Larry Vanover, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Charlie Reliford.  T–2:38.  A–15,261.
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