Colorado Rockies vs New York Mets
May 17, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1997 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Colorado Rockies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Colorado Rockies 1, New York Mets 3

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 5 0 1 0
McCracken cf 3 0 1 0
Walker rf 4 0 1 0
Galarraga 1b 4 1 1 1
Bichette lf 4 0 3 0
Reed J. c 2 0 0 0
  Coles ph 1 0 1 0
Bates 3b 3 0 0 0
  Castilla ph 1 0 0 0
Weiss ss 2 0 0 0
Thomson p 2 0 0 0
  Vander Wal ph 1 0 0 0
  DeJean p 0 0 0 0
  Reed S. p 0 0 0 0
  Burks ph 0 0 0 0
  Manwaring pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Everett cf 3 0 0 0
Franco M. 3b 3 0 0 0
  Alfonzo 3b 1 0 1 0
Olerud 1b 4 1 1 0
Hundley c 4 1 2 0
Gilkey lf 4 1 1 0
Baerga 2b 4 0 3 2
  Ordonez pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Huskey rf 4 0 2 1
  Franco J. p 0 0 0 0
Alexander ss,2b 3 0 0 0
Jones p 3 0 0 0
  Ochoa rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 10 3
Colorado 000 000 010180
New York 000 201 00x3101
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Thomson  L (0-2) 6.0 7 3 3 1 3
  DeJean   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Reed   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
3
3
1
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (7-2) 8.0 7 1 1 3 4
  Franco  SV (12) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
4
5

  E–Olerud (2).  DP–New York 2.  2B–Colorado Coles (1,off J Franco), New York Gilkey (6,off Thomson).  HR–Colorado Galarraga (8,8th inning off Jones 0 on, 2 out).  SH–J Reed (2,off Jones).  IBB–Weiss (2,by Jones).  CS–Young (6,2nd base by Jones/Hundley); Hundley (2,2nd base by S Reed/J Reed).  IBB–Jones (1,Weiss).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–Larry Vanover, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–2:36.  A–23,987.
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