Colorado Rockies vs San Francisco Giants
May 21, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1997 at 3Com Park. The Colorado Rockies defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Colorado Rockies 10, San Francisco Giants 7

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 1 2 1
  Bates 2b 0 1 0 0
McCracken cf 5 2 3 0
Walker rf 5 0 1 1
Galarraga 1b 3 3 1 2
Burks lf 3 1 1 4
Castilla 3b 5 1 1 0
Manwaring c 4 0 0 0
Weiss ss 4 1 1 1
Ritz p 3 0 0 0
  DiPoto p 0 0 0 0
  Holmes p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 10 10 9
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Javier cf 5 2 2 0
Vizcaino ss 4 1 1 1
Hill rf 4 0 1 1
Bonds lf 2 0 0 0
  Benard lf 1 0 1 2
Kent 2b 4 0 0 1
Snow 1b 5 0 2 1
Mueller 3b 4 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
Jensen c 4 2 2 0
Rueter p 1 0 1 0
  Foulke p 1 0 0 0
  Lewis ph,3b 1 2 1 1
Totals 36 7 11 7
Colorado 300 200 30210100
San Francisco 000 000 0437114
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Ritz  W (4-4) 7.0 5 3 3 2 3
  DiPoto   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Holmes   0.2 4 3 3 1 1
  Reed  SV (3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
3
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Rueter  L (2-1) 4.0 7 5 4 1 1
  Foulke   4.0 2 3 3 1 3
  Tavarez   1.0 1 2 2 2 2
Totals
9.0
10
10
9
4
6

  E–Vizcaino (5), Hill (5), Kent (4), Jensen (1).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–Colorado Weiss (9,off Rueter); Young (15,off Rueter), San Francisco Snow (11,off DiPoto).  HR–Colorado Burks (9,7th inning off Foulke 2 on, 2 out); Galarraga (10,9th inning off Tavarez 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Ritz (1,off Rueter).  HBP–Galarraga (5,by Foulke); Benard (1,by DiPoto).  SF–Hill (4,off DiPoto); Kent (7,off DiPoto).  SB–McCracken (9,Home off Rueter/Jensen); Galarraga (6,2nd base off Rueter/Jensen).  CS–Walker (3,2nd base by Foulke/Jensen).  WP–Holmes (2).  HBP–DiPoto (2,Benard); Foulke (1,Galarraga).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Mike Winters, 3B–Jerry Layne.  T–2:54.  A–12,268.
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