Houston Astros vs Colorado Rockies
May 23, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1997 at Coors Field. 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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Houston Astros 7, Colorado Rockies 8

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 0 2 2
Mouton cf 4 0 1 0
  Spiers ph,3b 1 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 3 2 1 0
Berry 3b 4 0 1 0
  Hudek p 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez lf 4 1 0 1
Ausmus c 5 1 3 2
Abreu rf 5 2 2 1
Gutierrez ss 4 1 2 1
Wall p 1 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Listach ph 1 0 0 0
  Lima p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 13 7
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Weiss ss 4 1 1 0
Burks cf 4 2 2 2
  McCracken cf 1 0 0 0
Walker rf 3 2 2 0
Galarraga 1b 4 1 2 2
Bichette lf 4 1 2 3
  Holmes p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 4 0 0 0
Manwaring c 3 0 1 0
Bates 2b 3 1 1 1
Jones p 2 0 0 0
  DiPoto p 0 0 0 0
  Pulliam lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 11 8
Houston 021 110 1107131
Colorado 301 040 00x8111
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wall  L (1-2) 4.1 7 8 8 1 0
  Garcia   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Lima   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Hudek   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
3
4
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (1-0) 6.2 11 6 6 2 0
  DiPoto   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Holmes   1.0 2 1 0 1 0
  Reed  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
7
6
3
1

  E–Bagwell (4), Holmes (1).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Houston Bagwell (14,off Jones); Gutierrez (4,off Jones); Ausmus (10,off Jones); Berry (7,off Jones); Spiers (9,off Holmes), Colorado Walker (15,off Wall).  3B–Houston Abreu (2,off Jones).  HR–Colorado Bichette (6,1st inning off Wall 1 on, 2 out); Burks (11,3rd inning off Wall 0 on, 1 out); Bates (2,5th inning off Wall 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Wall (1,off Jones); Jones (1,off Lima).  SF–Gonzalez (1,off Jones); Biggio (3,off Holmes).  IBB–Bagwell (8,by Holmes).  HBP–Manwaring (1,by Lima).  SB–Mouton (2,2nd base off Jones/Manwaring); Walker (11,2nd base off Lima/Ausmus).  CS–Biggio (3,2nd base by Jones/Manwaring).  WP–DiPoto (1).  BK–Wall (1).  HBP–Lima (1,Manwaring).  IBB–Holmes (2,Bagwell).  U-HP–Angel Hernandez, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:42.  A–48,127.
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