Houston Astros vs Colorado Rockies
May 24, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1997 at Coors Field. The Houston Astros defeated the Colorado Rockies 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 7, Colorado Rockies 0

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 1 2 2
Spiers ss,3b 5 2 2 0
Bagwell 1b 3 3 1 2
Gonzalez lf 4 0 2 2
Berry 3b 2 0 0 1
  Bogar ss 0 0 0 0
Abreu rf 4 0 0 0
Howard cf 3 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 1 1 0
Kile p 3 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ph 1 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 8 7
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 1 0
Burks cf 4 0 0 0
  McCracken cf 0 0 0 0
Walker rf 2 0 1 0
Galarraga 1b 4 0 1 0
Bichette lf 4 0 0 0
Reed c 3 0 0 0
  Pulliam ph 1 0 0 0
Bates 3b 4 0 1 0
Weiss ss 3 0 0 0
Burke p 1 0 0 0
  DiPoto p 1 0 0 0
  DeJean p 0 0 0 0
  Vander Wal ph 0 0 0 0
  Munoz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 4 0
Houston 202 300 000781
Colorado 000 000 000040
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Kile  W (5-2) 7.0 4 0 0 3 5
  Springer   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Wagner   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
4
9
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Burke  L (0-1) 4.0 7 7 7 3 4
  DiPoto   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  DeJean   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Munoz   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
7
7
4
8

  E–Biggio (9).  DP–Houston 1, Colorado 1.  2B–Houston Spiers (10,off Burke); Gonzalez (10,off Burke), Colorado Walker (16,off Kile).  HR–Houston Bagwell (16,1st inning off Burke 1 on, 1 out); Biggio (9,4th inning off Burke 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Berry (1,off Burke).  HBP–Bagwell (5,by Burke).  SB–Howard (1,2nd base off Burke/J Reed); Gonzalez (2,2nd base off Burke/J Reed); Galarraga (7,2nd base off Kile/Ausmus).  CS–Young (7,2nd base by Kile/Ausmus).  HBP–Burke (3,Bagwell).  U-HP–Mark Hirschbeck, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Angel Hernandez.  T–2:48.  A–48,129.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook