St. Louis Cardinals vs Colorado Rockies
May 26, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1997 at Coors Field. The Colorado Rockies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 7, Colorado Rockies 9

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 5 1 2 1
Gant lf 4 2 2 3
Lankford cf 3 0 1 1
McGee rf 5 0 0 0
Mabry 1b 5 1 2 0
Gaetti 3b 4 1 3 1
Lampkin c 4 0 1 0
Clayton ss 4 1 2 1
Jackson p 2 1 1 0
  Petkovsek p 2 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 14 7
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 0 0
Burks cf 4 1 2 0
Walker rf 4 1 1 0
Bichette lf 4 1 2 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Galarraga 1b 4 2 2 4
Castilla 3b 4 2 2 2
Manwaring c 4 1 1 1
Weiss ss 4 1 2 2
Ritz p 1 0 0 0
  Bates ph 1 0 1 0
  Holmes p 0 0 0 0
  McCracken ph 1 0 0 0
  DeJean p 0 0 0 0
  Pulliam lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 13 9
St. Louis 050 110 0007140
Colorado 000 600 03x9130
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   3.1 9 6 6 0 1
  Petkovsek  L (2-4) 4.2 4 3 3 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
9
9
0
1
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Ritz   4.0 10 6 6 3 3
  Holmes   3.0 3 1 1 0 1
  DeJean  W (2-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Reed  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
3
5

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1, Colorado 2.  2B–St. Louis Lampkin (3,off Ritz); DeShields (8,off Ritz); Gant (7,off Holmes); Clayton (17,off DeJean), Colorado Walker (17,off Jackson); Galarraga (9,off Jackson); Castilla (4,off Jackson); Bates (3,off Jackson).  HR–St. Louis Gant (9,2nd inning off Ritz 2 on, 2 out); Gaetti (4,5th inning off Holmes 0 on, 0 out), Colorado Weiss (2,4th inning off Jackson 1 on, 1 out); Galarraga (11,8th inning off Petkovsek 1 on, 1 out); Castilla (13,8th inning off Petkovsek 0 on, 1 out).  SB–DeShields (13,2nd base off Ritz/Manwaring); Lankford 2 (10,2nd base off Ritz/Manwaring 2); Clayton (14,2nd base off Ritz/Manwaring); Gant (7,2nd base off Ritz/Manwaring).  CS–DeShields (3,3rd base by Ritz/Manwaring).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Mark Hirschbeck, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:34.  A–48,043.
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