Texas Rangers vs Colorado Rockies
June 17, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 1997 at Coors Field. The Texas Rangers defeated the Colorado Rockies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 10, Colorado Rockies 8

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
McLemore 2b 6 3 4 0
Rodriguez c 5 1 3 0
Greer lf 6 3 4 3
Gonzalez rf 5 2 2 5
Clark 1b 5 0 1 1
Palmer 3b 6 0 1 0
Buford cf 5 0 1 1
Ripken ss 4 0 0 0
  Gil ss 1 0 0 0
Burkett p 4 1 1 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Wetteland p 0 0 0 0
  Stevens ph 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 10 17 10
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 2 1 0
Burks cf 6 2 5 3
Walker rf 5 1 1 1
Galarraga 1b 6 0 0 0
Bichette lf 6 2 3 1
Castilla 3b 6 1 3 3
Manwaring c 6 0 1 0
Weiss ss 6 0 2 0
Thomson p 0 0 0 0
  Bates ph 1 0 0 0
  Holmes p 1 0 1 0
  Munoz p 0 0 0 0
  Reed J. ph 1 0 0 0
  DiPoto p 0 0 0 0
  McCracken ph 1 0 0 0
  Ruffin p 0 0 0 0
  Leskanic p 0 0 0 0
  Vander Wal ph 1 0 0 0
  Reed S. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 8 17 8
Texas 330 011 000 0210171
Colorado 102 000 023 008170
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Burkett   7.0 12 5 5 0 4
  Hernandez   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Wetteland   1.0 3 3 3 1 1
  Patterson  W (5-3) 2.0 2 0 0 2 3
Totals
11.0
17
8
8
3
9
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Thomson   2.0 8 6 6 1 2
  Holmes   3.2 4 2 2 1 0
  Munoz   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  DiPoto   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Ruffin   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Leskanic   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Reed  L (1-3) 1.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
11.0
17
10
10
3
9

  E–Gonzalez (1).  2B–Texas Greer (21,off Thomson); Gonzalez (8,off Thomson); Buford (9,off DiPoto); McLemore (6,off DiPoto), Colorado Walker (22,off Burkett); Burks (9,off Burkett); Bichette (9,off Wetteland).  HR–Texas Gonzalez (14,11th inning off S Reed 1 on, 1 out), Colorado Castilla (18,8th inning off Burkett 1 on, 0 out); Burks (16,9th inning off Wetteland 1 on, 0 out).  SF–W Clark (1,off Thomson).  IBB–Walker (6,by Patterson).  SB–Young (18,2nd base off Burkett/Rodriguez).  WP–Patterson (3).  IBB–Patterson (3,Walker).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Brian Gibbons, 3B–Bruce Dreckman.  T–3:41.  A–48,243.
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