Colorado Rockies vs Chicago Cubs
July 20, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1997 at Wrigley Field. The Colorado Rockies defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Colorado Rockies 9, Chicago Cubs 5

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 2 2 2
Perez ss 4 1 2 1
Walker rf 5 2 3 4
Galarraga 1b 5 0 1 0
Bichette lf 4 0 0 0
  Pulliam lf 1 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 4 2 2 2
Echevarria cf 3 0 1 0
  Leskanic p 0 0 0 0
  Vander Wal ph 1 0 0 0
  Holmes p 0 0 0 0
Manwaring c 3 0 0 0
Bailey p 2 1 1 0
  McCracken cf 1 1 0 0
Totals 37 9 12 9
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Glanville lf 5 1 2 0
McRae cf 4 1 2 2
Sosa rf 3 1 0 0
Grace 1b 4 1 3 1
Dunston ss 4 0 2 1
Orie 3b 4 0 1 1
  Rojas p 0 0 0 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 0 0
Servais c 3 0 0 0
  Hansen ph 1 0 0 0
Foster p 1 1 1 0
  Hernandez ph 1 0 0 0
  Adams p 1 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Bottenfield p 0 0 0 0
  Houston 3b 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 5 12 5
Colorado 011 120 2029121
Chicago 001 130 0005120
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Bailey   5.0 9 5 5 0 2
  Leskanic  W (2-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Holmes  SV (2) 2.0 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
0
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Foster   5.0 6 5 5 2 9
  Adams  L (1-5) 1.0 2 2 2 1 2
  Patterson   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Bottenfield   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Rojas   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
3
13

  E–Walker (2).  DP–Colorado 2.  2B–Colorado Echevarria (2,off Adams); Young (23,off Adams); Perez (5,off Patterson), Chicago Grace (19,off Bailey).  3B–Chicago Glanville (5,off Bailey).  HR–Colorado Castilla 2 (25,2nd inning off Foster 0 on, 0 out,4th inning off Foster 0 on, 1 out); Young (5,3rd inning off Foster 0 on, 0 out); Walker 2 (29,5th inning off Foster 1 on, 2 out,9th inning off Rojas 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Young (5,off Foster).  HBP–Sosa (2,by Bailey).  SB–McCracken (23,2nd base off Adams/Servais).  CS–Manwaring (4,2nd base by Foster/Servais).  HBP–Bailey (8,Sosa).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Mike Winters, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:58.  A–36,861.
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