Chicago Cubs vs Colorado Rockies
July 24, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 24, 1997 at Coors Field. The Colorado Rockies defeated the Chicago Cubs 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)
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Chicago Cubs 1, Colorado Rockies 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
McRae cf 3 0 0 0
Dunston ss 4 0 0 0
Grace 1b 3 0 1 0
Sosa rf 3 1 3 1
Clark lf 4 0 1 0
Sandberg 2b 4 0 0 0
Houston 3b 3 0 0 0
Servais c 4 0 1 0
Trachsel p 2 0 0 0
  Sanchez ph 1 0 0 0
  Bottenfield p 0 0 0 0
  Hansen ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 1 1 0
Perez ss 2 1 0 0
Walker rf 3 3 2 1
Galarraga 1b 3 1 0 0
Bichette lf 4 1 3 5
  Pulliam pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 3 0 1 0
Manwaring c 4 0 1 1
McCracken cf 4 0 0 0
Wright p 4 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 8 7
Chicago 010 000 000160
Colorado 300 001 03x780
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Trachsel  L (5-8) 6.0 5 4 4 3 2
  Bottenfield   2.0 3 3 3 1 4
Totals
8.0
8
7
7
4
6
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Wright  W (5-6) 9.0 6 1 1 3 5
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Sosa (25,off Wright), Colorado Young (24,off Trachsel); Walker 2 (30,off Trachsel,off Bottenfield); Bichette (19,off Trachsel).  HR–Chicago Sosa (20,2nd inning off Wright 0 on, 0 out), Colorado Bichette (15,1st inning off Trachsel 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–McRae (4,by Wright); Perez (1,by Bottenfield).  IBB–Castilla (5,by Trachsel); Galarraga (1,by Bottenfield).  SB–Young (26,3rd base off Trachsel/Servais); Walker (24,3rd base off Trachsel/Servais).  HBP–Bottenfield (2,Perez); Wright (5,McRae).  IBB–Trachsel (5,Castilla); Bottenfield (3,Galarraga).  U-HP–Greg Bonin, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Mark Barron.  T–2:40.  A–48,294.
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