Colorado Rockies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 1, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 1997 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Colorado Rockies defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Colorado Rockies 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Burks ph 1 0 0 0
  DiPoto p 0 0 0 0
Perez ss 5 0 2 2
Walker rf 5 3 3 2
Galarraga 1b 5 2 2 1
Bichette lf 3 0 0 0
  Pulliam lf 0 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 4 0 1 1
Manwaring c 4 0 1 1
McCracken cf 3 2 1 0
Thomson p 1 0 0 0
  Munoz p 0 0 0 0
  Bates 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 10 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 5 0 0 0
Allensworth cf 3 2 2 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Sveum ph 1 0 0 0
Martin lf 4 1 2 1
Young 1b 4 1 2 2
Randa 3b 4 0 0 0
Kendall c 3 1 3 1
Guillen rf 4 0 1 0
Polcovich ss 4 1 1 1
Loaiza p 2 0 1 1
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph,cf 2 0 1 0
Totals 36 6 13 6
Colorado 101 121 0017100
Pittsburgh 032 000 1006131
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Thomson   6.2 11 6 6 1 4
  Munoz   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Reed  W (3-4) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  DiPoto  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
2
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Loaiza   4.2 8 5 4 1 0
  Wagner   2.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Wilkins   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Rincon  L (4-5) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
6
2
2

  E–Martin (4).  DP–Colorado 2.  2B–Colorado Walker (32,off Loaiza), Pittsburgh Polcovich (11,off Thomson); Allensworth (11,off Thomson); Martin (16,off Thomson).  HR–Colorado Walker 2 (32,1st inning off Loaiza 0 on, 2 out,9th inning off Rincon 0 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Young (16,2nd inning off Thomson 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Thomson 2 (4,off Loaiza,off Wagner).  SB–Galarraga (9,2nd base off Loaiza/Kendall).  CS–Allensworth (4,2nd base by Thomson/Manwaring); Ward (1,2nd base by Thomson/Manwaring).  BK–Wagner (2).  U-HP–Rich Rieker, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Mark Hirschbeck.  T–2:51.  A–22,657.
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