Pittsburgh Pirates vs Colorado Rockies
August 9, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1997 at Coors Field. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Colorado Rockies 8

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 5 2 3 2
Allensworth cf 5 0 2 2
Martin lf 5 0 0 0
Sveum 1b 4 2 1 1
  Loiselle p 0 0 0 0
Randa 3b 4 1 2 0
Kendall c 3 0 2 0
Guillen rf 3 1 2 2
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Williams 1b 0 0 0 0
Polcovich ss 3 1 0 0
Cooke p 0 0 0 0
  Ruebel p 2 0 0 0
  Ward rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 12 7
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 5 0 0 0
McCracken cf 3 2 1 0
Walker rf 5 2 3 3
Galarraga 1b 5 1 2 2
Bichette lf 3 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 3 0 1 0
Manwaring c 2 1 1 0
Perez ss 4 2 2 2
Castillo p 2 0 1 1
  Burks ph 1 0 0 0
  Hutton p 0 0 0 0
  DeJean p 0 0 0 0
  Helton ph 1 0 0 0
  Munoz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 11 8
Pittsburgh 131 000 2007120
Colorado 320 001 1018111
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cooke   0.1 2 3 3 2 0
  Ruebel   5.2 4 3 3 2 3
  Wagner   1.2 3 1 1 0 2
  Rincon  L (4-6) 0.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Loiselle   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.1
11
8
8
5
5
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Castillo   6.0 10 5 5 2 7
  Hutton   0.1 2 2 2 1 1
  DeJean   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Munoz  W (2-3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
3
9

  E–Young (15).  DP–Pittsburgh 2, Colorado 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Womack 3 (16,off Castillo 3); Allensworth (12,off Castillo); Guillen (18,off Castillo), Colorado Walker (35,off Rincon).  3B–Colorado Perez (4,off Ruebel).  HR–Pittsburgh Sveum (9,3rd inning off Castillo 0 on, 0 out), Colorado Walker 2 (35,1st inning off Cooke 1 on, 1 out,7th inning off Wagner 0 on, 2 out); Galarraga (30,1st inning off Cooke 0 on, 1 out); Perez (5,6th inning off Ruebel 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Ruebel (1,off Castillo).  HBP–Guillen (5,by Castillo); Kendall (24,by Hutton); Castilla (7,by Ruebel).  CS–Allensworth (5,3rd base by Castillo/Manwaring).  HBP–Ruebel (5,Castilla); Castillo (5,Guillen); Hutton (5,Kendall).  U-HP–Wally Bell, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Larry Vanover, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–3:24.  A–48,323.
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