New York Mets vs Colorado Rockies
August 17, 1997 Box Score

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

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New York Mets 4, Colorado Rockies 6

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Everett rf 5 0 1 0
Alfonzo 3b 2 0 1 0
Olerud 1b 5 0 2 0
Hundley c 5 0 0 0
Gilkey lf 4 1 1 0
Baerga 2b 3 1 1 1
McRae cf 4 1 0 0
Lopez ss 4 1 3 2
Mlicki p 0 0 0 0
  Franco ph 1 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Huskey ph 1 0 0 0
  Rojas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 3
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 3 2 1 0
Helton 1b 3 0 0 0
  McCracken pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Walker rf 3 1 1 1
Bichette lf 4 1 1 3
  DeJean p 0 0 0 0
  DiPoto p 0 0 0 0
Burks cf,lf 3 0 2 1
Castilla 3b 4 1 1 1
Manwaring c 4 0 1 0
Weiss ss 3 0 1 0
  Munoz p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Galarraga 1b 1 0 0 0
Thomson p 2 1 1 0
  Perez ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 6
New York 030 001 000490
Colorado 010 040 10x691
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Mlicki  L (5-10) 5.0 8 5 5 1 4
  Wendell   2.0 1 1 1 3 0
  Rojas   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
4
5
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Thomson  W (5-7) 6.0 7 4 3 4 1
  Munoz   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Reed   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  DeJean   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  DiPoto  SV (8) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
5
4

  E–Thomson (1).  DP–New York 1, Colorado 1.  2B–New York Baerga (17,off Thomson); Lopez 2 (10,off Thomson 2), Colorado Bichette (23,off Mlicki).  HR–Colorado Castilla (31,2nd inning off Mlicki 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Mlicki (3,off Thomson).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–C.B. Bucknor, 2B–Wally Bell, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–2:41.  A–48,440.
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