Colorado Rockies vs Houston Astros
August 22, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 1997 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Colorado Rockies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Colorado Rockies 1, Houston Astros 9

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Weiss ss 3 0 1 0
Helton lf 4 0 1 0
Walker rf 2 0 0 0
  Bichette rf 1 0 0 0
Galarraga 1b 4 1 2 1
Burks cf 4 0 1 0
Castilla 3b 3 0 1 0
  DeJean p 0 0 0 0
  Munoz p 0 0 0 0
  Pulliam ph 1 0 0 0
Reed c 4 0 1 0
Perez 2b 3 0 0 0
Thomson p 2 0 0 0
  Bates 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 3 2 0
Bell rf 4 1 3 4
  Spiers 1b 0 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 2 0 0 0
  Magnante p 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez lf 5 1 1 0
Berry 3b 3 0 2 0
  Gutierrez pr,3b 1 1 0 0
Carr cf 3 1 0 0
Eusebio c 4 0 1 0
Bogar ss 4 1 1 2
Kile p 3 1 2 1
  Mouton ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 12 7
Colorado 000 100 000171
Houston 001 026 00x9120
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Thomson  L (5-8) 5.0 7 6 5 2 4
  DeJean   2.0 5 3 3 1 2
  Munoz   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
12
9
8
4
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Kile  W (17-3) 7.0 7 1 1 1 6
  Magnante   2.0 0 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
10

  E–Galarraga (13).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Houston Berry (19,off Thomson); Bell 2 (24,off Thomson,off DeJean); Biggio (32,off DeJean).  3B–Houston Bell (3,off Thomson); Bogar (4,off DeJean).  HR–Colorado Galarraga (32,4th inning off Kile 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Bagwell (8,2nd base by Thomson/J Reed).  WP–Thomson (2).  U-HP–Jeff Nelson, 1B–Bill Hohn, 2B–Larry Vanover, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:49.  A–33,061.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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