St. Louis Cardinals vs Colorado Rockies
September 6, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 6, 1997 at Coors Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Colorado Rockies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 10, Colorado Rockies 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 7 2 4 0
Clayton ss 5 0 2 2
McGwire 1b 4 1 1 1
Lankford cf 5 3 2 1
Gant lf 5 1 2 1
Plantier rf 3 1 2 2
  McGee ph,rf 2 0 1 1
DiFelice c 4 0 1 0
  Gaetti ph 1 0 0 0
  Marrero c 0 0 0 0
  Raggio p 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Livingstone ph 0 0 0 0
  Sheaffer ph 1 0 0 0
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
Bell 3b 5 1 0 0
Morris p 3 0 0 0
  Young ph 1 0 0 0
  King p 0 0 0 0
  Beltran p 0 0 0 0
  Lampkin c 0 1 0 0
  Pagnozzi ph,c 1 0 1 2
Totals 47 10 16 10
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Perez ss 5 0 0 0
  DiPoto p 0 0 0 0
  Bichette ph 1 0 0 0
  Reed S. p 0 0 0 0
  McCurry p 0 0 0 0
  Beckett p 0 0 0 0
Burks cf,lf 5 3 3 1
Walker rf 6 2 3 2
Galarraga 1b 6 1 1 2
Helton lf 4 1 2 2
  McCracken pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 6 0 0 0
Bates 2b 5 0 0 0
Manwaring c 2 0 0 0
  Weiss ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Bailey p 2 0 0 0
  Vander Wal ph 1 0 0 0
  Munoz p 0 0 0 0
  Leskanic p 0 0 0 0
  Reed J. ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 46 7 9 7
St. Louis 101 101 110 001 310161
Colorado 400 000 020 001 0790
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Morris   8.0 8 6 6 1 5
  King   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Beltran   2.2 0 0 0 2 4
  Raggio   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley  W (1-4) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Petkovsek  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
13.0
9
7
7
4
10
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Bailey   7.0 8 5 5 2 5
  Munoz   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Leskanic   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  DiPoto   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Reed   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  McCurry  L (1-4) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Beckett   0.2 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
13.0
16
10
10
4
10

  E–DeShields (18).  DP–Colorado 5.  2B–St. Louis Lankford (33,off Munoz); DeShields (22,off S Reed); Pagnozzi (2,off Beckett), Colorado Galarraga (25,off Morris).  3B–St. Louis Clayton (5,off Bailey), Colorado Helton (1,off Morris).  HR–St. Louis McGwire (13,3rd inning off Bailey 0 on, 1 out); Plantier (4,4th inning off Bailey 0 on, 0 out), Colorado Helton (5,1st inning off Morris 1 on, 1 out); Walker (42,8th inning off Morris 1 on, 0 out); Burks (28,12th inning off Eckersley 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Clayton (4,off S Reed); McGee (1,off McCurry).  HBP–McGwire (4,by Bailey); Lampkin (4,by S Reed); Burks (3,by Morris).  IBB–Bell (2,by Beckett).  SH–J Reed (4,off Beltran); Weiss (4,off Beltran).  SB–Lankford 2 (19,2nd base off Bailey/Manwaring 2); Gant (14,2nd base off Beckett/J Reed); Walker (30,2nd base off Morris/Difelice).  CS–DeShields (12,2nd base by Leskanic/Manwaring); McCracken (10,2nd base by Beltran/Difelice).  WP–Bailey (4).  HBP–Morris (7,Burks); Bailey (12,McGwire); S Reed (5,Lampkin).  IBB–Beckett (1,Bell).  U-HP–Paul Nauert, 1B–Paul Schrieber, 2B–Mark Hirschbeck, 3B–Ron Barnes.  T–4:06.  A–48,017.
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