Houston Astros vs Colorado Rockies
September 10, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 10, 1997 at Coors Field. The Colorado Rockies defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 7, Colorado Rockies 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 1 1 0
Gonzalez lf 5 2 2 0
Bagwell 1b 5 0 3 3
Bell rf 5 2 1 0
Berry 3b 2 0 1 1
  Spiers 3b 1 1 0 0
Carr cf 1 0 1 0
  Hidalgo pr,cf 3 1 0 0
Gutierrez ss 5 0 2 2
Ausmus c 3 0 0 1
Garcia p 2 0 0 0
  Cabrera p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Lima p 0 0 0 0
  Eusebio ph 1 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Hudek p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 11 7
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Weiss ss 4 2 2 0
Burks cf,lf 4 1 3 2
Walker rf 4 1 1 1
  DeJean p 0 0 0 0
  Munoz p 0 0 0 0
  McCracken cf 0 0 0 0
Galarraga 1b 3 1 0 0
Bichette lf,rf 4 1 1 4
Castilla 3b 4 1 1 1
Reed c 4 0 0 0
Perez 2b 3 1 2 0
Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Leskanic p 0 0 0 0
  Pulliam ph,rf 1 1 1 1
  DiPoto p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 9 11 9
Houston 301 000 2107111
Colorado 100 210 50x9111
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Garcia   4.1 7 4 4 1 2
  Cabrera   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Lima   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Magnante  L (3-1) 0.1 3 3 3 0 0
  Wagner   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Hudek   1.1 1 2 2 2 1
Totals
8.0
11
9
9
3
6
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Castillo   6.2 9 6 6 2 5
  Leskanic  W (4-0) 0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  DeJean   0.2 1 1 0 0 1
  Munoz   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  DiPoto  SV (13) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
3
10

  E–Biggio (18), DeJean (1).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Gonzalez (27,off Castillo); Berry (20,off Castillo); Bell (26,off Castillo); Bagwell (35,off DeJean), Colorado Weiss (21,off Garcia); Perez (12,off Garcia); Burks (17,off Garcia).  3B–Houston Gutierrez (3,off Castillo).  HR–Colorado Walker (43,4th inning off Garcia 0 on, 0 out); Castilla (39,4th inning off Garcia 0 on, 2 out); Pulliam (3,7th inning off Magnante 0 on, 1 out); Bichette (24,7th inning off Hudek 3 on, 2 out).  HBP–Ausmus (3,by Castillo); Berry (5,by Castillo); Galarraga (15,by Hudek).  IBB–Spiers (6,by Castillo).  SH–Castillo 2 (9,off Garcia 2).  SB–Bagwell (27,3rd base off DeJean/J Reed); Burks (4,2nd base off Wagner/Ausmus).  CS–Perez (1,2nd base by Hudek/Ausmus).  HBP–Hudek (2,Galarraga); Castillo 2 (7,Ausmus,Berry).  IBB–Castillo (4,Spiers).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Bill Hohn, 3B–Ed Rapuano.  T–3:08.  A–42,321.
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