San Francisco Giants vs Colorado Rockies
September 23, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1997 at Coors Field. The Colorado Rockies defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 6, Colorado Rockies 7

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 4 1 1 1
Mueller 3b 4 1 1 0
Bonds lf 4 1 1 2
Kent 2b 5 0 2 1
Snow 1b 5 1 2 0
  Powell pr 0 1 0 0
Javier rf 4 0 2 0
  Mulholland p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
  Hill ph 1 0 0 0
Vizcaino ss 4 1 2 1
  Lewis ph 1 0 1 1
  Delgado pr 0 0 0 0
Johnson c 4 0 0 0
  Berryhill ph 1 0 0 0
Darwin p 3 0 1 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 6 13 6
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Weiss ss 4 0 1 0
Burks cf,lf 4 2 3 1
Walker rf 5 1 2 1
Galarraga 1b 5 1 1 3
Bichette lf 4 2 2 0
  McCracken cf 0 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 4 0 2 0
Reed c 4 0 1 1
Perez 2b 3 1 1 1
Thomson p 1 0 0 0
  Vander Wal ph 1 0 0 0
  Holmes p 0 0 0 0
  Bates ph 1 0 1 0
  DeJean p 0 0 0 0
  Raabe ph 0 0 0 0
  DiPoto p 0 0 0 0
  Leskanic p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 14 7
San Francisco 011 100 0036130
Colorado 010 130 02x7141
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin  L (1-3) 5.2 10 5 5 1 3
  Tavarez   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Mulholland   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Bailey   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
7
7
2
4
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Thomson   4.0 8 3 3 3 3
  Holmes  W (9-2) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  DeJean   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  DiPoto   0.2 4 3 3 0 2
  Leskanic  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
3
9

  E–Castilla (20).  2B–San Francisco Kent 2 (37,off Thomson 2); Mueller (26,off DiPoto), Colorado Burks (19,off Darwin); J Reed (10,off Darwin).  HR–San Francisco Bonds (39,9th inning off DiPoto 1 on, 0 out), Colorado Galarraga (41,5th inning off Darwin 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Raabe (1,off Mulholland).  SF–Perez (4,off Darwin).  U-HP–Angel Hernandez, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Larry Vanover, 3B–Joe West.  T–3:28.  A–48,026.
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