Colorado Rockies vs New York Mets
April 30, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1998 at Shea Stadium. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Colorado Rockies 4, New York Mets 0

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Lansing 2b 4 0 1 2
Burks cf,lf 4 1 1 1
Walker rf 3 0 1 0
Bichette lf 4 1 1 0
  Goodwin cf 0 0 0 0
Castilla 3b 4 0 1 0
Helton 1b 3 0 1 0
Perez ss 3 1 1 1
Manwaring c 3 1 0 0
Kile p 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 4
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Becker rf 3 0 0 0
  Rojas p 0 0 0 0
Lopez lf,ss 4 0 1 0
Alfonzo 3b 4 0 0 0
Olerud 1b 3 0 1 0
Baerga 2b 3 0 2 0
McRae cf 4 0 0 0
Spehr c 1 0 0 0
  Franco ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 3 0 0 0
  Tatum c 0 0 0 0
Jones p 1 0 0 0
  Paquette ph 1 0 0 0
  Hudek p 0 0 0 0
  Huskey ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 4 0
Colorado 120 001 000470
New York 000 000 000041
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Kile  W (3-3) 9.0 4 0 0 5 8
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
5
8
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L (1-3) 6.0 6 4 4 2 3
  Hudek   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Rojas   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
2
6

  E–Lopez (3).  DP–Colorado 2, New York 1.  2B–Colorado Helton (8,off Jones); Bichette (12,off Jones), New York Olerud (4,off Kile); Baerga (3,off Kile).  HR–Colorado Burks (8,1st inning off Jones 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Kile (2,off Jones).  SF–Perez (2,off Jones).  HBP–Manwaring (1,by Jones).  CS–Walker 2 (3,2nd base by Hudek/Tatum 2).  SB–Spehr (1,2nd base off Kile/Manwaring).  HBP–Jones (2,Manwaring).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Rich Rieker, 2B–Sam Holbrook, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:26.  A–12,599.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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