Colorado Rockies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 6, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 6, 1998 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Colorado Rockies defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Colorado Rockies 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf,rf 5 0 0 0
Perez ss 4 1 2 0
Bichette lf 4 1 2 2
Castilla 3b 4 0 0 0
Helton 1b 3 2 2 0
Vander Wal rf 2 1 1 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
  Hamilton cf 0 0 0 0
Lansing 2b 4 0 2 2
Manwaring c 4 0 0 0
Thomson p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 4 0 0 0
Collier ss 4 0 0 0
Martinez cf 4 0 1 0
Young 1b 4 0 0 0
Guillen rf 3 0 1 0
Martin lf 3 1 1 0
Strange 3b 3 0 0 0
Osik c 1 0 1 0
Schmidt p 0 0 0 1
  Tabaka p 0 0 0 0
  Kendall ph 1 0 0 0
  Dessens p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 1 4 1
Colorado 000 002 210590
Pittsburgh 000 010 000141
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Thomson  W (6-8) 9.0 4 1 1 2 5
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt  L (8-9) 7.0 7 4 3 2 4
  Tabaka   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Dessens   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
2
5

  E–Schmidt (2).  DP–Colorado 2, Pittsburgh 2.  PB–Osik (3).  2B–Colorado Lansing (26,off Schmidt); Helton (24,off Tabaka), Pittsburgh Osik (3,off Thomson).  HR–Colorado Bichette (17,7th inning off Schmidt 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Helton (5,by Schmidt).  SH–Schmidt (10,off Thomson).  SF–Schmidt (1,off Thomson).  SB–Martin (18,2nd base off Thomson/Manwaring).  WP–Schmidt (9).  HBP–Schmidt (2,Helton).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Brian Gorman, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–2:32.  A–14,060.
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