Colorado Rockies vs New York Mets
August 18, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1998 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Colorado Rockies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Colorado Rockies 3, New York Mets 6

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Goodwin cf 4 0 0 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
Perez ss 4 0 0 0
Walker rf 2 1 0 0
Bichette lf 4 1 2 0
Castilla 3b 4 1 2 0
Helton 1b 4 0 3 2
Lansing 2b 3 0 0 0
Reed c 3 0 0 0
  Shumpert ph 1 0 0 0
Thomson p 2 0 0 1
  McElroy p 0 0 0 0
  DiPoto p 0 0 0 0
  Abbott ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Harris rf 5 1 2 2
Alfonzo 3b 4 0 0 0
Olerud 1b 5 1 2 0
Hundley lf 2 0 0 0
  Allensworth pr,lf 0 1 0 0
McRae cf 4 1 1 0
Baerga 2b 3 1 1 0
  Piazza ph,c 1 0 1 3
Fabregas c 3 0 3 0
  Lopez ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Ordonez ss 4 0 1 1
Jones p 2 0 0 0
  Franco M. ph 1 0 0 0
  Rojas p 0 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Phillips ph 1 1 1 0
  Franco J. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 6
Colorado 020 001 000380
New York 000 100 32x6120
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Thomson   6.2 8 2 2 2 3
  McElroy  L (4-3) 0.1 2 2 2 1 1
  DiPoto   1.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
3
5
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   6.0 6 3 3 2 4
  Rojas  W (5-2) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Wendell   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Cook   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Franco  SV (26) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
7

  E–None.  DP–New York 1.  2B–Colorado Helton (29,off Jones); Abbott (5,off J Franco), New York Baerga (26,off Thomson); Ordonez (14,off Thomson); Piazza (25,off McElroy).  HR–New York Harris (1,8th inning off DiPoto 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Thomson (2,off Jones).  WP–Thomson (3).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–C.B. Bucknor, 2B–Paul Schrieber, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–3:23.  A–21,611.
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