Colorado Rockies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 1, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1999 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates 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, Pittsburgh Pirates 9

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 3 0 1 0
Lansing 2b 5 0 1 0
Walker rf 4 1 1 0
Harris lf 4 0 1 1
Castilla 3b 3 0 0 0
Helton 1b 3 1 1 0
Perez ss 4 0 1 0
Reed c 4 0 0 0
Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Watkins ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Echevarria ph 1 1 1 1
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  Bichette ph 0 0 0 0
  DeJean p 0 0 0 0
  Abbott ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 33 3 8 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Martin lf 5 2 3 1
Meares ss 3 2 0 0
Giles rf 4 2 3 3
Young 1b 4 2 2 3
Kendall c 3 0 1 0
Brown cf 2 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 1 0 0 0
Garcia 3b 3 0 0 1
Morris 2b 0 1 0 0
Ritchie p 1 0 0 0
  Ward cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 9 9 8
Colorado 000 002 001380
Pittsburgh 321 001 02x990
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Wright  L (0-1) 2.0 5 5 5 6 1
  Jones   3.0 1 1 1 3 3
  Ramirez   1.0 2 1 1 1 2
  DeJean   2.0 1 2 2 2 3
Totals
8.0
9
9
9
12
9
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ritchie  W (1-1) 6.0 4 2 2 3 1
  Sauerbeck   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Christiansen   2.0 3 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
5
4

  E–None.  DP–Colorado 2, Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Colorado Walker (3,off Ritchie); Harris (1,off Ritchie); Lansing (4,off Christiansen), Pittsburgh Kendall (5,off Wright).  HR–Colorado Echevarria (2,6th inning off Ritchie 0 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Giles (7,6th inning off Ramirez 0 on, 1 out); Young (2,8th inning off DeJean 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Ritchie 2 (3,off Jones 2).  SF–F Garcia (1,off Wright).  SB–Young (3,3rd base off Ramirez/Reed); Kendall (9,2nd base off Ramirez/Reed).  CS–B Brown (1,2nd base by Wright/Reed).  WP–Ritchie (1).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Rich Rieker, 2B–Bruce Dreckman, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:38.  A–18,599.
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