Colorado Rockies vs Houston Astros
May 27, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 1999 at Astrodome. The Colorado Rockies defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Colorado Rockies 4, Houston Astros 3

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Hamilton cf 3 1 1 1
Perez ss 4 0 2 0
Walker rf 4 1 0 0
Bichette lf 4 0 1 0
Castilla 3b 3 0 1 1
Helton 1b 3 0 0 0
Reed c 2 0 1 0
  Clemente pr 0 1 0 0
  DiPoto p 0 0 0 0
  Petersen ph,2b 1 1 0 0
Sexton 2b 2 0 0 0
  Harris ph,2b 1 0 1 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
Jones p 2 0 0 0
  Blanco ph,c 0 0 0 1
Totals 29 4 7 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 0 0 0
Spiers ss 5 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 3 0 1 0
Bell rf 3 1 0 0
Hidalgo lf 2 2 1 2
Everett cf 2 0 0 0
  Barker cf 0 0 0 0
Eusebio c 2 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 3 0 1 1
Holt p 3 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Elarton p 0 0 0 0
  Diaz ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 4 3
Colorado 200 000 101470
Houston 012 000 000341
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   6.0 4 3 3 5 7
  DiPoto  W (1-2) 2.0 0 0 0 3 4
  Veres  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
8
13
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Holt   6.0 7 3 1 1 5
  Williams   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Elarton   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Miller  L (0-1) 1.0 0 1 1 3 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
2
4
6

  E–Biggio (2).  DP–Colorado 1, Houston 1.  2B–Colorado Castilla (10,off Holt), Houston Spiers (3,off Jones).  HR–Houston Hidalgo (7,3rd inning off Jones 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Perez (4,off Holt); Blanco (1,off Williams); Barker (1,off DiPoto).  SF–Hamilton (1,off Williams); Blanco (1,off T Miller).  HBP–Castilla (1,by Holt); Everett (4,by Jones).  WP–DiPoto (1), T Miller 2 (2).  HBP–Jones (1,Everett); Holt (4,Castilla).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Rich Rieker, 2B–Bruce Dreckman, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:48.  A–25,146.
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