Houston Astros vs Colorado Rockies
July 26, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1999 at Coors Field. The Houston Astros defeated the Colorado Rockies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 8, Colorado Rockies 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 2 4 2
Spiers 3b 5 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 0 0
Hidalgo cf,lf 5 1 2 0
Mieske lf 5 2 4 3
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Bell rf 4 1 2 1
Eusebio c 5 0 1 0
Bogar ss 4 1 1 0
Elarton p 2 0 1 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 1 1
  Barker pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Totals 40 8 17 7
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Perez ss 4 0 1 1
Helton 1b 3 0 1 1
Walker rf 2 0 0 0
  Echevarria rf 2 0 0 0
Bichette lf 5 1 1 1
Barry cf 5 1 1 1
Harris 2b 4 1 3 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  McElroy p 0 0 0 0
Manwaring c 4 1 1 0
Shumpert 3b,2b 4 1 1 1
Jones p 2 0 0 0
  Leskanic p 1 0 1 0
  DiPoto p 0 0 0 0
  Castilla ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 5
Houston 200 010 0148171
Colorado 000 300 2005100
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Elarton   6.0 7 3 3 3 1
  Miller   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Williams  W (1-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Wagner  SV (26) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
2
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   5.0 8 3 3 5 4
  Leskanic   2.0 3 0 0 0 2
  DiPoto   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Veres  L (2-3) 0.2 4 4 4 1 1
  McElroy   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
8
8
6
7

  E–Bagwell (5).  DP–Colorado 2.  2B–Houston Bell (17,off Jones); Biggio 2 (41,off Jones,off Veres), Colorado Perez (15,off Elarton).  HR–Houston Mieske 2 (4,5th inning off Jones 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Veres 0 on, 1 out); Biggio (10,8th inning off DiPoto 0 on, 1 out), Colorado Bichette (21,7th inning off T Miller 0 on, 1 out); Barry (3,7th inning off T Miller 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Elarton (2,off Jones).  SF–Helton (2,off Elarton).  SB–Bell (16,2nd base off Veres/Manwaring).  WP–Elarton (2), Veres (6).  U-HP–Jerry Meals, 1B–Hunter Wendelstedt, 2B–Larry Poncino, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–3:03.  A–42,740.
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