Colorado Rockies vs New York Mets
September 3, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1999 at Shea Stadium. The Colorado Rockies defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Colorado Rockies 5, New York Mets 2

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Perez ss 5 1 1 0
Abbott 2b 4 0 0 1
Walker rf 3 1 1 0
Bichette lf 5 1 2 0
Helton 1b 4 1 1 0
Castilla 3b 4 1 1 0
Barry cf 3 0 2 4
Petrick c 4 0 0 0
Wright p 3 0 0 0
  Shumpert ph 1 0 0 0
  Leskanic p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 8 5
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 1 2 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
  Dunston ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Alfonzo 2b 4 0 1 1
Olerud 1b 5 0 1 0
Piazza c 4 1 0 0
Ventura 3b 4 0 3 1
Hamilton cf 3 0 1 0
Cedeno rf 4 0 1 0
Ordonez ss 4 0 1 0
Hershiser p 2 0 0 0
  Mahomes p 0 0 0 0
  Bonilla ph 1 0 0 0
  Mora lf 0 0 0 0
  Franco ph 1 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  McElroy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 10 2
Colorado 001 001 000 3580
New York 000 110 000 02100
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Wright   8.0 10 2 2 3 4
  Leskanic  W (5-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Veres  SV (27) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
10
2
2
4
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Hershiser   6.0 5 2 2 3 1
  Mahomes   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Cook   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Benitez   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Wendell  L (3-3) 0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  McElroy   0.2 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
10.0
8
5
5
6
4

  E–None.  DP–Colorado 3.  PB–Petrick (1).  2B–Colorado Walker (23,off Hershiser); Helton (34,off Hershiser); Barry (13,off McElroy), New York Olerud (33,off Wright); Ventura (34,off Wright).  3B–Colorado Perez (7,off Hershiser).  SF–Abbott (1,off Hershiser); Barry (2,off Hershiser).  SB–Alfonzo (7,2nd base off Veres/Petrick).  WP–Wright 2 (3).  U-HP–Ed Rapuano, 1B–Rob Cook, 2B–Greg Gibson, 3B–Morris Hodges.  T–3:25.  A–36,102.
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