New York Mets vs Colorado Rockies
August 23, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 2002 at Coors Field. 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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New York Mets 4, Colorado Rockies 10

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Alomar 2b 4 1 2 2
Perez cf 3 0 0 0
  Cerda p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  D'Amico p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
  Benitez p 0 0 0 0
Piazza c 4 0 1 0
Vaughn 1b 3 0 0 0
Burnitz rf 3 1 0 0
Wigginton 3b 4 1 1 1
Cedeno lf 3 0 1 0
Ordonez ss 2 0 0 0
  Valentin ph,ss 1 0 1 1
Astacio p 1 0 0 0
  Tarasco ph,cf 2 1 1 0
Totals 31 4 7 4
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Pierre cf 4 1 1 0
Butler 2b 5 2 1 0
Helton 1b 5 3 3 2
Payton lf 4 2 2 4
Zeile 3b 3 1 0 0
Kapler rf 5 0 2 1
Alomar, Jr. c 5 0 1 2
Uribe ss 4 1 3 0
Jennings p 3 0 0 0
  Cust ph 1 0 1 0
  Santos p 0 0 0 0
  Fuentes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 10 14 9
New York 000 002 200471
Colorado 014 023 00x10140
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Astacio  L (11-7) 5.0 8 7 6 2 3
  Cerda   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Reed   0.2 2 1 1 1 1
  D'Amico   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Benitez   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
14
10
9
3
7
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Jennings  W (15-5) 7.0 7 4 4 1 3
  Santos   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Fuentes   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
2
5

  E–Piazza (9).  DP–New York 1, Colorado 3.  2B–New York Tarasco (5,off Jennings); Wigginton (2,off Jennings), Colorado Payton (12,off Astacio); Butler (18,off Cerda).  HR–New York Alomar (9,6th inning off Jennings 1 on, 1 out), Colorado Payton (13,2nd inning off Astacio 0 on, 0 out); Helton (23,5th inning off Astacio 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Payton (3,by Astacio).  SB–Uribe (7,2nd base off Astacio/Piazza); Pierre 2 (37,2nd base off Astacio/Piazza 2).  HBP–Astacio (12,Payton).  U-HP–Phil Cuzzi, 1B–Lance Barksdale, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–2:42.  A–29,110.
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