Colorado Rockies vs Houston Astros
September 11, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 2002 at Enron Field. 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 8, Houston Astros 6

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Pierre cf 5 1 2 1
Romano 2b 4 2 1 0
Helton 1b 3 2 2 2
  Norton 1b 0 0 0 0
Payton rf 1 0 1 0
  Kapler rf 3 0 1 1
Zeile 3b 4 0 1 1
  Butler 3b 0 0 0 0
Cust lf 3 1 0 0
  Mercker p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Jimenez p 0 0 0 0
Bennett c 4 1 1 0
Uribe ss 4 1 1 1
Cook p 2 0 1 1
  Gload ph 1 0 0 0
  Speier p 0 0 0 0
  Petrick lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 11 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 1 3 0
Biggio 2b 5 1 1 0
Berkman rf 4 2 4 1
Bagwell 1b 5 2 3 5
Ward lf 4 0 1 0
Vizcaino 3b,ss 4 0 1 0
Ausmus c 4 0 0 0
Everett ss 3 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 0 0
  Ensberg 3b 0 0 0 0
Saarloos p 1 0 0 0
  Puffer p 0 0 0 0
  Zinter ph 1 0 0 0
  Mlicki p 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Zaun ph 1 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Robertson p 0 0 0 0
  Loretta ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 13 6
Colorado 000 150 2008110
Houston 001 002 0216132
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Cook  W (2-1) 6.0 7 3 3 1 4
  Speier   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Mercker   0.1 2 2 2 0 1
  Jones   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Jimenez  SV (38) 1.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
2
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Saarloos  L (6-5) 4.2 7 6 5 3 0
  Puffer   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Mlicki   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Borbon   1.0 2 2 2 0 1
  Cruz   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Stone   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Robertson   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
8
7
3
4

  E–Bagwell (6), Ausmus (3).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Hunter 3 (15,off Cook 2,off Jimenez).  HR–Colorado Helton (27,7th inning off Borbon 1 on, 2 out), Houston Bagwell 2 (30,6th inning off Cook 1 on, 0 out,8th inning off Mercker 1 on, 0 out).  SB–Romano (1,2nd base off Saarloos/Ausmus); Pierre 2 (43,2nd base off Saarloos/Ausmus,2nd base off Robertson/Ausmus); Kapler (4,2nd base off Puffer/Ausmus).  U-HP–Mark Hirschbeck, 1B–Paul Schrieber, 2B–Jim Reynolds, 3B–Tim Timmons.  T–3:13.  A–29,185.
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