Colorado Rockies vs New York Mets
May 21, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 2004 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Colorado Rockies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Colorado Rockies 7, New York Mets 9

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Gonzalez 2b 5 0 0 0
Clayton ss 5 2 4 0
Sweeney 1b 3 3 2 2
Castilla 3b 4 1 2 0
Burnitz cf 5 0 1 2
Greene c 4 0 1 2
  Helton ph 1 0 0 0
Hawpe rf 2 1 0 0
  Holliday ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Pellow lf 4 0 1 0
  Chacon p 0 0 0 0
Young p 1 0 0 1
  Simpson p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Jennings ph 1 0 0 0
  Nunez p 0 0 0 0
  Fassero p 0 0 0 0
  Hocking rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 7
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Matsui ss 4 1 2 1
Garcia D. 2b 3 2 2 2
Floyd lf 5 1 1 0
  Looper p 0 0 0 0
Piazza c 3 1 2 1
  Snead pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Garcia K. rf 4 0 2 1
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph,c 1 0 0 0
Phillips 1b 5 1 2 2
Cameron cf 4 0 1 0
Wigginton 3b 4 2 1 0
Ginter p 1 0 1 1
  Zeile ph 0 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
  Moreno p 0 0 0 0
  Valent rf 0 0 0 0
  Spencer ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 14 8
Colorado 012 020 0027110
New York 213 100 02x9140
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Young  L (0-1) 3.0 8 6 6 3 2
  Simpson   1.1 3 1 1 1 1
  Lopez   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Nunez   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Fassero   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Chacon   1.0 1 2 2 3 0
Totals
8.0
14
9
9
7
4
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Ginter  W (1-0) 5.0 7 5 5 2 5
  Franco   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Moreno   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Stanton   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Looper   1.0 3 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
4
8

  E–None.  DP–Colorado 2.  2B–Colorado Castilla (17,off Ginter); Clayton 2 (16,off Ginter,off Franco), New York D Garcia 2 (4,off Young 2); Wigginton (4,off Young); Phillips 2 (9,off Young,off Chacon); Matsui (15,off Young); Floyd (4,off Simpson); K Garcia (5,off Simpson); Cameron (7,off Nunez).  HR–Colorado Sweeney (2,5th inning off Ginter 1 on, 0 out), New York Piazza (9,3rd inning off Young 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Young (1,off Ginter).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Ginter (1,off Young).  HBP–D Garcia (5,by Simpson).  IBB–Wigginton (2,by Young); Piazza (6,by Chacon).  Team–11.  WP–Young (1), Simpson (1).  HBP–Simpson (1,D Garcia).  IBB–Young (1,Wigginton); Chacon (3,Piazza).  U-HP–Paul Nauert, 1B–Matt Hollowell, 2B–Larry Vanover, 3B–Sam Holbrook.  T–3:21.  A–20,148.
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