St. Louis Cardinals vs Colorado Rockies
May 18, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1996 at Coors Field. The Colorado Rockies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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St. Louis Cardinals 8, Colorado Rockies 9

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Sweeney lf 3 0 0 0
  McGee ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Clayton ss 5 0 2 0
Jordan rf 4 1 0 0
Lankford cf 4 2 2 2
Gaetti 3b 4 3 2 1
  Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Mabry 1b 4 2 4 3
Pagnozzi c 5 0 1 1
Bell 2b,3b 2 0 0 0
Morgan p 1 0 0 0
  Fossas p 0 0 0 0
  Mathews p 1 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Alicea 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 11 7
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 1 0 0
Burks lf 4 1 1 2
Bichette rf 5 3 3 1
Walker cf 5 1 3 2
Galarraga 1b 5 1 2 0
Castilla 3b 4 0 0 0
  Vander Wal ph 1 1 1 3
Reed c 4 1 2 1
Weiss ss 4 0 2 0
Freeman p 1 0 0 0
  McCracken ph 0 0 0 0
  Painter p 0 0 0 0
  Castellano ph 1 0 0 0
  Munoz p 0 0 0 0
  Holmes p 0 0 0 0
  Bates ph 1 0 0 0
  Habyan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 14 9
St. Louis 000 140 2018111
Colorado 000 102 1059140
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Morgan   5.2 5 2 2 2 3
  Fossas   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Mathews   1.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Honeycutt   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Eckersley  L (0-4) 0.1 4 5 5 1 0
Totals 8.1 14 9 9 3 4
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Freeman   5.0 8 5 5 5 2
  Painter   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Munoz   1.0 2 2 2 1 1
  Holmes   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Habyan  W (1-1) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 11 8 8 7 4

  E–Mabry (3).  DP–St. Louis 1, Colorado 1.  2B–St. Louis Mabry (7,off Freeman), Colorado Bichette (10,off Mathews); Walker (6,off Mathews).  3B–St. Louis Mabry (1,off Freeman).  HR–St. Louis Gaetti (4,4th inning off Freeman 0 on, 0 out); Lankford (10,5th inning off Freeman 1 on, 1 out); Mabry (2,7th inning off Munoz 1 on, 1 out), Colorado Bichette (4,4th inning off Morgan 0 on, 1 out); Walker (9,6th inning off Morgan 0 on, 0 out); J Reed (5,6th inning off Fossas 0 on, 2 out); Burks (9,9th inning off Eckersley 1 on, 0 out); Vander Wal (1,9th inning off Eckersley 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Morgan 2 (2,off Freeman 2).  IBB–Mabry (3,by Habyan).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  SB–Clayton (12,2nd base off Freeman/J. Reed); Lankford (6,2nd base off Habyan/J. Reed); Walker (5,2nd base off Morgan/Pagnozzi).  WP–Habyan (3).  IBB–Habyan (1,Mabry).  U-HP–Larry Vanover, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Mark Hirschbeck.  T–3:14.  A–48,103.

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