Colorado Rockies vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 1, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 1996 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Colorado Rockies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Colorado Rockies 6, St. Louis Cardinals 15

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 0 0
McCracken cf 5 2 3 0
Burks lf 4 0 1 1
Galarraga 1b 3 1 1 0
Bichette rf 3 2 2 1
Castilla 3b 4 1 2 3
Owens c 2 0 0 0
  Munoz p 0 0 0 0
  Rekar p 0 0 0 0
  Perez ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Weiss ss 2 0 0 1
  Leskanic p 0 0 0 0
Reynoso p 2 0 0 0
  Reed c 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Clayton ss 4 1 2 0
Lankford cf 5 1 1 2
Sweeney lf 4 1 1 1
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 1
Jordan rf 6 2 3 1
Mabry 1b 6 3 4 2
Pagnozzi c 4 1 1 0
  Mejia pr 0 1 0 0
  DiFelice c 0 0 0 0
Sheaffer 3b 3 0 0 0
  Alicea ph,2b 1 1 0 0
Gallego 2b 3 1 3 1
  McGee ph,lf 1 2 1 2
Jackson p 1 0 1 2
  Young ph 1 0 0 0
  Ludwick p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
  Gaetti ph,3b 2 1 1 2
Totals 42 15 18 14
Colorado 021 030 000691
St. Louis 020 030 64x15180
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Reynoso   4.2 10 5 5 2 4
  Munoz   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Rekar  L (2-4) 1.0 5 6 6 1 0
  Leskanic   1.0 3 4 4 3 1
Totals
8.0
18
15
15
6
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   4.0 6 3 3 2 1
  Ludwick   1.0 3 3 3 1 2
  Petkovsek  W (9-2) 2.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Honeycutt   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
5
5

  E–J Reed (9).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Jackson (1,off Reynoso); Mabry 2 (26,off Reynoso,off Rekar); Gallego (2,off Reynoso); Sweeney (9,off Rekar); McGee (13,off Leskanic).  3B–St. Louis Lankford (6,off Rekar).  HR–Colorado Castilla (36,5th inning off Ludwick 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Weiss (6,off Jackson).  HBP–Young (18,by Petkovsek); Alicea (5,by Rekar); Pagnozzi (1,by Leskanic).  SB–Castilla (6,2nd base off Jackson/Pagnozzi); Bichette (27,2nd base off Jackson/Pagnozzi); McCracken (14,2nd base off Ludwick/Pagnozzi); Galarraga (15,2nd base off Petkovsek/Pagnozzi); Clayton (26,2nd base off Reynoso/Owens); Mabry (3,3rd base off Leskanic/J Reed); Pagnozzi (4,2nd base off Leskanic/J Reed).  CS–Burks (6,2nd base by Ludwick/Pagnozzi).  WP–Reynoso (4).  BK–Petkovsek (1).  HBP–Rekar (3,Alicea); Leskanic (2,Pagnozzi); Petkovsek (5,Young).  U-HP–Rich Rieker, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–3:46.  A–28,552.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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