Colorado Rockies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 2, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1997 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates 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 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Young 2b 4 0 0 0
  Hutton p 0 0 0 0
  Burks ph 0 0 0 0
  Bailey pr 0 0 0 0
  Manwaring c 0 0 0 0
Perez ss 5 1 1 0
Walker rf 4 2 3 2
Galarraga 1b 5 0 1 0
Helton lf 4 1 2 1
Castilla 3b 5 1 1 0
Reed c 3 0 1 0
  Bichette ph 1 0 1 1
  Holmes p 0 0 0 0
McCracken cf 4 0 3 0
Swift p 1 0 0 0
  Leskanic p 0 0 0 0
  Bates ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 13 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 3 1 0 0
Allensworth cf 2 1 0 0
Martin lf 3 1 0 0
Young 1b 3 0 0 1
Randa 3b 4 2 3 2
Kendall c 3 0 2 2
Guillen rf 4 0 0 0
  Loiselle p 0 0 0 0
Polcovich ss 3 1 0 0
Cordova p 2 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Sodowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Ward rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 6 5 5
Colorado 100 000 0405132
Pittsburgh 010 050 00x652
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Swift  L (4-5) 4.2 4 6 1 4 1
  Leskanic   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Hutton   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Holmes   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
5
6
1
5
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cordova  W (8-6) 7.0 7 1 1 1 3
  Wilkins   0.1 4 4 4 0 0
  Christiansen   0.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Sodowsky   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Loiselle  SV (17) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
3
5

  E–Young (13), Perez (5), Womack (14), Guillen (5).  DP–Colorado 1.  PB–Kendall (3).  2B–Colorado Walker (33,off Wilkins); Castilla (15,off Wilkins), Pittsburgh Kendall (25,off Swift).  3B–Pittsburgh Randa (8,off Swift).  HR–Colorado Walker (33,1st inning off Cordova 0 on, 2 out); Helton (1,8th inning off Wilkins 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Swift (4,off Cordova); Cordova (7,off Swift).  SF–Young (7,off Swift).  HBP–Allensworth (6,by Hutton).  CS–McCracken (7,2nd base by Cordova/Kendall); Kendall (6,2nd base by Leskanic/J Reed).  WP–Swift (2).  HBP–Hutton (3,Allensworth).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Mark Hirschbeck, 3B–Rich Rieker.  T–2:53.  A–32,388.
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