Colorado Rockies vs Arizona Diamondbacks
March 31, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on March 31, 1998 at Bank One Ballpark. The Colorado Rockies defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Colorado Rockies 9, Arizona Diamondbacks 2

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Lansing 2b 5 1 2 0
  Leskanic p 0 0 0 0
  DiPoto p 0 0 0 0
Burks cf 4 0 1 1
  Goodwin pr,cf 1 2 0 0
Walker rf 4 1 1 1
Bichette lf 5 2 4 1
Castilla 3b 5 3 3 5
Helton 1b 4 0 2 1
Perez ss 4 0 0 0
Manwaring c 5 0 0 0
Kile p 3 0 0 0
  Vander Wal ph 0 0 0 0
  Bates 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 13 9
Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
White cf 4 0 1 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
Bell ss 3 0 0 0
Lee 1b 4 1 3 1
Williams 3b 4 0 0 0
Brede lf,rf 4 0 1 0
Garcia rf,cf 4 1 1 1
Fabregas c 2 0 0 0
Diaz 2b 3 0 0 0
Benes p 2 0 0 0
  Sodowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Brow p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Colorado 010 002 5109130
Arizona 000 001 001260
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Kile  W (1-0) 7.0 4 1 1 3 4
  Leskanic   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
  DiPoto   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
8
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Benes  L (0-1) 6.1 9 5 5 1 1
  Sodowsky   0.2 3 3 3 1 0
  Brow   1.0 1 1 1 2 1
  Springer   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
9
9
4
3

  E–None.  DP–Colorado 2.  2B–Colorado Helton 2 (2,off Benes 2); Burks (1,off Benes).  HR–Colorado Castilla 2 (2,6th inning off Benes 1 on, 1 out,7th inning off Sodowsky 2 on, 1 out), Arizona Lee (1,6th inning off Kile 0 on, 2 out); Garcia (1,9th inning off DiPoto 0 on, 2 out).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Larry Poncino.  T–2:50.  A–47,484.
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