ROCKY MOUNTAIN LOW, METS CANT HANDLE ROCKIES BIG BATS

Colorado Rockies broke the deadlock in their last at bats, pulling out a 6 to 5 win over the New York (NL) Mets and sending their hometown fans home smiling.This was the kind of game that many fans love as the lead changed hands 5 times. 


The win went to Jerry Dipoto(2-2) who allowed no runs in 2 innings. Greg McMichael(1-1) was hit with the loss in relief.  He gave up 1 run and 2 hits in 1 and 1/3 innings.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1997 New York (NL) Mets At 1997 Colorado Rockies           5/6/1997
 
  Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Rockies            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Alfonzo 3B        5  1  4  0 .386     W.Weiss SS          4  1  1  0 .277  
  B.McRae CF          4  0  0  0 .216     E.Burks CF          4  1  1  0 .315  
  J.Olerud 1B         4  0  1  1 .378     L.Walker RF         5  2  3  3 .313  
  T.Hundley C         4  1  2  0 .319     A.Galarraga 1B      4  0  2  1 .287  
  B.Huskey RF         4  1  1  2 .175     J.Dipoto P          0  0  0  0 .000  
  B.Gilkey LF         2  0  0  0 .218     D.Bichette LF       3  1  0  0 .301  
  C.Baerga 2B         4  2  2  0 .202     V.Castilla 3B       4  1  1  2 .296  
  L.Lopez SS          4  0  2  2 .273     J.Bates 2B          4  0  2  0 .229  
  G.McMichael P       0  0  0  0 .000     K.Manwaring C       4  0  1  0 .200  
  R.Reed P            2  0  0  0 .167     P.Astacio P         1  0  0  0 .000  
A-C.Everett PH        1  0  0  0 .232   B-Q.McCracken PH      1  0  0  0 .197  
  J.Acevedo P         0  0  0  0 .333   C-J.Vander Wal 1B     1  0  0  0 .150  
D-R.Ordonez SS        1  0  0  0 .154                                          
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         Totals      35  5 12  5                 Totals      35  6 11  6
 
A-Pinch Hit For Reed In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Astacio In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For McCracken In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Acevedo In 8th Inning
 
INJURY: Andres Galarraga INJURED (for 3 more games) in 7th inning
 
Mets............ 1 1 0  0 0 3  0 0 0  -  5 12  0
Rockies......... 1 0 2  0 0 0  0 2 1  -  6 11  0
 
Mets (20-12)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
R.Reed                    5       8   3   3   0   2   1  80   2.30  A1 C5
J.Acevedo BS(1st)         2       1   2   2   3   1   1  39   8.18  C6 D6
G.McMichael LOSS(1-1)     1 1/3   2   1   1   0   1   0  25   1.89  D7
Totals                    8 1/3  11   6   6   3   4   2
 
Rockies (11-20)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
P.Astacio                 7      11   5   5   2   5   1 104   5.68  A1 D5
J.Dipoto WIN(2-2)         2       1   0   0   0   1   0  17   3.32  D6
Totals                    9      12   5   5   2   6   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 19,349 DATE- Tuesday, May 6th 1997 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:34
LEFT ON BASE- Mets: 6  Rockies: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mets: 0  Rockies: 1
DOUBLES- L.Lopez-2(4th), E.Burks(8th), A.Galarraga(6th)
HOME RUNS- B.Huskey(2nd), L.Walker(10th), V.Castilla(7th)
CAUGHT STEALING- B.Gilkey
SACRIFICE HITS- B.McRae, P.Astacio
WALKS- B.Gilkey-2, W.Weiss, E.Burks, D.Bichette
STRIKE OUTS- J.Olerud, T.Hundley, B.Huskey, B.Gilkey-2, R.Reed, W.Weiss,
             L.Walker, V.Castilla, J.Vander Wal
GIDP- B.McRae
WILD PITCHES- P.Astacio-2