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Houston Astros @ Colorado Rockies

1993-09-16 · Day game · Mile High Stadium · Att: 41847 · 68°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 7 mph from LF · 2:25

Colorado Rockies defeated Houston Astros 6–3. Colorado Rockies put up 4 in the 8th. Bruce Ruffin earned the win and Darren Holmes picked up the save. Jerald Clark went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	10
COL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4		6	13

W: Bruce Ruffin L: Todd Jones SV: Darren Holmes

Umpires — HP: Terry Tata · 1B: Eric Gregg · 2B: Brian Gorman · 3B: Gerry Davis · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Craig Biggio	4	0	0	0	0	2
Steve Finley	4	0	1	1	0	1
Luis Gonzalez	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jim Lindeman	4	1	2	0	0	1
Kevin Bass	4	0	2	1	0	1
Chris Donnels	4	0	2	1	0	2
Andujar Cedeno	4	0	1	0	0	2
Eddie Tucker	3	1	1	0	0	0
Mark Portugal	2	0	0	0	0	2
Eric Anthony	1	0	0	0	0	0

Colorado Rockies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nelson Liriano	4	2	2	0	0	0
Joe Girardi	3	1	1	1	0	0
Daryl Boston	4	0	2	1	0	0
Andres Galarraga	3	1	3	1	0	0
Charlie Hayes	3	1	1	0	1	1
Jerald Clark	4	1	1	3	0	0
Eric Young	4	0	2	0	0	0
Roberto Mejia	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kent Bottenfield	2	0	1	0	0	1
Jay Gainer	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Portugal	7.0	9	0	2
Todd Jones	1.0	4	1	0

Colorado Rockies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kent Bottenfield	6.0	9	1	7
Steve Reed	1.0	0	0	1
Bruce Ruffin	1.0	0	0	2
Darren Holmes	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Craig Biggio: 5/P2LF
Steve Finley: 43/G4M
Luis Gonzalez: S9/L34D
Jim Lindeman: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 1

Nelson Liriano: S4/G34
Joe Girardi: D7/L78S.1-H
Daryl Boston: 8/F8RD.2-3
Andres Galarraga: 9/SF/F9M.3-H
Charlie Hayes: K

Top 2

Kevin Bass: S8/G4M
Chris Donnels: PO1(13)
Chris Donnels: K
Andujar Cedeno: 53/G5

Bot 2

Jerald Clark: 13/G13
Eric Young: 43/G4
Roberto Mejia: 63/G6M

Top 3

Eddie Tucker: S9/L9S
Mark Portugal: 34/SH/BG23.1-2
Craig Biggio: K
Steve Finley: S8/G4M.2-H
Luis Gonzalez: CS2(26)

Bot 3

Kent Bottenfield: K
Nelson Liriano: 3/G3
Joe Girardi: 63/G56

Top 4

Luis Gonzalez: 63/G6M
Jim Lindeman: D9/F9LM
Kevin Bass: K
Chris Donnels: D8/L78XD.2-H
Andujar Cedeno: D8/G6M.2XH(8615)

Bot 4

Daryl Boston: D8/L78XD
Andres Galarraga: S6/G56.2-2
Charlie Hayes: 5(2)3/GDP/G5L.1-2
Jerald Clark: 6/P6MD

Top 5

Eddie Tucker: 9/L89XD
Mark Portugal: K
Craig Biggio: K

Bot 5

Eric Young: S1/G13
Roberto Mejia: 54(1)3/GDP/G5
Kent Bottenfield: S7/G56
Nelson Liriano: 4(1)/FO/G4

Top 6

Steve Finley: 31/G3
Luis Gonzalez: W
Jim Lindeman: S9/L3D.1-3
Kevin Bass: S9/G34.3-H;1-2
Chris Donnels: K
Andujar Cedeno: K

Bot 6

Joe Girardi: 8/L8LXD
Daryl Boston: 3/G3
Andres Galarraga: S9/L89S
Charlie Hayes: D8/L78S.1-3
Jerald Clark: 43/G4

Top 7

Eddie Tucker: 13/L13
Mark Portugal: K
Craig Biggio: 53/G5

Bot 7

Eric Young: 63/G6
Roberto Mejia: 7/F78XD
Jay Gainer: 3/L3

Top 8

Steve Finley: K
Luis Gonzalez: 31/G34S
Jim Lindeman: K

Bot 8

Nelson Liriano: D9/G3L
Joe Girardi: 34/SH/BG3S.2-3
Daryl Boston: S8/L6MD.3-H
Andres Galarraga: CS2(24)
Andres Galarraga: D7/L78XD
Charlie Hayes: IW
Jerald Clark: HR/L78XD.2-H;1-H
Eric Young: S8/G4M
Roberto Mejia: CS2(24)

Top 9

Kevin Bass: 43/G4
Chris Donnels: T9/L89XD
Andujar Cedeno: K
Eric Anthony: 6/P6MD