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Colorado Rockies @ Florida Marlins

1995-08-09 · Night game · Sun Life Stadium · Att: 31805 · 82°F, night, dry · Wind 12 mph to RF · 2:08

Florida Marlins defeated Colorado Rockies 2–1. John Burkett earned the win and Robb Nen picked up the save. Kurt Abbott went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
COL	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
FLO	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	6

W: John Burkett L: Kevin Ritz SV: Robb Nen

Umpires — HP: Eric Gregg · 1B: Gerry Davis · 2B: Wally Bell · 3B: Mike Winters · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Colorado Rockies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Eric Young	4	1	2	0	0
Ellis Burks	3	0	2	1	1
Larry Walker	3	0	0	1	1
Andres Galarraga	4	0	0	0	2
Dante Bichette	4	0	0	0	1
Vinny Castilla	4	0	3	0	0
Joe Girardi	4	0	0	0	0
Walt Weiss	2	0	0	2	0
Kevin Ritz	1	0	0	0	1
John Vander Wal	1	0	0	0	0

Florida Marlins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Quilvio Veras	2	0	0	0	1	1
Kurt Abbott	4	1	3	2	0	0
Jeff Conine	3	0	1	0	0	1
Terry Pendleton	3	0	0	0	0	1
Greg Colbrunn	3	0	0	0	0	0
Andre Dawson	3	0	1	0	0	2
Steve Decker	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jesus Tavarez	3	0	0	0	0	1
John Burkett	2	1	1	0	0	0
Tommy Gregg	1	0	0	0	0	0

Colorado Rockies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kevin Ritz	6.0	6	0	4
Steve Reed	2.0	0	1	2

Florida Marlins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Burkett	7.1	6	4	3
Yorkis Perez	0.1	0	0	1
Terry Mathews	0.1	0	0	1
Robb Nen	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eric Young: 63/G
Ellis Burks: S9
Larry Walker: 54(1)3/GDP/G

Bot 1

Quilvio Veras: K
Kurt Abbott: HR8/IPHR
Jeff Conine: K
Terry Pendleton: K

Top 2

Andres Galarraga: K/C
Dante Bichette: 13/G
Vinny Castilla: 8/F

Bot 2

Greg Colbrunn: 63/G
Andre Dawson: S9
Steve Decker: 8/L
Jesus Tavarez: 36(1)/FO/G

Top 3

Joe Girardi: 43/G
Walt Weiss: 13/G
Kevin Ritz: K

Bot 3

John Burkett: D9
Quilvio Veras: 13/SH/BG.2-3
Kurt Abbott: S7.3-H
Jeff Conine: 54(1)3/GDP/G

Top 4

Eric Young: S7
Ellis Burks: S8.1-3
Larry Walker: 46(1)3/GDP/G.3-H
Andres Galarraga: 6/L

Bot 4

Terry Pendleton: 4/P
Greg Colbrunn: 63/G
Andre Dawson: K

Top 5

Dante Bichette: 43/G
Vinny Castilla: S7
Joe Girardi: 54(1)3/GDP/G

Bot 5

Steve Decker: 43/G
Jesus Tavarez: 13/G
John Burkett: 7/F

Top 6

Walt Weiss: W
Kevin Ritz: 34/SH/BG.1-2
Eric Young: 53/G.2-2
Ellis Burks: W
Larry Walker: W.2-3;1-2
Andres Galarraga: 13/G

Bot 6

Quilvio Veras: 63/G
Kurt Abbott: S9
Jeff Conine: S8.1X3(85)
Terry Pendleton: 3/P

Top 7

Dante Bichette: 8/F
Vinny Castilla: D7
Joe Girardi: 43/G.2-3
Walt Weiss: W
John Vander Wal: 13/G

Bot 7

Greg Colbrunn: 63/G
Andre Dawson: K
Steve Decker: 7/F

Top 8

Eric Young: T8
Ellis Burks: K/C
Larry Walker: K23
Andres Galarraga: K

Bot 8

Jesus Tavarez: K/C
Tommy Gregg: 5/FL
Quilvio Veras: W
Kurt Abbott: 4/P

Top 9

Dante Bichette: K
Vinny Castilla: D/78
Joe Girardi: 3/P
Walt Weiss: 13/G

Notes & reviews

Marlins coach Cookie Rojas ejected by HP umpire Eric Gregg arguing that the swinging third strike to Jeff Conine had hit the ground before being caught

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