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Colorado Rockies @ New York Mets

1996-06-25 · Night game · Shea Stadium · Att: 18251 · 78°F, night, dry · Wind 20 mph to RF · 2:34

New York Mets defeated Colorado Rockies 3–2. New York Mets put up 3 in the 3rd. Bobby Jones earned the win and John Franco picked up the save. Dante Bichette went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bobby Jones L: Mark Thompson SV: John Franco

Umpires — HP: Wally Bell · 1B: Larry Vanover · 2B: Jerry Meals · 3B: Ed Montague · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Colorado Rockies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eric Young	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ellis Burks	3	0	0	0	1	1
Dante Bichette	4	1	2	1	0	0
John Vander Wal	4	0	0	0	0	2
Andres Galarraga	4	0	1	0	0	2
Vinny Castilla	4	1	2	1	0	2
Jeff Reed	2	0	0	0	1	0
Walt Weiss	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mark Thompson	2	0	0	0	0	1
Trent Hubbard	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jayhawk Owens	0	0	0	0	1	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lance Johnson	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jose Vizcaino	2	1	0	0	1	0
Bernard Gilkey	4	0	2	1	0	1
Todd Hundley	4	0	1	1	0	1
Jeff Kent	4	0	2	0	0	1
Alex Ochoa	3	0	0	0	0	2
Butch Huskey	3	0	0	0	0	1
Rey Ordonez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Jones	2	1	1	0	0	0
Andy Tomberlin	1	0	0	0	0	1

Colorado Rockies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Thompson	6.0	6	1	5
Roger Bailey	2.0	1	0	2

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobby Jones	7.0	7	3	5
Doug Henry	1.0	0	0	1
John Franco	1.0	0	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eric Young: 4/P4D
Ellis Burks: W
Dante Bichette: 5/P15
John Vander Wal: SB2
John Vander Wal: K

Bot 1

Lance Johnson: 63/G6
Jose Vizcaino: 43/G4M
Bernard Gilkey: S6/G56D
Todd Hundley: 3/G3S

Top 2

Andres Galarraga: K
Vinny Castilla: HR/F78XD
Jeff Reed: W
Walt Weiss: S8/L8LS/R6.1-2
Mark Thompson: 15(2)/FO/BG13S.1-2
Eric Young: 64(1)/FO/G56

Bot 2

Jeff Kent: S7/L78S/R4
Alex Ochoa: 7/F78S/R4
Butch Huskey: K
Rey Ordonez: 64(1)/FO/G56

Top 3

Ellis Burks: K
Dante Bichette: HR/F7LD
John Vander Wal: 8/L8RXD
Andres Galarraga: 8/L8RXD

Bot 3

Bobby Jones: S7/L7S
Lance Johnson: S9/G34/R4.1-2
Jose Vizcaino: E1/TH/SH/BG15S/R5U7R5.2-H(NR);1-3;B-2
Bernard Gilkey: 53/G5.3-H;2-3
Todd Hundley: S9/P34D.3-H(UR)
Jeff Kent: K
Alex Ochoa: K

Top 4

Vinny Castilla: K
Jeff Reed: 31/G34
Walt Weiss: 6/P6D

Bot 4

Butch Huskey: 63/G6
Rey Ordonez: 53/G56
Bobby Jones: 53/G5

Top 5

Mark Thompson: K
Eric Young: S8/G4M/R4
Ellis Burks: 54(1)3/GDP/G5S

Bot 5

Lance Johnson: 8/F8RM
Jose Vizcaino: W
Bernard Gilkey: K
Todd Hundley: 7/F7M

Top 6

Dante Bichette: S8/L9M/R4
John Vander Wal: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Andres Galarraga: S7/G6/R4
Vinny Castilla: DGR/L8RXD.1-3
Jeff Reed: 9/F9LS

Bot 6

Jeff Kent: S7/L7LS/R6
Alex Ochoa: K
Butch Huskey: 9/P4D
Rey Ordonez: 3/L3S

Top 7

Walt Weiss: 13/G15
Trent Hubbard: W
Eric Young: 3/L34/LDP.1X1(31)

Bot 7

Andy Tomberlin: K
Lance Johnson: 43/G4D
Jose Vizcaino: 63/G56

Top 8

Ellis Burks: 9/F9M
Dante Bichette: 63/G6
John Vander Wal: K

Bot 8

Bernard Gilkey: S8/L4MD/R4
Todd Hundley: CS2(26)
Todd Hundley: K
Jeff Kent: 53/G5

Top 9

Andres Galarraga: K
Vinny Castilla: K
Jayhawk Owens: W
Walt Weiss: 8/F89D