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Chicago Cubs @ Colorado Rockies

1997-07-27 · Day game · Coors Field · Att: 48378 · 86°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 7 mph from CF · 2:24

Colorado Rockies defeated Chicago Cubs 4–0. Colorado Rockies put up 2 in the 4th. John Thomson earned the win. Neifi Perez went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: John Thomson L: Geremi Gonzalez SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Mark Barron · 1B: Greg Bonin · 2B: Eric Gregg · 3B: Bob Davidson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Doug Glanville	4	2	0	0
Brian McRae	3	1	1	1
Sammy Sosa	4	0	0	2
Mark Grace	4	2	0	0
Shawon Dunston	4	0	0	1
Kevin Orie	3	1	0	2
Scott Servais	4	0	0	2
Rey Sanchez	2	0	0	0
Geremi Gonzalez	2	0	0	1
Tyler Houston	1	0	0	0
Dave Hansen	1	1	0	0
Dave Clark	1	0	0	0

Colorado Rockies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eric Young	3	0	0	0	1	0
Neifi Perez	4	1	1	1	0	1
Larry Walker	4	0	0	0	0	3
Dante Bichette	4	0	1	0	0	0
Vinny Castilla	3	1	0	0	1	1
Jeff Reed	4	0	0	0	0	0
Harvey Pulliam	4	1	2	1	0	0
Quinton McCracken	3	1	3	1	0	0
John Thomson	1	0	0	1	1	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Geremi Gonzalez	7.0	7	3	6
Kent Bottenfield	1.0	0	0	0

Colorado Rockies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Thomson	8.0	6	1	8
Darren Holmes	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Doug Glanville: S9/L3D/R4
Brian McRae: K
Sammy Sosa: SB2/R4
Sammy Sosa: K
Mark Grace: 63/G6M

Bot 1

Eric Young: 53/G5S
Neifi Perez: 3/BL34
Larry Walker: 9/F9LS

Top 2

Shawon Dunston: K
Kevin Orie: K
Scott Servais: 63/G6

Bot 2

Dante Bichette: 8/F8RXD
Vinny Castilla: W
Jeff Reed: 5/BL5F
Harvey Pulliam: PB.1-2
Harvey Pulliam: D7/L7LM/R5.2-H
Quinton McCracken: S6/G56.2-3
John Thomson: W.1-2
Eric Young: 8/F8LXD

Top 3

Rey Sanchez: 43/G4
Geremi Gonzalez: K
Doug Glanville: 9/F89XD

Bot 3

Neifi Perez: K
Larry Walker: K
Dante Bichette: S9/L9DW+/R4
Vinny Castilla: K

Top 4

Brian McRae: 53/G5L
Sammy Sosa: K
Mark Grace: S7/L56/R4
Shawon Dunston: 8/F89D

Bot 4

Jeff Reed: 63/G6M
Harvey Pulliam: S8/G6/R4
Quinton McCracken: T9/L9LS/R42.1-H
John Thomson: 1/SH/BG2R.3-H
Eric Young: W
Neifi Perez: 9/F9M

Top 5

Kevin Orie: K
Scott Servais: K
Rey Sanchez: 5/L5

Bot 5

Larry Walker: K
Dante Bichette: 63/G6
Vinny Castilla: 8/P6D

Top 6

Geremi Gonzalez: 63/G6M
Doug Glanville: 9/F89M
Brian McRae: S9/L89S/R4
Sammy Sosa: 13/G13

Bot 6

Jeff Reed: 8/L8RD
Harvey Pulliam: 3/G3
Quinton McCracken: S9/L9S/R4
John Thomson: K

Top 7

Mark Grace: 31/G3
Shawon Dunston: 43/G4
Kevin Orie: D7/G5L/R5
Scott Servais: 63/G4M

Bot 7

Eric Young: 9/F9M
Neifi Perez: HR/F9LD
Larry Walker: K
Dante Bichette: 8/F8RD

Top 8

Tyler Houston: 4/L4
Dave Hansen: S7/L6D/R6
Doug Glanville: S9/L89S/R6.1-2
Brian McRae: W.2-3;1-2
Sammy Sosa: 5(2)3/GDP/G5L

Bot 8

Vinny Castilla: 8/L8LM
Jeff Reed: 43/G4
Harvey Pulliam: 4/P4

Top 9

Mark Grace: S9/L34/R4
Shawon Dunston: 3/BG3S.1-2
Dave Clark: 3/G3L.2-3
Scott Servais: K