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Colorado Rockies @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1997-08-02 · Day game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 32388 · 78°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 14 mph to LF · 2:53

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Colorado Rockies 6–5. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 5 in the 5th. Francisco Cordova earned the win and Rich Loiselle picked up the save. Larry Walker 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	13
PIT	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0		6	5

W: Francisco Cordova L: Bill Swift SV: Rich Loiselle

Umpires — HP: Steve Rippley · 1B: Bruce Froemming · 2B: Mark Hirschbeck · 3B: Rich Rieker · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Colorado Rockies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eric Young	4	0	0	0	0	2
Neifi Perez	5	1	1	0	0	0
Larry Walker	4	2	3	2	1	0
Andres Galarraga	5	0	1	0	0	1
Todd Helton	4	1	2	1	1	0
Vinny Castilla	5	1	1	0	0	1
Jeff Reed	3	0	1	0	0	0
Quinton McCracken	4	0	3	0	0	0
Bill Swift	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Bates	2	0	0	0	0	1
Dante Bichette	1	0	1	1	0	0
Ellis Burks	0	0	0	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Womack	3	1	0	0	1	0
Jermaine Allensworth	2	1	0	0	1	0
Al Martin	3	1	0	0	1	0
Kevin Young	3	0	0	1	0	0
Joe Randa	4	2	3	2	0	0
Jason Kendall	3	0	2	2	1	0
Jose Guillen	4	0	0	0	0	2
Kevin Polcovich	3	1	0	0	1	0
Francisco Cordova	2	0	0	0	0	1

Colorado Rockies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Swift	4.2	4	4	1
Curt Leskanic	1.1	0	0	1
Mark Hutton	1.0	0	0	0
Darren Holmes	1.0	1	1	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Francisco Cordova	7.0	7	1	3
Marc Wilkins	0.1	4	0	0
Jason Christiansen	0.1	2	0	1
Clint Sodowsky	0.1	0	1	0
Rich Loiselle	1.0	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eric Young: 63/G6M
Neifi Perez: 3/P3
Larry Walker: HR/F89XD
Andres Galarraga: K

Bot 1

Tony Womack: 7/L7M
Jermaine Allensworth: W
Al Martin: 46(1)/FO/G4
Kevin Young: 4/L4

Top 2

Todd Helton: 7/F7S
Vinny Castilla: 63/G56
Jeff Reed: 63/G6M

Bot 2

Joe Randa: S7/L7S/R4U3
Jason Kendall: D7/G5L/R6.1-H
Jose Guillen: 13/G3S
Kevin Polcovich: 53/G56
Francisco Cordova: K

Top 3

Quinton McCracken: S8/G4M/R4
Bill Swift: 3/SH/BG23.1-2
Eric Young: 3/P3L
Neifi Perez: 8/F78S

Bot 3

Tony Womack: 43/G4M
Jermaine Allensworth: 5/P5DF
Al Martin: 43/G4

Top 4

Larry Walker: S9/L9S/R46
Andres Galarraga: 46(1)/FO/G4
Todd Helton: S7/P6D/R5.1-3
Vinny Castilla: FC1/G15.3XH(12);1-2
Jeff Reed: 9/F9LS

Bot 4

Kevin Young: 63/G6
Joe Randa: E6/G6
Jason Kendall: WP.1-2
Jason Kendall: 63/G6M.2-3
Jose Guillen: 63/G6

Top 5

Quinton McCracken: S3/G34
Bill Swift: 9/F9LSF
Eric Young: CS2(26)
Eric Young: K

Bot 5

Kevin Polcovich: W
Francisco Cordova: 14/SH/BG23.1-2
Tony Womack: W
Jermaine Allensworth: 5E4/G5.2-H(NR)(UR);1-2
Al Martin: W.2-3;1-2
Kevin Young: 7/SF/F78D/R6.3-H(UR)
Joe Randa: T9/F89D/R6.2-H(UR);1-H(UR)
Jason Kendall: S7/L56/R6.3-H(UR)
Jose Guillen: POCS2(136)

Top 6

Neifi Perez: 53/G56S
Larry Walker: 31/G3L
Andres Galarraga: S9/L9D/R6U4R2.B-3(E9)
Todd Helton: W
Vinny Castilla: 64(1)/FO/G6M

Bot 6

Jose Guillen: K
Kevin Polcovich: 1/P13S
Francisco Cordova: 43/G4

Top 7

Jeff Reed: S9/L89M/R4
Quinton McCracken: 7/F7LM/R6
Jason Bates: 46(1)/FO/G34
Eric Young: K

Bot 7

Tony Womack: 8/F8LM
Jermaine Allensworth: HP
Al Martin: 36(1)3/GDP/G3

Top 8

Neifi Perez: S8/F78S/R43.B-3(E4/TH)
Larry Walker: DGR/F8LXD.3-H
Andres Galarraga: 63/G6M.2-3
Todd Helton: PB.3-H
Todd Helton: HR/F89XD
Vinny Castilla: D7/L5D/R6
Dante Bichette: S9/P4D/R2.2-H
Quinton McCracken: S9/F9S/R6.1-2
Jason Bates: K
Ellis Burks: W.2-3;1-2
Neifi Perez: 3/G34

Bot 8

Kevin Young: 7/F7M
Joe Randa: S7/F78M/R4
Jason Kendall: W.1-2
Jose Guillen: K
Kevin Polcovich: 6/F7LS

Top 9

Larry Walker: W
Andres Galarraga: 64(1)/FO/G6
Todd Helton: 7/F7LM/R4
Vinny Castilla: K

Notes & reviews

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