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Colorado Rockies @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1997-08-03 · Day game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 24989 · 87°F, sunny, dry · Wind 10 mph L to R · 2:43

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Colorado Rockies 8–4. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 5 in the 8th. Matt Ruebel earned the win. Tony Womack went 4-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	0	0	3	1	0	0	4	9
PIT	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	5		8	14

W: Matt Ruebel L: Steve Reed SV: (none)

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

Colorado Rockies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eric Young	4	0	1	0	1	1
Neifi Perez	4	1	1	1	0	0
Larry Walker	4	1	3	1	0	0
Dante Bichette	4	0	0	0	0	1
Todd Helton	4	1	2	2	0	0
Vinny Castilla	4	0	1	0	0	2
Kirt Manwaring	4	0	0	0	0	1
Quinton McCracken	2	1	1	0	2	0
Jamey Wright	3	0	0	0	0	3
Harvey Pulliam	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Womack	4	1	4	2	1	0
Jermaine Allensworth	4	1	2	0	1	1
Al Martin	5	1	1	0	0	0
Dale Sveum	5	0	1	1	0	1
Joe Randa	3	1	1	1	0	1
Mark Smith	2	1	0	0	2	0
Keith Osik	3	1	1	0	0	0
Kevin Polcovich	4	1	1	2	0	0
Jon Lieber	2	0	2	1	0	0
Jose Guillen	1	0	0	0	0	0
Turner Ward	1	1	1	1	0	0

Colorado Rockies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jamey Wright	7.0	10	3	2
Steve Reed	0.1	1	1	0
Curt Leskanic	0.2	3	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jon Lieber	6.0	7	1	7
Paul Wagner	0.1	0	2	1
Matt Ruebel	1.2	1	0	0
Rich Loiselle	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eric Young: K
Neifi Perez: 43/G34D
Larry Walker: 8/F8RXD

Bot 1

Tony Womack: S8/G4M/R4
Jermaine Allensworth: PO1(13)
Jermaine Allensworth: S8/L6MD/R6
Al Martin: 9/F89D/R3
Dale Sveum: T8/L89M/R45.1-H
Joe Randa: 9/F89D

Top 2

Dante Bichette: K
Todd Helton: S18/G15/R6
Vinny Castilla: K
Kirt Manwaring: 6/P6D

Bot 2

Mark Smith: 8/F8RXD
Keith Osik: D7/G5L/R65
Kevin Polcovich: 63/G6.2-3
Jon Lieber: S7/P56D/R4.3-H
Tony Womack: S8/G6M/R6.1-2
Jermaine Allensworth: W.2-3;1-2
Al Martin: 31/G3

Top 3

Quinton McCracken: 43/G4
Jamey Wright: K
Eric Young: S6/G56
Neifi Perez: 46(1)/FO/G4

Bot 3

Dale Sveum: 43/G4D
Joe Randa: K
Mark Smith: 53/G56

Top 4

Larry Walker: DGR/L78XD
Dante Bichette: 3/G3.2-3
Todd Helton: 8/F8RM/DP.3XH(82)

Bot 4

Keith Osik: 53/G5
Kevin Polcovich: 7/F7LM
Jon Lieber: S4/G6MD
Tony Womack: S9/L4D/R6.1-3
Jermaine Allensworth: 54(1)/FO/G6

Top 5

Vinny Castilla: K
Kirt Manwaring: 53/G5
Quinton McCracken: W
Jamey Wright: K

Bot 5

Al Martin: D9/G3L/R4
Dale Sveum: 31/G3.2-3
Joe Randa: S8/L8LS/R6.3-H
Mark Smith: W.1-2
Keith Osik: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Top 6

Eric Young: 63/G6
Neifi Perez: HR/F9LD
Larry Walker: S9/L9S/R4
Dante Bichette: SB2/R4
Dante Bichette: 153/G15.2-3
Todd Helton: HR/F89XD.3-H
Vinny Castilla: S4/G4MD/R3
Kirt Manwaring: K

Bot 6

Kevin Polcovich: 4/P4MD
Jose Guillen: 63/G6
Tony Womack: W
Jermaine Allensworth: CS2(26)

Top 7

Quinton McCracken: W
Jamey Wright: K
Eric Young: SB2/R6
Eric Young: W
Neifi Perez: 8/F8LD/R6
Larry Walker: S9/G34/R5.2-H;1-3
Dante Bichette: 6/P6D

Bot 7

Jermaine Allensworth: K
Al Martin: 43/G4
Dale Sveum: 9/F9M

Top 8

Todd Helton: 63/G6M
Vinny Castilla: 63/G56
Kirt Manwaring: 4/P4M

Bot 8

Joe Randa: HP
Mark Smith: W.1-2
Keith Osik: 14/SH/BG15S.2-3;1-2
Kevin Polcovich: D67/G56/R4.3-H;2-H
Turner Ward: D9/L9LS/R6.2-H
Tony Womack: HR/F89XD.2-H
Jermaine Allensworth: S1/L15/R3
Al Martin: 8/F8RD
Dale Sveum: WP.1-2
Dale Sveum: K

Top 9

Quinton McCracken: S8/G6M/R6
Harvey Pulliam: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Eric Young: 63/G6M