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Colorado Rockies @ Philadelphia Phillies

1998-08-23 · Day game · Veterans Stadium · Att: 26364 · 85°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 5 mph to CF · 2:26

Colorado Rockies defeated Philadelphia Phillies 5–2. Colorado Rockies put up 3 in the 6th. John Thomson earned the win and Jerry DiPoto picked up the save. Mike Lansing went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: John Thomson L: Mike Grace SV: Jerry DiPoto

Umpires — HP: Frank Pulli · 1B: Pat Connors · 2B: Bruce Dreckman · 3B: Ed Rapuano · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Colorado Rockies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Darryl Hamilton	4	0	1	1	0	0
Kurt Abbott	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dante Bichette	4	1	1	0	0	0
Vinny Castilla	3	0	1	0	1	0
Todd Helton	2	1	1	1	2	0
John Vander Wal	3	1	1	0	0	0
Mike Lansing	3	1	1	3	1	0
Kirt Manwaring	4	1	1	0	0	0
John Thomson	2	0	1	0	0	1
Curtis Goodwin	0	0	0	0	0	0
Neifi Perez	1	0	0	0	0	1
Terry Shumpert	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kevin Sefcik	4	0	1	1	0	1
Gregg Jefferies	4	0	2	0	0	0
Rico Brogna	4	1	1	0	0	1
Kevin Jordan	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bobby Abreu	4	0	1	1	0	1
Mark Lewis	4	0	0	0	0	2
Bobby Estalella	4	0	0	0	0	3
Desi Relaford	3	1	2	0	1	0
Mike Grace	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jon Zuber	1	0	0	0	0	0

Colorado Rockies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Thomson	7.0	9	1	6
Chuck McElroy	1.0	0	0	1
Jerry Dipoto	1.0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Grace	7.0	9	1	1
Ken Ryan	1.0	0	3	0
Ricky Bottalico	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Darryl Hamilton: 63/G6
Kurt Abbott: S4/G4
Dante Bichette: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 1

Kevin Sefcik: 9/L9LS
Gregg Jefferies: 9/F89M
Rico Brogna: S9/L9S
Kevin Jordan: S4/G4.1-2
Bobby Abreu: S8/G4M.2-H;1-2
Mark Lewis: 4/L4

Top 2

Vinny Castilla: 63/G6
Todd Helton: 7/L7LM
John Vander Wal: 43/G34

Bot 2

Bobby Estalella: K
Desi Relaford: W
Mike Grace: 3/BP23/NDP.1X1(94)

Top 3

Mike Lansing: 53/G56
Kirt Manwaring: S8/G4M
John Thomson: 34/SH/BG13S.1-2
Darryl Hamilton: T8/L8LM.2-H
Kurt Abbott: 8/F8RM

Bot 3

Kevin Sefcik: 8/F8LD
Gregg Jefferies: S9/G3.BX2(96)
Rico Brogna: 7/F7M

Top 4

Dante Bichette: S5/BG5S
Vinny Castilla: S4/L6MD.1-2
Todd Helton: S8/G4M.2-H;1-2
John Vander Wal: 7/F78D
Mike Lansing: 36(1)/FO/G34.2-3
Kirt Manwaring: 43/G4

Bot 4

Kevin Jordan: 3/P3SF
Bobby Abreu: 6/L6M
Mark Lewis: K

Top 5

John Thomson: S4/L4MD
Darryl Hamilton: 53/SH/BG56S.1-2
Kurt Abbott: 63/G
Dante Bichette: 9/L9M

Bot 5

Bobby Estalella: K
Desi Relaford: S9/L89S
Mike Grace: 34/SH/BG13S.1-2
Kevin Sefcik: K

Top 6

Vinny Castilla: 9/F89S
Todd Helton: W
John Vander Wal: S8/L8LM.1-3
Mike Lansing: HR/F78XD.3-H;1-H
Kirt Manwaring: 3/F3F
John Thomson: K

Bot 6

Gregg Jefferies: S8/L8RM
Rico Brogna: K
Kevin Jordan: S6/L6D.1-2
Bobby Abreu: 36(1)/FO/G34.2-3
Mark Lewis: K

Top 7

Darryl Hamilton: 43/G4
Kurt Abbott: 63/G56
Dante Bichette: 2/F23F

Bot 7

Bobby Estalella: 5/L56
Desi Relaford: S8/L8LM
Jon Zuber: 8/F8LM
Kevin Sefcik: T9/L9LM.1-H
Gregg Jefferies: 43/G4

Top 8

Vinny Castilla: W
Todd Helton: W.1-2
Curtis Goodwin: 14/SH/BG15S.2-3;1-2
Mike Lansing: IW
Kirt Manwaring: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 8

Rico Brogna: 8/L8LD
Kevin Jordan: 63/G6
Bobby Abreu: K

Top 9

Neifi Perez: K
Darryl Hamilton: 53/G25
Terry Shumpert: 6/F78S

Bot 9

Mark Lewis: 9/F89M
Bobby Estalella: K
Desi Relaford: 6/P6