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Oakland Athletics @ Colorado Rockies

2000-07-18 · Day game · Coors Field · Att: 38371 · 84°F, sunny · Wind 4 mph to LF · 3:10

Colorado Rockies defeated Oakland Athletics 18–3. Colorado Rockies put up 6 in the 4th. Pedro Astacio earned the win. Jeffrey Hammonds went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	8
COL	2	0	2	6	0	1	1	6		18	21

W: Pedro Astacio L: Mark Mulder SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Hunter Wendelstedt · 1B: Al Clark · 2B: CB Bucknor · 3B: Rick Reed · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Terrence Long	5	0	1	0	0	1
Randy Velarde	4	1	0	0	1	0
Jason Giambi	4	1	2	1	1	0
Ben Grieve	3	0	0	0	2	2
Matt Stairs	3	0	0	0	1	1
Miguel Tejada	3	1	1	0	0	1
Eric Chavez	4	0	2	1	0	1
Ramon Hernandez	3	0	0	0	1	1
Mark Mulder	2	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Menechino	2	0	1	0	0	0
Jeremy Giambi	1	0	1	1	0	0

Colorado Rockies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brian Hunter	6	1	3	0	0	1
Mike Lansing	5	2	2	1	0	0
Jeff Cirillo	5	3	2	1	1	0
Todd Helton	3	2	2	2	3	1
Jeffrey Hammonds	5	3	3	5	0	0
Butch Huskey	5	2	3	3	1	0
Neifi Perez	4	1	1	1	0	0
Brent Mayne	5	1	1	1	0	0
Pedro Astacio	3	0	1	0	0	1
Todd Walker	2	2	2	3	0	0
Bobby Chouinard	1	1	1	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Mulder	4.0	9	3	2
Scott Service	2.0	3	0	1
T. J. Mathews	1.0	3	2	0
Frank Menechino	1.0	6	0	0

Colorado Rockies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pedro Astacio	7.0	8	6	8
Bobby Chouinard	2.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Terrence Long: K
Randy Velarde: 9/L9S
Jason Giambi: HR/F7LD+
Ben Grieve: W
Matt Stairs: 63/G4MS+

Bot 1

Brian Hunter: K
Mike Lansing: S8/G6M
Jeff Cirillo: W.1-2
Todd Helton: S8/L8LD-.2-H;1-3
Jeffrey Hammonds: 9/SF/F9D+.3-H
Butch Huskey: S9/L78S.1-2
Neifi Perez: 9/L9M+

Top 2

Miguel Tejada: 53/G5+
Eric Chavez: D/L78XD+
Ramon Hernandez: W
Mark Mulder: 6(1)3/GDP/G6MS

Bot 2

Brent Mayne: 9/F8RS-
Pedro Astacio: E4/G4+
Brian Hunter: 8/F8LS+
Mike Lansing: 64(1)/FO/G6+

Top 3

Terrence Long: 63/G6+
Randy Velarde: 63/G6+
Jason Giambi: W
Ben Grieve: W.1-2
Matt Stairs: 7/L78S-

Bot 3

Jeff Cirillo: 43/G4
Todd Helton: W
Jeffrey Hammonds: E6/TH/G6.1-H;B-3
Butch Huskey: D/L78XD+.3-H(UR)
Neifi Perez: 6/P6D-
Brent Mayne: 8/F8RM

Top 4

Miguel Tejada: D7/G5+
Eric Chavez: S9/G34+.2-H
Ramon Hernandez: 6/L6
Mark Mulder: K/BF
Terrence Long: S8/L8LS+.1-2
Randy Velarde: 8/L8RM+

Bot 4

Pedro Astacio: K
Brian Hunter: S8/G4M+
Mike Lansing: S7/L7M+.1-2
Jeff Cirillo: S8/L8RS+.2-H;1-2
Todd Helton: PB.2-3;1-2
Todd Helton: W
Jeffrey Hammonds: S7/L7M+.3-H;2-H;1-2
Butch Huskey: D9/L9LS+.2-H;1-H
Neifi Perez: WP.2-3
Neifi Perez: 9/SF/F9M+.3-H
Brent Mayne: 43/G4

Top 5

Jason Giambi: S8/G4M+
Ben Grieve: K
Matt Stairs: K
Miguel Tejada: K

Bot 5

Pedro Astacio: S8/G4M+
Brian Hunter: S8/L8LS-.1-2
Mike Lansing: 5/FL/P5F+
Jeff Cirillo: 6/P6-
Todd Helton: K

Top 6

Eric Chavez: K
Ramon Hernandez: K/C
Frank Menechino: D9/L89D+
Terrence Long: 6/P6D-

Bot 6

Jeffrey Hammonds: HR/L7D+
Butch Huskey: 3/FL
Neifi Perez: 8/F8RD
Brent Mayne: 9/L9M+

Top 7

Randy Velarde: W
Jason Giambi: 8/F8RXD+
Ben Grieve: K
Matt Stairs: W.1-2
Jeremy Giambi: S9/G34+.2-H;1-2
Eric Chavez: 3/G

Bot 7

Todd Walker: S7/L7S-
Brian Hunter: S7/G56+.1-3
Mike Lansing: 53/G5S-.3-H;1-2
Jeff Cirillo: 7/F7D
Todd Helton: WP.2-3
Todd Helton: W
Jeffrey Hammonds: 9/F9D+

Top 8

Ramon Hernandez: 9/F9S+
Frank Menechino: 53/G5+
Terrence Long: 43/G4+

Bot 8

Butch Huskey: W
Neifi Perez: D9/G3+.1-3
Brent Mayne: S8/G4+.3-H;2-3
Todd Walker: HR/F89D+.3-H;1-H
Brian Hunter: 53/G5+
Bobby Chouinard: S9/L34D-
Jeff Cirillo: S9/P89S.1-2
Todd Helton: D7/L7LD+.2-H;1-3
Jeffrey Hammonds: S9/L34D-.3-H;2-3
Butch Huskey: 4(1)3/GDP/G4S

Top 9

Randy Velarde: 9/F9D
Jason Giambi: 13/G13+
Ben Grieve: 3/G3+