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Rockies
@ Mets
Shea Stadium
August 6, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Mets and the Colorado Rockies, played on August 6, 1997 at Shea Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 6, 1997 |
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Visiting Team |
Colorado Rockies
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Home Team |
New York Mets
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 6, 1997 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Colorado Rockies |
Home Team | New York Mets |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | John Thomson |
Home Starting Pitcher | Dave Mlicki |
Ballpark | Shea Stadium |
City | New York |
State | NY |
Attendance | 26,633 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 46 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Ed Rapuano 1B: Bill Hohn 2B: Brian Gorman 3B: Gerry Davis |
Colorado Rockies Lineup
Name | Position |
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Eric Young | Second Baseman |
Ellis Burks | Center Fielder |
Larry Walker | Right Fielder |
Andres Galarraga | First Baseman |
Todd Helton | Left Fielder |
Vinny Castilla | Third Baseman |
Kirt Manwaring | Catcher |
Neifi Perez | Shortstop |
John Thomson | Pitcher |
Don Baylor | Manager |
New York Mets Lineup
Name | Position |
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Lance Johnson | Center Fielder |
Jason Hardtke | Second Baseman |
John Olerud | First Baseman |
Todd Hundley | Catcher |
Edgardo Alfonzo | Third Baseman |
Carl Everett | Right Fielder |
Butch Huskey | Left Fielder |
Rey Ordonez | Shortstop |
Dave Mlicki | Pitcher |
Bobby Valentine | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Rockies
@ Mets
Shea Stadium
August 6, 1997
Top 1
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Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Mlicki
Young hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Mlicki
Burks strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Mlicki
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hardtke fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Galarraga vs. Mlicki
Galarraga hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alfonzo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Thomson
Johnson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Hardtke vs. Thomson
Hardtke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Olerud vs. Thomson
Olerud takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Hundley vs. Thomson
Hundley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Helton vs. Mlicki
Helton hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Huskey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Castilla vs. Mlicki
Castilla hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Huskey. Castilla reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Manwaring vs. Mlicki
Manwaring hits a line drive into right field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Perez vs. Mlicki
Perez is walked intentionally. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Thomson vs. Mlicki
Thomson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Alfonzo vs. Thomson
Alfonzo hits a line drive into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Everett vs. Thomson
Everett hits a line drive into left field. Helton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Huskey vs. Thomson
Huskey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Mlicki
Young takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Burks vs. Mlicki
There goes Young. The throw from Hundley and he is safe. Young steals second. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Burks vs. Mlicki
Burks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alfonzo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Walker vs. Mlicki
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hardtke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Young moves to third. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Galarraga vs. Mlicki
Galarraga strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Ordonez vs. Thomson
Ordonez hits a line drive into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Mlicki vs. Thomson
Mlicki strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Thomson
Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Hardtke vs. Thomson
There goes Johnson. The throw from Manwaring and he is safe. Johnson steals second. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Hardtke vs. Thomson
Hardtke hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helton vs. Mlicki
Helton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Olerud scoops it up and throws to first, with Mlicki covering, for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Castilla vs. Mlicki
Castilla takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Manwaring vs. Mlicki
Manwaring hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Castilla moves to second. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Perez vs. Mlicki
Perez hits a line drive into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Castilla moves to third. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Thomson vs. Mlicki
Thomson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Castilla scores. Manwaring moves to third. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Young vs. Mlicki
Young hits a line drive into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rockies, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Olerud vs. Thomson
Olerud hits a line drive towards short. Perez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hundley vs. Thomson
Hundley hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alfonzo vs. Thomson
Alfonzo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rockies, 1 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Mlicki
Burks hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Mlicki
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Olerud scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Walker for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Galarraga vs. Mlicki
Galarraga hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Helton vs. Mlicki
There goes Galarraga. The throw from Hundley and he is safe. Galarraga steals second. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Helton vs. Mlicki
Helton hits a popup, foul, towards first. Olerud settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Castilla vs. Mlicki
Castilla is walked intentionally. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Manwaring vs. Mlicki
Manwaring hits a fly ball into right field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rockies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Everett vs. Thomson
Everett hits a popup, foul, towards third. Castilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Huskey vs. Thomson
Huskey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Ordonez vs. Thomson
Ordonez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Rockies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Mlicki
Perez hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Everett who is chasing the ball. Perez reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Thomson vs. Mlicki
Thomson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Young vs. Mlicki
Young hits a fly ball into center field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Perez tags and scores. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Burks vs. Mlicki
Burks strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Mlicki
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Olerud scoops it up and throws to first, with Mlicki covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rockies, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Baerga vs. Thomson
Carlos Baerga pinch hits for Dave Mlicki.
Baerga hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Thomson
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hardtke vs. Thomson
Hardtke hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Rockies, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Galarraga vs. Crawford
Joe Crawford now pitching. Carlos Baerga now playing second base.
Galarraga hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Helton vs. Crawford
The umpire calls a balk on Crawford Galarraga moves to second. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Helton vs. Crawford
Helton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baerga settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Castilla vs. Crawford
Castilla is walked intentionally. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Manwaring vs. Crawford
Manwaring hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Galarraga scores. Castilla moves to second. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Perez vs. Crawford
Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomson vs. Crawford
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ordonez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rockies, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Olerud vs. Thomson
Olerud hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Hundley vs. Thomson
Hundley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Alfonzo vs. Thomson
Alfonzo takes first base on ball four. Hundley moves to second. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Everett vs. Thomson
Everett hits a fly ball into left field. Helton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Huskey vs. Thomson
Huskey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rockies, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Crawford
Young hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Huskey. Young reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Burks vs. Crawford
Burks hits a line drive towards center. Johnson catches it and throws to second to double up Young. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Crawford
Walker hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Galarraga vs. Crawford
Galarraga hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Walker moves to second. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Helton vs. Crawford
Helton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Crawford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rockies, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Thomson
Quinton McCracken now playing center field. Luis Lopez pinch hits for Rey Ordonez.
Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Baerga vs. Thomson
Baerga hits a fly ball into left field. Helton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Thomson
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Rockies, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Castilla vs. Crawford
Luis Lopez now playing shortstop. Alex Ochoa now playing right field. Carl Everett now playing center field.
Castilla hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Manwaring vs. Crawford
Manwaring strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Crawford
Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Ochoa settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Rockies, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Franco vs. Thomson
Matt Franco pinch hits for Joe Crawford.
Franco strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Olerud vs. Thomson
Olerud hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Mets, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hundley vs. Thomson
Hundley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/6/1997 -- Colorado at New York (N) Colorado AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI Young E, 2b 3 0 1 1 Johnson L, cf 4 0 2 0 Burks E, cf 5 1 1 1 Ochoa A, rf 0 0 0 0 McCracken Q, cf 0 0 0 0 Hardtke J, 2b 3 0 0 0 Walker L, rf 5 0 2 0 Crawford J, p 0 0 0 0 Galarraga A, 1b 5 1 3 0 Franco M, ph 1 0 0 0 Helton T, lf 5 0 0 0 Olerud J, 1b 3 0 0 0 Castilla V, 3b 2 1 1 0 Hundley T, c 3 0 0 0 Manwaring K, c 5 0 2 1 Alfonzo E, 3b 2 0 0 0 Perez N, ss 4 1 1 0 Everett C, rf-cf 3 0 0 0 Thomson J, p 3 0 1 1 Huskey B, lf 3 0 1 0 Ordonez R, ss 2 0 0 0 Lopez L, ph-ss 1 0 1 0 Mlicki D, p 1 0 0 0 Baerga C, ph-2b 2 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37 4 12 4 28 0 4 0 Colorado 000 111 100 -- 4 New York 000 000 000 -- 0 Colorado IP H R ER BB SO Thomson J (W) 9.0 4 0 0 3 2 New York IP H R ER BB SO Mlicki D (L) 6.0 7 3 3 5 4 Crawford J 3.0 5 1 1 1 1 DP -- Colorado 3, New York 1 LOB -- Colorado 13, New York 4 2B -- Castilla V, Young E 3B -- Perez N HR -- Burks E SB -- Young E, Johnson L, Galarraga A SF -- Young E Balk -- Crawford J T -- 2:46 A -- 26633
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