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Rockies
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
June 1, 1996
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Colorado Rockies, played on June 1, 1996 at Three Rivers Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | June 1, 1996 |
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Visiting Team |
Colorado Rockies
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Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | June 1, 1996 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Colorado Rockies |
Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Kevin Ritz |
Home Starting Pitcher | Paul Wagner |
Ballpark | Three Rivers Stadium |
City | Pittsburgh |
State | PA |
Attendance | 15,633 |
Time of Game | 3 hours 1 minute |
Umpires | HP: Bob Davidson 1B: Larry Poncino 2B: Greg Bonin 3B: Frank Pulli |
Colorado Rockies Lineup
Name | Position |
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Eric Young | Second Baseman |
Ellis Burks | Left Fielder |
Dante Bichette | Right Fielder |
Larry Walker | Center Fielder |
Andres Galarraga | First Baseman |
Jeff Reed | Catcher |
Vinny Castilla | Third Baseman |
Walt Weiss | Shortstop |
Kevin Ritz | Pitcher |
Don Baylor | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Carlos Garcia | Second Baseman |
Al Martin | Left Fielder |
Jeff King | Third Baseman |
Orlando Merced | Right Fielder |
Mark Johnson | First Baseman |
Jay Bell | Shortstop |
Mike Kingery | Center Fielder |
Jason Kendall | Catcher |
Paul Wagner | Pitcher |
Jim Leyland | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Rockies
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
June 1, 1996
Top 1
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Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Wagner
Young strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Wagner
Burks bunts towards the mound. Wagner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bichette vs. Wagner
Bichette strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Ritz
Garcia hits a line drive towards the mound. Ritz reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Ritz
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ritz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
King vs. Ritz
King hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Wagner
Walker strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Galarraga vs. Wagner
Galarraga is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reed vs. Wagner
There goes Galarraga. The throw from Kendall and he is safe. Galarraga steals second. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Reed vs. Wagner
Reed hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wagner fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Castilla vs. Wagner
Castilla hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Merced vs. Ritz
Merced strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Ritz
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Ritz
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Johnson moves to second. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Kingery vs. Ritz
Kingery takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Kendall vs. Ritz
Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Weiss vs. Wagner
Weiss strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ritz vs. Wagner
Ritz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Wagner
Young takes first base on ball four. Ritz moves to second. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Burks vs. Wagner
There's a wild pitch. Ritz moves to third. Young moves to second. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Burks vs. Wagner
Burks strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -23
Bichette vs. Wagner
Bichette hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ritz scores. Young scores. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Wagner
Walker takes first base on ball four. Bichette moves to second. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Galarraga vs. Wagner
Galarraga hits a fly ball into center field. Kingery settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Ritz
Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Ritz
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Ritz
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops it up and throws to first, with Ritz covering, for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Reed vs. Wagner
Reed strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Castilla vs. Wagner
Castilla strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Weiss vs. Wagner
Weiss takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Ritz vs. Wagner
Ritz strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
King vs. Ritz
King hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Merced vs. Ritz
Merced hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes King trying to get to third. Walker throws the ball in to Castilla, who tags King for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Ritz
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Ritz
There goes Merced. The throw from Reed and he is safe. Merced steals second. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Ritz
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Bichette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Wagner
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Wagner
Burks takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bichette vs. Wagner
Bichette hits a line drive towards third. King reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Wagner
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards third. King fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingery vs. Ritz
Kingery hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Kendall vs. Ritz
Kendall hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Wagner vs. Ritz
Wagner bunts towards the mound. Ritz fields it and throws to first for the out. Kingery moves to second. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Garcia vs. Ritz
Garcia takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 12-
Martin vs. Ritz
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Galarraga vs. Wagner
Galarraga strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Reed vs. Wagner
Reed strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castilla vs. Wagner
Castilla hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Ritz
King bunts towards third. Castilla fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Merced vs. Ritz
There goes King. The throw from Reed and he is out, Weiss applying the tag. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Merced vs. Ritz
Merced hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Ritz
Johnson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Ritz
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Weiss vs. Wagner
Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Weiss for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McCracken vs. Wagner
Quinton McCracken pinch hits for Kevin Ritz.
McCracken hits a fly ball into center field. Kingery settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Wagner
Young hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingery vs. Reed
Steve Reed now pitching.
Kingery hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Reed
Kendall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Cummings vs. Reed
Midre Cummings pinch hits for Paul Wagner.
Cummings hits a popup towards third. Castilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Garcia vs. Reed
Garcia strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Wilkins
Marc Wilkins now pitching.
Burks hits a ball on the ground towards third. King fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bichette vs. Wilkins
There goes Burks. The throw from Kendall and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Bichette vs. Wilkins
Bichette strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Walker vs. Wilkins
Walker is walked intentionally. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Galarraga vs. Wilkins
Galarraga is hit by the pitch. Walker moves to second. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Castellano vs. Christiansen
Jason Christiansen now pitching. Pedro Castellano pinch hits for Jeff Reed.
Castellano strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Castilla vs. Miceli
Dan Miceli now pitching.
Castilla hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Painter
Lance Painter now pitching. Jayhawk Owens now catching.
Martin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
King vs. Painter
King hits a line drive towards third. Castilla reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Merced vs. Painter
Merced hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Martin moves to second. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Hayes vs. Ruffin
Charlie Hayes pinch hits for Mark Johnson. Bruce Ruffin now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Martin moves to third. Merced moves to second. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Hayes vs. Ruffin
Hayes strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Bell vs. Ruffin
Bell strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Weiss vs. Miceli
Charlie Hayes now playing third base. Jeff King now playing first base.
Weiss hits a fly ball into center field. Kingery settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Owens vs. Miceli
Owens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Miceli
Young hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Burks vs. Miceli
Burks hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Wehner vs. Ruffin
John Wehner pinch hits for Mike Kingery.
Wehner hits a fly ball into left field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Ruffin
Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Liriano vs. Ruffin
Nelson Liriano pinch hits for Dan Miceli.
Liriano hits a line drive beyond third. Castilla can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Garcia vs. Ruffin
Garcia strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 6/1/1996 -- Colorado at Pittsburgh (N) Colorado AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Young E, 2b 4 1 0 0 Garcia C, 2b 4 0 0 0 Burks E, lf 4 0 1 0 Martin A, lf 4 0 1 0 Bichette D, rf 4 0 1 2 King J, 3b-1b 4 0 2 0 Walker L, cf 2 0 0 0 Merced O, rf 4 0 2 0 Galarraga A, 1b 2 0 0 0 Johnson M, 1b 2 0 1 0 Reed J, c 3 0 0 0 Hayes C, ph-3b 1 0 0 0 Castellano P, ph 1 0 0 0 Bell J, ss 4 0 0 0 Painter L, p 0 0 0 0 Kingery M, cf 2 0 1 0 Ruffin B, p 0 0 0 0 Wehner J, ph 1 0 0 0 Castilla V, 3b 4 0 0 0 Kendall J, c 4 0 1 0 Weiss W, ss 3 0 0 0 Wagner P, p 1 0 0 0 Ritz K, p 1 1 0 0 Cummings M, ph 1 0 0 0 McCracken Q, ph 1 0 0 0 Wilkins M, p 0 0 0 0 Reed S, p 0 0 0 0 Christiansen J, p 0 0 0 0 Owens J, c 1 0 1 0 Miceli D, p 0 0 0 0 Liriano N, ph 1 0 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 30 2 3 2 33 0 9 0 Colorado 002 000 000 -- 2 Pittsburgh 000 000 000 -- 0 Colorado IP H R ER BB SO Ritz K (W) 6.0 5 0 0 3 2 Reed S 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Painter L 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 Ruffin B (S) 1.2 1 0 0 0 3 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Wagner P (L) 7.0 1 2 2 5 10 Wilkins M 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 Christiansen J 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 Miceli D 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 E -- Kendall J LOB -- Colorado 9, Pittsburgh 10 SB -- Galarraga A, Merced O, Burks E CS -- King J SH -- Wagner P HBP -- by Wagner P (Galarraga A), by Wilkins M (Galarraga A) WP -- Wagner P, Ruffin B T -- 3:01 A -- 15633
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