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Rockies 9 13 2

Ellis Burks Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .469
OBP .750 .564
At Bats 4 32
Hits 3 15
• Singles 1 6
• Doubles 1 3
• Triples 1 1
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 4 14

Mark Petkovsek Season Stats

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Coors Field - April 8, 1998
Mark Petkovsek
Tom Lampkin
Mark McGwire
David Howard
Gary Gaetti
Royce Clayton
Willie McGee
Ray Lankford
John Mabry
Ellis Burks
Mike Lansing
Count: 1-2, 2 Outs
Count: 1-2, 0 Outs

Burks strikes out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Lansing hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Perez scores.
Bottom 8 Greg Colbrunn pinch hits for Dave Veres. Colbrunn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Petkovsek fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Perez hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Mabry who is chasing the ball. Perez reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 8 Reed hits a fly ball into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McGee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Lankford takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lansing misplays the ball. That's an error on Lansing. Petkovsek scores. Howard moves to third. McGwire moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Howard takes first base on ball four. Petkovsek moves to second.
Top 8 Clayton hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Petkovsek hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Lampkin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Helton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lampkin for the out.
Bottom 7 Castilla hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Helton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bichette hits a line drive into left field. McGee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gaetti hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mabry hits a popup into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McGee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Lankford hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Dave Veres now pitching. McGwire hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Walker hits a fly ball into right field. Mabry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Burks hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Lankford who is chasing the ball. Burks reaches third base with a triple. Castilla scores. Reed scores. Vander Wal goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Mark Petkovsek now pitching. Lansing strikes out.
Bottom 6 John Vander Wal pinch hits for Mike DeJean. Vander Wal takes first base on ball four. Castilla moves to third. Reed moves to second.
Bottom 6 Perez hits a popup towards short. Clayton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Helton tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Reed takes first base on ball four. Helton moves to third. Castilla moves to second.
Bottom 6 Juan Acevedo now pitching. Castilla takes first base on ball four. Helton moves to second.
Bottom 6 David Howard now playing second base. Helton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 DeShields hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lansing scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Clayton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Aybar strikes out.
Top 6 There goes Lampkin. The throw from Reed and he is safe. Lampkin steals second.
Top 6 Mike DeJean now pitching. Lampkin hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Bichette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Walker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lansing scores.
Bottom 5 Burks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out. Bates scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Lansing hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of McGee. Lansing reaches second base with a double. Bates moves to third.
Bottom 5 Jason Bates pinch hits for Bobby Jones. Bates hits a fly ball towards right. Mabry settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Mabry.
Top 5 Gaetti strikes out.
Top 5 Mabry hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. DeShields scores. McGee moves to third.
Top 5 McGee hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to second for the out. DeShields moves to third.
Top 5 Lankford is hit by the pitch. DeShields moves to second.
Top 5 McGwire hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Reed settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 DeShields hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Aybar covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Reed hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Mabry. Reed reaches second base with a double. Helton scores.
Bottom 4 Castilla hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out. Helton moves to second.
Bottom 4 Helton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Bichette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Clayton hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Aybar hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Lansing reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lampkin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lansing scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Burks hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of McGee. Burks reaches second base with a double. Lansing moves to third.
Bottom 3 Lansing hits a popup into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Jones strikes out.
Bottom 3 Perez hits a popup, foul, towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lansing scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mabry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lankford scores. McGee moves to third.
Top 3 McGee hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. DeShields scores. McGwire scores. Lankford moves to third.
Top 3 Bobby Jones now pitching. Lankford takes first base on ball four. McGwire moves to second.
Top 3 McGwire hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gaetti scores. Aybar scores. DeShields moves to third.
Top 3 DeShields takes first base on ball four. Gaetti moves to third. Aybar moves to second.
Top 3 Clayton hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Aybar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mabry scores. Gaetti moves to second.
Top 3 Lampkin strikes out.
Top 3 Gaetti takes first base on ball four. Mabry moves to second.
Top 3 Mabry takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 There goes Castilla. The throw from Lampkin and he is out, Clayton applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Reed strikes out.
Bottom 2 Castilla hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Helton hits a line drive towards short. Clayton reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McGee hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lansing settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lankford hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Aybar scores. DeShields scores. McGwire moves to second.
Top 2 McGwire takes first base on ball four. Aybar moves to third. DeShields moves to second.
Top 2 DeShields takes first base on ball four. Aybar moves to second.
Top 2 Clayton hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Aybar hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Lampkin hits a popup towards third. Castilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bichette hits a popup, foul, towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Burks for the double play. Lansing scores.
Bottom 1 Burks hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lansing moves to third.
Bottom 1 Lansing hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Gaetti hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mabry hits a popup, foul, towards third. Castilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McGee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Perez misplays the ball. That's an error on Perez. DeShields moves to third. McGwire moves to second.
Top 1 Lankford strikes out.
Top 1 McGwire takes first base on ball four. DeShields moves to second.
Top 1 DeShields hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Clayton scores.
Top 1 The umpire calls a balk on Wright Clayton moves to second.
Top 1 Clayton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.