Houston Astros 7, Colorado Rockies 0
Regular Season Game 48
Played on Saturday, May 24, 1997 (D) at Coors Field

HOU N    2  0  2    3  0  0    0  0  0  -   7  8  1
COL N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0
Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Biggio 2b                     4   1   2   2       1   1       4   2
Spiers ss,3b                  5   2   2   0       0   1       0   5
Bagwell 1b                    3   3   1   2       1   1       5   0
Gonzalez lf                   4   0   2   2       0   0       1   0
Berry 3b                      2   0   0   1       1   1       0   0
  Bogar ss                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Abreu rf                      4   0   0   0       0   1       2   0
Howard cf                     3   0   0   0       1   1       5   0
Ausmus c                      4   1   1   0       0   1       9   1
Kile p                        3   0   0   0       0   1       1   0
  Gutierrez ph                1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Springer p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Wagner p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       33   7   8   7       4   8      27   8

FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Ausmus-Biggio.
E: Biggio (9).

BATTING - 
2B: Spiers (10,off Burke); Gonzalez (10,off Burke).
HR: Bagwell (16,1st inning off Burke 1 on 1 out); Biggio (9,4th inning off
Burke 1 on 1 out).
SF: Berry (1,off Burke).
HBP: Bagwell (5,by Burke).
GDP: Spiers (2,off Munoz).
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING - 
SB: Howard (1,2nd base off Burke/J. Reed); Gonzalez (2,2nd base off Burke/J.
Reed).

Colorado Rockies             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Young 2b                      4   0   1   0       0   0       1   4
Burks cf                      4   0   0   0       0   3       2   0
  McCracken cf                0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Walker rf                     2   0   1   0       2   0       2   0
Galarraga 1b                  4   0   1   0       0   1       8   2
Bichette lf                   4   0   0   0       0   2       2   0
J. Reed c                     3   0   0   0       0   1       9   0
  Pulliam ph                  1   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
Bates 3b                      4   0   1   0       0   1       0   2
Weiss ss                      3   0   0   0       1   0       1   3
Burke p                       1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  DiPoto p                    1   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
  DeJean p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
  Vander Wal ph               0   0   0   0       1   0       0   0
  Munoz p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
Totals                       31   0   4   0       4   9      27  12

FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Young-Weiss-Galarraga.

BATTING - 
2B: Walker (16,off Kile).
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING - 
SB: Galarraga (7,2nd base off Kile/Ausmus).
CS: Young (7,2nd base by Kile/Ausmus).

PITCHING
Houston Astros               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Kile W(5-2)                   7     4   0   0   3   5   0  28
Springer                      1     0   0   0   1   2   0   4
Wagner                        1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3
Totals                        9     4   0   0   4   9   0  35


Colorado Rockies             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Burke L(0-1)                  4     7   7   7   3   4   2  23
DiPoto                        2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7
DeJean                        1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3
Munoz                         2     0   0   0   1   2   0   6
Totals                        9     8   7   7   4   8   2  39

HBP: Burke (3,Bagwell).

Umpires: HP - Mark Hirschbeck, 1B - Charlie Williams, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Angel Hernandez
Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance: 48129


Starting Lineups:

   Houston Astros                Colorado Rockies         
1. Biggio              2b        Young               2b
2. Spiers              ss        Burks               cf
3. Bagwell             1b        Walker              rf
4. Gonzalez            lf        Galarraga           1b
5. Berry               3b        Bichette            lf
6. Abreu               rf        J. Reed             c
7. Howard              cf        Bates               3b
8. Ausmus              c         Weiss               ss
9. Kile                p         Burke               p

ASTROS 1ST: Biggio grounded out (third to first); Spiers singled
to center; Bagwell homered [Spiers scored]; Gonzalez grounded
out (second to first); Berry walked; Abreu was called out on
strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Rockies 0.

ROCKIES 1ST: Young flied to left; Burks struck out; Walker
walked; Galarraga struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2,
Rockies 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Howard walked; Ausmus struck out while Howard stole
second; Kile flied to center [Howard to third]; Biggio struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Rockies 0.

ROCKIES 2ND: Bichette grounded out (shortstop to first); J. Reed
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bates singled to center;
Weiss grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Astros 2, Rockies 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Spiers doubled to center; Bagwell walked; Gonzalez
singled to center [Spiers scored, Bagwell to third]; Gonzalez
stole second; Berry out on a sacrifice fly to right [Bagwell
scored, Gonzalez to third]; Abreu reached on a fielder's choice
[Gonzalez out at home (second to catcher)]; Howard flied to
left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 4, Rockies 0.

ROCKIES 3RD: Burke flied to center; Young singled to pitcher;
Burks struck out while Young was caught stealing second (catcher
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Rockies 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Ausmus singled to right; Kile flied to center;
Biggio homered [Ausmus scored]; Spiers struck out; Bagwell was
hit by a pitch; Gonzalez doubled to center [Bagwell scored];
Berry popped to second; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 7, Rockies
0.

ROCKIES 4TH: Walker grounded out (second to first); Galarraga
singled to right; Bichette struck out while Galarraga stole
second; J. Reed was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Astros 7, Rockies 0.

ASTROS 5TH: DIPOTO REPLACED BURKE (PITCHING); Abreu grounded out
(first to pitcher); Howard grounded out (shortstop to first);
Ausmus grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Astros 7, Rockies 0.

ROCKIES 5TH: Bates popped to second; Weiss walked; On a bunt
DiPoto made an out to pitcher; Young forced Weiss (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 7, Rockies 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Kile struck out; Biggio singled to left; Spiers
lined to left; Bagwell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 7, Rockies 0.

ROCKIES 6TH: Burks flied to center; Walker doubled to center;
Galarraga flied to right [Walker to third]; Bichette flied to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 7, Rockies 0.

ASTROS 7TH: DEJEAN REPLACED DIPOTO (PITCHING); Gonzalez grounded
out (first to pitcher); Berry was called out on strikes; Abreu
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 7,
Rockies 0.

ROCKIES 7TH: J. Reed reached on an error by Biggio [J. Reed to
first]; Bates forced J. Reed (shortstop to second) [Bates to
first]; Weiss flied to center; VANDER WAL BATTED FOR DEJEAN;
Vander Wal walked [Bates to second]; Young flied to center; 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 7, Rockies 0.

ASTROS 8TH: MUNOZ REPLACED VANDER WAL (PITCHING); Howard struck
out; Ausmus grounded out (pitcher to first); GUTIERREZ BATTED
FOR KILE; Gutierrez lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Astros 7, Rockies 0.

ROCKIES 8TH: SPRINGER REPLACED GUTIERREZ (PITCHING); Burks was
called out on strikes; Walker walked; Galarraga flied to right;
Bichette was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Astros 7, Rockies 0.

ASTROS 9TH: MCCRACKEN REPLACED BURKS (PLAYING CF); Biggio
walked; Spiers grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Biggio out at second]; Bagwell struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 7, Rockies 0.

ROCKIES 9TH: SPIERS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); BOGAR
REPLACED BERRY (PLAYING SS); WAGNER REPLACED SPRINGER
(PITCHING); PULLIAM BATTED FOR J. REED; Pulliam struck out;
Bates struck out; Weiss grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 7, Rockies 0.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Astros           7   8   1    5
 Rockies          0   4   0    8


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