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Braves
@ Rockies
Coors Field
April 20, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Colorado Rockies and the Atlanta Braves, played on April 20, 1997 at Coors Field.
Game Summary
| Date | April 20, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Atlanta Braves
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| Home Team |
Colorado Rockies
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 20, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Atlanta Braves |
| Home Team | Colorado Rockies |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | John Smoltz |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Darren Holmes |
| Ballpark | Coors Field |
| City | Denver |
| State | CO |
| Attendance | 48,155 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 43 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Eric Gregg 1B: Brian Gorman 2B: Frank Pulli 3B: Bob Davidson |
Atlanta Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Kenny Lofton | Center Fielder |
| Michael Tucker | Left Fielder |
| Chipper Jones | Third Baseman |
| Fred McGriff | First Baseman |
| Andruw Jones | Right Fielder |
| Javy Lopez | Catcher |
| Mark Lemke | Second Baseman |
| Jeff Blauser | Shortstop |
| John Smoltz | Pitcher |
| Bobby Cox | Manager |
Colorado Rockies Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eric Young | Second Baseman |
| Quinton McCracken | Center Fielder |
| Larry Walker | Right Fielder |
| Dante Bichette | Left Fielder |
| John Vander Wal | First Baseman |
| Vinny Castilla | Third Baseman |
| Jeff Reed | Catcher |
| Walt Weiss | Shortstop |
| Darren Holmes | Pitcher |
| Don Baylor | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Braves
@ Rockies
Coors Field
April 20, 1997
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Lofton vs. Holmes
Lofton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Tucker vs. Holmes
Tucker strikes out. There goes Lofton. The throw from Reed to second, and Lofton is out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Holmes
Jones 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
Bottom 1
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Braves, 0 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Smoltz
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Blauser. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
McCracken vs. Smoltz
McCracken hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Young moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Walker vs. Smoltz
Walker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Young moves to third. McCracken moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Bichette vs. Smoltz
Bichette strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Vander Wal vs. Smoltz
Vander Wal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Young scores. McCracken scores. Walker moves to third. Vander Wal moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Rockies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Castilla vs. Smoltz
Castilla hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Walker scores. Vander Wal moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Reed vs. Smoltz
Reed strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 0 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McGriff vs. Holmes
McGriff hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Holmes
Jones strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Holmes
Lopez hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lemke vs. Holmes
Lemke hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Holmes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Weiss vs. Smoltz
Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lemke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Holmes vs. Smoltz
Holmes strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Smoltz
Young hits a popup into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blauser vs. Holmes
Blauser hits a line drive into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Smoltz vs. Holmes
Smoltz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Lofton vs. Holmes
Lofton hits a fly ball into left field. Bichette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Tucker vs. Holmes
Tucker hits a fly ball into center field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
McCracken vs. Smoltz
McCracken hits a line drive towards the mound. Smoltz can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Smoltz
Walker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McCracken moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Bichette vs. Smoltz
Bichette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. McCracken moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Vander Wal vs. Smoltz
Vander Wal hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Holmes
Jones strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
McGriff vs. Holmes
McGriff hits a popup towards short. Weiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Holmes
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Holmes
There goes Jones. The throw from Reed and he is out, Young applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castilla vs. Smoltz
Castilla hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Reed vs. Smoltz
Reed hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Castilla moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Weiss vs. Smoltz
Weiss hits a fly ball into center field. Lofton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Holmes vs. Smoltz
Holmes bunts towards the mound. Smoltz fields it and throws to third for the out. Reed moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Smoltz
Young hits a fly ball into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Holmes
Lopez strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lemke vs. Holmes
Lemke hits a popup towards short. Weiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Blauser vs. Holmes
Blauser hits a fly ball into center field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCracken vs. Smoltz
McCracken hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Smoltz
There goes McCracken. The throw from Lopez and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Walker vs. Smoltz
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Bichette vs. Smoltz
Bichette hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Tucker. Bichette reaches second base with a double. McCracken scores. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Vander Wal vs. Smoltz
Vander Wal hits a ball on the ground into right field. Jones picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Jones. Bichette scores. Vander Wal moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Castilla vs. Smoltz
Castilla is walked intentionally. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Reed vs. Smoltz
Reed hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Braves, 1 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Smoltz vs. Holmes
Smoltz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lofton vs. Holmes
Lofton 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 -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Tucker vs. Holmes
Tucker strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 1 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Weiss vs. Smoltz
Weiss hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Burks vs. Smoltz
Ellis Burks pinch hits for Darren Holmes.
Burks strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Smoltz
Young hits a fly ball into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCracken vs. Smoltz
McCracken hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Weiss moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Walker vs. Smoltz
Walker hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Weiss scores. McCracken moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Bichette vs. Smoltz
Bichette hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McCracken scores. Walker moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Vander Wal vs. Embree
Alan Embree now pitching.
Vander Wal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 1 - Rockies, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Munoz
Ellis Burks now playing left field. Mike Munoz now pitching.
Jones 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 -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
McGriff vs. Munoz
McGriff strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Munoz
Jones strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Braves, 1 - Rockies, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Castilla vs. Embree
Castilla hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Reed vs. Embree
Reed strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Weiss vs. Embree
Weiss hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Castilla moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Burks vs. Clontz
Brad Clontz now pitching.
Burks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blauser fields it and throws to second for the out. Castilla moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Young vs. Clontz
There goes Burks. The throw from Lopez and he is safe. Burks steals second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Young vs. Clontz
The ball gets by Lopez for a passed ball. Castilla scores. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Clontz
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Burks moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
McCracken vs. Clontz
McCracken hits a line drive into left field. Tucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 1 - Rockies, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Reed
Steve Reed now pitching.
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemke vs. Reed
Lemke hits a fly ball into left field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Blauser vs. Reed
Blauser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 1 - Rockies, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Wade
Terrell Wade now pitching. Tony Graffanino now playing second base. Rafael Belliard now playing shortstop.
Walker hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Jones. Walker reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Coles vs. Wade
Darnell Coles pinch hits for Steve Reed.
Coles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. Walker moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Vander Wal vs. Wade
Vander Wal hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Castilla vs. Borowski
Joe Borowski now pitching.
Castilla hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Walker scores. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Reed vs. Borowski
Reed hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Castilla moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Weiss vs. Borowski
Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Graffanino scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 1 - Rockies, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Mordecai vs. Ruffin
Bruce Ruffin now pitching. Mike Mordecai pinch hits for Joe Borowski.
Mordecai hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Burks. Mordecai reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Lofton vs. Ruffin
Lofton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Rockies, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Tucker vs. Ruffin
Tucker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mordecai scores. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Rockies, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Ruffin
Jones hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tucker moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Rockies, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
McGriff vs. Ruffin
McGriff strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Rockies, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Jones vs. Ruffin
Jones strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/20/1997 -- Atlanta at Colorado (D)
Atlanta AB R H RBI Colorado AB R H RBI
Lofton K, cf 4 0 1 0 Young E, 2b 5 1 1 0
Tucker M, lf 4 0 1 1 McCracken Q, cf 5 3 4 0
Jones C, 3b 4 0 1 0 Walker L, rf 5 2 4 1
McGriff F, 1b 4 0 0 0 Bichette D, lf 4 1 2 2
Jones A, rf 4 0 1 0 Munoz M, p 0 0 0 0
Lopez J, c 3 1 1 1 Reed S, p 0 0 0 0
Lemke M, 2b 3 0 0 0 Coles D, ph 1 0 0 0
Graffanino T, 2b 0 0 0 0 Ruffin B, p 0 0 0 0
Blauser J, ss 3 0 0 0 Vander Wal J, 1b 5 0 2 3
Belliard R, ss 0 0 0 0 Castilla V, 3b 4 1 3 2
Smoltz J, p 2 0 2 0 Reed J, c 5 0 2 0
Embree A, p 0 0 0 0 Weiss W, ss 5 1 2 0
Clontz B, p 0 0 0 0 Holmes D, p 2 0 0 0
Wade T, p 0 0 0 0 Burks E, ph-lf 2 0 0 0
Borowski J, p 0 0 0 0
Mordecai M, ph 1 1 1 0
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32 2 8 2 43 9 20 8
Atlanta 010 000 001 -- 2
Colorado 300 022 11x -- 9
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz J (L) 5.2 14 7 5 1 4
Embree A 0.2 2 1 1 0 1
Clontz B 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Wade T 0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Borowski J 0.1 2 0 0 0 0
Colorado IP H R ER BB SO
Holmes D (W) 6.0 5 1 1 0 5
Munoz M 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Reed S 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Ruffin B 1.0 3 1 1 0 2
E -- Blauser J, Lopez J, Jones A
DP -- Atlanta 2, Colorado 2
LOB -- Atlanta 3, Colorado 11
2B -- Bichette D, Walker L, Mordecai M
HR -- Lopez J
SB -- McCracken Q, Burks E
CS -- Lofton K, Jones A
PB -- Lopez J
T -- 2:43
A -- 48155
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