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Mets
@ Rockies
Coors Field
August 17, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Colorado Rockies and the New York Mets, played on August 17, 1997 at Coors Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 17, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Mets
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| Home Team |
Colorado Rockies
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 17, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | New York Mets |
| Home Team | Colorado Rockies |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave Mlicki |
| Home Starting Pitcher | John Thomson |
| Ballpark | Coors Field |
| City | Denver |
| State | CO |
| Attendance | 48,440 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 41 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jerry Crawford 1B: CB Bucknor 2B: Wally Bell 3B: Tom Hallion |
New York Mets Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Carl Everett | Right Fielder |
| Edgardo Alfonzo | Third Baseman |
| John Olerud | First Baseman |
| Todd Hundley | Catcher |
| Bernard Gilkey | Left Fielder |
| Carlos Baerga | Second Baseman |
| Brian McRae | Center Fielder |
| Luis Lopez | Shortstop |
| Dave Mlicki | Pitcher |
| Bobby Valentine | Manager |
Colorado Rockies Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eric Young | Second Baseman |
| Todd Helton | First Baseman |
| Larry Walker | Right Fielder |
| Dante Bichette | Left Fielder |
| Ellis Burks | Center Fielder |
| Vinny Castilla | Third Baseman |
| Kirt Manwaring | Catcher |
| Walt Weiss | Shortstop |
| John Thomson | Pitcher |
| Don Baylor | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Mets
@ Rockies
Coors Field
August 17, 1997
Top 1
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Mets, 0 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Everett vs. Thomson
Everett hits a line drive towards the mound. Thomson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Alfonzo vs. Thomson
Alfonzo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Olerud vs. Thomson
Olerud hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Hundley vs. Thomson
Hundley hits a popup towards short. Weiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Mets, 0 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Mlicki
Young strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, 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 -
Mets, 0 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Mlicki
Walker 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
Top 2
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Mets, 0 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gilkey vs. Thomson
Gilkey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 0 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Baerga vs. Thomson
Baerga hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Burks. Baerga reaches second base with a double. Gilkey goes all the way around to score. Baerga moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
McRae vs. Thomson
McRae hits a popup towards third. Castilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 1 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lopez vs. Thomson
Lopez hits a popup off the glove of Young, and into shallow right field. Lopez reaches second base with a double. Baerga scores. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Mlicki vs. Thomson
Mlicki takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Everett vs. Thomson
Everett hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Alfonzo vs. Thomson
Alfonzo takes first base on ball four. Lopez moves to third. Mlicki moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 2 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Olerud vs. Thomson
Olerud hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Thomson juggles the ball. That's an error on Thomson. Lopez scores. Mlicki moves to third. Alfonzo moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Hundley vs. Thomson
Hundley 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 2
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Mets, 3 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bichette vs. Mlicki
Bichette hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alfonzo fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Mlicki
Burks strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castilla vs. Mlicki
Castilla hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manwaring vs. Mlicki
Manwaring hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Weiss vs. Mlicki
Weiss hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Manwaring moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Thomson vs. Mlicki
Thomson 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
Top 3
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Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gilkey vs. Thomson
Gilkey hits a popup towards first. Helton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Baerga vs. Thomson
Baerga hits a ball on the ground towards first. Helton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Baerga for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Thomson
McRae 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 3
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Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Mlicki
Young hits a popup, foul, towards first. Olerud settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Helton vs. Mlicki
Helton hits a fly ball into left field. Gilkey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Mlicki
Walker hits a line drive towards short. Lopez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Thomson
Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mlicki vs. Thomson
Mlicki bunts towards first. Helton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mlicki for the out. Lopez moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Everett vs. Thomson
Everett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first, with Thomson covering, for the out. Lopez moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Alfonzo vs. Thomson
Alfonzo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Bichette vs. Mlicki
Bichette hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Mlicki
Burks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alfonzo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Castilla vs. Mlicki
Castilla strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Manwaring vs. Mlicki
Manwaring strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Olerud vs. Thomson
Olerud hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Hundley vs. Thomson
Hundley 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 -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gilkey vs. Thomson
Gilkey strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Weiss vs. Mlicki
Weiss 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 -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Mlicki
Thomson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Mlicki
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alfonzo fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Thomson moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Helton vs. Mlicki
Helton hits a fly ball into center field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Walker vs. Mlicki
Walker takes first base on ball four. Thomson moves to third. Young moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bichette vs. Mlicki
Bichette hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gilkey. Bichette reaches second base with a double. Thomson scores. Young scores. Walker goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Burks vs. Mlicki
Burks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bichette scores. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Castilla vs. Mlicki
Castilla hits a fly ball into right field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Mets, 3 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Baerga vs. Thomson
Baerga takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Thomson
McRae bunts towards the right side of the infield. Young fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Mets, 3 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Thomson
Lopez hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Bichette. Lopez reaches second base with a double. McRae goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Franco vs. Thomson
Matt Franco pinch hits for Dave Mlicki.
Franco hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Everett vs. Thomson
Everett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Lopez trying to get to home. Young throws to Manwaring who tags Lopez for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Mets, 4 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Manwaring vs. Wendell
Turk Wendell now pitching.
Manwaring hits a fly ball into right field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Weiss vs. Wendell
Weiss hits a fly ball into left field. Gilkey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Wendell
Neifi Perez pinch hits for John Thomson.
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Mets, 4 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Alfonzo vs. Munoz
Neifi Perez now playing shortstop. Mike Munoz now pitching.
Alfonzo hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Olerud vs. Munoz
Olerud hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Alfonzo moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Hundley vs. Munoz
Hundley hits a fly ball into left field. Bichette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Gilkey vs. Reed
Steve Reed now pitching.
Gilkey strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Baerga vs. Reed
Baerga hits a popup, foul, towards third. Castilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Mets, 4 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Wendell
Young takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Helton vs. Wendell
Helton takes first base on ball four. Young moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Rockies, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Walker vs. Wendell
Quinton McCracken pinch runs for Todd Helton.
Walker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Young scores. McCracken moves to second. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Rockies, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Bichette vs. Wendell
Bichette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baerga fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. McCracken moves to third. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Rockies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Burks vs. Wendell
Burks takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Rockies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Castilla vs. Wendell
Castilla hits a fly ball into left field. Gilkey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Mets, 4 - Rockies, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McRae vs. DeJean
Quinton McCracken now playing center field. Mike DeJean now pitching. Ellis Burks now playing left field. Andres Galarraga now playing first base.
McRae strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Rockies, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. DeJean
Lopez 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 -
Mets, 4 - Rockies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Huskey vs. DeJean
Butch Huskey pinch hits for Turk Wendell.
Huskey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Mets, 4 - Rockies, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Manwaring vs. Rojas
Mel Rojas now pitching.
Manwaring strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Rockies, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Galarraga vs. Rojas
Galarraga hits a fly ball into right field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Rockies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Rojas
Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Mets, 4 - Rockies, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Everett vs. DiPoto
Jerry DiPoto now pitching.
Everett strikes out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Rockies, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Alfonzo vs. DiPoto
Alfonzo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Rockies, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Olerud vs. DiPoto
Olerud hits a fly ball into center field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mets, 4 - Rockies, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Hundley vs. DiPoto
Hundley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. DiPoto fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/17/1997 -- New York at Colorado (D)
New York AB R H RBI Colorado AB R H RBI
Everett C, rf 5 0 1 0 Young E, 2b 3 2 1 0
Alfonzo E, 3b 2 0 1 0 Helton T, 1b 3 0 0 0
Olerud J, 1b 5 0 2 0 McCracken Q, pr-cf 0 0 0 0
Hundley T, c 5 0 0 0 Walker L, rf 3 1 1 1
Gilkey B, lf 4 1 1 0 Bichette D, lf 4 1 1 3
Baerga C, 2b 3 1 1 1 DeJean M, p 0 0 0 0
McRae B, cf 4 1 0 0 DiPoto J, p 0 0 0 0
Lopez L, ss 4 1 3 2 Burks E, cf-lf 3 0 2 1
Mlicki D, p 0 0 0 0 Castilla V, 3b 4 1 1 1
Franco M, ph 1 0 0 0 Manwaring K, c 4 0 1 0
Wendell T, p 0 0 0 0 Weiss W, ss 3 0 1 0
Huskey B, ph 1 0 0 0 Munoz M, p 0 0 0 0
Rojas M, p 0 0 0 0 Reed S, p 0 0 0 0
Galarraga A, 1b 1 0 0 0
Thomson J, p 2 1 1 0
Perez N, ph-ss 2 0 0 0
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34 4 9 3 32 6 9 6
New York 030 001 000 -- 4
Colorado 010 040 10x -- 6
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Mlicki D (L) 5.0 8 5 5 1 4
Wendell T 2.0 1 1 1 3 0
Rojas M 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Colorado IP H R ER BB SO
Thomson J (W) 6.0 7 4 3 4 1
Munoz M 0.1 2 0 0 0 0
Reed S 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
DeJean M 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
DiPoto J (S) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
E -- Thomson J
DP -- New York 1, Colorado 1
LOB -- New York 9, Colorado 6
2B -- Baerga C, Lopez L 2, Bichette D
HR -- Castilla V
SH -- Mlicki D
T -- 2:41
A -- 48440
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