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Rockies
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
April 26, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Colorado Rockies, played on April 26, 1997 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | April 26, 1997 |
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Visiting Team |
Colorado Rockies
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Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 26, 1997 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Colorado Rockies |
Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bill Swift |
Home Starting Pitcher | Matt Morris |
Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
City | St. Louis |
State | MO |
Attendance | 45,681 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 46 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Brian Gorman 1B: Wally Bell 2B: Jerry Crawford 3B: Ed Montague |
Colorado Rockies Lineup
Name | Position |
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Eric Young | Second Baseman |
Ellis Burks | Center Fielder |
Larry Walker | Right Fielder |
Andres Galarraga | First Baseman |
Dante Bichette | Left Fielder |
Vinny Castilla | Third Baseman |
Kirt Manwaring | Catcher |
Walt Weiss | Shortstop |
Bill Swift | Pitcher |
Don Baylor | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Delino DeShields | Second Baseman |
Ron Gant | Left Fielder |
Ray Lankford | Center Fielder |
Brian Jordan | Right Fielder |
Dmitri Young | First Baseman |
Gary Gaetti | Third Baseman |
Tom Lampkin | Catcher |
Royce Clayton | Shortstop |
Matt Morris | Pitcher |
Tony LaRussa | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Rockies
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
April 26, 1997
Top 1
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Rockies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Morris
Young hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Burks vs. Morris
Burks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out. Young moves to second. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Walker vs. Morris
Walker strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Galarraga vs. Morris
Galarraga strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rockies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
DeShields vs. Swift
DeShields hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gant vs. Swift
Gant strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Lankford vs. Swift
Lankford 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
Top 2
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Rockies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bichette vs. Morris
Bichette strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Castilla vs. Morris
Castilla hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Manwaring vs. Morris
Manwaring takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Weiss vs. Morris
Weiss strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rockies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Jordan vs. Swift
Jordan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Swift
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gaetti vs. Swift
Gaetti hits a popup towards third. Castilla settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Rockies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Swift vs. Morris
Swift strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Morris
Young hits a line drive into center field. Lankford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Morris
Burks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rockies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Lampkin vs. Swift
Lampkin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lampkin for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Clayton vs. Swift
Clayton hits a fly ball into left field. Bichette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Morris vs. Swift
Morris hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Swift fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Rockies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Morris
Walker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Galarraga vs. Morris
Galarraga hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gant. Galarraga reaches second base with a double. Walker moves to third. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Bichette vs. Morris
Bichette hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Gant. Bichette reaches second base with a double. Walker scores. Galarraga scores. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Castilla vs. Morris
Castilla hits a popup towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Manwaring vs. Morris
Manwaring hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bichette moves to third. View Play -
Rockies, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Weiss vs. Morris
Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young fields it and throws to second for the out. Bichette scores. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Swift vs. Morris
Swift strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
DeShields vs. Swift
DeShields takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gant vs. Swift
Gant hits a line drive towards short. Weiss reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Lankford vs. Swift
Lankford strikes out. There goes DeShields. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Jordan vs. Swift
Jordan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Morris
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Morris
Burks hits a fly ball towards center. Lankford settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Lankford. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Morris
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DeShields fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Swift
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gaetti vs. Swift
Gaetti hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Lampkin vs. Swift
Lampkin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clayton vs. Swift
Clayton hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walker. Clayton reaches second base with a double. Lampkin moves to third. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Sweeney vs. Swift
Mark Sweeney pinch hits for Matt Morris.
Sweeney takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
DeShields vs. Swift
DeShields 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
Top 6
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Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Galarraga vs. Petkovsek
Mark Petkovsek now pitching.
Galarraga hits a ball on the ground towards short. Clayton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bichette vs. Petkovsek
Bichette hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bichette for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Castilla vs. Petkovsek
Castilla hits a fly ball into left field. Gant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gant vs. Swift
Gant hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Swift fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Lankford vs. Swift
Lankford hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Swift fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jordan vs. Swift
Jordan hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Young reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Manwaring vs. Petkovsek
Manwaring hits a line drive into right field. Jordan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Weiss vs. Petkovsek
Weiss hits a line drive towards first. Young reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Coles vs. Petkovsek
Darnell Coles pinch hits for Bill Swift.
Coles is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Petkovsek
Young hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops it up and throws to first, with Petkovsek covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Holmes
Darren Holmes now pitching.
Young hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Gaetti vs. Holmes
Gaetti hits a line drive into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Lampkin vs. Holmes
Lampkin hits a fly ball into left field. Bichette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Clayton vs. Holmes
Clayton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Young moves to second. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McGee vs. Holmes
Willie McGee pinch hits for Mark Petkovsek.
McGee hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McGee for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Batchelor
Rich Batchelor now pitching.
Burks hits a line drive into left field. Gant picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Gant. Burks moves to second. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Walker vs. Batchelor
Walker strikes out. Lampkin drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Walker out. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Galarraga vs. Batchelor
Galarraga is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Bichette vs. Batchelor
Bichette hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Burks scores. Galarraga moves to third. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Castilla vs. Batchelor
Quinton McCracken pinch runs for Dante Bichette.
There goes McCracken. The throw from Lampkin and he is safe. McCracken steals second. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -23
Castilla vs. Batchelor
Castilla is walked intentionally. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Manwaring vs. Batchelor
Manwaring hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gaetti fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rockies, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
DeShields vs. Holmes
Ellis Burks now playing left field. Quinton McCracken now playing center field.
DeShields bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Manwaring settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gant vs. Holmes
Gant takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Lankford vs. Holmes
Lankford hits a ball on the ground off the glove of Young, and into shallow right field. Lankford reaches second base with a double. Gant moves to third. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -23
Jordan vs. Holmes
Jordan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gant scores. Lankford moves to third. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Young vs. Holmes
Young hits a popup towards short. Weiss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gaetti vs. Holmes
Gaetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Rockies, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Weiss vs. Batchelor
Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Weiss for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Holmes vs. Batchelor
Holmes strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Batchelor
Young hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. DeShields settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Rockies, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Lampkin vs. Holmes
Lampkin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Clayton vs. Holmes
Clayton 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 -
Rockies, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Mabry vs. Holmes
John Mabry pinch hits for Rich Batchelor.
Mabry hits a line drive into center field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
DeShields vs. Holmes
DeShields hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Clayton moves to third. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gant vs. Holmes
Gant hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Clayton scores. DeShields moves to second. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lankford vs. Ruffin
Bruce Ruffin now pitching.
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Lankford vs. Ruffin
Lankford takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 123
Jordan vs. Ruffin
Jordan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/26/1997 -- Colorado at St.Louis (D) Colorado AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI Young E, 2b 5 0 1 0 DeShields D, 2b 4 0 1 0 Burks E, cf-lf 4 1 1 0 Gant R, lf 4 1 1 1 Walker L, rf 4 1 1 0 Lankford R, cf 4 0 1 0 Galarraga A, 1b 3 1 1 0 Jordan B, rf 5 0 1 1 Bichette D, lf 4 1 2 3 Young D, 1b 4 0 1 0 McCracken Q, pr-cf 0 0 0 0 Gaetti G, 3b 4 0 1 0 Castilla V, 3b 3 0 0 0 Lampkin T, c 3 0 0 0 Manwaring K, c 3 0 1 0 Clayton R, ss 4 1 2 0 Weiss W, ss 4 0 0 1 Morris M, p 1 0 0 0 Swift B, p 2 0 0 0 Sweeney M, ph 0 0 0 0 Coles D, ph 0 0 0 0 Petkovsek M, p 0 0 0 0 Holmes D, p 1 0 0 0 McGee W, ph 1 0 0 0 Ruffin B, p 0 0 0 0 Batchelor R, p 0 0 0 0 Mabry J, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 4 7 4 35 2 8 2 Colorado 000 300 010 -- 4 St.Louis 000 000 011 -- 2 Colorado IP H R ER BB SO Swift B (W) 6.0 2 0 0 2 2 Holmes D 2.2 6 2 2 2 0 Ruffin B (S) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Morris M (L) 5.0 5 3 3 1 6 Petkovsek M 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 Batchelor R 2.0 2 1 1 1 2 E -- Lankford R, Gant R DP -- St.Louis 2 LOB -- Colorado 6, St.Louis 11 2B -- Galarraga A, Bichette D, Clayton R, Lankford R SB -- DeShields D 2, McCracken Q, Gant R HBP -- by Petkovsek M (Coles D), by Batchelor R (Galarraga A) T -- 2:46 A -- 45681
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