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BAL 13
SEA  3

MIN 10
@BOS  7

CHW 10
OAK  6

TOR  4
@CLE  3

KCR  4
@DET  0

NYY  5
TEX  4

PIT 10
@COL  8

FLA  5
ATL  1

HOU  4
NYM  2

CHC  6
@SDP  2

STL  6
PHI  2

Standings at end of play this day

Coors Field, Attendance: 48,050

Thursday, May 8, 1997, 1:06
Time of Game: 3:20
Pirates
10
18-15
Won 3
2nd, ½ GB
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Pirates         1  0  0   8  1  0   0  0  0   10 14  0
Rockies         2  0  3   0  0  1   2  0  0    8 15  2
W: E Loaiza (4-0), L: J Wright (4-2), S: R Loiselle (2)
Rockies
8
21-11
Lost 2
1st

BATTING

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
T Womack 2B                   5   1   2   1    1   0  .258  .681   26    3   2   
M Cummings RF                 6   1   2   0    0   1  .256  .797   22    3   0   2B
A Martin LF                   4   2   2   1    1   1  .310  .855   21    3   0   HR
M Johnson 1B                  4   1   3   1    1   0  .255  .710   18    7   0   
K Elster SS                   3   2   1   2    1   1  .219  .785   23    4   3   HR,HBP
J Kendall C                   4   1   2   3    1   0  .245  .692   17    5   1   2B,GDP
J Guillen CF                  3   0   0   0    1   1  .248  .663   19    0   0   
  C Peters P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  D Wainhouse P               0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         1   0   
  R Rincon P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  K Young PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .278  .659    3    0   0   
  R Loiselle P                0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
J Randa 3B                    4   1   1   1    0   1  .252  .689   22    0   1   2B,SH
E Loaiza P                    3   1   1   0    0   1  .176  .352    9    0   1   
  J Allensworth CF            2   0   0   0    0   1  .261  .742    9    1   0   
Totals                       39  10  14   9    6   7              189   27   8
BATTING
2B: J Randa (7, off J Wright); M Cummings (5, off M DeJean); J Kendall (8, off M DeJean).
HR: K Elster (6, off J Wright; 4th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep RF); A Martin (3, off J Wright; 1st inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep CF-RF).
SH: J Randa (2, off B Ruffin).
HBP: K Elster (1, by J Wright).
TB: A Martin 5; K Elster 4; J Kendall 3; M Cummings 3; M Johnson 3; J Randa 2; T Womack 2; E Loaiza.
GIDP: J Kendall (2).
RBI: J Kendall 3 (10); K Elster 2 (21); J Randa (11); T Womack (8); M Johnson (15); A Martin (14).
2-out RBI: J Kendall 3; A Martin; M Johnson; T Womack; K Elster.
Team LOB: 10.
With RISP: 3 for 10.
FIELDING
DP: 1. K Elster-M Johnson.
BASERUNNING
PO: J Kendall (1st base by J Wright).
Colorado Rockies             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
E Young 2B                    4   1   2   0    1   0  .359  .948   19    3   3   CS
J Vander Wal RF               4   1   1   0    1   2  .200  .459   24    2   0   
D Bichette LF                 4   2   2   2    1   0  .322  .835   13    1   0   
L Walker CF                   4   1   1   2    0   1  .415 1.290   16    1   0   HR,HBP
A Galarraga 1B                3   1   2   2    2   0  .358 1.069   16    9   0   2B
V Castilla 3B                 5   1   2   0    0   0  .311  .965   12    0   1   
J Reed C                      5   1   3   2    0   0  .360  .969   17    7   1   2·2B,GDP
W Weiss SS                    5   0   2   0    0   0  .278  .764   15    4   3   
  Q McCracken PR              0   0   0   0    0   0  .351  .894         0   0   
J Wright P                    1   0   0   0    0   1  .167  .500    6    0   1   
  M DeJean P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                1    0   0   SH
  D Coles PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .398    3    0   0   
  M Munoz P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  J Bates PH                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .313  .764    6    0   0   
  B Ruffin P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  E Burks PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .747    5    0   0   
Totals                       38   8  15   8    5   5              153   27   9
BATTING
2B: J Reed 2 (3, off R Loiselle, off D Wainhouse); A Galarraga (5, off E Loaiza).
HR: L Walker (12, off E Loaiza; 1st inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep LF Line).
SH: M DeJean (1, off E Loaiza).
HBP: L Walker (3, by E Loaiza).
TB: J Reed 5; L Walker 4; A Galarraga 3; E Young 2; D Bichette 2; V Castilla 2; W Weiss 2; J Vander Wal.
GIDP: J Reed (3).
RBI: L Walker 2 (36); J Reed 2 (11); D Bichette 2 (30); A Galarraga 2 (32).
2-out RBI: L Walker 2; D Bichette.
Team LOB: 10.
With RISP: 5 for 14.
FIELDING
DP: 1. V Castilla-E Young-A Galarraga.
E: A Galarraga (3); J Vander Wal (1).
BASERUNNING
CS: E Young (5, 2nd base by E Loaiza/J Kendall).

PITCHING

Pittsburgh Pirates            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
E Loaiza, W (4-0)              5.2  11   6   6    2   2   1   2.44   28   92-53   35· 6·12   14· 5· 4· 0     23    -     0.77  -0.17
C Peters                       0     0   0   0    2   0   0   2.25    2    9-1     1· 0· 0    0· 0· 0· 0          2-1    1.33  -0.08
D Wainhouse, H (1)             0.2   2   2   2    1   1   0  10.38    5   13-7     3· 2· 2    1· 0· 2· 0          3-0    1.87  -0.14
R Rincon, H (4)                1.2   0   0   0    0   2   0   1.62    5   21-15    7· 4· 4    0· 3· 0· 0          1-0    1.57   0.26
R Loiselle, S (2)              1     2   0   0    0   0   0   3.06    5   15-10    8· 0· 2    1· 1· 3· 0          0-0    1.88   0.12
Totals                         9    15   8   8    5   5   1          45  150-86   54·12·20   16· 9· 9· 0          6-1 
Colorado Rockies              IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Wright, L (4-2)              3.2   8   9   9    4   3   2   8.03   23   84-47   25· 7·15    7· 4· 4· 0      8    -     1.20  -0.39
M DeJean                       2.1   4   1   0    0   1   0   0.00   11   41-27   20· 1· 6    6· 1· 3· 0          3-3    0.55  -0.21
M Munoz                        1     1   0   0    0   0   0   6.10    4   19-13    8· 2· 3    3· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.19   0.02
B Ruffin                       2     1   0   0    2   3   0   2.40    9   41-24   11· 5· 8    3· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.59   0.07
Totals                         9    14  10   9    6   7   2          47  185-111  64·15·32   19· 6· 8· 0          3-3 
C Peters faced 2 batters in the 6th inning.
Balks: None.
WP: J Wright (1).
IBB: None.
PO: J Wright (2; J Kendall, 1st base).
HBP: J Wright (1; K Elster); E Loaiza (4; L Walker).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - Wally Bell, 2B - Rich Rieker, 3B - Tom Hallion.
Time of Game: 3:20.
Attendance: 48,050.
Field Condition: Dry.
Weather: 53° F, Wind 13mph out to Centerfield, Sunny, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Pittsburgh Pirates            Colorado Rockies                     
1. T Womack             2B    1. E Young              2B 
2. M Cummings           RF    2. J Vander Wal         RF 
3. A Martin             LF    3. D Bichette           LF 
4. M Johnson            1B    4. L Walker             CF 
5. K Elster             SS    5. A Galarraga          1B 
6. J Kendall            C     6. V Castilla           3B 
7. J Guillen            CF    7. J Reed               C  
8. J Randa              3B    8. W Weiss              SS 
9. E Loaiza             P     9. J Wright             P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 4   2  5-6  123  7   22%  84% J Kendall       M DeJean        Double to LF (Ground Ball); Martin Scores; Johnson Scores; Elster Scores
   b 1   2  1-0  1--  1  -17%  40% L Walker        E Loaiza        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Bichette Scores
   b 7   0 10-6  12-  2  -16%  64% J Reed          D Wainhouse     Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Galarraga Scores; Castilla Scores
   b 9   2 10-8  1-3  5   12% 100% E Burks         R Loiselle      Lineout: RF (Short CF-RF)
   t 4   2  5-4  123  5   11%  52% M Johnson       J Wright        Walk; Womack Scores; Cummings to 3B; Martin to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Tied 0-0, Jamey Wright facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  4   48%  T Womack        Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 1B)
   O      ---  3   46%  M Cummings      Groundout: 1B unassisted
   R      ---  1   55%  A Martin        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
          ---  5   56%  M Johnson       Single to P (Pop Fly to P's Left)
   O      1--  4   54%  K Elster        Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Rockies 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Rockies Batting, Behind 0-1, Esteban Loaiza facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   50%  E Young         Walk
   O      1--      56%  J Vander Wal    Young Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
   O      ---  8   58%  " "             Lineout: 2B (SS-2B)
          ---  3   57%  D Bichette      Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole)
   RR     1--  1   40%  L Walker        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Bichette Scores
          ---  4   39%  A Galarraga     Walk
   O      1--  2   41%  V Castilla      Popfly: 1B (2B-1B)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Rockies 2.

Top of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Behind 1-2, Jamey Wright facing 6-7-8
          ---  4   45%  J Kendall       Walk
   O      1--      38%  J Guillen       Kendall Picked off 1B (P-1B)
          ---  8   41%  " "             Walk
   O      1--  3   38%  J Randa         Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  4   35%  E Loaiza        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Rockies 2.

Bottom of the 2nd, Rockies Batting, Ahead 2-1, Esteban Loaiza facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  6   37%  J Reed          Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  4   39%  W Weiss         Popfly: RF (Short CF-RF)
   O      ---  6   40%  J Wright        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Rockies 2.

Top of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Behind 1-2, Jamey Wright facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   37%  T Womack        Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 1B)
   O      ---  1   35%  M Cummings      Flyball: RF
          ---  5   37%  A Martin        Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 2B)
   O      1--  1   34%  M Johnson       Lineout: RF (Deep RF Line)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Rockies 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Rockies Batting, Ahead 2-1, Esteban Loaiza facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   31%  E Young         Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF)
          1--  1   24%  J Vander Wal    Single to RF (Ground Ball); Young to 3B
   R      1-3  1   19%  D Bichette      Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Young Scores; Vander Wal to 2B
          12-  5   15%  L Walker        Hit By Pitch; Vander Wal to 3B; Bichette to 2B
   RR     123  1    7%  A Galarraga     Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Vander Wal Scores; Bichette Scores; Walker to 3B/Adv on throw; Galarraga to 2B
   O      -23  1   10%  V Castilla      Single/runner struck by batted ball and is out (Ground Ball); Walker stays at 3B; Galarraga out at 2B/SS; Castilla to 1B
   OO     1-3  2   15%  J Reed          Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Rockies 5.

Top of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Behind 1-5, Jamey Wright facing 5-6-7
   R      ---  6   21%  K Elster        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
          ---  2   25%  J Kendall       Single to CF (Line Drive to SS-2B)
          1--      27%  J Guillen       Wild Pitch; Kendall to 2B
   O      -2-  3   23%  " "             Strikeout Looking
   R      -2-  5   31%  J Randa         Double to LF (Ground Ball); Kendall Scores
   O      -2-  1   27%  E Loaiza        Groundout: 2B-1B; Randa to 3B
   R      --3  4   36%  T Womack        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Randa Scores
          1--  4   39%  M Cummings      Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 1B); Womack to 3B
          1-3  4   42%  A Martin        Walk; Cummings to 2B
   R      123  5   52%  M Johnson       Walk; Womack Scores; Cummings to 3B; Martin to 2B
   R      123  3   63%  K Elster        Hit By Pitch; Cummings Scores; Martin to 3B; Johnson to 2B
                  Mike DeJean replaces Jamey Wright pitching and batting 9th
   RRR    123  7   84%  J Kendall       Double to LF (Ground Ball); Martin Scores; Johnson Scores; Elster Scores
   O      -2-  1   82%  J Guillen       Groundout: SS-1B
                  8 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 9, Rockies 5.

Bottom of the 4th, Rockies Batting, Behind 5-9, Esteban Loaiza facing 8-9-1
          ---  3   79%  W Weiss         Single to 2B (Ground Ball to 2B-1B)
   O      1--  1   81%  M DeJean        Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Weiss to 2B
   O      -2-  2   85%  E Young         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      -2-  3   87%  J Vander Wal    Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 9, Rockies 5.

Top of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 9-5, Mike DeJean facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  6   86%  J Randa         Strikeout Looking
          ---  4   87%  E Loaiza        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  1   86%  T Womack        Lineout: CF (Deep CF-RF)
   R      1--  4   91%  M Cummings      Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line); Loaiza Scores/Adv on E9/unER/No RBI; Cummings to 3B
   O      --3  6   90%  A Martin        Popfly: SS (Deep SS)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Pirates 10, Rockies 5.

Bottom of the 5th, Rockies Batting, Behind 5-10, Esteban Loaiza facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  1   92%  D Bichette      Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  4   93%  L Walker        Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  4   92%  A Galarraga     Double to CF (Line Drive)
   O      -2-  5   94%  V Castilla      Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 10, Rockies 5.

Top of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 10-5, Mike DeJean facing 4-5-6
          ---  4   95%  M Johnson       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  3   94%  K Elster        Lineout: SS
   O      1--  2   93%  J Kendall       Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--  3   92%  J Guillen       Groundout: SS unassisted/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 10, Rockies 5.

Bottom of the 6th, Rockies Batting, Behind 5-10, Esteban Loaiza facing 7-8-9
          ---  4   90%  J Reed          Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF)
   O      1--  5   92%  W Weiss         Flyball: LF
                  Darnell Coles pinch hits for Mike DeJean batting 9th
   O      1--  3   94%  D Coles         Popfly: SS (SS-3B Hole)
          1--  4   93%  E Young         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Reed to 2B
                  Chris Peters replaces Jose Guillen pitching and batting 7th; Jermaine Allensworth replaces Esteban Loaiza playing CF batting 9th
          12-  5   90%  J Vander Wal    Walk; Reed to 3B; Young to 2B
   R      123  4   85%  D Bichette      Walk; Reed Scores; Young to 3B; Vander Wal to 2B
                  Dave Wainhouse replaces Chris Peters pitching and batting 7th
   O      123  4   92%  L Walker        Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Pirates 10, Rockies 6.

Top of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 10-6, Mike Munoz facing 8-9-1
                  Mike Munoz replaces Darnell Coles pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  6   92%  J Randa         Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  2   91%  J Allensworth   Groundout: 1B unassisted
          ---  7   91%  T Womack        Single to 2B (Ground Ball to Weak 2B-1B)
   O      1--  4   91%  M Cummings      Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 10, Rockies 6.

Bottom of the 7th, Rockies Batting, Behind 6-10, Dave Wainhouse facing 5-6-7
          ---  4   87%  A Galarraga     Walk
          1--  1   81%  V Castilla      Single to CF (Line Drive); Galarraga to 2B
   RR     12-  2   64%  J Reed          Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Galarraga Scores; Castilla Scores
   O      -2-  2   69%  W Weiss         Groundout: 2B-P (2B-1B); Reed to 3B
                  Ricardo Rincon replaces Dave Wainhouse pitching and batting 7th; Jason Bates pinch hits for Mike Munoz batting 9th
   O      --3  6   78%  J Bates         Strikeout Swinging
   O      --3  5   84%  E Young         Flyball: CF
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 10, Rockies 8.

Top of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 10-8, Bruce Ruffin facing 3-4-5
                  Bruce Ruffin replaces Jason Bates pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  5   82%  A Martin        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  3   84%  M Johnson       Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line)
          1--  7   86%  K Elster        Walk; Johnson to 2B
   OO     12-  2   80%  J Kendall       Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 10, Rockies 8.

Bottom of the 8th, Rockies Batting, Behind 8-10, Ricardo Rincon facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  4   85%  J Vander Wal    Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   89%  D Bichette      Flyball: LF
   O      ---  2   91%  L Walker        Flyball: RF (Short RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 10, Rockies 8.

Top of the 9th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 10-8, Bruce Ruffin facing 7-8-9
                  Kevin Young pinch hits for Ricardo Rincon batting 7th
          ---  3   92%  K Young         Reached on E3 (Ground Ball to 2B-1B); Young to 1B
   O      1--  2   92%  J Randa         Bunt Groundout: C-2B/Sacrifice; Young to 2B
   O      -2-  7   90%  J Allensworth   Strikeout Swinging
          -2-  6   90%  T Womack        Walk
   O      12-  6   88%  M Cummings      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Pirates 10, Rockies 8.

Bottom of the 9th, Rockies Batting, Behind 8-10, Rich Loiselle facing 5-6-7
                  Rich Loiselle replaces Kevin Young pitching and batting 7th
   O      ---  3   94%  A Galarraga     Popfly: 2B (Deep SS-2B)
   O      ---  3   98%  V Castilla      Lineout: LF (Deep LF)
          ---  3   94%  J Reed          Double to RF (Line Drive)
          -2-  1   88%  W Weiss         Single to 2B (Ground Ball); Reed to 3B
                  Ellis Burks pinch hits for Bruce Ruffin batting 9th; Quinton McCracken pinch runs for Walt Weiss batting 8th
   O      1-3  5  100%  E Burks         Lineout: RF (Short CF-RF)
        0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 10, Rockies 8.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:COL199705080

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