Ultimate Mets Database: Game of July 23, 1996 - Box Score

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Expos 4, Mets 3 1996 Regular Season Game 99
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Rockies 10, Mets 7 Next Game:
July 23, 1996
Rockies 11, Mets 10

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National League Standings, July 23, 1996

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Mets Starting Lineup

cf
Lance
Johnson 2b
Jose
Vizcaino lf
Bernard
Gilkey 1b
Butch
Huskey rf
Alex
Ochoa c
Brent
Mayne 3b
Edgardo
Alfonzo ss
Rey
Ordonez p
Bobby
Jones

July 23, 1996, Coors Field, Denver, CO

Colorado Rockies 10, New York Mets 7

Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg.

Lance Johnson cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .318

Jose Vizcaino 2b 4 1 0 0 1 1 .296

Bernard Gilkey lf 4 1 2 1 1 0 .313

Butch Huskey 1b 5 1 2 2 0 1 .272

Alex Ochoa rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .320

- Jerry Dipoto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Todd Hundley ph-c 1 1 0 0 1 0 .253

Brent Mayne c 3 0 1 0 1 1 .265

- Tim Bogar pr-ss 0 1 0 0 0 0 .182

Edgardo Alfonzo 3b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .244

Rey Ordonez ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .260

- Andy Tomberlin ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .350

- Doug Henry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Bobby Jones p 1 0 0 0 1 1 .105

- Paul Byrd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

- Carl Everett rf 2 1 2 2 0 0 .253

Rockies ab r h bi bb so

Eric Young 2b 5 1 3 2 0 1

Walt Weiss ss 3 2 2 1 1 0

- Jason Bates ss 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ellis Burks lf 6 1 2 2 0 2

Dante Bichette rf 5 2 2 1 0 1

- Angel Echevarria rf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Andres Galarraga 1b 5 0 2 0 0 0

Vinny Castilla 3b 5 2 3 1 0 0

Jayhawk Owens c 4 1 2 0 1 1

Quinton McCracken cf 3 1 3 1 2 0

Kevin Ritz p 3 0 0 0 1 0

- Steve Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0

- Bruce Ruffin p 0 0 0 0 1 0

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

New York Mets 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 7 9 2

Colorado Rockies 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 3 x 10 19 2

New York Mets ip h r er bb so

Bobby Jones 4.2 13 5 4 1 2 4.65

Paul Byrd 1.1 3 2 2 3 2 4.71

Jerry Dipoto 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 4.32

Doug Henry (L,2-3) 1.0 3 3 3 2 1 4.15

Colorado Rockies ip h r er bb so

Kevin Ritz 7.2 6 6 2 4 3

Steve Reed 0.0 2 1 1 1 0

Bruce Ruffin (W) 1.1 1 0 0 1 1

Errors: Bernard Gilkey (3), Jason Bates.
WP: Paul Byrd.
2B: Carl Everett (6), Brent Mayne (3), Vinny Castilla 2, Dante Bichette, Jayhawk Owens.
3B: Ellis Burks.
HR: Butch Huskey (9), Walt Weiss, Ellis Burks.
Intentional Walks: Quinton McCracken 2.
HBP: Eric Young.
SH: Walt Weiss.
SB: Jose Vizcaino (9), Bernard Gilkey (12), Lance Johnson (36), Walt Weiss, Eric Young, Dante Bichette, Quinton McCracken.
CS: Lance Johnson (7), Eric Young.

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