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August 17, 1996

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Rockies 4 12 1
Reds 9 14 0
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Rockies 5 13 1
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Ellis Burks Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .337
OBP .500 .402
At Bats 4 478
Hits 2 161
• Singles 2 91
• Doubles 0 31
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 33
Walks 0 48
RBI’s 0 100

Lee Smith Season Stats

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3 2 2
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Riverfront Stadium - August 17, 1996
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Home Run
Lee Smith
Ed Taubensee
Hal Morris
Bret Boone
Jeff Branson
Barry Larkin
Thomas Howard
Eric Davis
Reggie Sanders
Ellis Burks
Count: 0-1, 0 Outs
Count: 0-1, 0 Outs

Barry Larkin now playing shortstop. Jeff Branson now playing third base. Lee Smith now pitching. Burks hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Davis strikes out.
Bottom 8 Morris hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Burks. Morris reaches second base with a double. Greene goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Greene takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 John Burke now pitching. Barry Larkin pinch hits for Jeff Shaw. Larkin hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Branson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Boone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Sanders hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Taubensee hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Steve Reed now pitching. Davis strikes out.
Bottom 8 Mike Munoz now pitching. Morris hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walker. Morris reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Weiss hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Branson fields it and throws to third for the out. Castilla scores. Vander Wal moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 John Vander Wal pinch hits for Curt Leskanic. Vander Wal is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Reed hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Davis. Reed reaches second base with a double. Castilla moves to third.
Top 8 Castilla hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Jeff Shaw now pitching. Galarraga hits a ball on the ground towards third. Greene fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Greene hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops it up and throws to first, with Leskanic covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Howard strikes out.
Bottom 7 Walt Weiss now playing shortstop. Eric Owens pinch hits for Scott Service. Owens hits a line drive into right field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There goes Bichette. The throw from Taubensee and he is out, Boone applying the tag.
Top 7 Bichette takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Walker is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Burks strikes out.
Bottom 6 Branson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bates scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Boone for the out. Davis scores. Taubensee moves to third.
Bottom 6 Curt Leskanic now pitching. Sanders hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Taubensee hits a line drive into left center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Davis moves to third.
Bottom 6 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bates fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Bates hits a ball on the ground towards short. Branson fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Young trying to get to home. Branson throws to Taubensee who tags Young for the out.
Top 6 Young hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Young reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Freeman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Branson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Scott Service now pitching. Reed hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boone scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Morris hits a line drive into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Greene takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Freeman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Lenny Harris pinch hits for Giovanni Carrara. Harris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Harris for the out. Branson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Branson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Castilla strikes out.
Top 5 Galarraga hits a ball on the ground towards third. Greene fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bichette hits a popup, foul, towards first. Morris settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Sanders is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Taubensee hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Walker strikes out.
Top 4 Burks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Freeman moves to third. Burks moves to second.
Top 4 Bates hits a line drive into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Young bunts towards first. Morris scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Young for the out. Freeman moves to second.
Top 4 Freeman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bates fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Morris hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Greene strikes out.
Bottom 3 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Reed hits a ball on the ground towards first. Morris scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Reed for the out.
Top 3 Castilla hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Galarraga hits a ball on the ground towards third. Greene fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Bichette hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Walker hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Burks bunts towards third. Greene fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Bates strikes out.
Bottom 2 Carrara strikes out.
Bottom 2 Branson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sanders moves to third.
Bottom 2 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out. Sanders moves to second.
Bottom 2 Sanders takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Young hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Freeman is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Reed takes first base on ball four. Bichette moves to third. Galarraga moves to second.
Top 2 Castilla hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Galarraga hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Bichette moves to second.
Top 2 Bichette hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Taubensee hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Taubensee for the out.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Davis moves to second.
Bottom 1 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Castilla. Morris scores.
Bottom 1 Morris hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Walker. Morris reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Greene hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Freeman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Walker hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 The ball gets by Taubensee for a passed ball. Bates moves to second.
Top 1 Burks hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bates takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Young hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.