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Rockies
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
May 31, 1996
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Colorado Rockies, played on May 31, 1996 at Three Rivers Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | May 31, 1996 |
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Visiting Team |
Colorado Rockies
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Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 31, 1996 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Colorado Rockies |
Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Armando Reynoso |
Home Starting Pitcher | Denny Neagle |
Ballpark | Three Rivers Stadium |
City | Pittsburgh |
State | PA |
Attendance | 26,640 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 33 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Frank Pulli 1B: Bob Davidson 2B: Larry Poncino 3B: Greg Bonin |
Colorado Rockies Lineup
Name | Position |
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Eric Young | Second Baseman |
Ellis Burks | Left Fielder |
Dante Bichette | Right Fielder |
Larry Walker | Center Fielder |
Andres Galarraga | First Baseman |
Vinny Castilla | Third Baseman |
Jayhawk Owens | Catcher |
Walt Weiss | Shortstop |
Armando Reynoso | Pitcher |
Don Baylor | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Carlos Garcia | Second Baseman |
Al Martin | Left Fielder |
Jeff King | First Baseman |
Orlando Merced | Right Fielder |
Jay Bell | Shortstop |
Charlie Hayes | Third Baseman |
Mike Kingery | Center Fielder |
Jason Kendall | Catcher |
Denny Neagle | Pitcher |
Jim Leyland | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Rockies
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
May 31, 1996
Top 1
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Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Neagle
Young hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Neagle
Burks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Bichette vs. Neagle
Bichette hits a popup into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Reynoso
Garcia is called out on strikes. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Reynoso
Martin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
King vs. Reynoso
King strikes out. The ball gets by Owens. He chases the ball to the backstop. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Merced vs. Reynoso
Merced hits a popup into center field for a base hit. Martin scores. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Reynoso
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Bichette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Neagle
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Galarraga vs. Neagle
Galarraga hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castilla vs. Neagle
Castilla hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia misplays the ball. That's an error on Garcia. Castilla moves to second. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Owens vs. Neagle
Owens is called out on strikes. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Weiss vs. Neagle
Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Reynoso
Hayes hits a fly ball into right field. Bichette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Kingery vs. Reynoso
Kingery hits a popup into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Kendall vs. Reynoso
Kendall hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Kingery moves to second. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Neagle vs. Reynoso
Neagle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kingery moves to third. Kendall moves to second. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Garcia vs. Reynoso
Garcia hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Kingery scores. Kendall scores. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Reynoso
There goes Garcia. The throw from Owens and he is safe. Garcia steals second. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Martin vs. Reynoso
Martin is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Reynoso vs. Neagle
Reynoso strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Neagle
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Neagle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Neagle
Burks hits a fly ball into center field. Kingery settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
King vs. Reynoso
King strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Merced vs. Reynoso
Merced hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Reynoso
Bell 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 -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Reynoso
Hayes hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Walker. Hayes reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Kingery vs. Reynoso
Kingery 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 4
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Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bichette vs. Neagle
Bichette bunts towards the mound. Neagle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Neagle
Walker strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Galarraga vs. Neagle
Galarraga strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Reynoso
Kendall hits a fly ball into right field. Bichette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Neagle vs. Reynoso
Neagle hits a fly ball into left field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Reynoso
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castilla vs. Neagle
Castilla hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Owens vs. Neagle
Owens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Weiss vs. Neagle
Weiss hits a popup into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Castellano vs. Neagle
Pedro Castellano pinch hits for Armando Reynoso.
Castellano is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Farmer
Mike Farmer now pitching.
Martin 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 -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
King vs. Farmer
King hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Merced vs. Farmer
Merced hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Farmer
There goes Merced. The throw from Owens and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Bell vs. Farmer
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Hayes vs. Farmer
Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Neagle
Young hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Burks vs. Neagle
Burks strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bichette vs. Neagle
Bichette hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Neagle
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first, with Neagle covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Kingery vs. Farmer
Kingery hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops it up and throws to first, with Farmer covering, for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Farmer
Kendall hits a fly ball into center field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Neagle vs. Farmer
Neagle hits a fly ball into right field. Bichette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Galarraga vs. Neagle
Galarraga hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Castilla vs. Neagle
Castilla hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Owens vs. Neagle
Owens strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Farmer
Garcia is called out on strikes. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Farmer
Martin hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
King vs. Farmer
Farmer fires to first and has Martin trapped. There's the throw to Young who tags Martin for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
King vs. Farmer
King hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Weiss vs. Neagle
Weiss hits a line drive into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
McCracken vs. Neagle
Quinton McCracken pinch hits for Mike Farmer.
McCracken hits a fly ball into right field. Merced settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Neagle
Young takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rockies, 1 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Burks vs. Neagle
Burks hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bichette vs. Neagle
Bichette hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Plesac
Dan Plesac now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Bichette moves to second. View Play -
Rockies, 3 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Walker vs. Plesac
Walker hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Bichette scores. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Galarraga vs. Cordova
Francisco Cordova now pitching.
There goes Walker. The throw from Kendall and he is safe. Walker steals second. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Galarraga vs. Cordova
Galarraga strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rockies, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Merced vs. Habyan
John Habyan now pitching.
Merced hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Merced for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Habyan
Bell hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Burks. Bell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Hayes vs. Habyan
Hayes takes first base on ball four. Bell moves to third. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Pirates, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Wehner vs. Munoz
Mike Munoz now pitching. John Wehner pinch hits for Mike Kingery.
Wehner hits a line drive to right field. That will be extra bases. Bichette chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards first. Galarraga fumbles the ball. That's a triple and an error on Galarraga. Bell scores. Hayes goes all the way around to score. Wehner moves all the way to home. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Munoz
Kendall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cordova vs. Munoz
Cordova bunts towards the mound. Munoz fields it and throws to first for the out. Kendall moves to second. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Garcia vs. Munoz
Garcia takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Martin vs. Munoz
Martin is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 9
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Rockies, 4 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Castilla vs. Cordova
John Wehner now playing center field.
Castilla strikes out. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vander Wal vs. Cordova
John Vander Wal pinch hits for Jayhawk Owens.
Vander Wal hits a fly ball into center field. Wehner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rockies, 4 - Pirates, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Weiss vs. Cordova
Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards first. King scoops it up and throws to first, with Cordova covering, for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/31/1996 -- Colorado at Pittsburgh (N) Colorado AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Young E, 2b 3 1 0 0 Garcia C, 2b 4 0 1 2 Burks E, lf 4 1 1 2 Martin A, lf 5 1 2 0 Bichette D, rf 4 1 2 0 King J, 1b 4 1 1 1 Walker L, cf 4 0 1 1 Merced O, rf 4 1 3 2 Galarraga A, 1b 4 1 1 1 Bell J, ss 4 1 1 0 Castilla V, 3b 4 0 0 0 Hayes C, 3b 3 1 1 0 Owens J, c 3 0 0 0 Kingery M, cf 3 1 1 0 Vander Wal J, ph 1 0 0 0 Wehner J, ph-cf 1 1 1 2 Weiss W, ss 4 0 1 0 Kendall J, c 4 1 2 0 Reynoso A, p 1 0 0 0 Neagle D, p 3 0 0 0 Castellano P, ph 1 0 0 0 Plesac D, p 0 0 0 0 Farmer M, p 0 0 0 0 Cordova F, p 0 0 0 0 McCracken Q, ph 1 0 0 0 Habyan J, p 0 0 0 0 Munoz M, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 4 6 4 35 8 13 7 Colorado 010 000 030 -- 4 Pittsburgh 121 010 03x -- 8 Colorado IP H R ER BB SO Reynoso A (L) 4.0 7 4 4 0 4 Farmer M 3.0 3 1 1 0 1 Habyan J 0.1 1 2 2 1 0 Munoz M 0.2 2 1 1 1 1 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Neagle D (W) 7.2 5 4 4 1 7 Plesac D* 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 Cordova F (S) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 * Pitched to 1 batter in 8th E -- Owens J 2, Garcia C, Galarraga A LOB -- Colorado 4, Pittsburgh 6 2B -- Hayes C, Bell J 3B -- Wehner J HR -- Galarraga A, Merced O, King J, Burks E SB -- Martin A, Garcia C, Merced O, Walker L CS -- Martin A SH -- Cordova F WP -- Plesac D, Habyan J T -- 2:33 A -- 26640
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