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April 28, 1997

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Rockies 7 11 1
Astros 6 9 0
Bottom 10 R H E
Rockies 7 11 1
Astros 6 9 0

Craig Biggio Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .292
OBP .400 .367
At Bats 4 96
Hits 1 28
• Singles 1 19
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 10
RBI’s 1 10

Bruce Ruffin Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 5
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Astrodome - April 28, 1997
Bruce Ruffin
Kirt Manwaring
Andres Galarraga
Eric Young
Vinny Castilla
Walt Weiss
Ellis Burks
Quinton McCracken
Larry Walker
Craig Biggio
Tim Bogar

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Colorado Rockies 7 11 1 6
Houston Astros 6 9 0 10
Winning Pitcher Jeff McCurry
Losing Pitcher Billy Wagner
Save Bruce Ruffin
Game Winning RBI Vinny Castilla
Attendance 13,510
Time of Game 3 hours 35 minutes
Count: 3-2, 2 Outs
Count: 3-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Tim Bogar pinch runs for Tony Eusebio. Biggio strikes out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Tony Eusebio pinch hits for Billy Wagner. Eusebio takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 10 Ausmus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Bruce Ruffin now pitching. Pat Listach pinch hits for Bill Spiers. Listach hits a fly ball into center field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Manwaring strikes out.
Top 10 Castilla hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 10 Darnell Coles pinch hits for Jeff McCurry. Coles strikes out.
Top 10 James Mouton now playing left field. Galarraga strikes out.
Bottom 9 James Mouton pinch runs for Luis Gonzalez. Berry hits a fly ball towards center. McCracken catches it and throws to Young who relays to Galarraga to double up Mouton.
Bottom 9 Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Bell strikes out.
Top 9 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spiers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Burks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spiers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Billy Wagner now pitching. Young hits a fly ball into right field. Abreu settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bagwell strikes out.
Bottom 8 Jeff McCurry now pitching. Abreu takes first base on ball four. Howard moves to third. Biggio moves to second.
Bottom 8 Biggio takes first base on ball four. Howard moves to second.
Bottom 8 Thomas Howard pinch hits for Ramon Garcia. Howard hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Ausmus strikes out.
Bottom 8 Spiers hits a line drive into left field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McCracken strikes out. Ausmus drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws McCracken out.
Top 8 There goes Weiss. The throw from Ausmus and he is safe. Weiss steals second.
Top 8 Weiss hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Manwaring strikes out.
Top 8 Castilla hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berry fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Berry hits a popup in front of the plate. Manwaring settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gonzalez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walker. Gonzalez reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. McCracken settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bagwell strikes out.
Bottom 7 Steve Reed now pitching. Ellis Burks now playing left field. Quinton McCracken now playing center field. Abreu hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Bichette strikes out.
Top 7 Galarraga hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spiers scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Burks moves to third.
Top 7 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Burks moves to second.
Top 7 Burks takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ausmus hits a popup towards first. Galarraga settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Young hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops it up and throws to first, with Garcia covering, for the out.
Top 6 DiPoto strikes out.
Top 6 Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Weiss for the out.
Bottom 5 Spiers strikes out.
Bottom 5 Berry hits a popup into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gonzalez 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 5 Manwaring hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spiers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Castilla strikes out.
Top 5 Ramon Garcia now pitching. Bichette bunts towards the mound. Garcia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Weiss scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Jerry DiPoto now pitching. Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Abreu hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bichette. Abreu reaches second base with a double. Montgomery scores. Biggio goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young misplays the ball. That's an error on Young. Ausmus scores. Montgomery moves to second.
Bottom 4 There goes Ausmus. The throw from Manwaring and he is safe. Ausmus steals third.
Bottom 4 Montgomery takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Ray Montgomery pinch hits for Mike Hampton. There goes Ausmus. The throw from Manwaring and he is safe. Ausmus steals second.
Bottom 4 Ausmus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Spiers takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Galarraga hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spiers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Walker strikes out.
Top 4 Burks hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Young moves to second.
Top 4 Young hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Wright strikes out.
Bottom 3 Berry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castilla fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Bagwell hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Wright scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bagwell for the out.
Bottom 3 Abreu hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Weiss hits a line drive into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Manwaring hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bichette tags and scores.
Top 3 Castilla hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bichette moves to third.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Walker scores. Bichette moves to second.
Top 3 Bichette hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berry fields it and throws to second for the out. Walker moves to third.
Top 3 Galarraga hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spiers fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Burks scores. Walker moves to second.
Top 3 Walker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Burks moves to second.
Top 3 Burks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Biggio hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hampton hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Ausmus scores.
Bottom 2 Ausmus hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walker. Ausmus reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Spiers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Young scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Berry hits a line drive into left field. Bichette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Young strikes out.
Top 2 Wright strikes out. Ausmus drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Wright out.
Top 2 Weiss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spiers scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Manwaring hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Abreu who is chasing the ball. Manwaring reaches third base with a triple. Castilla goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Castilla hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Galarraga fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 1 Bagwell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Biggio. The throw from Manwaring and he is safe. Biggio steals second.
Bottom 1 Abreu strikes out.
Bottom 1 Biggio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Bichette strikes out.
Top 1 Galarraga takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Walker strikes out.
Top 1 Burks strikes out.
Top 1 Young hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Gonzalez. Young reaches second base with a double.