Thursday, April 3, 1997
REDS 5, ROCKIES 3

COLORADO (3) AT CINCINNATI (5) - FINAL

COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg E Young 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .375 Mccracken cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .250 E Burks lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125 L Walker rf 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 .143 Galarraga 1b 4 1 2 2 0 1 0 .286 V Castilla 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 Manwaring c 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .200 a-Vander Wal ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Weiss ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .286 Swift p 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 Holmes p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 M Munoz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 31 3 6 3 3 8 8

a-walked for Manwaring in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - E Young (1, S Belinda). HR - L Walker (1, 2nd inning off Burba 0 on, 0 out); Galarraga (1, 5th inning off Burba 0 on, 0 out). RBI - L Walker (1), Galarraga 2 (2). 2-out RBI - Galarraga. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Swift 1, V Castilla 1. GIDP - L Walker. Team LOB - 5.

FIELDING: E - Swift (1, throw). DP: 1 (Galarraga-Manwaring-Galarraga).

CINCINNATI ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Sanders cf 5 1 4 1 0 1 0 .667 W Greene 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 .222 Shaw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Larkin ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 R Sanders rf 4 2 3 3 0 1 0 .556 H Morris 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .571 Sierra lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 .375 S Belinda p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Remlinger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jeff Branson 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Boone 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .222 Taubensee c 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .429 Burba p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 E Owens lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000

Totals 34 5 12 5 3 6 10

BATTING: 2B - Sierra (2, Swift); R Sanders (1, Holmes); Taubensee (1, Holmes). HR - R Sanders (1, 1st inning off Swift 2 on, 1 out). S - Burba. RBI - R Sanders 3 (4), D Sanders (2), Sierra (1). 2-out RBI - D Sanders, Sierra. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - W Greene 2, Boone 1, Sierra 1. GIDP - W Greene. Team LOB - 9.

BASERUNNING: SB - D Sanders (3, 3rd base off Swift/Manwaring); R Sanders (1, 2nd base off Swift/Manwaring).

FIELDING: DP: 2 (Boone-H Morris, Larkin-Boone-H Morris).

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COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era Swift (L, 0-1) 5 9 5 5 1 3 1 9.00 Holmes 2 1/3 2 0 0 2 3 0 0.00 M Munoz 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

CINCINNATI ip h r er bb so hr era Burba (W, 1-0) 7 5 3 3 2 7 2 3.86 S Belinda (H, 1) 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Remlinger (H, 1) 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Shaw (S, 1) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00

IBB - H Morris (by Holmes). BALK - Swift. HBP - E Burks (by S Belinda). Pitches-strikes: Burba 93-61; S Belinda 15-8; Remlinger 5-3; Shaw 22-11; Swift 97-61; Holmes 45-25; M Munoz 4-4. Ground balls-fly balls: Burba 5-8; S Belinda 1-0; Remlinger 2-0; Shaw 2-0; Swift 8-4; Holmes 2-2; M Munoz 2-0. Batters faced: Burba 27; S Belinda 3; Remlinger 1; Shaw 4; Swift 25; Holmes 11; M Munoz 2.

UMPIRES: HP--Bruce Dreckman. 1B--Gary Darling. 2B--Charlie Reliford. 3B--Dana Demuth. T--2:45. Att--20,210. Weather: 67 degrees, clear. Wind: 5 mph, right to left.

How they scored

Reds' 1st: (Swift pitching) Sanders singled. Greene flied out. Larkin walked. R. Sanders homered, scoring D. Sanders and Larkin. Morris grounded out. Sierra grounded out. Three runs, two hits. Reds 3-0.

Rockies' 2nd: (Burba pitching) Walker homered. Galarraga flied out. Castilla grounded out. Manwaring flied out. One run, one hit. Reds 3-1.

Reds' 4th: Boone singled. Taubensee struck out. Burba sacrificed, Boone to second. D. Sanders singled, scoring Boone. D. Sanders moved to second on a balk and stole third. Greene lined out. One run, two hits. Reds 4-1.

Rockies' 5th: Galarraga homered. Castilla flied out. Manwaring walked. Weiss grounded out. Swift grounded out. One run, one hit. Reds 4-2.

Reds' 5th: Larkin grounded out. R. Sanders singled and stole second. Morris grounded out. Sierra doubled, scoring R. Sanders. Boone grounded out. One run, two hits. Reds 5-2.

Rockies' 6th: Young grounded out. McCracken hit an infield single. Burks popped out. Walker walked. Galarraga singled, scoring McCracken, Walker to third. Castilla flied out. One run, two hits. Reds, 5-3.

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