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Colorado Rockies 5–7 New York Mets: MLB regular season, 15 August 2000, doubleheader game 1

New York Mets defeated Colorado Rockies 7–5 at Shea Stadium on 15 August 2000 in the mlb regular season.

15 August 2000 International Shea Stadium
Source-checked report card · BaseballFinal: Colorado Rockies 5–7 New York Mets

15 August 2000 · Shea Stadium

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The game

New York Mets defeated Colorado Rockies 7–5 at Shea Stadium on 15 August 2000 in the mlb regular season.

The visiting Colorado Rockies scored 5 runs, while the home New York Mets finished with 7. The winning margin was 2 runs.

How the scoring developed

In inning 2, Colorado Rockies scored 1 run in the top half. The score after that inning was Colorado Rockies 1–0 New York Mets. In inning 4, Colorado Rockies scored 2 runs in the top half. The score after that inning was Colorado Rockies 3–0 New York Mets.

In inning 5, New York Mets scored 2 runs in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Colorado Rockies 3–2 New York Mets. In inning 7, Colorado Rockies scored 1 run in the top half and New York Mets scored 4 runs in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Colorado Rockies 4–6 New York Mets.

In inning 8, New York Mets scored 1 run in the bottom half. The score after that inning was Colorado Rockies 4–7 New York Mets. In inning 9, Colorado Rockies scored 1 run in the top half. The score after that inning was Colorado Rockies 5–7 New York Mets.

Pitching decisions

Dennis Cook was credited with the pitching win. Craig House was charged with the loss.

Armando Benítez recorded the save. The win, loss and save are the pitcher decisions recorded for this game.

Hits, errors and innings

Colorado Rockies finished with 9 hits and 2 errors, alongside 5 runs. These totals cover the complete game rather than a single inning.

New York Mets finished with 9 hits and 1 errors, alongside 7 runs. These totals cover the complete game rather than a single inning.

The season and series

This was game 1 of the doubleheader between Colorado Rockies and New York Mets. It is a separate game with its own score and pitcher decisions.

The season record shown with this result was Colorado Rockies 59 wins and 59 losses.

The season record shown with this result was New York Mets 70 wins and 48 losses.

Inning by inning

Colorado Rockies at New York Mets
InningColorado RockiesNew York Mets
100
210
300
420
502
600
714
801
91—
Total57

Sources

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