October 20th - FLASHBACK to June 1st, 2009

The ONLY no hitter of 2009 was thrown by Aaron Cook of the Colorado Rockies in Houston vs. the Astros. Note: Jim Joyce had the call behind the plate.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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Event Codes:  A B H N
BOXSCORE: 2009 Colorado Rockies At 2009 Houston Astros               6/1/2009
 
  Rockies            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Astros             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Spilborghs CF     4  0  1  1 .220     M.Bourn CF          4  0  0  0 .280  
  C.Barmes 2B         5  0  0  0 .247     M.Tejada SS         3  0  0  0 .303  
  T.Helton 1B         5  1  2  0 .318     H.Pence RF          3  0  0  0 .242  
  G.Atkins 3B         5  2  3  3 .342     C.Lee LF            3  0  0  0 .312  
  B.Hawpe RF          5  2  2  1 .269     L.Berkman 1B        2  0  0  0 .262  
  S.Smith LF          4  1  1  2 .210     I.Rodriguez C       3  0  0  0 .279  
  T.Tulowitzki SS     4  1  1  0 .307     J.Keppinger 3B      3  0  0  0 .266  
  Y.Torrealba C       4  0  2  0 .362     E.Maysonet 2B       3  0  0  0 .292  
  A.Cook P            1  1  0  0 .095     R.Oswalt P          1  0  0  0 .158  
                                        A-G.Blum PH           1  0  0  0 .325  
                                          B.Backe P           0  0  0  0 .000  
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         Totals      37  8 12  7                 Totals      26  0  0  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Oswalt In 6th Inning
 
Rockies......... 0 3 0  0 0 0  2 3 0  -  8 12  0
Astros.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  0  1
 
Rockies (25-25)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
A.Cook WIN(5-4)           9       0   0   0   2   4   0 109   4.12  A1
Totals                    9       0   0   0   2   4   0
 
Astros (25-25)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
R.Oswalt LOSS(2-8)        6       4   3   3   2   2   2  85   4.33  A1 C5
B.Backe                   3       8   5   3   1   0   2  85   6.75  C6
Totals                    9      12   8   6   3   2   4
 
ATTENDANCE- 40,121 DATE- Monday, June 1st 2009 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Jim Joyce, Bill Miller, Brian Knight, Derryl Cousins
T- 2:39
LEFT ON BASE- Rockies: 6  Astros: 1
DOUBLE PLAYS- Rockies: 1  Astros: 1
ERRORS- H.Pence
DOUBLES- G.Atkins(11th)
HOME RUNS- G.Atkins-2(7th), B.Hawpe(5th), S.Smith(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Cook
WALKS- R.Spilborghs, A.Cook-2, L.Berkman, B.Backe
STRIKE OUTS- T.Helton, B.Hawpe, M.Bourn, J.Keppinger, E.Maysonet-2
GIDP- R.Spilborghs, I.Rodriguez
WEB GEMS- Bot 9th: Troy Tulowitzki robbed Michael Bourn of a base hit.
 
Houston fans certainly got their money's worth at Minute Maid Park.  Aaron
Cook(5-4) pitched a rare no-hitter as the Colorado Rockies toppled the
Houston Astros 8 to 0.
 
Cook had an evening to remember.  He walked 2 Houston batters.  The tension
was mounting with every inning after the 6th.  Cook appeared oblivious
himself to the mounting history until two were out in the 9th.  Only then,
did he allow himself one deep sigh and a slow trip around the mound.
Colorado banged out 12 hits on the night.  
 
Roy Oswalt(2-8) was given the loss.  'Not in my wildest dreams did I think
this would happen!' Cook said as he stood at home plate to salute the fans.
'Once I got into the later innings, I decided to challenge every hitter, and
that turned out to be the right decision!'

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