1997 – The Rockies split a day-night doubleheader with the Cardinals‚ losing the first game‚ 10 – 7‚ before winning the nitecap‚ 7 – 6. In the first contest‚ OF Larry Walker’s home run makes him the most prolific Canadian home run hitter of all time with 195 career dingers. In the second game‚ Colorado’s streak of sellouts ends at 203‚ as an announced crowd of 44‚288 views the contest.

September 6, 1997 This Day In Baseball

On September 6, 1997 — 1997 – The Rockies split a day-night doubleheader with the Cardinals‚ losing the first game‚ 10 – 7‚ before winning the nitecap‚ 7 – 6. In the first contest‚ OF Larry Walker’s home run makes him the most prolific Canadian home run hitter of all time with 195 career dingers. In the second game‚ Colorado’s streak of sellouts ends at 203‚ as an announced crowd of 44‚288 views the contest.

[jetpack_subscription_form title=”Subscribe to This Day In Baseball” subscribe_text=”Get our latest Posts in your in box” subscribe_button=”GO” show_subscribers_total=”0″]

Support This Day In Baseball on Patreon

Sources:
Baseball Reference September 6
National Pastime
Retro Sheet
Hall of Fame
SABR Games Project
Replay The Game

class="post-template-default single single-post postid-114234 single-format-standard wp-custom-logo wp-embed-responsive logged-out theme-kadence woocommerce-no-js footer-on-bottom hide-focus-outline link-style-standard content-title-style-normal content-width-normal content-style-unboxed content-vertical-padding-show non-transparent-header mobile-non-transparent-header kadence-elementor-colors elementor-default elementor-kit-193430"

Podcast