Florida Marlins vs Houston Astros
July 2, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1996 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Florida Marlins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Florida Marlins 3, Houston Astros 4

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
White cf 4 0 1 1
Veras 2b 3 0 1 0
Colbrunn 1b 5 1 1 1
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Nen p 0 0 0 0
  Grebeck ph 1 0 0 0
  Mathews p 0 0 0 0
Sheffield rf 6 1 3 1
Conine lf,1b 6 0 1 0
Pendleton 3b 4 0 1 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Orsulak lf 1 0 0 0
Abbott ss 4 0 0 0
Natal c 5 1 1 0
Weathers p 2 0 0 0
  Tavarez ph 0 0 0 0
  Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Arias 3b 2 0 1 0
Totals 43 3 10 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi lf 6 1 2 0
Biggio 2b 5 0 2 1
Bagwell 1b 4 0 1 0
Bell rf 5 1 1 0
Spiers 3b 5 1 2 2
Miller ss 5 0 2 1
Mouton cf 4 0 0 0
Wilkins c 5 1 1 0
Wall p 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Berry ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Simms ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnstone p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 4 11 4
Florida 000 012 000 0003101
Houston 000 210 000 0014110
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Weathers   6.0 7 3 3 0 5
  Perez   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Powell   1.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Miller   1.2 0 0 0 3 2
  Nen   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Mathews  L (1-3) 0.1 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
11.1
11
4
4
6
10
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wall   5.0 8 3 3 1 7
  Wagner   3.2 0 0 0 3 3
  Jones   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Johnstone  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
12.0
10
3
3
5
14

  E–Miller (1).  DP–Florida 1, Houston 1.  2B–Florida Pendleton (14,off Wall); Veras (6,off Wall); White (20,off Wall); Conine (14,off Wall), Houston Spiers (5,off Weathers); Cangelosi (6,off Mathews).  HR–Florida Colbrunn (8,6th inning off Wall 0 on, 0 out); Sheffield (25,6th inning off Wall 0 on, 0 out).  SH–White (4,off Wagner); Wall (4,off Weathers).  HBP–White (5,by Wagner).  IBB–Spiers (1,by Miller); Bagwell (15,by Mathews); Bell (3,by Mathews).  CS–Sheffield (5,2nd base by Wall/Wilkins).  SB–Biggio (16,3rd base off Miller/Natal); Bagwell (15,2nd base off Miller/Natal).  WP–Miller (1).  HBP–Wagner (1,White).  IBB–Miller (3,Spiers); Mathews 2 (4,Bagwell,Bell).  U-HP–Ron Barnes, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Mark Hirschbeck.  T–3:54.  A–18,897.
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