Florida Marlins vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 29, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1996 at Busch Stadium II. The Florida Marlins defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Florida Marlins 10, St. Louis Cardinals 9

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Castillo 2b 5 1 1 1
Renteria ss 4 0 1 0
  Abbott 3b 0 0 0 0
Sheffield rf 2 2 2 3
Colbrunn 1b 5 2 2 2
White cf 4 2 1 1
Orsulak lf 5 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Nen p 0 0 0 0
Arias 3b,ss 5 1 2 3
Zaun c 4 2 2 0
Leiter p 3 0 1 0
  Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Grebeck ph 1 0 1 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 13 10
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Clayton ss 5 0 2 1
McGee cf 2 1 1 0
  Sweeney rf 2 2 2 2
Gant lf 4 1 1 2
Jordan rf,cf 5 1 3 2
Gaetti 3b 3 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Alicea ph 1 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
  Petkovsek p 0 0 0 0
  Lankford ph 1 0 1 1
Pagnozzi c 4 2 2 0
Young 1b 4 1 1 0
Gallego 2b 3 1 1 1
Stottlemyre p 0 0 0 0
  Fossas p 1 0 0 0
  Sheaffer ph,3b 3 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 14 9
Florida 503 001 01010131
St. Louis 000 131 1039141
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Leiter  W (14-11) 6.0 9 5 5 2 3
  Perez   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Heredia   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Powell   0.1 2 3 2 1 1
  Nen  SV (29) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
9
8
4
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  L (11-10) 2.0 7 8 8 2 2
  Fossas   3.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Honeycutt   2.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Bailey   0.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Petkovsek   1.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
13
10
10
6
6

  E–Abbott (10), Young (1).  DP–Florida 3, St. Louis 3.  2B–St. Louis Pagnozzi (19,off Leiter).  3B–St. Louis McGee (2,off Leiter).  HR–Florida Sheffield (37,1st inning off Stottlemyre 1 on, 1 out); Arias (3,1st inning off Stottlemyre 2 on, 2 out); Colbrunn (14,3rd inning off Stottlemyre 1 on, 0 out); White (12,3rd inning off Stottlemyre 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Gant (26,9th inning off Powell 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Young (1,by Leiter).  SB–Castillo (10,2nd base off Stottlemyre/Pagnozzi); Zaun (1,2nd base off Bailey/Pagnozzi).  WP–Perez (1), Heredia (2), Stottlemyre (6).  HBP–Leiter (11,Young).  U-HP–Mike Winters, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–3:33.  A–23,105.
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