Florida Marlins vs Houston Astros
May 3, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1997 at Astrodome. The Florida Marlins defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Florida Marlins 9, Houston Astros 8

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi lf 3 0 1 1
  Stanifer p 0 0 0 0
  Floyd ph 1 0 0 0
  Hutton p 0 0 0 0
  Wehner lf 0 0 0 0
  Zaun ph,1b 2 1 1 1
Renteria ss 6 0 0 1
Abbott 2b 7 2 2 1
Sheffield rf 6 0 2 0
Alou cf 6 1 2 1
Bonilla 3b 1 1 1 0
  Arias 3b 5 1 1 0
Conine 1b,lf 4 1 0 0
Johnson c 5 1 0 1
Saunders p 0 0 0 0
  Eisenreich ph,lf 3 1 1 1
  Nen p 0 0 0 0
  Fernandez ph 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Castillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 9 11 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 7 1 3 2
Mouton lf 4 2 3 0
Bagwell 1b 7 1 2 2
Bell cf 5 0 1 0
Berry 3b 7 1 2 2
Abreu rf 5 0 1 1
Ausmus c 6 2 2 0
Bogar ss 4 1 3 1
Hampton p 1 0 0 0
  Lima p 1 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Hudek p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Eusebio ph 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery ph 1 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 8 17 8
Florida 030 300 002 000 19111
Houston 330 101 000 000 08172
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Saunders   3.0 6 6 3 1 3
  Stanifer   2.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Hutton   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Nen   2.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Cook   2.0 3 0 0 2 2
  Heredia  W (2-0) 1.0 3 0 0 0 2
  Powell  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
13.0
17
8
5
8
10
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton   3.1 3 6 4 5 3
  Lima   3.2 2 0 0 1 1
  Springer   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Hudek   0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Wagner   1.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Martin   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Garcia  L (2-1) 1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
13.0
11
9
7
8
10

  E–Renteria (9), Berry (3), Bogar (1).  DP–Florida 3.  2B–Florida Bonilla (7,off Hampton); Eisenreich (2,off Hampton); Alou (6,off Lima), Houston Abreu (6,off Saunders); Bagwell (6,off Saunders); Biggio (9,off Stanifer); Ausmus (7,off Hutton); Bogar (2,off Nen); Mouton (3,off Heredia).  HR–Florida Zaun (2,9th inning off Hudek 0 on, 0 out); Abbott (2,9th inning off Hudek 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Fernandez (2,off Wagner); Lima (1,off Stanifer); Bogar (1,off Hutton).  SF–Renteria (2,off Lima).  IBB–Bell (1,by Nen).  SB–Biggio (3,2nd base off Saunders/Johnson).  CS–Berry (2,2nd base by Stanifer/Johnson); Ausmus (1,2nd base by Cook/Johnson); Mouton (3,2nd base by Cook/Johnson).  BK–Saunders (1).  IBB–Nen (2,Bell).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Larry Vanover, 2B–Wally Bell, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–4:54.  A–24,539.
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