Houston Astros vs Florida Marlins
May 12, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1997 at Pro Player Stadium. 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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Houston Astros 4, Florida Marlins 11

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 1 3 0
Bell cf 4 2 3 2
Bagwell 1b 3 0 0 1
Gonzalez lf 4 0 1 0
Berry 3b 4 0 1 0
Abreu rf 4 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 4 1 1 1
Ausmus c 4 0 1 0
Reynolds p 1 0 0 0
  Springer p 1 0 0 0
  Lima p 0 0 0 0
  Listach ph 1 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Hudek p 0 0 0 0
  Mouton ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Milliard 2b 5 0 1 1
Renteria ss 5 0 0 0
Cangelosi lf 3 0 1 1
  Stanifer p 1 1 1 0
  Wehner lf,rf 1 0 0 0
Sheffield rf 4 1 1 0
  Dunwoody pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Alou cf 5 3 3 0
Bonilla 3b 3 2 2 2
  Arias 3b 1 0 1 2
Conine 1b 2 1 0 0
  Heredia p 1 0 1 0
Zaun c 5 1 3 3
Rapp p 1 0 0 0
  Eisenreich ph,lf,1b 1 1 0 1
Totals 38 11 14 10
Houston 102 000 1004102
Florida 010 512 02x11140
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  L (4-3) 3.1 5 6 4 3 2
  Springer   1.2 2 1 1 1 2
  Lima   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Martin   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Hudek   0.2 4 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
11
9
5
6
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Rapp   4.0 4 3 3 0 3
  Stanifer  W (1-0) 2.2 5 1 1 0 1
  Heredia   2.1 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
0
8

  E–Biggio (7), Ausmus (2).  DP–Houston 1, Florida 1.  2B–Houston Biggio (10,off Rapp); Berry (4,off Stanifer), Florida Alou 2 (8,off Reynolds,off Hudek); Bonilla 2 (12,off Reynolds,off Lima).  3B–Houston Bell (1,off Rapp).  HR–Houston Bell (2,1st inning off Rapp 0 on, 1 out); Gutierrez (1,7th inning off Stanifer 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Bagwell (1,off Rapp).  HBP–Bonilla (3,by Springer).  IBB–Conine (3,by Reynolds).  SB–Bonilla (3,2nd base off Springer/Ausmus); Zaun (1,2nd base off Springer/Ausmus).  HBP–Springer (1,Bonilla).  IBB–Reynolds (2,Conine).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Charlie Reliford, 3B–Larry Vanover.  T–2:51.  A–15,342.
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