Florida Marlins vs Houston Astros
August 12, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1997 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 2, Houston Astros 13

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
White cf 5 0 2 0
Renteria ss 5 1 1 0
Sheffield rf 0 1 0 0
  Cangelosi pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Bonilla 3b 4 0 2 1
  Arias 3b 0 0 0 0
Alou lf 3 0 0 0
  Stanifer p 0 0 0 0
  Eisenreich ph 1 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Vosberg p 0 0 0 0
Conine 1b 3 0 0 0
Johnson c 3 0 1 1
Abbott 2b 3 0 0 0
Leiter p 2 0 0 0
  Daulton lf,rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 2 2 2 1
  Spiers 2b 1 1 1 0
Bell rf 5 1 2 2
Bagwell 1b 3 1 1 0
  Phillips pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Mouton lf 4 1 2 3
Gutierrez 3b 5 0 1 2
Ausmus c 5 1 3 1
Bogar ss 5 1 1 2
Carr cf 4 3 3 1
Hampton p 1 1 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Berry ph 1 0 0 0
  Cabrera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 13 16 12
Florida 000 100 100261
Houston 004 301 23x13161
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Leiter  L (8-9) 4.0 8 7 7 2 1
  Stanifer   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Cook   1.2 6 5 5 2 1
  Vosberg   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
16
13
13
4
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton  W (10-7) 7.0 5 2 2 7 6
  Springer   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Cabrera   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
7
6

  E–Sheffield (5), Hampton (3).  DP–Florida 2, Houston 2.  2B–Houston Bagwell (31,off Leiter); Bell (20,off Leiter); Carr (8,off Leiter); Ausmus (20,off Cook); Spiers (20,off Cook).  3B–Houston Bell (2,off Leiter).  HR–Houston Carr (2,6th inning off Stanifer 0 on, 0 out); Bogar (4,7th inning off Cook 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Abbott (3,by Hampton); Bagwell (22,by Leiter).  SH–Hampton (4,off Leiter).  HBP–Biggio 2 (18,by Leiter,by Stanifer).  CS–Biggio (7,2nd base by Leiter/Johnson).  HBP–Leiter (10,Biggio); Stanifer (1,Biggio).  IBB–Leiter (3,Bagwell); Hampton (2,Abbott).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–C.B. Bucknor, 2B–Wally Bell, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–2:50.  A–19,296.
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