Florida Marlins vs Houston Astros
August 13, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 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 8, Houston Astros 6

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Eisenreich lf 5 1 1 0
Renteria ss 5 1 1 0
Alou cf,rf 5 1 1 1
Bonilla 3b 4 1 2 0
Daulton rf 4 1 1 1
  White cf 1 0 0 0
Conine 1b 5 2 3 3
Zaun c 4 1 2 0
Counsell 2b 3 0 1 1
  Sheffield ph 1 0 1 1
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Nen p 0 0 0 0
Fernandez p 3 0 0 0
  Abbott ph,2b 1 0 1 1
Totals 41 8 14 8
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 2 2 0
Bell rf 3 2 2 2
  Mouton pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 5 1 1 1
Gonzalez lf 4 1 0 0
Berry 3b 3 0 1 0
  Spiers 3b 1 0 1 1
Ausmus c 5 0 2 0
Bogar ss 3 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Phillips ph 1 0 0 0
Carr cf 5 0 1 0
Reynolds p 2 0 1 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Lima p 0 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 11 4
Florida 000 004 0408142
Houston 210 000 2016113
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Fernandez  W (15-8) 7.0 9 5 3 3 10
  Powell   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Nen  SV (30) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
6
4
4
11
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds   5.2 8 4 4 0 3
  Magnante   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Lima  L (1-6) 1.0 1 2 2 1 2
  Springer   0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Martin   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Wagner   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
1
7

  E–Bonilla (16), Counsell (3), Berry (14), Carr 2 (4).  DP–Houston 1.  PB–Ausmus (6).  2B–Florida Daulton (16,off Lima), Houston Biggio (31,off Fernandez); Reynolds (3,off Fernandez); Spiers (21,off Nen).  HR–Houston Bell (9,7th inning off Fernandez 0 on, 0 out); Bagwell (33,7th inning off Fernandez 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Bell (8,by Powell).  SB–Biggio 2 (24,3rd base off Fernandez/Zaun,2nd base off Powell/Zaun); Bell (8,2nd base off Fernandez/Zaun); Carr (9,2nd base off Fernandez/Zaun).  WP–Fernandez (9).  HBP–Powell (3,Bell).  U-HP–C.B. Bucknor, 1B–Wally Bell, 2B–Tom Hallion, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–3:24.  A–22,543.
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