Houston Astros vs Florida Marlins
August 3, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 1998 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 3, Florida Marlins 11

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 0 1 1
Spiers 3b 4 0 0 0
Bell rf 4 1 1 1
Bagwell 1b 2 0 1 0
Alou lf 4 0 0 0
Everett cf 4 1 1 1
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 3 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 1 1 0
Bergman p 2 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 1 0
  Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Hidalgo cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Dunwoody cf 5 1 3 1
Renteria ss 5 1 1 2
Floyd lf 5 1 1 0
Lee 1b 4 2 2 0
Jackson rf 3 2 0 1
Orie 3b 3 1 0 1
Counsell 2b 3 1 1 1
  Berg pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Zaun c 4 1 2 4
Larkin p 3 0 2 0
  Alfonseca p 0 0 0 0
  Mantei p 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 11 13 10
Houston 000 200 100362
Florida 200 202 05x11130
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Bergman  L (10-6) 4.2 7 4 3 0 4
  Miller   1.1 2 2 2 1 2
  Nitkowski   1.0 1 4 4 0 2
  Powell   1.0 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
13
11
10
2
9
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Larkin  W (3-6) 6.2 5 3 3 2 6
  Alfonseca   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Mantei  SV (5) 1.1 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
4
9

  E–Gutierrez (12), Ausmus (7).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Florida Lee (21,off Bergman).  3B–Florida Dunwoody (5,off Bergman).  HR–Houston Bell (16,4th inning off Larkin 0 on, 0 out); Everett (12,4th inning off Larkin 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Jackson (1,by Nitkowski); Orie (4,by Nitkowski); Counsell (4,by Nitkowski).  SB–Renteria (36,2nd base off Bergman/Ausmus).  HBP–Nitkowski 3 (6,Jackson,Orie,Counsell).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–C.B. Bucknor, 3B–Charlie Reliford.  T–3:25.  A–14,484.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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