Florida Marlins vs Houston Astros
September 5, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 2000 at Enron Field. 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 5, Houston Astros 9

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Castillo 2b 5 1 2 0
Kotsay cf 5 2 2 1
Floyd lf 3 0 1 0
  Darensbourg p 0 0 0 0
  Lee ph 1 0 0 0
Lowell 3b 3 1 1 2
Rodriguez rf 3 0 1 0
Millar 1b,lf 4 1 1 1
Gonzalez ss 4 0 1 0
Castro c 4 0 0 0
Cornelius p 1 0 0 0
  Strong p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Aybar p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  Bones p 0 0 0 0
  Rolison 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Lugo 2b 5 3 3 2
Spiers 3b 4 1 3 2
Bagwell 1b 5 1 3 1
Berkman lf 4 1 0 0
  Barker cf 0 0 0 0
Alou rf 5 0 1 1
Hidalgo cf,lf 5 1 2 2
Meluskey c 2 0 1 0
Bogar ss 4 1 2 1
McKnight p 2 1 0 0
  Slusarski p 1 0 0 0
  Charles ph 1 0 0 0
  Valdes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 15 9
Florida 000 020 210590
Houston 310 401 00x9152
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Cornelius  L (3-8) 3.1 8 8 8 2 0
  Strong   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Aybar   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Bones   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Darensbourg   2.0 3 0 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
15
9
9
4
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
McKnight  W (1-1) 5.0 5 2 1 2 3
  Slusarski   2.0 3 2 2 0 3
  Valdes   2.0 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
2
8

  E–Bagwell (9), Meluskey (13).  DP–Florida 1.  2B–Florida Kotsay (29,off McKnight), Houston Hidalgo (31,off Cornelius).  3B–Houston Spiers (3,off Strong).  HR–Florida Lowell (22,7th inning off Slusarski 1 on, 2 out); Millar (14,8th inning off Valdes 0 on, 0 out), Houston Lugo (6,2nd inning off Cornelius 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Lowell (8,by McKnight).  SB–Castillo 2 (55,2nd base off McKnight/Meluskey 2); Floyd 2 (22,2nd base off McKnight/Meluskey 2).  WP–Slusarski (6).  HBP–McKnight (1,Lowell).  U-HP–Jim Reynolds, 1B–Mike VanVleet, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Jim Wolf.  T–2:58.  A–27,408.
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