Florida Marlins vs Houston Astros
May 4, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 2003 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Florida Marlins 2, Houston Astros 5

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Pierre cf 4 0 4 1
Castillo 2b 3 0 1 0
Lee 1b 4 0 0 0
Lowell 3b 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez ss 4 1 2 1
  Looper p 0 0 0 0
Banks rf 4 0 0 0
Hollandsworth lf 2 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
Redmond c 4 1 2 0
Tejera p 1 0 0 0
  Fox ph 1 0 0 0
  Spooneybarger p 0 0 0 0
  Mordecai ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 10 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 3 0 0 0
  Merced ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 1 1 0
Bagwell 1b 3 1 0 0
Hidalgo rf 3 2 3 2
Ensberg 3b 3 1 2 1
Berkman lf,cf 4 0 2 0
Vizcaino 2b 3 0 0 1
Everett ss 4 0 0 0
Oswalt p 2 0 1 0
  Kent ph 0 0 0 0
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 9 4
Florida 000 110 0002102
Houston 000 200 03x590
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Tejera   6.0 4 2 2 3 5
  Spooneybarger  L (1-1) 1.1 5 3 2 1 2
  Looper   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
4
4
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt   7.0 9 2 2 2 5
  Lidge  W (3-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Wagner  SV (6) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
2
8

  E–Lee (2), Redmond (1).  DP–Florida 1, Houston 2.  2B–Florida Redmond 2 (3,off Oswalt,off Wagner).  HR–Florida Gonzalez (8,4th inning off Oswalt 0 on, 1 out), Houston Hidalgo (5,4th inning off Tejera 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Tejera (1,off Oswalt); Vizcaino (2,off Spooneybarger).  CS–Pierre (4,2nd base by Oswalt/Ausmus).  SB–Ensberg (1,2nd base off Tejera/Redmond).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Wally Bell, 2B–Bill Welke, 3B–Kerwin Danley.  T–2:33.  A–31,764.
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