Florida Marlins vs Houston Astros
April 3, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 3, 2006 at Minute Maid Park. The Houston Astros defeated the Florida Marlins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Florida Marlins 0, Houston Astros 1

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Ramirez ss 4 0 1 0
Hermida rf 3 0 1 0
Cabrera 3b 4 0 0 0
Jacobs 1b 4 0 1 0
Willingham lf 3 0 1 0
Uggla 2b 2 0 0 0
Olivo c 3 0 1 0
Reed cf 2 0 0 0
Willis p 2 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Borowski p 0 0 0 0
  Aguila ph 1 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 5 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 1 1 0
Taveras cf 4 0 2 0
Berkman 1b 2 0 0 0
Ensberg 3b 2 0 1 0
Wilson lf 4 0 0 0
Lane rf 3 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 0 0 0
Everett ss 3 0 0 0
Oswalt p 3 0 0 0
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 0
Florida 000 000 000052
Houston 000 000 10x140
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Willis   5.0 1 0 0 3 3
  Johnson  L (0-1) 1.2 3 1 1 2 3
  Borowski   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Martinez   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
4
1
1
5
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  W (1-0) 8.0 5 0 0 1 8
  Lidge  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
9

  E–Ramirez 2 (2).  DP–Florida 1. Olivo-Uggla, Houston 2. Everett-Biggio-Berkman, Everett-Biggio-Berkman.  2B–Houston Biggio (1,off Johnson).  SH–Reed (1,off Oswalt).  Team LOB–4.  Team–9.  CS–Ramirez (1,2nd base by Oswalt/Ausmus); Ensberg (1,2nd base by Johnson/Olivo).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Bill Welke, 3B–Fieldin Culbreth.  T–2:28.  A–43,666.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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