Houston Astros vs Florida Marlins
September 18, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 2008 at Dolphins Stadium. The Florida Marlins defeated the Houston Astros 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

Houston Astros 1, Florida Marlins 8

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Matsui 2b 4 1 1 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
Tejada ss 4 0 1 0
Berkman 1b 4 0 0 1
Pence rf 4 0 0 0
Loretta 3b 3 0 1 0
Wigginton lf 3 0 0 0
Abercrombie cf 3 0 1 0
Towles c 2 0 0 0
  Erstad ph 1 0 0 0
  Quintero c 0 0 0 0
Arias p 1 0 0 0
  Sampson p 0 0 0 0
  Saccomanno ph 1 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Geary p 0 0 0 0
  Newhan ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Maybin cf 4 2 4 0
Baker c 5 2 3 4
Cantu 3b,1b 4 1 1 1
  Sanchez 1b 0 0 0 0
Jacobs 1b 3 0 2 1
  Helms pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Uggla 2b 5 1 2 0
Willingham lf 4 0 0 0
Ross rf 4 1 2 2
Amezaga ss 4 1 0 0
Olsen p 3 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
  Gregg p 0 0 0 0
  Lindstrom p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 14 8
Houston 100 000 000141
Florida 020 202 02x8140
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Arias  L(1-1) 2.2 5 2 2 3 2
  Sampson   1.1 3 2 2 1 2
  Wright   1.1 3 2 2 0 2
  Brocail   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Geary   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hawkins   1.0 2 2 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
2
2
0
0
2
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Olsen  W(8-10) 7.0 3 1 1 1 7
  Gregg   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Lindstrom   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
2

  E–Pence (1).  DP–Houston 1. Matsui-Tejada-Berkman.  PB–Towles (3).  2B–Houston Matsui (24,off Olsen); Tejada (36,off Lindstrom), Florida Baker 2 (11,off Sampson,off Wright); Cantu (38,off Sampson); Ross (29,off Hawkins).  Team LOB–4.  HBP–Cantu (9,by Arias).  IBB–Jacobs (9,by Sampson).  Team–12.  U-HP–Chad Fairchild, 1B–Dan Iassogna, 2B–Ron Kulpa, 3B–Bill Hohn.  T–3:03.  A–14,219.
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