Florida Marlins vs Washington Nationals
September 4, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 2009 at Nationals Park. The Florida Marlins defeated the Washington Nationals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Florida Marlins 9, Washington Nationals 6

Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Coghlan lf 4 2 2 0
Johnson 1b 5 1 2 1
  Lindstrom p 0 0 0 0
  Pinto p 0 0 0 0
  Oviedo p 0 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 3 2 2 2
Cantu 3b,1b 4 2 2 2
Baker c 5 1 3 4
Uggla 2b 3 0 1 0
Ross rf 5 0 0 0
Maybin cf 5 1 1 0
West p 1 0 0 0
  Hayes ph 1 0 0 0
  Badenhop p 1 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
  Calero p 0 0 0 0
  Helms 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 13 9
Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Maxwell cf 4 0 1 0
  Orr ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Guzman ss 5 0 0 0
  MacDougal p 0 0 0 0
Zimmerman 3b 4 1 2 1
Dunn 1b 4 2 3 1
Willingham lf 5 1 2 2
Dukes rf 3 1 2 0
Bard c 5 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b,ss 5 1 2 2
Mock p 1 0 0 0
  Rivera p 1 0 0 0
  Bergmann p 0 0 0 0
  Morse ph 1 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Clippard p 0 0 0 0
  Harris ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Totals 40 6 13 6
Florida 312 012 0009131
Washington 023 000 0106130
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
West   3.0 7 5 5 1 4
  Badenhop  W(6-4) 3.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Calero   1.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Lindstrom   0.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Pinto   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Oviedo  SV(18) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
4
11
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
Mock  L(3-7) 3.0 7 6 6 1 3
  Rivera   2.2 6 3 3 1 1
  Bergmann   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Sosa   1.2 0 0 0 2 1
  Clippard   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  MacDougal   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
13
9
9
5
8

  E–N. Johnson (11).  DP–Florida 1. Uggla-Ramirez-N. Johnson.  2B–Florida Ramirez (38,off Rivera).  3B–Florida Maybin (2,off Mock), Washington Gonzalez (3,off West); Zimmerman (3,off West).  HR–Florida Cantu (14,1st inning off Mock 1 on 1 out); Baker (9,3rd inning off Mock 1 on 0 out), Washington Willingham (22,3rd inning off West 1 on 2 out).  SF–Ramirez (4,off Rivera).  IBB–Ramirez (8,by Sosa).  Team LOB–9.  Team–11.  U-HP–Brian Knight, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Andy Fletcher, 3B–Greg Gibson.  T–3:45.  A–16,364.
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