Houston Astros vs Florida Marlins
August 21, 2010 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 2010 at Sun Life 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)
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Houston Astros 3, Florida Marlins 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 3 0 0 0
Sanchez ss,2b 5 1 2 1
Pence rf 5 1 2 0
Lee lf 4 0 1 2
Johnson 3b 4 0 1 0
Wallace 1b 4 0 0 0
Castro c 3 0 0 0
Hernandez 2b 1 0 1 0
  Michaels ph 1 0 0 0
  Melancon p 0 0 0 0
  Chacin p 0 0 0 0
  Blum ph 0 1 0 0
Rodriguez p 1 0 0 0
  Manzella ph,ss 2 0 1 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Florida Marlins ab   r   h rbi
Ramirez ss 5 1 2 0
Morrison lf 4 1 2 0
Sanchez 1b 5 2 2 2
Uggla 2b 3 1 0 0
Stanton rf 4 0 0 0
Ross cf 3 1 1 2
Helms 3b 4 0 2 2
Hayes c 3 0 0 0
Volstad p 3 0 0 0
  Ohman p 0 0 0 0
  Veras p 0 0 0 0
  Luna ph 1 0 0 0
  Hensley p 0 0 0 0
  Oviedo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 6
Houston 200 000 001383
Florida 000 003 30x690
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez  L(9-12) 6.0 7 3 2 1 10
  Melancon   0.2 2 3 1 2 1
  Chacin   1.1 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
9
6
3
4
13
  Florida Marlins IP H R ER BB SO
Volstad  W(7-9) 6.0 5 2 2 3 6
  Ohman   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Veras   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Hensley   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Oviedo   1.0 1 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
5
10

  E–Johnson 2 (10), Wallace (1).  2B–Houston Pence (26,off Hensley), Florida Morrison (8,off Rodriguez); G. Sanchez (31,off Melancon).  3B–Florida Ross (3,off Rodriguez); Helms (4,off Rodriguez).  SH–Rodriguez (6,off Volstad).  Team LOB–9.  Team–9.  CS–Pence (7,2nd base by Volstad/Hayes).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Bruce Dreckman, 3B–Paul Emmel.  T–3:12.  A–21,721.
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