Florida Marlins vs. Houston Astros - Box Score - August 18, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 18, 2009

Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

Florida leads 1-0 (as of 8/18)

Game 1: Tuesday, August 18
Florida	6	Final
Houston	2	Final
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Game 2: Wednesday, August 19
Florida	3	Final
Houston	6	Final
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Game 3: Thursday, August 20
Florida	1	Final
Houston	4	Final
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Marlins 6

(64-55, 30-27 away)

Astros 2

(57-62, 31-29 home)

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8:05 PM ET, August 18, 2009

Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
FLA	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	6	11	0
HOU	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0

W: R. Nolasco (9-8)

L: B. Norris (3-1)

Florida Marlins
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Coghlan LF	4	0	0	1	1	2	23	.285	.364	.414
R Gload 1B	5	0	0	0	0	0	16	.263	.343	.391
H Ramirez SS	5	1	3	0	0	0	10	.359	.419	.572
J Cantu 3B	4	1	1	1	1	0	19	.280	.338	.438
W Helms 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.309	.359
J Baker C	3	1	1	1	0	0	14	.281	.350	.448
D Uggla 2B	4	2	2	1	0	0	15	.242	.356	.455
C Ross CF	3	0	1	0	0	1	11	.271	.330	.481
J Hermida RF	4	1	3	2	0	0	16	.260	.349	.392
R Nolasco P	3	0	0	0	0	3	16	.171	.194	.171
Totals	35	6	11	6	2	6	140
BATTING 2B: J Baker (23, B Norris) HR: D Uggla (22, 4th inning off B Norris 0 on, 2 Out); J Cantu (13, 6th inning off B Norris 0 on, 1 Out); J Hermida (12, 8th inning off S Gervacio 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: J Baker (39), D Uggla (63), J Cantu (67), J Hermida 2 (46), C Coghlan (34) S: R Nolasco SF: J Baker 2-out RBI: D Uggla, C Coghlan, J Hermida GIDP: J Baker Marlins RISP: 2-7 (R Nolasco 0-1, R Gload 0-2, J Cantu 0-1, J Hermida 1-1, D Uggla 1-1, C Coghlan 0-1) Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: H Ramirez (23, 2nd base off B Norris/C Coste)

Florida Marlins
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R Nolasco (W, 9-8)	9.0	3	2	2	0	10	1	115-80	5.22
Totals	9.0	3	2	2	0	10	1	115-80
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: R Nolasco 21/30 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: R Nolasco 23-14-23-20 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Nolasco 8-9 Game Scores: R Nolasco 83

Houston Astros
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
M Bourn CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	12	.287	.363	.403
M Tejada SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	23	.310	.340	.444
L Berkman 1B	4	1	1	0	0	1	9	.271	.408	.521
C Lee LF	3	1	1	2	0	0	10	.313	.361	.512
G Blum 3B	3	0	0	0	0	2	11	.266	.332	.401
H Pence RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	9	.285	.347	.473
K Matsui 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	13	.240	.293	.326
C Coste C	3	0	0	0	0	2	17	.233	.318	.346
B Norris P	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286	.375	.286
T Byrdak P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
a-D Erstad PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.213	.295	.370
S Gervacio P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
A Arias P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000
b-J Michaels PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.222	.282	.417
Totals	30	2	3	2	0	10	115
a-flied out to left for T Byrdak in the 6th b-struck out looking for A Arias in the 9th
BATTING 2B: L Berkman (23, R Nolasco) HR: C Lee (20, 1st inning off R Nolasco 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: C Lee 2 (76) 2-out RBI: C Lee 2 Astros RISP: 1-1 (C Lee 1-1) Team LOB: 1
FIELDING DP: 1 (K Matsui-M Tejada-L Berkman).

Houston Astros
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Norris (L, 3-1)	5.2	9	5	5	1	4	2	95-61	4.05
T Byrdak	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	3.25
S Gervacio	2.0	1	1	1	1	2	1	33-19	1.93
A Arias	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8-6	3.43
Totals	9.0	11	6	6	2	6	3	140-89
PITCHING HBP: C Ross (By B Norris) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Norris 16/28; T Byrdak 1/1; S Gervacio 4/7; A Arias 3/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Norris 18-11-10-22; T Byrdak 0-2-0-1; S Gervacio 7-5-3-4; A Arias 2-0-0-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Norris 7-6; T Byrdak 1-0; S Gervacio 3-1; A Arias 2-1 Game Scores: B Norris 34

Scoring Summary

			FLA	HOU
	1st	C Lee homered to left, L Berkman scored.	0	2
FLA	4th	J Baker hit sacrifice fly to left, H Ramirez scored.	1	2
FLA	4th	D Uggla homered to right.	2	2
FLA	6th	J Cantu homered to left.	3	2
FLA	6th	J Hermida singled to right, J Baker scored, D Uggla to third, C Ross to second.	4	2
FLA	6th	C Coghlan walked, D Uggla scored, C Ross to third, J Hermida to second.	5	2
FLA	8th	J Hermida homered to center.	6	2
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Game Information

Stadium	Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX
Attendance	30,189 (71.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:25
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Phil Cuzzi, First Base - Brian Onora, Second Base - Ed Rapuano, Third Base - Scott Barry