Florida 5, Houston 1
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(80-70)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1
Florida 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 8 1
WP: C. Volstad (5-3)
LP: R. Oswalt (15-10)
(78-72)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Bot 1st: Florida
- J. Cantu homered to deep left, H. Ramirez and J. Baker scored
- C. Ross doubled to deep right center, D. Uggla scored
Bot 2nd: Florida
- M. Jacobs doubled to deep center, H. Ramirez scored
Top 8th: Houston
- K. Matsui grounded out to shortstop, M. Bourn scored
 Houston
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
D. Erstad lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .279
M. Tejada ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .282
L. Berkman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .322
G. Blum 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .233
H. Pence rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .268
D. Newhan 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .253
    M. Loretta ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .274
M. Bourn cf 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 .222
B. Ausmus c 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .216
R. Oswalt p 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .200
    G. Geary p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    K. Matsui ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .284
    J. Valverde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
 Totals 33 1 5 1 0 6 9  
 Batting
2B - M Bourn (8, C Volstad).
RBI - K Matsui (29).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - G Blum 1.
Team LOB - 5.
 Fielding
E - M Tejada (11, ground ball).
 Florida
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
H. Ramirez ss 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 .294
J. Baker c 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .281
J. Cantu 3b-1b 4 1 1 3 0 3 2 .274
M. Jacobs 1b 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 .243
    W. Helms pr-3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
D. Uggla 2b 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 .262
J. Willingham lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .254
C. Ross rf 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 .260
A. Amezaga cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .259
C. Volstad p 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 .087
    L. Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .265
    J. Nelson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    A. Rhodes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
 Totals 33 5 8 5 2 13 14  
 Batting
2B - C Ross (28, R Oswalt); M Jacobs (24, R Oswalt); H Ramirez (33, G Geary).
3B - A Amezaga (5, J Valverde).
HR - J Cantu (27, 1st inning off R Oswalt 2 on, 0 Out).
RBI - J Cantu 3 (86), C Ross (69), M Jacobs (85).
2-out RBI - C Ross, M Jacobs.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - L Gonzalez 1, D Uggla 2, C Volstad 1.
Team LOB - 7.
 Fielding
E - J Cantu (20, ground ball).
 Houston
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
R. Oswalt (L, 15-10) 6.0 6 5 3 1 10 1 3.57
G. Geary 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.40
J. Valverde 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.44
 Florida
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
C. Volstad (W, 5-3) 8.0 4 1 1 0 4 0 3.07
J. Nelson 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.86
A. Rhodes 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
IBB - M Jacobs (by G Geary).
HBP - A Amezaga (by R Oswalt).
Pitches-strikes - R Oswalt 101-65; G Geary 22-14; J Valverde 19-11; C Volstad 98-63; J Nelson 12-9; A Rhodes 7-4.
Ground balls-fly balls - R Oswalt 2-6; G Geary 0-2; J Valverde 0-1; C Volstad 14-6; J Nelson 0-0; A Rhodes 0-1.
Batters faced - R Oswalt 27; G Geary 5; J Valverde 4; C Volstad 29; J Nelson 3; A Rhodes 1.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Ron Kulpa. 1B--Bill Hohn. 2B--Chad Fairchild. 3B--Dan Iassogna.
Time: 2:24.
Attendance: 12,232.
Weather: 83 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 11 mph, in from center.

Updated on Tuesday, Sep 16, 2008 9:41 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 Houston
M. Bourn Michael Bourn
1-3
 Florida
J. Cantu Jorge Cantu
1-4, 1 HR
3 RBI