Florida 5, Houston 1
When: 8:05 PM ET, Thursday, April 22, 2010
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature:
73°
Umpires:
Home -
CB Bucknor, 1B -
Doug Eddings, 2B -
Dana DeMuth, 3B -
Kerwin Danley
Attendance:
21802
By SportsDirect Inc.
Cody Ross drove in a pair of runs and the Florida Marlins rode a three-run first inning to a 5-1 win over the Houston Astros on Thursday.
Anibal Sanchez (1-1) worked 6 2/3 innings, allowing one run on nine hits as Florida avoided the three-game sweep.
The Marlins scored a pair of runs on an error by Carlos Lee and added another on Uggla’s groundout for the 3-0 advantage.
Ross brought in two more with a single up the middle in the sixth.
Houston starter Felipe Paulino (0-2) surrendered five runs -- two earned -- on six hits in 5 2/3 innings in the losing effort.
Michael Bourn recorded a pair of hits and drove in Houston’s lone run on a single in the seventh.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Florida
|
6 |
0 |
8 |
.188 |
5 |
8 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Houston
|
9 |
0 |
9 |
.265 |
16 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
